Sexual reproduction in the fungal parasite, Zygorhizidium planktonicum

Mycologia

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 720-732

  Doggett, M Steven ^a   Porter, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

autogamy; Chytridiales; Chytridiomycetes; meiosis; resting spores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHYTRIDIALES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; ZYGORHIZIDIUM; ZYGORHIZIDIUM PLANKTONICUM;

EID: 0030475359     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3760966     Document Type: Article

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