Evolutionary Biology: Genomic Clues to Original Sex in Fungi

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Dyer, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN;

EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; PHYCOMYCETES; SHORT SURVEY;

EVOLUTION; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; PHYCOMYCES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 40149109308     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.014     Document Type: Short Survey

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