This describes the genotypes production in the rare 8 spored asci which were the result of post meiosis stage.

1. Ascospore genotypes in rare 8-spored asci from Neurospora
crosses with hybrid translocation strains
Neurospora crassa
 Uninucleate
 Self -sterile cultures
Neurospora tetrasperma
 Binucleate
 Self -fertile cultures
Arun Kumar Gupta
M.Sc Food Science And Technology,
Pondicherry Univ., Pondicherry

2. Mode of segregation
• Alternate - Viable parental
genotypes
• Adjacent-1- Non parental
genotypes
max-4 phenotype

3. Result

4. Conclusion
• It might be due to additional round of mitosis
after post meiotic mitosis stage before
ascospore delimitation.

5. Acknowledgement
• Indian Academy of Sciences
• Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
(CDFD)
• Dr. D. P. Kasbekar (Guide)
• Mr. Dev ashish and Ms. Rekha
• Staff members of Laboratory of Neurospora Genetics.