above, a short-term benefit of meiosis may be the key to the adaptive maintenance of sex in this species.

Life cycle of Aspergillus flavus

A. flavus is the major producer of carcinogenic aflatoxins in crops worldwide. It is also an opportunistic human and animal pathogen, causing aspergillosis in immunocompromised individuals. In 2009, a sexual state of this heterothallic fungus was found to arise when strains of opposite

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