Homothallic
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Homothallic refers to the possession, within a single organism, of the resources to reproduce sexually.
It can be contrasted to heterothallic
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It is often used to categorize fungi. In yeast, heterothallic cells have mating types a and α. An experienced mother cell (one that has divided at least once) will switch mating type every cell division cycle because of the HO allele.
It can be contrasted to heterothallic
Heterothallic
Heterothallic species have sexes that reside in different individuals....
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It is often used to categorize fungi. In yeast, heterothallic cells have mating types a and α. An experienced mother cell (one that has divided at least once) will switch mating type every cell division cycle because of the HO allele.
See
- Mating of yeastMating of yeastThe yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a simple single celled eukaryote with both a diploid and haploid mode of existence. The mating of yeast only occurs between haploids, which can be either the a or α mating type and thus display simple sexual differentiation...
- 4 Growth and Life Cycles (of Yeast)