Sylvain Brun

The paper tests for sheltered load in fungal mating-type chromosomes by comparing growth rates of heterokaryons and homokaryons, finding faster growth in heterokaryons suggesting recessive deleterious mutations in non-recombining regions.

This study shows that microtubules drive rapid nuclear movement and extreme deformations in male nuclei of Podospora anserina during sexual reproduction.

The paper identifies GUN1, a gene involved in ascospore germination in Podospora anserina, and shows its conservation with Pth2 in Magnaporthe oryzae.