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Clonal population structure of the chestnut blight fungus in expanding ranges in southeastern Europe.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2008
Milgroom Michael G, Sotirovski Kiril, Spica Domenico, Davis Joanne E, Brewer Marin T, Milev Milko, Cortesi Paolo
Abstract excerpt
Expanding populations are often less genetically diverse at their margins than at the centre of a species' range. Established, older populations of the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, are more variable for vegetative compatibility (vc) types than in expanding populations in southeastern Europe where C. parasitica has colonized relatively recently. To test whether vc types represent clones, we...
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