A new study on the sex life of molds is raising startling new questions about gene silencing, speciation and perhaps some facets of human reproduction. A new study on the sex life of molds is raising ...
For over 100 years, it was assumed that the penicillin-producing mold fungus, Penicillium chrysogenum, only reproduced asexually through spores. Biologists have now shown for the first time that the ...