Starvation-induced cell fusion and heterokaryosis frequently escape imperfect allorecognition systems to enable parasexual interactions in an asexual fungal pathogen
Vasileios Vangalis, Ilya Likhotkin, Michael Knop, Milton A. Typas, Ioannis A. Papaioannou
This study shows that starvation promotes frequent nonself fusion in V. dahliae, enabling parasexual interactions despite allorecognition systems, with autophagy protecting incompatible heterokaryons.
BMC Biology · Aug 24, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetics