Evidence for Mitotic Recombination within the Basidia of a Hybrid Cross of Cryptococcus neoformans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Vogan, Aaron A ^a   Khankhet, Jordan ^a   Xu, Jianping ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIDIOSPORE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOIDY; HYBRID; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE;

CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HAPLOTYPES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MITOSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84877748460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062790     Document Type: Article

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