Beyond Animals and Plants: Dynamic Maternal Effects in the 1 Fungus Neurospora crassa
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Beyond animals and plants: dynamic maternal effects in the fungus Neurospora crassa.
Maternal effects are widely documented in animals and plants, but not in fungi or other eukaryotes. A principal cause of maternal effects is asymmetrical parental investment in a zygote, creating greater maternal vs. paternal influence on offspring phenotypes. Asymmetrical investments are not limited to animals and plants, but are also prevalent in fungi and groups including apicomplexans, dino...
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