title: Mating types in Paramecium and a molecular approach to their determination.
abstract: Mating types are expressed in ciliates for the duration of the mature period of their clonal cycle. During cell conjugation the reciprocal fertilization of complementary mating types takes place. Models of mating type determination in the Paramecium aurelia species complex based on classical genetics are reviewed including molecular aspects of the studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Zoology, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Slawkowska 17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland. sawka@isez.pan.krakow.pl
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sawka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010247:Paramecium / Q000502:physiology*; D012098:Reproduction