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Heterothallism and Reproduction in Fungi

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WE are grateful for the clear genetical interpretation of heterothallism given by Dr. K. Mather1, and may perhaps be allowed to carry his conclusions regarding reproduction in fungi a step further. We have been thinking on these lines for some time, and in a joint discussion held by Sections D and K at a meeting of the British Association in 1937, the suggestion put forward by one of us2, that the heterothallism of some fungi might be compared with the incompatibility of some angiosperms, was not received sympathetically by the mycologists.

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MADGE, M., BLACKWELL, E. Heterothallism and Reproduction in Fungi. Nature 149, 440–441 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149440b0

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