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- who: Alexey A. Grum-Grzhimaylo from the Wageningen University have published the article: Somatic deficiency causes reproductive parasitism in a fungus, in the Journal: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
- what: The authors explore the genetic basis and the operational mechanisms of cheating in a filamentous fungus where mycelia often fuse and cell compartmentalization is limited so that nuclei can migrate across the hyphae. Using whole-genome sequencing of evolved lines and competition assays between defined mutants, the authors show that fusion deficiency results in a benefit during asexual spore production at the cost of total spore . . .
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