The yeast Candida albicans has a clonal mode of reproduction in a population of infected human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
To ascertain the population structure of Candida albicans, we have carried out a multilocus enzyme electrophoresis study based on the analysis of 21 gene loci. We have thus characterized 55 strains isolated one each from 55 human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients. There is considerable polymorphism among the strains. A population-genetic analysis indicates that the two fundamental consequences of sexual reproduction (i.e., segregation and recombination) are apparently absent in this population of C. albicans. The population structure of C. albicans appears to be clonal, a state of affairs that has important medical and biological consequences.
Medical subject headings
- Candida albicans
- Candidiasis
- HIV Seropositivity