Homothallism: An umbrella term for describing diverse sexual behaviours

IMA Fungus

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 207-214

  Wilson, Andrea M ^a   Markus Wilken, P ^a   Van Der Nest, Magriet A ^a   Steenkamp, Emma T ^a   Wingfield, Michael J ^a   Wingfield, Brenda D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Homothallism; Mating; Sexual reproduction; Unisexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940922295     PISSN: 22106340     EISSN: 22106359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2015.06.01.13     Document Type: Article

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