Meiotic behaviour of the minichromosome in the phytopathogenic ascomycete Leptosphaeria maculans

Current Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 541-548

  Leclair, S ^a   Ansan Melayah, D ^a   Rouxel, T ^a   Balesdent, M H ^a  

^a INRA   (France)

Author keywords

B chromosome; Chromosome length polymorphism; Leptosphaeria maculans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; INHERITANCE; KARYOTYPE; MEIOSIS; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BRASSICA; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CROSSES, GENETIC; MEIOSIS; PLANTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASCOMYCOTA; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS;

EID: 0030479460     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050167     Document Type: Article

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