Selecting one of several mating types through gene segment joining and deletion in Tetrahymena thermophila. [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2013 The unicellular eukaryote Tetrahymena thermophila has seven mating types. Cells can mate only when they recognize cells of a different mating type as non-self. As a ciliate, Tetrahymena separates its germline and soma into two nuclei.
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Conditioning on parental mating types can reduce necessary assumptions for Mendelian randomization [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2023 Mendelian randomization (MR) has become a common tool used in epidemiological studies. However, when confounding variables are correlated with the instrumental variable (in this case, a genetic/variant/marker), the estimation can remain biased even with ...
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Temporal Change, Frequency, and Spatial Distribution of Mating Types of Bipolaris maydis in China Provide Indirect Evidence for Potential Sexual Reproduction [PDF]
Journal of FungiThe heterothallic fungus Bipolaris maydis, the causal organism of southern corn leaf blight, is a destructive pathogen of corn and is considered to predominantly reproduce asexually, as no perfect reproductive stage has been discovered under natural ...
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Mobile DNAs and switching mating types in yeast [PDF]
eLife, 2020 The gene that allows budding yeast cells to switch their mating type evolved from a newly discovered family of genes named weird HO.
Laura N Rusche
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Gamete signalling underlies the evolution of mating types and their number [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2016 Predictions about the evolution of sex determination mechanisms have mainly focused on animals and plants, whereas unicellular eukaryotes such as fungi and ciliates have received little attention.
hadjivasiliou, Z, Pomiankowski, A
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Multiplex polymerase chain reaction as an improved method for screening Histoplasma capsulatum mating types [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2018 Histoplasmosis is a systemic mycosis infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, a heterothallic ascomycete. The sexual reproduction of this fungus is regulated by the mating type (MAT1) locus that contains MAT1-1 and MAT1-2 idiomorphs, which were ...
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Mating-Type Imputation (MTI) Provides an Efficient Tool for the Mating-Type Inference of Tetrapolar Fungi [PDF]
Journal of FungiMating-type identification is fundamental to studies of genetic diversity and genetic breeding in fungi, especially for tetrapolar basidiomycetes, whose mating types are determined by two multiallelic loci, A and B. Traditional mating-type identification
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The evolution of mating type switching [PDF]
Evolution, 2016 Predictions about the evolution of sex determination mechanisms have mainly focused on animals and plants, whereas unicellular eukaryotes such as fungi and ciliates have received little attention. Many taxa within the latter groups can stochastically switch their mating type identity during vegetative growth.
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Agronomy, 2023 Chestnut blight, caused by Cryphonectria parasitica, is a severe disease that may be biologically controlled by the use of hypovirulent strains, but the diversity of the pathogen population affects biocontrol feasibility.
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Mating Types in Screwworm Populations? [PDF]
Science, 1982 Response is given to questions raised by L.E. LaChance, et al., regarding the types of screwworm that occur in Mexico and anatomical differences in male genitalia among types. Errors in chromosome length and arm ratios are discussed. Results of testing the V-81 strain (sterile males) indicate that mating barriers exist even at high release rates ...
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