Fruiting Body Formation in Volvariella volvacea Can Occur Independently of Its MAT-A-Controlled Bipolar Mating System, Enabling Homothallic and Heterothallic Life Cycles

Volvariella volvacea is an important crop in Southeast Asia, but erratic fruiting presents a serious challenge for its production and breeding. Efforts to explain inconsistent fruiting have been complicated by the multinucleate nature, typical lack of clamp connections, and an incompletely identifie...

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Main Authors: Bingzhi Chen, Arend F. van Peer, Junjie Yan, Xiao Li, Bin Xie, Juan Miao, Qianhui Huang, Lei Zhang, Wei Wang, Junsheng Fu, Xiang Zhang, Xiaoyin Zhang, Fengli Hu, Qingfang Kong, Xianyun Sun, Feng Zou, Hanxing Zhang, Shaojie Li, Baogui Xie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2016-07-01
Series:G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
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Online Access:http://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.116.030700