Population structure of the social amoeba Dictyostelium rosarium based on rDNA

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 379-385

  Romeralo, Maria ^a   Rajguru, Satyendra N ^b,c   Silberman, Jeffrey D ^b   Landolt, John C ^d   Fiz, Omar ^a   Stephenson, Steven L ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c Cibus US LLC   (United States)

^d SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dictyostelid; Genetic structure; Geographic variation; Microhabitat; RDNA internal transcribed spacer; Slime mold

Indexed keywords

DICTYOSTELIIDA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM ROSARIUM;

EID: 77956925132     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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