title: A mutation (gad) linked to mt and affecting asexual plasmodium formation in Physarum polycephalum.
abstract: Amoebae of the acellular slime mold Physarum polycephalum convert to plasmodia both asexually and sexually. Genetic analysis of a mutant that exhibits enhanced asexual plasmodium formation is reported. The mutant carries a single lesion (gad-11) located 12.3 map units from mt, a gene that controls mating specificity in sexual plasmodium formation. The mutation, which was isolated in an mt3 strain, is also expressed in mth and mt4 strains.
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005796:Genes; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D009154:Mutation; D009235:Myxomycetes / Q000254:growth & development; D010804:Physarum / Q000254:growth & development; D011995:Recombination, Genetic