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Kinetics of the mating-type interconversion was observed after heterothallic nutritionally-marked stocks of Kluyveromyces lactis were mated and sporulated. Conversion to homothallism is not finished within the period of 10 days of growth on the sporulation agar. In general, the expression of homothallism in the α mating-type is often delayed when compared to the a mating-type. Segregation patterns of tetrads suggest the functioning of a mating-type interconversion system including a mating locus and two silent storage copies of the mating-type information.
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Novotnẏ, Č., Fuentes, JL., Carré, P. et al. Homothallism expression in Kluyveromyces lactis. Heredity 51, 549–559 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1983.70
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