title: Genetics: swinging ciliates' seven sexes.
abstract: Ciliates are well known for their unusual tricks of nuclear remodeling. A roulette-like method for mating type choice in Tetrahymena adds an interesting new twist to their repertoire.
authors.affiliation: The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO 63132, USA. jumen@danforthcenter.org
authors.forename: James G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Umen
mesh_terms: D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology*; D016808:Tetrahymena thermophila / Q000502:physiology*