Genome survey uncovers the secrets of sex and lifestyle in caterpillar fungus

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2846-2854

  Hu, Xiao ^a   Zhang, YongJie ^b   Xiao, GuoHua ^a   Zheng, Peng ^a   Xia, YongLiang ^a   Zhang, XingYu ^c   St Leger, Raymond J ^d   Liu, XingZhong ^c   Wang, ChengShu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

biotrophic parasitism; genome expansion; homothallism; Ophiocordyceps sinensis; psychrophile

Indexed keywords

CORDYCEPS SINENSIS; FUNGI; HEPIALIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84881612884     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-5929-5     Document Type: Article

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