Two mating groups of Polysphondylium pallidum, a dictyostelid cellular slime mold

Mycoscience

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 453-457

  Kawakami, Shin Ichi ^a,c   Hagiwara, Hiromitsu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dictyostelid cellular slime mold; Mating; Polysphondylium pallidum; Species concept; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACRASIDA; DICTYOSTELIIDA; MYXOGASTRIA; POLYSPHONDYLIUM PALLIDUM;

EID: 0037176425     PISSN: 13403540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s102670200065     Document Type: Article

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