Comment on Fear their power
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 18 hours ago
To save you a search:
It has a tetrapolar mating system with each cell containing two mating-type loci (called A and B) that govern different aspects of the mating process, leading to 4 possible phenotypes after cell fusion. Each locus codes for a mating type sublocus (α or β) and each type is multi-allelic: the A locus has 9 alleles for the α type and an estimated 32 for its β type, and the B locus has 9 alleles each for both its α and β types. When combined this gives an estimated 9 × 32 × 9 × 9 = 23328 potential mating type specificities. This does not mean all different mating types are compatible with one another, because compatibility between haploid individuals exists only when for both the A and the B mating-type locus at least the α or β are different. Strains are thus compatible with ( 1 − 1/ (9 × 32) ) × ( 1 − 1/ (9 × 9) ) ≈ 0.984 = 98.4 % of the population.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 17 hours ago
Imagine how much easier dating would be if you’re default compatible with over 98% of the population. Making me jealous.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 17 hours ago
I’m just not into the A locus though
idkwhatimdoing@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
All 288 variations? Problematic.
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
And it’s wasted on plants, who just spread their cum around the whole damn planet and make me sneeze.
SuperIce@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants.
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
These aren’t plants? Are there even plants with matting types?