Biointeractions and Plant Health, Plant Research International, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen, The Netherlands, cees.waalwljk@wurni.
Mycotoxin Res. 2006 Mar;22(1):54-60. doi: 10.1007/BF02954558.
Sex in fungi is regulated by highly dissimilar mating type loci named idiomorphs. The genus Fusarium harbours both sexual as well as esexual species and each appears to contain one or the other idiomorph. The structure of these loci is highly conserved, suggesting a cryptic sexual cycle in these socalled asexual species. Alternatively, idiomorphs could regulate additional hitherto unrecognized biological processes. Such processes could be elucidated by expression profiling using mutants disrupted in their mating type loci.
真菌中的性别由高度不同的交配型基因座（称为异型等位基因）调控。镰刀菌属同时具有有性和无性物种，每种似乎都包含一种异型等位基因。这些基因座的结构高度保守，表明这些所谓的无性物种中存在隐性的有性周期。或者，异型等位基因可能调控其他尚未被识别的生物学过程。可以通过在交配型基因座发生突变的突变体中进行表达谱分析来阐明这些过程。
