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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Microbiol. 2019 Jun 6;52:47–54. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2019.05.001

Figure 2. Parasex contributes to the C. albicans population structure.

Figure 2.

Mating between strains from genetically distinct C. albicans clades leads to the production of highly recombinant progeny containing alleles from both parental strains. Over time, the recombinant progeny may cluster closer to one of the parental clades due to maintenance of inherited beneficial mutations that provide a fitness advantage. Alternatively, progeny can follow an independent evolutionary trajectory that includes the acquisition of novel polymorphisms. This strain will appear as a new clade or a distantly-related member of an existing clade. Continued mitotic evolution of this strain will lead to a cluster of genetically-related but distinct strains within the new clade.