Mating type gene analysis in apparently asexual Cercospora species is suggestive of cryptic sex

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 813-825

  Groenewald, Marizeth ^a,b   Groenewald, Johannes Z ^a   Harrington, Thomas C ^c   Abeln, Edwin C A ^a   Crous, Pedro W ^a,b  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele frequency; Cercospora leaf spot; Geographic distribution; Mating types; Mycosphaerella; PCR amplification

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CERCOSPORA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; HYPHOMYCETES; MATING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME WALKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE COMPONENTS; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CERCOSPORA; CERCOSPORA APII; CERCOSPORA BETICOLA; CERCOSPORA ZEAE-MAYDIS; MYCOSPHAERELLA;

EID: 33846196306     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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