Assistant Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
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global change, ecophysiology, natural selection, evolutionary genetics, local adaptation

Professor
Genetics
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systems biology, symbiosis of fungi and plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, biological clocks

Norman and Doris Giles Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar,
National Academy of Sciences Member
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
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cereal comparative genomics, genome structure and evolution

Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Genetics
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centromeres, cytogenetics

Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor
Genetics
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conservation genetics, invasive species, ecological genetics, evolutionary ecology, plant-animal interactions, evolutionary quantitative genetics, adaptation

Regents Professor; Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory
Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics; Plant Biology
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plant genetics, genomics, evolution, crop improvement, domestication

Associate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
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epigenetics, epigenomics

Associate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
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evolutionary genetics, speciation

Winfred N. Haynes Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Plant Biology; Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics
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phenylpropanoid metabolism, stress response, wood formation, gene family evolution, gene-metabolite networks

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology; Genetics
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tomato developmental genetics, genomics, molecular biology

Assistant Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology
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pathogen population structure, pathogen adaptation to hosts and to climate change, plant-pathogen interactions, resistance gene and virulence factor identification, turfgrass and forage disease management

Assistant Research Scientist
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology
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small grains breeding and genetics

Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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peanut genetics and improvement using wild species 

GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics
Crop & Soil Sciences; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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plant genome biology, genome-enabled breeding, plant resilience, genome editing, synthetic biology

Assistant Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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peach breeding, genetics and production

Professor
Molecular Cotton Breeding Laboratory; National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory;
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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molecular breeding of cotton

Adjunct Faculty
Crop & Soil Sciences; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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peanut genetic improvement, polyploid genomics

Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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apospory, angiosperm asexual reproduction

Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics
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comparative genomics in cereals

Senior Research Scientist
Plant Pathology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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peanut, wild arachis, introgression, tetraploidization, disease resistance

Professor
Georgia Seed Development Professorship in Soybean Breeding and Genetics
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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soybean breeding, genetics and genomics

Associate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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vegetables, breeding, genetics, genomics, marker-assisted selection, QTL

Georgia Seed Development UGAF Professorship in Wheat Breeding and Genetics
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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small grain breeding, genetics and genomics

Associate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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bioenergy, forages, breeding, genomics

Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology
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molecular plant-nematode interactions, effectors, peptide signaling, host plant resistance, soybean genetics and genomics

D.W. Brooks Professorship, UGA Distinguished Research Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Horticulture
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developmental biology and molecular mechanisms of apomixis, genetic enhancement of peanut and grasses

Distinguished Research Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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gene editing and transgenic breeding of legumes and grasses

Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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turfgrass breeding and genetics

Associate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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turfgrass breeding

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology; Genetics
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tomato developmental genetics, genomics, molecular biology

Adjunct Faculty
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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gene discovery, population genomics characterization and visualization, simulation of genetic systems

Associate Professor
Institute of Bioinformatics, Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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quantitative genetics and genomics of crops and their microbiomes

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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molecular genetics of ornamental plants

Dirr Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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woody ornamental improvement

Associate Research Scientist, Director Georgia Genomics & Bioinformatics Core
Plant Biology; Georgia Genomics Facility
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functional genomics, epigenetics, small RNA

Assistant Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
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global change, ecophysiology, natural selection, evolutionary genetics, local adaptation

Assistant Professor, Plant Biology
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
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Tree ecophysiology, forest biogeochemistry, fire ecology, sustainability of bioenergy production

Professor
Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
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complex carbohydrates synthesis and regulation, biochemistry and molecular biology

Assistant Research Scientist
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology
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small grains breeding and genetics

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
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fungal domestication, bioinformatics, population genetics, evolution

Distinguished Research Professor; Department Head, Plant Biology
Plant Biology
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plant evolutionary genetics

Professor
Plant Biology
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evolution and ecology of plant reproduction and mating systems

Director, State Botanical Garden of Georgia
Plant Biology

Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Genetics
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centromeres, cytogenetics

Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics
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comparative genomics in cereals

Professor
Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
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study of plant cell wall polysaccharides using monoclonal antibodies

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
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plant-fungal interactions, rice, blast fungus

Associate Professor
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology
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mechanisms of plant immune action against bacteria, molecular phytobacteriology

Distinguished Research Professor; Director, UGA Plant Center
Plant Biology
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genomic, phylogenetic and experimental analyses

Associate Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology
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fungal genetics, chromatin structure and function, epigenetics, gene regulation

ProfessorPlant Biology; Microbiology
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fungal genetics, human fungal pathogens, sexual reproduction, dimorphism, pathogenesis, protein trafficking

Associate Professor
Plant Biology
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plant development and cell biology

Associate Professor, School of Ecology
Plant Biology
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ecosystem ecology, population and community ecology, biogeochemistry, global change, climate change, conservation biology, geographic genetic variation, species range shifts

Georgia Athletics Association Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
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biosynthesis of plant cell wall polysaccharides

Professor
Plant Biology
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fungal genetics, cytoskeleton, polar growth

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
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plant reproduction, genomics and gene regulatory networks, single-cell RNA-sequencing, reprogramming cell fate

Regents Professor; Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory
Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics; Plant Biology
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plant genetics, genomics, evolution, crop improvement, domestication

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
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population dynamics, evolutionary ecology, responses to climate change

Associate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
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evolutionary genetics, speciation

Associate Professor
Plant Biology
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ecology, landscape disturbances, phylogeography

Winfred N. Haynes Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Plant Biology; Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics
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phenylpropanoid metabolism, stress response, wood formation, gene family evolution, gene-metabolite networks

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology; Genetics
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tomato developmental genetics, genomics, molecular biology

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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fungal pathogens, resistance mechanisms of trees, chemical ecology, insect-fungi symbioses

Associate Professor
Plant Biology
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ecosystem biogeochemistry, plant-microbial symbioses, disturbance ecology 

Professor
Plant Biology
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molecular genetics and biochemistry of secondary cell wall biosynthesis

Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology
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plant virology: detection, disease epidemiology, genomics, small RNA, virus-host interaction, and virus disease management

Assistant Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology
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pathogen population structure, pathogen adaptation to hosts and to climate change, plant-pathogen interactions, resistance gene and virulence factor identification, turfgrass and forage disease management

Associate Professor
Plant Pathology
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plant-pathogenic fungi, population genomics, mating systems, host specialization

Professor
Plant Pathology
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virus-host interactions, biotic and abiotic stress in groundnut varieties

Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology
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mycotoxicology, postharvest pathology, fungal genetics

Associate Professor
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology
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mechanisms of plant immune action against bacteria, molecular phytobacteriology

Senior Research Scientist
Plant Pathology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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peanut, wild arachis, introgression, tetraploidization, disease resistance

Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology
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molecular plant-nematode interactions, effectors, peptide signaling, host plant resistance, soybean genetics and genomics

Associate Professor
Plant Pathology
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plant-pathogen interactions, structure and evolution of disease resistance loci

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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fungal pathogens, resistance mechanisms of trees, chemical ecology, insect-fungi symbioses

Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology
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molecular genetics of plant immunity and development

Georgia Athletics Association Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
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biosynthesis of plant cell wall polysaccharides

Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
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structure and function of plant carbohydrate active enzymes

Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website

apospory, angiosperm asexual reproduction

Associate Professor
Horticulture
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irrigation, mineral nutrition, sap analysis, hydroponics, cropping systems

Associate Professor
Horticulture
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fruit growth and developmental physiology

Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture
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ripening and postharvest physiology

D.W. Brooks Professorship, UGA Distinguished Research Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Horticulture
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developmental biology and molecular mechanisms of apomixis, genetic enhancement of peanut and grasses

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology; Genetics
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tomato developmental genetics, genomics, molecular biology

Vincent J. Dooley Professorship in Horticulture
Horticulture
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physiology, drought, photosynthesis

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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molecular genetics of ornamental plants

Dirr Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website

woody ornamental improvement

Associate Research Scientist, Director Georgia Genomics & Bioinformatics Core
Plant Biology; Georgia Genomics Facility
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functional genomics, epigenetics, small RNA

Norman and Doris Giles Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar,
National Academy of Sciences Member
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
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cereal comparative genomics, genome structure and evolution

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
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fungal domestication, bioinformatics, population genetics, evolution

Distinguished Research Professor; Department Head, Plant Biology
Plant Biology
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plant evolutionary genetics

Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics
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comparative genomics in cereals

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
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plant reproduction, genomics and gene regulatory networks, single-cell RNA-sequencing, reprogramming cell fate

Regents Professor; Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory
Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics; Plant Biology
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plant genetics, genomics, evolution, crop improvement, domestication

Associate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
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epigenetics, epigenomics

Winfred N. Haynes Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Plant Biology; Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics
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phenylpropanoid metabolism, stress response, wood formation, gene family evolution, gene-metabolite networks

Adjunct Faculty
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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gene discovery, population genomics characterization and visualization, simulation of genetic systems

Associate Professor
Institute of Bioinformatics, Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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quantitative genetics and genomics of crops and their microbiomes

Assistant Professor
Warnell
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biogeochemical cycles, post-wildfire erosion, soil C sequestration

Assistant Professor, Plant Biology
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Website

Tree ecophysiology, forest biogeochemistry, fire ecology, sustainability of bioenergy production

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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tree ecophysiology, water use, drought

Winfred N. Haynes Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Plant Biology; Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics
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phenylpropanoid metabolism, stress response, wood formation, gene family evolution, gene-metabolite networks

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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fungal pathogens, resistance mechanisms of trees, chemical ecology, insect-fungi symbioses

Associate Professor
Entomology
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predator-prey interactions in agroecosystems, prey selection and environmental effects

Professor
Entomology
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species conservation, sustainable agriculture

Associate Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology
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fungal genetics, chromatin structure and function, epigenetics, gene regulation

ProfessorPlant Biology; Microbiology
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fungal genetics, human fungal pathogens, sexual reproduction, dimorphism, pathogenesis, protein trafficking