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Variation in horizontal and vertical transmission of the endophyte Epichloë elymi infecting the grass Elymus hystrix.
The New phytologist - 1 Jan 2008
Tintjer Tammy, Leuchtmann Adrian, Clay Keith
Abstract excerpt
Systemic fungal endophytes (Clavicipitaceae) of grasses reproduce sexually when the fungus forms stromata and contagious ascospores, or asexually by vertical transmission of hyphae into seeds and seedlings. Vertical transmission is predicted to favor reduced virulence compared with horizontal transmission in systems with both types of transmission. Here, variation in vertical and horizontal transmission and its...
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