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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Chen EC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6281316 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20181205
Eukaryotes thought to have evolved clonally for millions of years are referred to as ancient asexuals. The oldest group among these are the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), which are plant symbionts harboring hundreds of nuclei within one continuous cytoplasm. Some AMF strains (dikaryons) harbor two co-existing nucleotypes but there is no direct evidence that such nuclei recombine in this life-stage, as is expected for sexual fungi. Here, we show that AMF nuclei with distinct genotypes can un ...[more]