Divergence, hybridization, and recombination in the mitochondrial genome of the human pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus gattii

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2628-2642

  Xu, Jianping ^a,b   Yan, Zhun ^a   Guo, Hong ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAINAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C. gattii; Dispersion; Gene genealogy; Hybridization; Mitochondrial recombination; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ALLELES; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 66749180028     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04227.x     Document Type: Article

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