Inheritance of streptomycin and chloramphenicol resistance in Phytophthora infestans: Evidence for co-segregation of mitochondrial DNA and streptomycin resistance

Mycological Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-92

  Whittaker, Susan L ^a   Assinder, Susan J ^a   Shaw, David S ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030050373     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-7562(96)80105-5     Document Type: Article

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