#Aspergillus fumigatus, a saprotrophic #fungus that can cause serious life-threatening invasive infections, smashes the record for number of meiotic crossovers... ~30 per #chromosome (>2x the previous record holder) @TheRedBen @EvelineSnelders #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3rc3k1L
The human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus can produce the highest known number of meiotic crossovers
Aspergillus fumigatus is a saprotrophic fungus that can cause serious life-threatening invasive infections in immunocompromised individuals. By constructing a recombination map, this study shows that A.plos.io