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Female gametangia of the normal bisexual Allomyces species are richer in fluorescently probed (FITC) actin, independent of their apical or subapical positioning during differentiation on the fertile hyphae. The anti-actin, cytochalasin D, can selectively suppress male differentiation in both species.
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Nguyen Thi, B.N., Turian, G. Actin stringently accumulated in the specifically positioned, differentiating female gametangia of Allomyces . Sexual Plant Reprod 5, 310–312 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00197384
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