Spore killing in the fungus Podospora anserina: A connection between meiotic drive and vegetative incompatibility?

Genetica

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-65

  Van Der Gaag, Marijn ^a   Debets, Alfons J M ^a   Hoekstra, Rolf F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heterokaryon incompatibility; Segregation distortion

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; HET S PROTEIN, PODOSPORA ANSERINA; HET-S PROTEIN, PODOSPORA ANSERINA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; SORDARIALES;

CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MEIOSIS; SORDARIALES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

FUNGI; PODOSPORA; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; SORDARIALES;

EID: 0037229159     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022364632611     Document Type: Article

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