High levels of variation in ribosomal DNA sequences within and among spores of a natural population of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Acaulospora colossica

Mycologia

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 259-268

  Pringle, Anne ^a   Moncalvo, Jean Marc ^a   Vilgalys, Rytas ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AM fungi; Asexual; Endosymbiont; Genetic variation; Glomales; Internuclear; Intranuclear; ITS; Mutualism; VAM fungi

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000691970     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761559     Document Type: Article

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