Molecular evolution of candidate male reproductive genes in the brown algal model Ectocarpus

Table 2 Ectocarpus cross-strain fertility

Data on cross-fertility summarized from [40, 41, 85–87]. Clade numbers corresponding to the phylogenetic position in are given with the strain names. F – full interfertility, z – zygote formation, no data on growth, pre – prezygotic barriers, no cell fusion, post – hybrids with reduced growth or non-functional reproductive structures. ^aNo data on the actual Penikese strain (Pen) are available; fertilization data were inferred from Woods Hole, Massachusetts strain of similar restriction in the mating pattern with other strains, but completely interfertile with the Penikese strain

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