The plot thickens: haploid and triploid-like thalli, hybridization, and biased mating type ratios in Letharia
S. L. Ament-Velasquez, V. Tuovinen, L. Bergström, T. Spribille, D. Vanderpool, J. Nascimbene, Y. Yamamoto, G. Thor, H. Johannesson
The paper investigates the reproductive biology of Letharia fungi, finding haploidy in some specimens and triploid-like features in others, suggesting hybridization and asexual reproduction in certain regions.
bioRxiv · Dec 18, 2020Evolutionary Biology