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SUBMITTER: Bloomfield G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3648785 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bloomfield Gareth G Skelton Jason J Ivens Alasdair A Tanaka Yoshimasa Y Kay Robert R RR
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20101201 6010
The genetics of sex determination remain mysterious in many organisms, including some that are otherwise well studied. Here we report the discovery and analysis of the mating-type locus of the model organism Dictyostelium discoideum. Three forms of a single genetic locus specify this species' three mating types: two versions of the locus are entirely different in sequence, and the third resembles a composite of the other two. Single, unrelated genes are sufficient to determine two of the mating ...[more]