Pheromone expression reveals putative mechanism of unisexuality in a saprobic ascomycete fungus.

Homothallism (self-fertility) describes a wide variety of sexual strategies that enable a fungus to reproduce in the absence of a mating partner. Unisexual reproduction, a form of homothallism, is a process whereby a fungus can progress through sexual reproduction in the absence of mating genes prev...

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Main Authors: Andi M Wilson, Magriet A van der Nest, P Markus Wilken, Michael J Wingfield, Brenda D Wingfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5837088?pdf=render