Stepwise recombination suppression around the mating-type locus associated with a diploid-like life cycle in Schizothecium fungi
Elsa De Filippo, Elizabeth Chahine, Jeanne Legendre--Despas, Alodie Snirc, Amandine Labat, Pauline Michel, Pierre Grognet, Valérie Gautier Christophe, Emilie Levert, Christophe Lalanne, Philippe Silar, Tatiana Giraud, Fanny E. Hartmann
The paper investigates recombination suppression around the mating-type locus in Schizothecium fungi, finding evolutionary strata associated with a diploid-like life cycle in pseudo-homothallic species.
Molecular Biology and Evolution · Dec 10, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology