Genetic and environmental factors affecting mating type frequency in natural isolates of Tetrahymena Thermophila

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 412-418

  Arslanyolu, Muhittin ^a   Doerder, F Paul ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliate; Ecological genetics; Frequency dependent selection; Mating type alleles; Population genetics; Temperature sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; MATING TYPE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

CILIOPHORA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0033887461     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2000.tb00068.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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