Genetic isolation among sympatric vegetative compatibility groups of the aflatoxin-producing fungus Aspergillus flavus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-280

  Grubisha, L C ^a   Cotty, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascomycota; Asexual; Eurotiales; Microsatellite loci; Parasexual recombination

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CLASSIFICATION; COTTON; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; DNA, FUNGAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GOSSYPIUM; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEXAS;

ANIMALIA; ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; EUROTIALES; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 73949087024     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04467.x     Document Type: Article

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