Reproduction in Aspergillus fumigatus: Sexuality in a supposedly asexual species?

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL.1, 2005, Pages

  Dyer, Paul S ^a   Paoletti, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asexuality; Aspergillus; Evolution; Mating type; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FERTILITY; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION BIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PUBLICATION; SEXUALITY; SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 22844449952     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780400029015     Document Type: Article

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