Genetic Basis of Self-Incompatibility in the Lichen-Forming Fungus Lobaria pulmonaria and Skewed Frequency Distribution of Mating-Type Idiomorphs: Implications for Conservation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Singh, Garima ^a   Dal Grande, Francesco ^a,b   Cornejo, Carolina ^a   Schmitt, Imke ^b,c   Scheidegger, Christoph ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LICHEN (ORGANISM); LOBARIA PULMONARIA; MATING TYPE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA PRIMERS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; LICHENS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRODUCTION; SCOTLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWITZERLAND;

FUNGI; LOBARIA PULMONARIA;

EID: 84870880830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051402     Document Type: Article

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