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Endophyte survival without sex

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posted on 2023-05-23, 04:52 authored by Barbara HollandBarbara Holland, Schardl, CJ, Schmid, J
Sex is considerably more costly for an organism than clonal reproduction. How it conveys sufficient benefits to outweigh this cost remains unclear, One of the main arguments that such benefits exist is the widespread distribution of sex and the short evolutionary lifespan of asexual lineages. However, too little is known about the reproductive biology of microorganisms to be certain the sex is wide-spread among them. Among the epichole endophytes the ability to carry out sexual reproduction is frequently lost, and closely related sexual and asexual lineages can be readily collected. This offers an opportunity to test if asexual endophyte lineages hava a shorter lifespan than sexual lineages, which would indicate that sex conveys advantages to epichole endophytes. Using a novel phylogent-based statistical approach, we found strong evidence that asexual endophyte lineages are short-lived compared to sexual lineages.

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Publication title

Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Fungal Endophytes of Grasses

Volume

13

Editors

AJ Popay and ER Thom

Pagination

151-154

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

New Zealand Grassland Association

Place of publication

New Zealand

Event title

Fungal Endophytes of Grasses

Event Venue

Christchurch, New Zealand

Date of Event (Start Date)

2006-03-25

Date of Event (End Date)

2006-03-28

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  • Restricted

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Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences

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