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Somatic deficiency causes reproductive parasitism in a fungus.

Nature communications - 4 Feb 2021

Grum-Grzhimaylo Alexey A, Bastiaans Eric, van den Heuvel Joost, Berenguer Millanes Cristina, Debets Alfons J M, Aanen Duur K

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Some multicellular organisms can fuse because mergers potentially provide mutual benefits. However, experimental evolution in the fungus Neurospora crassa has demonstrated that free fusion of mycelia favours cheater lineages, but the mechanism and evolutionary dynamics of this exploitation are unknown. Here we show, paradoxically, that all convergently evolved cheater lineages have similar fusion deficiencies....

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PMID: 33542245
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21050-5
PMCID: PMC7862218

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