Parasexual and Sexual Reproduction in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Room for Both

G. Yildirir; M. Malar C; V. Kokkoris; N. Corradi

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2020.03.013

Parasexual and Sexual Reproduction in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Room for Both

G. Yildirir, M. Malar C, V. Kokkoris, N. Corradi

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© 2020 Elsevier LtdArbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) harbor thousands of nuclei in a large syncytium at all times. Although mating processes have not been observed in AMF, their cells and genomes show many signatures of sexual reproduction. Here, we describe how some of these signatures could also arise from parasexual processes in these widespread plant symbionts. As such, parasexual and sexual evolution could both be at play in generating nuclear diversity in AMF.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	517-519
Journal	Trends In Microbiology
Volume	28
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2020.03.013
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2020
Externally published	Yes

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This work is supported by the Discovery Grants Program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC-Discovery).

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Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

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