Evolutionary genetics: desperate times call for more sex.
A new study has found that strains of the fungus Aspergillus nidulans produce more of their spores sexually in environments where they are less fit, resembling a hypothesized transitional stage in the evolution of sex.
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Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA.
D001233:Aspergillus nidulans / Q000502:physiology*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D032842:Emericella / Q000502:physiology; D004777:Environment; D005838:Genotype; D012723:Sex; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000502:physiology*; D013312:Stress, Physiological