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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Microbiol. 2009 Nov 4;12(6):599–607. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2009.09.005

Figure 2. Phylogeny of Sequenced Candida Species.

Figure 2

Phylogenetic tree of the hemiascomycetes (S. cerevisiae and sequenced Candida species) as well as the related ascomycete, S. pombe. Heterothallic organisms are out-crossing species, whereas homothallic organisms are self-fertile. Note that C. albicans exhibits both homothallic and heterothallic modes of reproduction, but undergoes a parasexual cycle rather than a conventional meiosis. Most natural isolates of S. cerevisiae are homothallic although heterothallic isolates have also been described. Figure adapted from the Broad Institute (www.broadinstitute.org).