Experimental demonstration of the benefits of somatic fusion and the consequences for allorecognition

Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1091-1099

  Bastiaans, Eric ^a   Debets, Alfons J M ^a   Aanen, Duur K ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ascomycete fungi; Heterokaryon incompatibility; Kin selection; Multicellularity; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

ALLOPARENTAL CARE; ANTAGONISM; FUNGUS; INCOMPATIBILITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SOCIAL PARASITISM;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

ALLELE; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ALLELES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84927723559     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12626     Document Type: Article

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