Evidence for the existence of elements of a para-sexual cycle in the cellular slime mould, Dictyostelium discoideum

22 July 1969

journal article
Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences

Vol. 173 (1033) , 531-540
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1969.0075

Abstract

The isolation and characterization of heterozygous diploids of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum is described. The diploids are extremely unstable, and haploidization occurs through transient aneuploidy. These genetic and cytological observations suggest that D. discoideum has a para-sexual cycle and previous reports by others of genetic recombination in this organism can be explained on this assumption.

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