title: Fungal sex: meiosis machinery in ancient symbiotic fungi.
abstract: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are important symbionts that enhance plant growth. They were thought to have been asexual for hundreds of millions of years. A new study reveals that the fungi actually possess highly conserved genetic machinery for completion of meiosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore Building, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. ian.sanders@unil.ch
authors.forename: Ian R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D055137:Glomeromycota / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics*; D008540:Meiosis; D038821:Mycorrhizae / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012100:Reproduction, Asexual
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins