Mitochondrial genome invaders: An unselfish role as molecular markers

New Phytologist

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 963-965

  Corradi, Nicolas ^a   Bonen, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF); Group I introns; Mitochondrial genomes; Mitochondrial plasmids; Mobile genetic elements; Rhizophagus irregularis

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; GLOMEROMYCOTA; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MYCORRHIZA; NOTE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GLOMEROMYCOTA; MYCORRHIZAE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; RHIZOPHAGUS;

EID: 84868566146     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04354.x     Document Type: Note

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