Pseudohomothallism and evolution of the mating-type chromosome in Neurospora tetrasperma

Genetics

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 789-799

  Merino, Sandra T ^a   Nelson, Mary Anne ^a   Jacobson, David J ^b,c   Natvig, Donald O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; MATING TYPE; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HETEROZYGOTE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); NEUROSPORA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA; NEUROSPORA TETRASPERMA;

EID: 0029943667     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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