Evolution of fungal sexual reproduction

Mycologia

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-27

  Heitman, Joseph ^a   Sun, Sheng ^a   James, Timothy Y ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fungi; Mating type; Meiosis; Recombination; Sex; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; INBREEDING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OUTCROSSING; RECOMBINATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FUNGI; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84874750748     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/12-253     Document Type: Article

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