Cryptic sex in fungi

Fungal Biology Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 86-90

  Kück, Ulrich ^a   Pöggeler, Stefanie ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptic sex; Fungi; Mating type locus; Meiotic recombination

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 76749084183     PISSN: 17494613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2009.10.004     Document Type: Review

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