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Distribution of the sex-determining gene MID and molecular correspondence of mating types within the isogamous genus Gonium (Volvocales, Chlorophyta).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Hamaji Takashi, Ferris Patrick J, Nishii Ichiro, Nishimura Yoshiki, Nozaki Hisayoshi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Isogamous organisms lack obvious cytological differences in the gametes of the two complementary mating types. Consequently, it is difficult to ascertain which of the two mating types are homologous when comparing related but sexual isolated strains or species. The colonial volvocalean algal genus Gonium consists of such isogamous organisms with heterothallic mating types designated arbitrarily as...
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