Somatic deficiency causes reproductive parasitism in a fungus
Mycelial fusion can favour fungal strains that exploit each other, but the mechanism is not well understood. Here, Grum-Grzhimaylo et al. show that different cheater lineages share similar deficiencies in initiating fusion that nevertheless enable them to preferentially obtain the benefits of fusion...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2021-02-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21050-5 |