Updating the fungal infection-mammalian selection hypothesis at the end of the Cretaceous Period

Arturo Casadevall; Chris Damman

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1008451

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Updating the fungal infection-mammalian selection hypothesis at the end of the Cretaceous Period

Arturo Casadevall ,

* E-mail: acasade1@jhu.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9402-9167

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Chris Damman

Affiliations The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9837-2181

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Updating the fungal infection-mammalian selection hypothesis at the end of the Cretaceous Period

Arturo Casadevall,
Chris Damman

Published: July 16, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008451

About the Authors

Arturo Casadevall

* E-mail: acasade1@jhu.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9402-9167

Chris Damman

Affiliations The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9837-2181

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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