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Fruiting Body Formation in Volvariella volvacea Can Occur Independently of Its MAT-A-Controlled Bipolar Mating System, Enabling Homothallic and Heterothallic Life Cycles.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 7 Jul 2016
Chen Bingzhi, van Peer Arend F, Yan Junjie, Li Xiao, Xie Bin, Miao Juan, Huang Qianhui, Zhang Lei, Wang Wei, Fu Junsheng, Zhang Xiang, Zhang Xiaoyin, Hu Fengli, Kong Qingfang, Sun Xianyun, Zou Feng, Zhang Hanxing, Li Shaojie, Xie Baogui
Abstract excerpt
Volvariella volvacea is an important crop in Southeast Asia, but erratic fruiting presents a serious challenge for its production and breeding. Efforts to explain inconsistent fruiting have been complicated by the multinucleate nature, typical lack of clamp connections, and an incompletely identified sexual reproductive system. In this study, we addressed the life cycle of V. volvacea using whole genome...
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