Blastocystis is an unusual enteric protozoan parasite of humans and many animals. It has a
worldwide distribution and is often the most commonly isolated organism in parasitological …

REVIEW Most higher organisms reproduce sexually, despite the automatic reproductive
advantage experienced by asexual variants. This implies the operation of selective forces …

Triploids are rare in nature because of difficulties in meiotic and gametogenic processes,
especially in vertebrates. The Carassius complex of cyprinid teleosts contains sexual …

The marbled crayfish Procambarus virginalis is a unique freshwater crayfish characterized
by very recent speciation and parthenogenetic reproduction. Marbled crayfish also represent …

Loss of sexual reproduction is considered an evolutionary dead end for metazoans, but
bdelloid rotifers challenge this view as they appear to have persisted asexually for millions …

The consequences of variable rates of clonal reproduction on the population genetics of
neutral markers are explored in diploid organisms within a subdivided population (island …

▪ Abstract Phylogenetic and population genetic methods that compare nucleic acid variation
are being used to identify species and populations of pathogenic fungi and determine how …

In theory, parthenogenetic lineages have low evolutionary potential because they inexorably
accumulate deleterious mutations and do not generate much genotypic diversity. As a result …

Many clonal organisms experience occasional events of sexual recombination, with
profound consequences for their population dynamics and evolutionary trajectories. With the …

Elucidating population structure and levels of genetic diversity and recombination is
necessary to understand the evolution and adaptation of species. Candida albicans is the …