Mitochondrial inheritance: Diverse patterns and mechanisms with an emphasis on fungi

Mycology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-166

  Wilson, Amanda J ^a   Xu, Jianping ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

biparental inheritance; heteroplasmy; mtDNA leakage; mtDNA recombination; uniparental inheritance

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 84861627523     PISSN: 21501203     EISSN: 21501211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2012.684361     Document Type: Review

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