Virulence phenotypes result from an interaction between pathogen ploidy and genetic background
Dorian J. Feistel, Rema Elmostafa, Meleah A. Hickman
The paper investigates how ploidy and genetic background of Candida albicans affect virulence in nematode hosts, finding significant interactions between ploidy and genetic background but no global virulence differences between diploid and tetraploid strains.
Ecology and Evolution · Aug 7, 2020Peer-reviewedGenetics