Table 1.
Species | Mating system | Mating type loci | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Ascomycota | |||
Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Bipolar | MATa and MATα | 42 |
Schizosaccharomyces pombe | Bipolar | mat1P and mat1M | 72 |
Neurospora crassa | Bipolar | mata and matA | 8 |
Basidiomycota | |||
Ustilaginomycotina | |||
Ustilago hordei | Bipolar | Mat-1 and Mat-2, a and b linked | 5, 35 |
Ustilago maydis | Tetrapolar | Biallelic a and multiallelic b | 5, 6 |
Pucciniomycotina | |||
Microbotryum violaceum | Bipolar | MAT A1 and MAT A2, a and b linked | 23 |
Agaricomycotina | |||
Tremellomycetes | |||
Cryptococcus neoformans (teleomorph name: Filobasidiella neoformans) | Bipolar | Mata and Matα, sex chromosome | 35 |
Agaricomycetes | |||
Coprinellus disseminatus | Bipolar | Multiallelic, multiple subloci in A, B genes present | 41 |
Coprinopsis cinerea | Tetrapolar | Multiallelic, multiple subloci in both A and B | 12 |
Laccaria bicolor | Tetrapolar | Multiallelic A and B | 70 |
Phanerochaete chrysosporium | Bipolar | Multiallelic A, B genes present | 63, 70 |
Pholiota nameko | Bipolar | Multiallelic A, B genes present | 122 |
Pleurotus djamor | Tetrapolar | Multiallelic A and B | 40 |
Postia placenta | Bipolar? | A and B genes present | 62 |
Schizophyllum commune | Tetrapolar | Multiallelic, multiple subloci in both A and B | 80 |
See reference 34.