Population studies of native grass-endophyte symbioses provide clues for the roles of host jumps and hybridization in driving their evolution

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2562-2564

  Craven, K D ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

coevolution; hybridization; microbial biology; phylogeography; speciation; systematics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOPHYTE; EPICHLOE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE;

ENDOPHYTES; EPICHLOE; GENETIC VARIATION; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE;

EPICHLOE; FUNGI; HORDELYMUS EUROPAEUS; NEOTYPHODIUM;

EID: 84861568406     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05564.x     Document Type: Article

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