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Two genomes are better than one: history, genetics, and biotechnological applications of fungal heterokaryons

Overview of attention for article published in Fungal Biology and Biotechnology, May 2016
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#21 of 160)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (85th percentile)

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Title
Two genomes are better than one: history, genetics, and biotechnological applications of fungal heterokaryons
Published in
Fungal Biology and Biotechnology, May 2016
DOI 10.1186/s40694-016-0022-x
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Authors

Noah B. Strom, Kathryn E. Bushley

Abstract

Heterokaryosis is an integral part of the parasexual cycle used by predominantly asexual fungi to introduce and maintain genetic variation in populations. Research into fungal heterokaryons began in 1912 and continues to the present day. Heterokaryosis may play a role in the ability of fungi to respond to their environment, including the adaptation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to different plant hosts. The parasexual cycle has enabled advances in fungal genetics, including gene mapping and tests of complementation, dominance, and vegetative compatibility in predominantly asexual fungi. Knowledge of vegetative compatibility groups has facilitated population genetic studies and enabled the design of innovative methods of biocontrol. The vegetative incompatibility response has the potential to be used as a model system to study biological aspects of some human diseases, including neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. By combining distinct traits through the formation of artificial heterokaryons, fungal strains with superior properties for antibiotic and enzyme production, fermentation, biocontrol, and bioremediation have been produced. Future biotechnological applications may include site-specific biocontrol or bioremediation and the production of novel pharmaceuticals.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Unknown 148 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 33 22%
Student > Master 23 15%
Student > Bachelor 21 14%
Researcher 18 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 4%
Other 19 13%
Unknown 30 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 60 40%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 35 23%
Environmental Science 4 3%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 2%
Engineering 3 2%
Other 9 6%
Unknown 36 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 January 2022.
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#2,748,718
of 24,701,594 outputs
Outputs from Fungal Biology and Biotechnology
#21
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#43,107
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Outputs of similar age from Fungal Biology and Biotechnology
#2
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