Host-related genetic differentiation in the anther smut fungus Microbotryum violaceum in sympatric, parapatric and allopatric populations of two host species Silene latifolia and S. dioica

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 203-212

  Van Putten, W F ^a,b   Biere, A ^a   Van Damme, J M M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allopatry; Anther smuts; Host races; Microsatellites; Population structure; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SYMPATRY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FUNGUS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SILENE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; EUROPE; FUNGI; GENETICS, POPULATION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SILENE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

FUNGI; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; SILENE DIOICA; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

EID: 12744262933     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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