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Genetic evidence for reproductive isolation among sympatric Epichloë endophytes as inferred from newly developed microsatellite markers.
Microbial ecology - 1 Jul 2015
Schirrmann Melanie K, Zoller Stefan, Fior Simone, Leuchtmann Adrian
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Reproductive isolation is central to the maintenance of species, and especially in sympatry, effective barriers to prevent interspecific crosses are expected. Host specificity is thought to constitute an effective mechanism for the formation of barriers in different genera of Fungi, but evidence for endophytes is so far lacking. Sexual Epichloë species (Ascomycota, Clavicipitaceae) represent an ideal study system...
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