DEMONSTRATION OF A PARASEXUAL CYCLE IN THE ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE

1 June 1980

journal article
research article
Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology

Vol. 22 (2) , 309-314
https://doi.org/10.1139/g80-038

Abstract

To demonstrate the existence of a parasexual cycle in the imperfect entomopathogenic fungus, M. anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin, doubly- and triply-marked strains were forced to form heterokaryons. All heterokaryons produced diploid spores, 2 of which yielded putative recombinants.

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