Patterns of variation at Ustilago maydis virulence clusters 2A and 19A largely reflect the demographic history of its populations.

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Published in PLoS One on June 02, 2014

Authors

Ronny Kellner1, Christian Hanschke2, Dominik Begerow2

Author Affiliations

1: MPRG Fungal Biodiversity, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany; Department of Geobotany, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
2: Department of Geobotany, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.

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