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A gene unlinked to mating-type affecting crossing between strains of Physarum polycephalum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Jennifer Dee
Jennifer Dee
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, England

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Two alleles of a gene (rac) unlinked to the mating-type locus (mt) have been identified in strains of Physarum polycephalum from different laboratories. Heterothallic strains differing in mt alleles cross more rapidly if they differ also in their rac alleles. The recovery of hybrid plasmodia from crosses between apogamic (mth) and heterothallic strains is more likely to be achieved if strains of different rac genotype are used.

Type
Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , February 1978 , pp. 85 - 92
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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