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Verticillium dahliae, a soilborne plant pathogen, causes wilt disease in many important crops. We reported previously that the mating type gene MAT1-2-1 is spread to isolates of this asexual fungus. However, we did not determine whether V. dahliae is homothallic or heterothallic because the opposite mating type gene, MAT1-1-1, had not been identified. In the present study, we identified the MAT1-1-1 gene from an isolate lacking MAT1-2-1 and the mating type idiomorphs of V. dahliae. Each isolate we tested contained either the MAT1-1 or MAT1-2 idiomorph, indicating that the asexual fungus V. dahliae is potentially heterothallic.
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The nucleotide sequence data reported are available in the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases under accessions AB505214, AB505215 and AB469828.
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Usami, T., Itoh, M. & Amemiya, Y. Asexual fungus Verticillium dahliae is potentially heterothallic. J Gen Plant Pathol 75, 422–427 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-009-0197-6
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