Intraspecific polymorphism in Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae revealed by analysis of rRNA gene complex and mtDNA RFLPs

Mycological Research

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1233-1241

  Mavridou, Annoula ^a   Typas, Milton A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA ANALYSIS; ENDONUCLEASE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION ENZYME ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOSOMAL RNA;

INSECTA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ANISOPLIAE; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0031707812     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756298006339     Document Type: Article

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