The biallelic a mating type locus of Ustilago maydis: Remnants of an additional pheromone gene indicate evolution from a multiallelic ancestor

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 250, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 414-420

  Urban, Martin ^a   Kahmann, Regine ^a   Bölker, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

fungal development; mating type; mitochondrial inheritance; pheromones; Ustilago maydis

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; EVOLUTION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0029978721     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02174029     Document Type: Article

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