Patterns of mitochondrial inheritance in the myxogastrid Didymium iridis

Mycologia

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 939-946

  Silliker, Margaret E ^a   Liles, Jeffery L ^b   Monroe, Jason A ^c  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Children's Memorial Hospital ^*  (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biparental inheritance; Isogamous mating; Mitochondrial transmission genetics; Myxomycetes; Uniparental inheritance

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; HERITABILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DIDYMIUM; DIDYMIUM IRIDIS; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0036863937     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2003.11833152     Document Type: Article

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