Marcia David Palma

Preprint · October 28, 2025 The fungal genus Cryptococcus includes several life-threatening human pathogens as well as diverse saprobic species whose genome architecture, ecology, and evolutionary history remain less well characterized. Understanding how some lineages evolved into ma ... Full text Link to item Cite

Tracing the evolution and genomic dynamics of mating-type loci in Cryptococcus pathogens and closely related species.

Preprint · August 30, 2025 Sexual reproduction in basidiomycete fungi is governed by MAT loci (P/R and HD), which exhibit remarkable evolutionary plasticity, characterized by expansions, rearrangements, and gene losses often associated with mating system transitions. The sister gene ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparative genomics of Cryptococcus and Kwoniella reveals pathogenesis evolution and contrasting karyotype dynamics via intercentromeric recombination or chromosome fusion.

Preprint · January 13, 2024 Full text Link to item Cite

Obligate sexual reproduction of a homothallic fungus closely related to the Cryptococcus pathogenic species complex

Preprint · 2022 Full text Cite

Multiple pathways to homothallism in closely related yeast lineages in the Basidiomycota

Preprint · 2020 Full text Cite