Parasexuality in asexual development mutants of Aspergillus nidulans

Biological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 297-305

  Becker, Tânia Cristina Alexandrino ^a   Alves De Castro Prado, Marialba A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conidiation mutants; Haploid recombinants; Mitotic recombination; Parasexual cycle

Indexed keywords

BENOMYL;

ALLELE; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOIDY; INOCULATION; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; WILD TYPE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; MITOSIS; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 33746632453     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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