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Sex-specific growth responses in yeasts

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Growing cells of complementary mating types from two genera of yeasts,Saccharomyces andHansenula, exhibited sex-specific responses. Two kinds of responses were observed. Either one of the sexes grew preferentially toward its mate which ceased to bud and increased in size, or both mating types grew preferentially toward each other. A growth response was observed between mating types ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae andHansenula anomala presumably complementary.

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    Alberta I. Herman

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Herman, A.I. Sex-specific growth responses in yeasts. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 37, 379–384 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02218508

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