Clonal population structure of the chestnut blight fungus in expanding ranges in southeastern Europe

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 4446-4458

  Milgroom, Michael G ^a   Sotirovski, Kiril ^b   Spica, Domenico ^c   Davis, Joanne E ^a,f   Brewer, Marin T ^a   Milev, Milko ^d   Cortesi, Paolo ^e  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d Lesotehnicheski Universitet   (Bulgaria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chestnut blight fungus; Clonal population; Cryphonectria parasitica; Marginal populations; Population structure; SCARs

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; EUROPE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HIPPOCASTANACEAE; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POPULATION GENETICS; TREE;

ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; EUROPE; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HIPPOCASTANACEAE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PLANT DISEASES; TREES;

CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; FUNGI;

EID: 53749106675     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03927.x     Document Type: Article

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