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Aging and Longevity in the Filamentous Fungus Podospora anserina

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Aging of Organisms

Part of the book series: Biology of Aging and its Modulation ((BIMO,volume 4))

Abstract

The fungi represent a diverse assembly of heterotrophic eukaryotes. In principal, they can be divided into two groups, the yeasts and the mycelial (filamentous) fungi. In yeasts, a single cell predominantly represents the individuum. In contrast, the vegetation body of mycelial fungi is represented by the so-called mycelium, a thallus consisting of a network of long filamentous “cells,” termed hyphae. Mycelial growth proceeds via the elongation of the peripheral hyphae [1]. From time to time, these hyphae branch at their tips. If two independent mycelia come into close contact they may fuse by hyphal anastomoses giving rise to the formation of a heterokaryon, a mycelium containing the nuclei of the two fusion partners. This process is genetically controlled [2].

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Osiewacz, H.D. (2003). Aging and Longevity in the Filamentous Fungus Podospora anserina . In: Osiewacz, H.D. (eds) Aging of Organisms. Biology of Aging and its Modulation, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0671-1_2

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