Format:
1 online resource (354 pages)
ISBN:
9783642199745
Series Statement:
The Mycota Ser. v.14
Content:
Richly illustrated, and featuring contributions from leading experts in the field, this volume addresses questions concerning the origin of the fungal kingdom and fungal evolution at a level of analytical refinement that has never before been possible.
Content:
Intro -- A Comprehensive Treatiseon Fungi as Experimental Systemsfor Basic and Applied Research -- Series Preface -- Addendum to the Series Preface -- Volume Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Evolutionary Roots of Fungi -- 1: The Protistan Origins of Animals and Fungi -- I. Introduction -- II. Opisthokonta -- III. Fungi -- IV. Nucleariida -- V. Metazoa -- A. Radiata -- B. Bilateria -- VI. Ichthyosporea -- A. Rhinosporideacae -- B. Ichthyophonae -- VII. Choanoflagellida -- A. Codosigid Morphology -- B. Salpingoecid Morphology -- C. Acanthoecidae -- VIII. Incertae Sedis Opisthokont Protists -- A. Aphelidea -- B. Capsaspora -- C. Ministeria -- D. Corallochytrea -- IX. Conclusions -- A. Phylogeny of Opisthokonta -- B. Sister-Group to Opisthokonta -- C. Determining Opisthokont Diversity -- D. Reconstructing Opisthokont Evolution and the Origins of Multicellularity -- References -- 2: Microsporidia - Highly Reduced and Derived Relatives of Fungi -- I. Introduction -- II. History of the Classification of Microsporidia -- III. Microsporidia in or out of the Fungi? -- IV. Cellular and Genomic Reduction in the Microsporidia -- A. Genome Reduction -- 1. Reduced Microsporidian Biochemistry and Molecular Biology -- B. Simplified Microsporidian Cell Structure: Variations on the Eukaryotic Theme -- V. Diversity of Microsporidia -- VI. Conclusion -- References -- 3: Environmental DNA Analysis and the Expansion of the Fungal Tree of Life -- I. Introduction -- II. Environmental DNA Analysis, the Clone Library Approach -- A. Fungal Molecular Diversity in Aquatic Environments using a Clone Library Approach -- 1. Marine Fungi -- 2. Deep-Sea Environments -- 3. Freshwater Fungi -- 4. Novel Basal Branches in the Fungal Radiation -- B. Fungal Diversity in Soil and Plant Environments using the Clone Library Approach.
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Additional Edition:
9783642199738
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9783642199738
Language:
English
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