Mitochondrial inheritance in haploid × non-haploid crosses in Cryptococcus neoformans

Current Genetics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-176

  Skosireva, Irina ^a   James, Timothy Y ^a,b   Sun, Sheng ^a,c   Xu, Jianping ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Mating type locus; Mitochondrial DNA inheritance; Mixed ploidy crosses

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIPLOIDY; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOIDY; MATING TYPE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TRIPLOIDY; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIPLOIDY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOTYPE; HAPLOIDY; MITOCHONDRIA; PLOIDIES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 77950864199     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-010-0289-z     Document Type: Article

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