Common sex-linked deleterious alleles in a plant parasitic fungus alter infection success but show no pleiotropic advantage

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 970-980

  Giraud, T ^a   Jonot, O ^a   Shykoff, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Antagonistic pleiotropy; Compensatory mutations; Competitive inhibitions; Fungal fitness; Mixed inoculation; Phytopathogen; Protected polymorphism; Sex ratio distortion; Silene latifolia; Virulence

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ALLELE; FUNGUS; INOCULATION; MATING BEHAVIOR; METAPOPULATION; PLEIOTROPY;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CROSS BREEDING; ENVIRONMENT; FRANCE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA, FUNGAL; ENVIRONMENT; FRANCE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARYOPHYLLACEAE; FUNGI; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

EID: 33646470325     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.01032.x     Document Type: Article

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