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On the asymmetry of mating in natural populations of the mushroom fungus Schizophyllum commune.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B - 1 Jul 2013
Nieuwenhuis Bart P S, Nieuwhof Sil, Aanen Duur K
Abstract excerpt
Before a mycelium of a mushroom-forming basidiomycete develops mushrooms, the monokaryotic mycelium needs to become fertilized. Although the mechanistic details of mating in mushrooms have been studied thoroughly in laboratory research, very little is known on mating patterns in nature. In this study, we performed fine-scale analyses of three populations of Schizophyllum commune from their natural substrate (i.e....
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