Drivers of Mating Type Composition in Tetrahymena thermophila.

doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa197

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Drivers of Mating Type Composition in Tetrahymena thermophila.

Genome biology and evolution - 6 Dec 2020

Wang Guangying, Chen Kai, Zhang Jing, Deng Shanjun, Xiong Jie, He Xionglei, Fu Yunxin, Miao Wei

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Sex offers advantages even in primarily asexual species. Some ciliates appear to utilize such reproductive strategy with many mating types. However, the factors determining the composition of mating types in the unicellular ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila are poorly understood, and this is further complicated by non-Mendelian determination of mating type in the offspring. We therefore developed a novel population...

Topics

Biological Evolution
Conjugation, Genetic
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Selection, Genetic
Sex Determination Processes
Tetrahymena thermophila

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PMID: 32946549
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaa197
PMCID: PMC7846192

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