Cryptic Sex in Leishmania Depends on SPO11 Paralogs
Carolina Catta-Preta, Vitor Luiz da Silva, Claudio Meneses, Kashinath Ghosh, David L. Sacks
This study identifies the roles of SPO11 paralogs in Leishmania hybridization, showing they are essential for efficient mating and genome segregation.
PLoS Pathogens · Apr 29, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology