The mating-type chromosome in the filamentous ascomycete Neurospora tetrasperma represents a model for early evolution of sex chromosomes

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Menkis, Audrius ^a,b   Jacobson, David J ^c,d   Gustafsson, Tim ^b   Johannesson, Hanna ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHROMOSOME; FERTILITY; FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE STAGE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE SEQUENCE; MATING TYPE; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHROMOSOME; ALLELE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TIME;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA TETRASPERMA;

FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; EVOLUTION; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, GENETIC; NEUROSPORA; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41949136199     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000030     Document Type: Article

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