Candida albicans switches mates.
The "asexual" human fungal pathogen Candida albicans has recently been engineered to be able to mate. A paper in the August 9, 2002 issue of Cell shows that mating competence is increased dramatically when mating partners are in a rare switch variant cell type that does not normally occur at body temperature.
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Neil A R
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Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
D001831:Body Temperature; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D002455:Cell Division; D004171:Diploidy; D005800:Genes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006238:Haploidy; D008540:Meiosis; D012098:Reproduction / Q000235:genetics