Genetic evidence for recombination in Candida albicans based on haplotype analysis

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 553-562

  Tavanti, Arianna ^a   Gow, Neil A R ^a   Maiden, Martin C J ^b   Odds, Frank C ^a   Shaw, Duncan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; LIGHT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 1842579011     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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