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Same-sex fungi can mate
Email: Charles Q Choi - cqchoi@nasw.org News from The Scientist 2005, 6(1):20050426-01
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Members of the same sex of a pathogenic fungal species can mate and produce offspring, scientists report in the April 21 issue of Nature. The finding suggests for the first time that the fungus has developed a novel type of sexual cycle, according to senior author Joseph Heitman at Duke University in Durham, NC.
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