Do Botanophila flies provide reproductive isolation between two species of Epichloë fungi? A field test

New Phytologist

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 206-212

  Bultman, Thomas L ^a   Leuchtmann, Adrian ^b   Sullivan, T J ^a   Dreyer, Austin P ^a  

^a HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Botanophila; Epichlo ; Host selection; Reproductive isolation; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ENDOPHYTE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLY; FRUITING; FUNGUS; GAMETE; GRASS; HOST SELECTION; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LARVA; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SWITZERLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTANOPHILA; EPICHLOE; EPICHLOE CLARKII; EPICHLOE TYPHINA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POACEAE;

ANIMAL; DIPTERA; EPICHLOE; FUNGUS SPORE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; TIME;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; EPICHLOE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952006807     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03612.x     Document Type: Article

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