Tracing the evolution and genomic dynamics of mating-type loci in Cryptococcus pathogens and closely related species
Marco A. Coelho, Marcia David Palma, Seonju Marincowitz, Janneke Aylward, Nam Q. Pham, Andrey M. Yurkov, Brenda Diana Wingfield, Michael J. Wingfield, Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman
The paper traces the evolution of mating-type loci in Cryptococcus and related species, revealing genomic dynamics like locus expansions, GC-content changes, and linkage transitions.
PLoS Biology · Oct 3, 2025Peer-reviewedGenetics