Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Tetraploidy accelerates adaptation under drug-selection in a fungal pathogen
O. Avramovska, E. Rego, M. A. Hickman
This study shows that tetraploid Candida albicans adapts faster and achieves higher drug resistance than diploid strains under caspofungin selection.
DOI 10.1101/2021.02.28.433243