Evolutionary relationships between Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici and F. oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici isolates inferred from mating type, elongation factor-1α and exopolygalacturonase sequences

Mycological Research

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1181-1191

  Lievens, Bart ^a,b   van Baarlen, Peter ^c   Verreth, Christel ^a,b   van Kerckhove, Stefan ^a,d   Rep, Martijn ^e   Thomma, Bart P H J ^c  

^a Scientia Terrae Research Institute   (Belgium)

^b Thomas More University College   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Formae speciales; Gene genealogies; Host specificity; Intraspecific variation; Phylogeny; Topological conflict

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GALACTURAN 1,4 ALPHA GALACTURONIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE;

FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PLANT; HOST SPECIFICITY; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPECIES COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUSARIUM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS;

FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. LYCOPERSICI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 70350755594     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2009.07.019     Document Type: Article

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