Test of interaction between genetic markers that affect fitness in Aspergillus niger

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1499-1505

  De Visser, J A G M ^a,b,c   Hoekstra, Rolf F ^a   Van Den Ende, Herman ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Evolution of sex; Synergistic epistasis

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 0030780902     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb01473.x     Document Type: Article

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