What can comparative genomics tell us about species concepts in the genus Aspergillus?

Studies in Mycology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2007, Pages 11-17

  Rokas, A ^a   Payne, G ^b   Fedorova, N D ^c   Baker, S E ^d   Machida, M ^e   Yu, J ^f   Georgianna, D Ryan ^b   Dean, Ralph A ^b   Bhatnagar, Deepak ^f   Cleveland, T E ^f   Wortman, J R ^c   Maiti, R ^c   Joardar, V ^c   Amedeo, P ^c   Denning, D W ^g   Nierman, W C ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^f SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Genetic diversity; Genome sequences; Identifcation of species boundaries

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; NEOSARTORYA FISCHERI;

EID: 38549173734     PISSN: 01660616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3114/sim.2007.59.02     Document Type: Conference Paper

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