Evaluation of the efficiency of sexual reproduction in restoring Podospora anserina mitochondrial DNA to wild-type.

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Evaluation of the efficiency of sexual reproduction in restoring Podospora anserina mitochondrial DNA to wild-type.

Current genetics - 1 Oct 1997

Silliker M E, Monroe J A, Jorden M A

Abstract excerpt

A Podospora anserina mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) rearrangement mutant, Mn19, was crossed with a deletion mutant, alphaDelta5. Ascospores (212) from random asci were tested for viability, growth and life-span phenotypes, and mtDNA inheritance. Some spore inviability was detected along with early gro...

Topics

Ascomycota
Crosses, Genetic
DNA, Mitochondrial
Phenotype
Reproduction
Species Specificity
Spores, Fungal

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