From two to one: Unipolar sexual reproduction

Fungal Biology Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 118-125

  Sun, Sheng ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungi; Genetic diversity; MAT locus; Mating; Recombination; Unisexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951807272     PISSN: 17494613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2015.06.002     Document Type: Review

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