Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) fingerprinting of symbiotic fungi cultured by the fungus-growing ant Cyphomyrmex minutus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-122

  Mueller, U G ^a,b   Lipari, S E ^a   Milgroom, M G ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

AFLP fingerprinting; Attine fungi; Cyphomyrmex minutus; Fungus growing ants; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CYPHOMYRMEX MINUTUS; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 0030087695     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00297.x     Document Type: Article

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