Fitness-associated sexual reproduction in a filamentous fungus

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1350-1355

  Schoustra, Sijmen ^a   Rundle, Howard D ^a   Dali, Rola ^a   Kassen, Rees ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; EMERICELLA; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS SPORE; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EMERICELLA; ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SEX; SPORES, FUNGAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 77955486459     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.05.060     Document Type: Article

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