Conidial germling fusion phenotypes.

<p>(A) Representative micrograph of wild-type (FGSC 2489) germlings undergoing chemotropic interactions in standard laboratory medium (0.68 mM Ca²⁺) <a href="http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003669#pgen.1003669-Vogel1" target="_blank">[71]</a>. (B) Representative micrograph of failure of chemotropic interactions and cell fusion in wild type (FGSC 2489) germlings in standard laboratory media lacking Ca²⁺. Fusion frequencies from large-scale replicate analyses are in black text at the lower right of each image. (C) Germlings bearing a deletion in <i>spr-7</i> involved in multiple germling fusion events. Arrows indicate fusion points. Scale bar = 5 µm.