Sex and speciation: The paradox that non-recombining DNA promotes recombination

Fungal Biology Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 121-127

  Idnurm, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascomycota; Basidiomycota; Chromosomal speciation; Heterothallism; Homothallism; MAT; Mucormycotina; X Y

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 81155162483     PISSN: 17494613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2011.07.003     Document Type: Review

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