A deviation from the bipolar-tetrapolar mating paradigm in an early diverged basidiomycete.

In fungi, sexual identity is determined by specialized genomic regions called MAT loci which are the equivalent to sex chromosomes in some animals and plants. Usually, only two sexes or mating types exist, which are determined by two alternate sets of genes (or alleles) at the MAT locus (bipolar sys...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marco A Coelho, José Paulo Sampaio, Paula Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-08-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2916851?pdf=render