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Himeshi Samarasinghe

McMaster UniversityORCID 0000-0002-9337-9771Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Organism:fungi (other)· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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MicrobiologyPLoS GeneticsPeer-reviewedDec 4, 2025

Genomic Evidence for a-α Heterothallic and α-α Unisexual Mating and Recombination in an Environmental Cryptococcus deneoformans Population

Megan Hitchcock, Veronica Thorn, Himeshi Samarasinghe…·Jianping Xu

This paper analyzes whole-genome sequences of Cryptococcus deneoformans to find evidence of both a- and - sexual reproduction and recombination in natural populations.

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