Why the DNA‐containing organelles, chloroplasts, and mitochondria, are inherited
maternally is a long standing and unsolved question. However, recent years have seen a …

Variability in the way organisms reproduce raises numerous, and still unsolved, questions in
evolutionary biology. In this study, we emphasize that fungi deserve a much greater …

Sexual reproduction is a fundamental aspect of life. It is defined by the occurrence of meiosis
and the fusion of two gametes of different sexes or mating types. Sex-determination …

Sporothrix schenckii, previously assumed to be the sole agent of human and animal
sporotrichosis, is in fact a species complex. Recently recognized taxa include S. brasiliensis …

Fungi are a diverse group of organisms with a huge variation in reproductive strategy. While
almost all species can reproduce sexually, many reproduce asexually most of the time …

SUMMARY True morels (Morchella spp., Morchellaceae, Ascomycota) are widely regarded
as a highly prized delicacy and are of great economic and scientific value. Recently, the …

abstract In the phylum Basidiomycota, a wide variety of lifestyles are represented. These
range from well‐known and conspicuous wood‐decaying mushrooms, plant growth …

Genomic regions determining sexual compatibility often display recombination suppression,
as occurs in sex chromosomes, plant self‐incompatibility loci and fungal mating‐type loci …

Background A common feature of most genetic sex-determination systems studied so far is
that sex is determined by nonrecombining genomic regions, which can be of various sizes …

Sex chromosomes can display successive steps of recombination suppression known as
“evolutionary strata,” which are thought to result from the successive linkage of sexually …