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Plasmodial Fusion and Lethal Interaction between Strains in a Myxomycete

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After plasmodial fusion between certain strains of Physarum polycephalum there is a lethal reaction which may end in the total destruction of one or both plasmodia.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London,

    M. J. CARLILE & JENNIFER DEE

  2. Department of Genetics, University of Leicester,

    M. J. CARLILE & JENNIFER DEE

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CARLILE, M., DEE, J. Plasmodial Fusion and Lethal Interaction between Strains in a Myxomycete. Nature 215, 832–834 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215832a0

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