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Maintaining two mating types: structure of the mating type locus and its role in heterokaryosis in Podospora anserina.
Genetics - 1 May 2014
Grognet Pierre, Bidard Frédérique, Kuchly Claire, Tong Laetitia Chan Ho, Coppin Evelyne, Benkhali Jinane Ait, Couloux Arnaud, Wincker Patrick, Debuchy Robert, Silar Philippe
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Pseudo-homothallism is a reproductive strategy elected by some fungi producing heterokaryotic sexual spores containing genetically different but sexually compatible nuclei. This lifestyle appears as a compromise between true homothallism (self-fertility with predominant inbreeding) and complete heterothallism (with exclusive outcrossing). However, pseudohomothallic species face the problem of maintaining...
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