Evidence for genetic incompatibilities associated with post-zygotic reproductive isolation in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Genome

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 335-344

  Vogan, Aaron A ^a   Xu, Jianping ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basidiospore viability; Cryptococcus neoformans; Genetic incompatibility; Heterozygosity; Homozygosity; Hybridization

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CHIMERA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

ALLELES; CHIMERA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

EID: 84907483148     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/gen-2014-0077     Document Type: Article

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