ASPERGILLUS Aspergillus was first catalogued in 1729 by the Italian priest and biologist Pier Antonio Micheli. Viewing the fungi under a microscope, Micheli was reminded of the shape of an aspergillum (holy water sprinkler), from latin spargere (to sprinkle), and named the genus accordingly.  Aspergillum is an asexual spore-forming …

Asexual Reproduction Asexual reproduction in the Ascomycetes may be carried on by fission, fragmentation, chlamydospores, or conidia according to the species and to the environmental conditions. Fission & Budding in Yeast: Fission and budding are methods of propagation normally encountered in the yeasts and in a few other Ascomycetes. Spores …

Gene mapping The diagrammatic representation of location and arrangement of genes and relative distance between  linked gene of a chromosome is called linkage map or genetic map. Unit of genetic map is Morgan or Centimorgan. History Test cross Gene map distance If the percentage of crossing over between two linked …