title: Evolutionary genetics: sex happens in Giardia.
abstract: Previous analyses of the Giardia genome exposed numerous genes required for meiosis, suggesting that sexual reproduction is occurring in this early-diverging eukaryote. A new study now uncovers direct genetic evidence for recombination in Giardia populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. john-logsdon@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Logsdon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005872:Giardia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D008540:Meiosis / Q000235:genetics; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012098:Reproduction / Q000235:genetics