The nutritive values of non- processed and processed grape pomace with Neurospora sitophila were evaluated. The chemical compositions and physical characteristics of samples were evaluated by laboratory analysis. An in vitro digestibility experiment was done to determine digestibility coefficients of dry matter, organic matter and also digestible organic matter in dry matter (DOMD) to estimate ...

Three chromosomal factors called Spore killer (Sk) have been found in wild populations of Neurospora sitophila and N. intermedia. Sk resembles other examples of meiotic drive such as Segregation Distorter in Drosophila, Pollen killer in wheat, and Gamete eliminator in tomato. In crosses heterozygous for Sk, each ascus contains four viable black ascospores and four inviable, undersize, clear asc...

1 Department of Biochemistry, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan. 2 Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan. 3 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. 4 Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad, Pakistan. 5 Pakistan Science Foundation, Isla...

Heterochromatin and associated gene silencing processes play roles in development, genome defense, and chromosome function. In many species, constitutive heterochromatin is decorated with histone H3 tri-methylated at lysine 9 (H3K9me3) and cytosine methylation. In Neurospora crassa, a five-protein complex, DCDC, catalyzes H3K9 methylation, which then directs DNA methylation. Here, we identify a...

HE purpose of this paper is to provide evidence for the establishment of one Tor more genetic markers on seven linkage groups in Neurospora tetrasperma so as to enhance the usefulness of this species in genetic research. The linkage groups were determined by hybridization with the genetically well known species, N . crmsa. Markers were first transferred from one Neurospora species to another by...

Svedberg, J. 2017. Catching the Spore killers. Genomic conflict and genome evolution in Neurospora. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 1561. 51 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-513-0074-0. A genome is shaped by many different forces. Recombination can for instance both create and maintain genetic diversity,...