Sex, drugs and recombination: The wild life of Aspergillus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1305-1306

  Fisher, Matthew C ^a   Henk, Daniel A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disease biology; ecological genetics; fungi; inbreeding; microbial biology; molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; REVIEW;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84858061134     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05506.x     Document Type: Review

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