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A new type of interaction between spore colour mutants ofAspergillus niger

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A new white-spored mutant of the imperfect fungusA. niger is described. Behind the heterokaryotic heads formed with non-allelic spore colour mutants, it shows as a result of crossfeeding a uniform change of colour of the conidial heads in a band up to 4–5 mm deep. This mutation with pleiotropic effects on colour and crossfeeding occurs relatively frequently inA. niger, although it has not been reported previously.

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Acknowledgment. Thanks are due to Dr A. J. Clutterbuck (Department of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow) for helpful comments on this work.

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Lhoas, P. A new type of interaction between spore colour mutants ofAspergillus niger. Experientia 36, 1168–1169 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01976105

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