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nature.com
27 March 2013, nature.com: How a microbe chooses among seven sexes Citat: "...Biologists have uncovered the genetic mechanisms by which an unusual microbe assumes one of seven possible sexes...It was known that “the mating type of the parents has no influence on what the mating type of the progeny is going to be,”..."
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2 March 2011, newscientist.com: Zoologger: The hairy beast with seven fuzzy sexes Citat: ".... It has not two but seven sexes, and each one can mate with any of the others...As if that weren’t enough, sex itself is different for this animal. Most cells have a single nucleus that contains all their DNA, but Tetrahymena has two: a large macronucleus and a small micronucleus. The macronucleus controls the everyday functions of the cell, while the micronucleus deals with its complicated sex life..."
