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Evidence of hermaphroditism and sex ratio distortion in the fungal feeding nematode Bursaphelenchus okinawaensis.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 12 Aug 2014
Shinya Ryoji, Hasegawa Koichi, Chen Anthony, Kanzaki Natsumi, Sternberg Paul W
Abstract excerpt
Nematodes have many different reproductive strategies along with their divergent life histories; the ability of hermaphrodite to self- and cross-fertilize is useful for genetic manipulation. Here, we demonstrate the hermaphroditism of the fungal feeding nematode Bursaphelenchus okinawaensis, which was formerly described as a parthenogenetic nematode, and we show its other unique sexual characteristics. To...
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