Male and female roles in crosses of Aspergillus nidulans as revealed by vegetatively incompatible parents

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 136-141

  Bruggeman, Judith ^a   Debets, Alfons J M ^a   Swart, Klaas ^a   Hoekstra, Rolf F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(In)compatibility; Aspergillus nidulans; Cleistothecia; Male and female roles; Nuclear parasitism; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 0038392794     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(03)00016-1     Document Type: Article

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