Molecular evidence for host-adapted races of the fungal endophyte Epichloë bromicola after presumed host shifts

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-51

  Brem, Dominik ^a   Leuchtmann, Adrian ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphism; Bromus; Fungi; Grass endophytes; Host specificity; Sympatric speciation; Tef1 ; tubulin

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; HOST SPECIFICITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ASCOMYCOTA; BROMUS; BROMUS BENEKENII; BROMUS ERECTUS; BROMUS RAMOSUS; EPICHLOE; EPICHLOE BROMICOLA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MYXOGASTRIA; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0037286359     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00214.x     Document Type: Article

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