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Evolution of fungal sex chromosomes

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Title
Evolution of fungal sex chromosomes
Published in
Molecular Microbiology, February 2004
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03874.x
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Authors

James A Fraser, Joseph Heitman

Abstract

Sexual reproduction enables organisms to shuffle two parental genomes to produce recombinant progeny, and to purge the genome of deleterious mutations. Sex is conserved in virtually all organisms, from bacteria and fungi to plants and animals, and yet the mechanisms by which sexual identity are established share both conserved general features and are remarkably diverse. In animals, sexual identity is established by dimorphic sex chromosomes, whereas in fungi a specialized region of the genome, known as the mating-type locus, governs the establishment of cell type identity and differs in DNA sequence between cells of different mating-types. Recent studies on the mating-type loci of fungi and algae reveal features shared with the mammalian X and Y chromosomes, suggesting that these represent early steps in the evolution of sex chromosomes.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 3%
Netherlands 2 2%
Italy 2 2%
France 1 1%
Sweden 1 1%
Ireland 1 1%
China 1 1%
South Africa 1 1%
Unknown 80 87%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 25 27%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 18%
Professor > Associate Professor 8 9%
Student > Bachelor 8 9%
Other 7 8%
Other 19 21%
Unknown 8 9%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 63 68%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 15 16%
Environmental Science 2 2%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 1%
Unknown 11 12%
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