Evolution and genome architecture in fungal plant pathogens

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 756-771

  Möller, Mareike ^a,b   Stukenbrock, Eva H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GENOME SIZE; GENOMICS; HETEROKARYON; HETEROZYGOSITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME; TRANSPOSON; VIRULENCE; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FUNGI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, FUNGAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS;

EID: 85033604561     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2017.76     Document Type: Review

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