Sheltered load in fungal mating-type chromosomes revealed by fitness experiments
Lou Guyot, Elizabeth Chahine, Elsa De Filippo, Christophe Lalanne, Sylvain Brun, Fanny E. Hartmann, Tatiana Giraud
The paper tests for sheltered load in fungal mating-type chromosomes by comparing growth rates of heterokaryons and homokaryons, finding faster growth in heterokaryons suggesting recessive deleterious mutations in non-recombining regions.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology · Jun 19, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology