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ArticleScientific reports2018

The effects of environmental and genetic factors on the germination of basidiospores in the Cryptococcus gattii species complex.

Man You, Jianping Xu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  1. Biogenesis, germination, and pathogenesis ofMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2024
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  6. Expansion of the Emerging Fungal PathogenFrontiers in microbiology · 2020
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2 authors.

Man YouDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main St West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada.
Jianping XuDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main St West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada. jpxu@mcmaster.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2915-2780

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Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et en Génie du Canada) 531998
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural and artificial hybridization has been frequently reported among divergent lineages within and between the two closely related human pathogenic fungi Cryptococcus gattii species complex and Cryptococcus neoformans species complex. However, the biological effects of such hybridization are not well known. Here we used five strains of the C. neoformans species complex and twelve strains of the C. gattii species complex to investigate the potential effects of selected environmental and genetic factors on the germination of their basidiospores from 29 crosses. We found that the germination rates varied widely among crosses and environmental conditions, ranging from 0% to 98%. Overall, the two examined media showed relatively little difference on spore germination while temperature effects were notable, with the high temperature (37 °C) having an overall deleterious effect on spore germination. Within the C. gattii species complex, one intra-lineage VGIII × VGIII cross had the highest germination rates among all crosses at all six tested environmental conditions. Our analyses indicate significant genetic, environmental, and genotype-environment interaction effects on the germination of basidiospores within the C. gattii species complex.

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EnvironmentSpores, FungalBasidiomycotaCryptococcus gattiiEcosystemEvolution, MolecularGene-Environment InteractionGenes, Mating Type, FungalGenetic SpeciationGenetic VariationGenotypePhylogeny

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PMID30323314
PMCPMC6189041

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