Long, interrupted conversion tracts initiated by cog in Neurospora crassa

Genetics

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-122

  Yeadon, P Jane ^a   Catcheside, David E A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSSING OVER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; GENE CONVERSION; GENES, FUNGAL; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPLICATION ORIGIN;

EID: 0031882771     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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