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Is there evidence of sexual reproduction (meiosis) in Acanthamoeba?

Naveed A Khan, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui.   

Abstract

Evolution of independently breeding species into males and females (gametes) has remained a puzzle. Given the significant advantages of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction as a long-term species survival strategy; here, we pose the question whether there is some form of meiosis in Acanthamoeba species, which represents our ancient lineage. The recently available Acanthamoeba genome revealed several genes implicated in meiosis in sexual eukaryotes such as Spo11, Mre11, Rad50, Rad51, Rad52, Mnd1, Dmc1, Msh, and Mlh, suggesting that Acanthamoeba is capable of some form of meiosis, inferring the presence of sexual reproduction in Acanthamoeba, and that meiosis evolved early in eukaryotic evolution.

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Keywords:  Acanthamoeba ,; Gender; Sexual reproduction,

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Year:  2015        PMID: 25800982      PMCID: PMC4530557          DOI: 10.1179/2047773215Y.0000000009

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Pathog Glob Health        ISSN: 2047-7724            Impact factor:   2.894


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