Outcrossing in the homothallic oomycete, Pythium ultimum, detected with molecular markers.

doi:10.1007/BF00324672

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Outcrossing in the homothallic oomycete, Pythium ultimum, detected with molecular markers.

Current genetics - 1 Jan 2000

Francis D M, St Clair D A

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The oomycete Pythium ultimum is homothallic, thus a single isolate completes the sexual stage in pure culture. It has been generally assumed that homothallic oomycetes are predominantly inbreeding. In P. ultimum, antheridia occasionally develop from hyphae not directly connected to the oogonium a...

Topics

Crosses, Genetic
Genetic Markers
Genetic Variation
Hybridization, Genetic
Oomycetes
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

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