Fungal genetics: principles and practice/ edited by Cees J. Bos.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

I Genetic principles -- 1 Biology of fungi -- 2 Mutation -- 3 Meiotic recombination -- 4 Somatic recombination -- 5 Molecular genetic analysis -- 6 Chromosomes, mitosis, and meiosis -- 7 Extrachromosomal and transposable genetic elements -- 8 Genetic transformation and vector developments in filamentous fungi -- 9 Mapping and breeding strategies -- II Case studies of genetic analyses -- 10 Mitochondrial genetics of saccharomyces cerevisiae - the way from genetic crosses to transposable elements -- 11 Construction of a physical map of the candida albicans genome -- 12 Use of heterologous gene as marker for genetic analysis in aspergillus niger -- 13 Mutation in neurospora crassa - from x-rays to RIP -- 14 Genetic analysis and mapping of avirulence genes in magnaporte grisea -- 15 Genetic analysis of senescence in podospora anerina -- 16 Horizontal transmission in fungal populations -- 17 genetic analysis in the imperfect fungus cladosporium fulvum - the development of a map-based strategy for cloning of genes involved in pathogenicity -- 18 Production and analysis of meiotic mutants in corpinus cinereus -- 19 A case study in fungal development and genetics - schizophyllum commune -- 20 Genetics of phycomyces -- 21 Genetic analysis of the oomycetous fungus, phytophthora infestans