Genetic analysis of spore killing in the filamentous ascomycete Podospora anserina

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1088-1098

  Hamann, Andrea ^a   Osiewacz, Heinz D ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barrage; Gene conversion; Meiotic drive; Segregation distortion; Sensitive killer; Vegetative incompatibility

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASCOSPORE; CELL NUCLEUS; CROSSING OVER; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELFING;

ALLELES; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CROSSES, GENETIC; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; GENE CONVERSION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, LETHAL; MYCELIUM; PHENOTYPE; PODOSPORA; SPORES, FUNGAL;

PODOSPORA ANSERINA;

EID: 8644269021     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2004.08.008     Document Type: Article

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