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Revelations from a bread mould

The filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa is an organism much loved by geneticists. Its genome sequence has now been unveiled, and includes some surprises — such as the relatively high number of genes.

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Figure 1: Following genes from generation to generation in Neurospora crassa.

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Arnold, J., Hilton, N. Revelations from a bread mould. Nature 422, 821–822 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/422821a

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