Having sex, yes, but with whom? Inferences from fungi on the evolution of anisogamy and mating types

Biological Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 421-442

  Billiard, Sylvain ^a   López Villavicencio, Manuela ^b   Devier, Benjamin ^c   Hood, Michael E ^d   Fairhead, Cécile ^c   Giraud, Tatiana ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic genetic elements; Gamete classes; Gametes; Mating types; Mitochondrial inheritance; Sexual reproduction; Syngamy

Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

EID: 79954554191     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00153.x     Document Type: Review

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