D. K. Aanen

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.

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.

This study models how the dikaryotic life cycle of Basidiomycete fungi affects genomic conflict, showing that maintaining fertilization potential increases monokaryon fertilization but reduces mycelium fitness.

This study uses experimental evolution in Schizophyllum commune to test if sexual selection improves mating success, finding fitness changes in evolved nuclear lines.

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