Occurrence of diploid strains of Cryptococcus neoformans.
A mating between niacin and pantothenate auxotrophs of Cryptococcus neoformans gave a few prototrophic progeny that were self-fertile. These were uninuclear but contained twice as much DNA as the parental strains. Segregation of nutritional markers was observed upon sporulation. We conclude that these self-fertile strains are diploids.
D003454:Cryptococcus / Q000235:genetics*; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000235:genetics*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D004171:Diploidy; D013172:Spores, Fungal
D004271:DNA, Fungal