Self fertility and uni-directional mating-type switching in Ceratocystis coerulescens, a filamentous ascomycete

Current Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-59

  Harrington, T C ^a   McNew, D L ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratocystis; Hermaphroditism; Homothallism; Mating type switching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ASCOMYCOTA; CROSSES, GENETIC; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HERMAPHRODITISM; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASCOMYCOTA; CERATOCYSTIS; CERATOCYSTIS COERULESCENS; FUNGI;

EID: 0030803330     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050247     Document Type: Article

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