A global multilocus analysis of the model fungus Neurospora reveals a single recent origin of a novel genetic system

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 136-147

  Corcoran, Pádraic ^a   Dettman, Jeremy R ^b   Sun, Yu ^a   Luque, Eva M ^c   Corrochano, Luis M ^c   Taylor, John W ^d   Lascoux, Martin ^a   Johannesson, Hanna ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergence time; Fungi; Mating systems; Neurospora; Phylogenetics; Population structure

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; NEUROSPORA; PHYLOGENY;

GENETIC VARIATION; NEUROSPORA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84901489352     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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