Antagonistic pleiotropy may help population-level selection in maintaining genetic polymorphism for transmission rate in a model phytopathogenic fungus

Heredity

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-52

  Tellier, A ^a,b   Villareal L M M A ^a   Giraud, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease transmission; Group selection; Infectivity; Parasites; Protected polymorphism; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANTAGONISM; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOUNDER EFFECT; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIATION; GROUP SELECTION; INFECTIVITY; METAPOPULATION; PATHOGEN; PLEIOTROPY; SPORULATION;

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

EID: 33845777891     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800902     Document Type: Article

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