The indigenous coastal Californian population of the mushroom Agaricus bisporus, a cultivated species, may be at risk of extinction

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-45

  Kerrigan, R W ^a   Carvalho, D B ^b   Horgen, P A ^b   Anderson, J B ^b  

^a Sylvan Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agaricus bisporus; Cultivar germ plasm introduction; Extinction; Hybridization; Indigenous populations; Mixed populations

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS BISPORUS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MUSHROOM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EXTINCTION RISK; MUSHROOM;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0031597551     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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