Globally panmictic population structure in the opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus sydowii

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4068-4078

  Rypien, Krystal L ^a,b   Andras, Jason P ^a   Harvell, C Drew ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Coral disease; Global microbial distribution; Sea fan

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; DNA, FUNGAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

ANTHOZOA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS SYDOWII; FUNGI; GORGONACEA;

EID: 51649123166     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03894.x     Document Type: Article

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