The ecology and genetics of a host shift: Microbotryum as a model system

American Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Antonovics, Janis ^a   Hood, Michael ^a   Partain, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Emerging diseases; Host shift; Microbotryum; Resistance; Silene

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; MICROBOTRYUM; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA SUBSP. ALBA; SILENE VULGARIS;

EID: 0036794044     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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