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A mutation (ff-1) which specifically destroys the ability to develop protoperithecia was found in Neurospora crassa. This mutation causes no change in vegetative morphology. It is located between arg-5 and try-3 on the right arm of linkage group II.
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Tee, T.S., Choke, H.C. A gene controlling the early development of protoperithecium in Neurospora crassa . Molec. Gen. Genetics 107, 158–161 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00333631
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