Does the common sexually transmitted parasite Trichomonas vaginalis have sex?

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Martina Bradic

Affiliation Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Jane M. Carlton

* E-mail: jane.carlton@nyu.edu

Affiliation Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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