Self-Fertility: The Genetics of Sex in Lonely Fungi

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Kronstad, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; GENETICS; GENOME; INBREEDING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; GENOME, FUNGAL; INBREEDING; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 34848917065     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.08.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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