A. J. M. Debets

Identification of heterokaryon incompatibility genes in Aspergillus fumigatus highlights a narrow footprint of ancient balancing selection

This study identifies het genes in Aspergillus fumigatus involved in heterokaryon incompatibility and shows that balancing selection acts with a narrow genomic footprint despite high recombination rates.

Somatic deficiency causes reproductive parasitism in a fungus

The paper shows that cheater lineages in Neurospora crassa evolve fusion deficiencies, allowing them to exploit fusion partners and increase their nuclear representation in reproductive hyphae.

Asymmetrical template-DNA strand segregation can explain density-associated mutation-rate plasticity

The paper shows that asymmetrical DNA strand segregation in cell division can explain reduced mutation rates at high density in unicellular organisms.