Botanophila flies on Epichloë host species in Europe and North America: No evidence for co-evolution

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-23

  Leuchtmann, Adrian ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthomyiidae; Choke disease; Clavicipitaceae; Cytochrome oxydase; Diptera; Grass endophytes; Molecular phylogeny; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLY; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUTUALISM; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

ANTHOMYIIDAE; ASCOMYCOTA; BOTANOPHILA; CLAVICIPITACEAE; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; DIPTERA; EPICHLOE; EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; EPICHLOE GLYCERIAE; EPICHLOE TYPHINA; FESTUCA RUBRA; FUNGI; LOBATA; POACEAE;

EID: 33947184204     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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