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Heterokaryon incompatibility is suppressed following conidial anastomosis tube fusion in a fungal plant pathogen.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Ishikawa Francine H, Souza Elaine A, Shoji Jun-Ya, Connolly Lanelle, Freitag Michael, Read Nick D, Roca M Gabriela
Abstract excerpt
It has been hypothesized that horizontal gene/chromosome transfer and parasexual recombination following hyphal fusion between different strains may contribute to the emergence of wide genetic variability in plant pathogenic and other fungi. However, the significance of vegetative (heterokaryon) incompatibility responses, which commonly result in cell death, in preventing these processes is not known. In this...
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