Evolution of Fungi and Fungal-Like Organisms (eBook)

Evolutionary Roots of Fungi 1 The Protistan Origins of Animals and FungiMartin Carr, Sandra L. Baldauf 2 Microsporidia -- Highly Reduced and Derived Relatives of FungiBryony A. P. Williams, Patrick J. Keeling 3 Environmental DNA Analysis and the Expansion of the Fungal Tree of LifeMeredith D. M. Jones, Thomas A. Richards Evolution of Signalling in Fungi and Fungal-Like Organisms 4 Evolution of Signalling and Morphogenesis in the DictyostelidsPauline Schaap 5 Function and Evolution of Pheromones and Pheromone Receptors in Filamentous AscomycetesStefanie Pöggeler 6 Mating Type in Basidiomycetes: Unipolar, Bipolar, and Tetrapolar Patterns of SexualityUrsula Kües, Timothy Y. James, Joseph HeitmanEvolution of Mutualistic Systems and Metabolism in Fungi 7 Evolution of the ‘Plant-Symbiotic’ Fungal Phylum, GlomeromycotaArthur Schüßler, Christopher Walker 8 Fruiting Body Evolution in the Ascomycota: a Molecular Perspective Integrating Lichenized and Non-Lichenized GroupsImke Schmitt 9 Genomic and Comparative Analysis of the Class DothideomycetesJames K. Hane, Angela H. Williams, Richard P. Oliver 10 Evolution of Genes for Secondary Metabolism in FungiInes Teichert, Minou Nowrousian 11 Carbonic Anhydrases in Fungi and Fungal-Like Organisms -- Functional Distribution and Evolution of a Gene FamilySkander Elleuche Evolutionary Mechanisms and Trends 12 Evolution of Mating-Type Loci and Mating-Type Chromosomes in Model Species of Filamentous AscomycetesCarrie A. Whittle, Hanna Johannesson 13 Evolution of Special Metabolism in Fungi: Concepts, Mechanisms, and PathwaysChristine Schimek