Gene organization of the mating type regions in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor reveals distinct evolution between the two mating type loci

New Phytologist

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 329-342

  Niculita Hirzel, Hélène ^a   Labbé, Jessy ^b   Kohler, Annegret ^b   Le Tacon, François ^b   Martin, Francis ^b   Sanders, Ian R ^a   Kües, Ursula ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene order conservation; Mating type loci; Mushroom forming fungi; Recombination; Sex chromosome evolution

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; PLECTIN;

CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUSHROOM; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; RECOMBINATION; RECONSTRUCTION; TRANSLOCATION;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; LACCARIA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCORRHIZA; REPRODUCTION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; LACCARIA; MYCORRHIZAE; PLECTIN; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION;

AGARICALES; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; LACCARIA; LACCARIA BICOLOR;

EID: 52649127935     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02525.x     Document Type: Article

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