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A deviation from the bipolar-tetrapolar mating paradigm in an early diverged basidiomycete.

PLoS genetics - 5 Aug 2010

Coelho Marco A, Sampaio José Paulo, Gonçalves Paula

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In fungi, sexual identity is determined by specialized genomic regions called MAT loci which are the equivalent to sex chromosomes in some animals and plants. Usually, only two sexes or mating types exist, which are determined by two alternate sets of genes (or alleles) at the MAT locus (bipolar system). However, in the phylum Basidiomycota, a unique tetrapolar system emerged in which four different mating types...

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PMID: 20700437
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001052
PMCID: PMC2916851

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