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doi: 10.3852/12-253.
Epub 2012 Oct 25.
Evolution of fungal sexual reproduction
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Evolution of fungal sexual reproduction
Mycologia.
2013 Jan-Feb.
Abstract
We review here recent advances in our understanding of the genetic, molecular and genomic basis of sex determination and sexual reproduction in the fungal kingdom as a window on the evolution of sex in eukaryotes more generally. In particular, we focus on the evolution of the mating-type locus and transitions in modes of sexual reproduction using examples from throughout the kingdom. These examples illustrate general principles of the origins of mating-type loci/sex chromosomes and the balance between inbreeding and outcrossing afforded by different modes of sexual reproduction involving tetrapolar, bipolar and unipolar sexual cycles.
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