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Neurospora as a model to empirically test central hypotheses in eukaryotic genome evolution
Author(s) -
Whittle Carrie A.,
Johannesson Hanna
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.201200110
Subject(s) - neurospora , biology , evolutionary biology , genome , test (biology) , genetics , computational biology , gene , ecology , neurospora crassa , mutant
The fungus Neurospora comprises a novel model for testing hypotheses involving the role of sex and reproduction in eukaryotic genome evolution. Its variation in reproductive mode, lack of sex‐specific genotypes, availability of phylogenetic species, and young sex‐regulating chromosomes make research in this genus complementary to animal and plant models.