Occurrence of a parasexual cycle following the transfer of isolated nuclei into protoplasts of Phytophthora parasitica

Current Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 120-123

  Gu, Yu Huan ^a   Ko, Wen Hsiung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Diploidization; Karyogamy; Nuclear transfer; Parasexual cycle; Tetraploid formation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; DIPLOIDY; FUNGUS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; SPOROGENESIS; TETRAPLOIDY;

CELL FUSION; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DIPLOIDY; MITOSIS; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PHYTOPHTHORA; POLYPLOIDY; PROTOPLASTS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA PARASITICA; TEREBRANTIA;

EID: 0031692367     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050375     Document Type: Article

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