Genetic basis for high population diversity in Protea-associated Knoxdaviesia

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 47-57

  Aylward, Janneke ^a   Steenkamp, Emma T ^b   Dreyer, Léanne L ^a   Roets, Francois ^a   Wingfield, Michael J ^b   Wingfield, Brenda D ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Knoxdaviesia; MAT locus; Mating; Microascales; Protea; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL MATING TYPE GENE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; KNOXDAVIESIA CAPENSIS; KNOXDAVIESIA PROTEAE; MAT1 GENE; MATING TYPE; MEIOSIS; MICROASCALES; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEA; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SORDARIOMYCETES; SOUTH AFRICA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; OPHIOSTOMATALES; PROTEACEAE;

GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; OPHIOSTOMATALES; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 84992110613     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2016.10.002     Document Type: Article

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