Phylogenetic and population genetic analyses of Phaeosphaeria nodorum and its close relatives indicate cryptic species and an origin in the Fertile Crescent

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 882-895

  McDonald, Megan C ^a   Razavi, Mohammad ^b   Friesen, Timothy L ^c   Brunner, Patrick C ^a   McDonald, Bruce A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b IRANIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (Iran)

^c Cereal Crops Research Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescent; Evolution; Hybridization; Species complex; Stagonospora nodorum

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAEOSPHAERIA; PHAEOSPHAERIA AVENARIA; PHAEOSPHAERIA NODORUM; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WHEAT;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; IRAN; IRAQ; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TRITICUM;

PHAEOSPHAERIA; PHAEOSPHAERIA AVENARIA; PHAEOSPHAERIA NODORUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84867908617     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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