A ciliate genus used to study nuclear dimorphism, conjugation, autogamy and epigenetic inheritance. Nuclear-cycle details and mating-type mechanisms differ between species.
A model ciliate in which small-RNA-guided developmental DNA elimination contributes to mating-type inheritance, including regulation of the mtA promoter.

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