Sex, outcrossing and mating types: Unsolved questions in fungi and beyond

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1020-1038

  Billiard, S ^a   Lopez Villavicencio M ^b   Hood, M E ^c   Giraud, T ^a,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Ascomycete; Asexual reproduction; Basidiomycete; Breeding systems; Diploid selfing; Gametophytic selfing; Haploid selfing; Mating systems; Oomycetes; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MATING BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTCROSSING; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CLASSIFICATION; DIPLOIDY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; HAPLOIDY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; REVIEW; SELF FERTILIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DIPLOIDY; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGI; GENETIC FITNESS; GENOME, FUNGAL; HAPLOIDY; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SELF-FERTILIZATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ANIMALIA; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; OOMYCETES;

EID: 84861199620     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02495.x     Document Type: Review

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