title: Is sex necessary?
abstract: Fungal sexual reproductive modes have markedly high diversity and plasticity, and asexual species have been hypothesized to arise frequently from sexual fungal species. A recent study on the red yeasts provides further support for the notion that sexual ancestors may give rise to shorter-lived asexual species. However, presumed asexual species may also be cryptically sexual, as revealed by other recent studies.
authors: Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors: Sheng
authors: S
authors: Sun
authors: Joseph
authors: J
authors: Heitman
mesh_terms: D008954:Models, Biological; D012100:Reproduction, Asexual / Q000502:physiology*; D015003:Yeasts / Q000502:physiology*