Genetic isolation among host races of the anther smut fungus Microbotryum violaceum on three host plant species

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 907-916

  Shykoff, Jacqui A ^a,b   Meyhöfer, Anne ^b   Bucheli, Erika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Dianthus; Gene flow; Pollinator constancy; Population genetics; Silene; Ustilago

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS DETECTION; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIANCE; HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSATELLITE ALLELE; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION;

FUNGAL DISEASE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ISOLATION; POLLINATOR;

DIANTHUS CARTHUSIANORUM; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; SILENE VULGARIS;

EID: 0032698202     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314179     Document Type: Article

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