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The Evolutionary Enigma of Sex

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Evolutionary Dynamics of Mating-Type Loci ofMycosphaerellaspp. Occurring on Banana

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Heterothallism inSaccharomyces cerevisiaeisolates from nature: effect ofHOlocus on the mode of reproduction

(2009) TAL KATZ EZOV et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Sexual reproduction in Aspergillus flavus

(2009) Bruce W. Horn et al.   MYCOLOGIA

The sexual state of Aspergillus parasiticus

(2009) Bruce W. Horn et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Analysis of the MAT1-2-1 gene of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum

(2009) Mónica García-Serrano et al.   MYCOSCIENCE

Homothallic and heterothallic mating in the opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans

(2009) Kevin Alby et al.   NATURE

Evolution of pathogenicity and sexual reproduction in eight Candida genomes

(2009) Geraldine Butler et al.   NATURE

Sexual Reproduction as the Cause of Heat Resistance in the Food Spoilage Fungus Byssochlamys spectabilis (Anamorph Paecilomyces variotii)

(2008) J. Houbraken et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The evolutionary trajectory of the mating-type (mat) genes in Neurospora relates to reproductive behavior of taxa

(2008) Lotta Wik et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Characterization of the systems governing sexual and self-recognition in the white rot homobasidiomycete Amylostereum areolatum

(2008) Magriet A. van der Nest et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

Mating System of the Anther Smut FungusMicrobotryum violaceum: Selfing under Heterothallism

(2008) Tatiana Giraud et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Identification of Mating Type Genes in the Bipolar Basidiomycetous YeastRhodosporidium toruloides: First Insight into theMATLocus Structure of theSporidiobolales

(2008) Marco A. Coelho et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Eighty Years after Its Discovery, Fleming'sPenicilliumStrain Discloses the Secret of Its Sex

(2008) Birgit Hoff et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Characterization and population analysis of the mating-type genes in Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus

(2008) Jorge H. Ramirez-Prado et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Ancient Trans-specific Polymorphism at Pheromone Receptor Genes in Basidiomycetes

(2008) B. Devier et al.   GENETICS

The first linkage map of the plant-pathogenic basidiomycete Typhula ishikariensis

(2008) S. W. Chang et al.   GENOME

Phylogenetic analysis of Aspergillus species using DNA sequences from four loci

(2008) S. W. Peterson   MYCOLOGIA

Discovery of a sexual cycle in the opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

(2008) Céline M. O’Gorman et al.   NATURE

Gene organization of the mating type regions in the ectomycorrhizal fungusLaccaria bicolorreveals distinct evolution between the two mating type loci

(2008) Hélène Niculita-Hirzel et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evolution of gamete size in primitive taxa without mating types

(2008) Tatsuya Togashi et al.   POPULATION ECOLOGY

Population genomics of the wild yeast Saccharomyces paradoxus: Quantifying the life cycle

(2008) I. J. Tsai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Assessing the Performance of Single-Copy Genes for Recovering Robust Phylogenies

(2008) G. Aguileta et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Gametic conflict versus contact in the evolution of anisogamy

(2008) Priya Iyer et al.   THEORETICAL POPULATION BIOLOGY

Heterokaryon formation in Thanatephorus cucumeris (Rhizoctonia solani) AG-1 IC

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The genome sequence of the model ascomycete fungus Podospora anserina

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