Quiescent fungal conidia are heterogeneous and prepare for the future through transcriptional programmes that depend on the environment in which the conidia develop.
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Blatzer, M., Latgé, JP. Fungal spores are future-proofed. Nat Microbiol 6, 979–980 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-00946-4
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