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Mating-Type Control and Differentiation

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The Molecular Biology of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

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Under conditions of nutritional deprivation fission yeast cells differentiate into ascospores. In this process haploid G1 cells of opposite mating types (M and P) first mate to form a diploid zyogote, which subsequently undergoes meiosis and sporulation, thereby producing an ascus with four haploid spores. These spores represent a dormant state, which is more resistant to unfavourable conditions. Once the environment improves the ascus sac will dissolve, releasing the spores, which then germinate into haploid vegetative cells, thus completing the life cycle (Egel 1994; Nielsen and Davey 1995; Yamamoto et al. 1997 for reviews and early references).

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    Richard Egel

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Nielsen, O. (2004). Mating-Type Control and Differentiation. In: Egel, R. (eds) The Molecular Biology of Schizosaccharomyces pombe . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10360-9_18

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