Why Study Schizophyllum?

Authors

Carlene A. Raper, University of Vermont
Thomas J. Fowler, University of Vermont

Abstract

For its fascinating sex life, of course! The German mycologist Hans Kniep (1930) was the first to discover that the wood-rotting basidiomycete, Schizophyllum commune, recombines its genome regularly and propagates effectively by consorting with any one of many compatible mates through a system known as tetrapolar sexuality, a term describing the meiotic segregation of four different mating types.

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Recommended Citation

Raper, C. A., and T.J. Fowler (2004) "Why Study Schizophyllum?," Fungal Genetics Reports: Vol. 51, Article 12. https://doi.org/10.4148/1941-4765.1142