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Selecting One of Several Mating Types through Gene Segment Joining and Deletion in Tetrahymena thermophila
The unicellular eukaryote Tetrahymena thermophila has seven mating types. Cells can mate only when they recognize cells of a different mating type as non-self. As a ciliate, Tetrahymena separates its germline and soma into two nuclei. During growth the somatic nucleus is responsible for all gene tra...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608545/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23555191 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001518 |