Population structure and diversity in sexual and asexual populations of the pathogenic fungus Melampsora lini

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3401-3415

  Barrett, Luke G ^a,b,c   Thrall, Peter H ^b   Burdon, Jeremy J ^b   Nicotra, Adrienne B ^c   Linde, Celeste C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avirulence; Co evolution; Host pathogen; Metapopulation; Red Queen; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; AUSTRALIA; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIODIVERSITY; FLAX; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; AUSTRALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIODIVERSITY; FLAX; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

FUNGI; LINUM MARGINALE; MELAMPSORA LINI;

EID: 47749095499     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03843.x     Document Type: Article

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