Journal article
Mitochondrial DNA inheritance in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii
Abstract
The inheritance of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is predominantly uniparental in most sexual eukaryotes. In this study, we examined the mitochondrial inheritance pattern of Cryptococcus gattii, a basidiomycetous yeast responsible for the recent and ongoing outbreak of cryptococcal infections in the US Pacific Northwest and British Columbia (especially Vancouver Island) in Canada. Using molecular markers, we analyzed the inheritance of mtDNA in 14 …
Authors
Wang Z; Wilson A; Xu J
Journal
Fungal Genetics and Biology, Vol. 75, , pp. 1–10
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.fgb.2015.01.001
ISSN
1087-1845