Stepwise recombination suppression around the mating-type locus in the fungus Schizothecium tetrasporum (Ascomycota, Sordariales)
N. Vittorelli, A. Snirc, E. Levert, V. Gautier, C. Lalanne, E. De Filippo, R. C. Rodriguez de la Vega, P. Gladieux, S. Guillou, Y. Zhang, S. Tejomurthula, I. V. Grigoriev, R. Debuchy, P. Silar, T. Giraud, F. Hartmann
This paper shows that recombination is suppressed around the mating-type locus in Schizothecium tetrasporum, a fungus in the Sordariales order, leading to self-fertile dikaryotic spores through stepwise recombination suppression.
bioRxiv · Jul 20, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology