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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
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Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny
Nature, Volume 443, No. 7113, Year 2006
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The ancestors of fungi are believed to be simple aquatic forms with flagellated spores, similar to members of the extant phylum Chytridiomycota (chytrids). Current classifications assume that chytrids form an early-diverging clade within the kingdom Fungi and imply a single loss of the spore flagellum, leading to the diversification of terrestrial fungi. Here we develop phylogenetic hypotheses for Fungi using data from six gene regions and nearly 200 species. Our results indicate that there may have been at least four independent losses of the flagellum in the kingdom Fungi. These losses of swimming spores coincided with the evolution of new mechanisms of spore dispersal, such as aerial dispersal in mycelial groups and polar tube eversion in the microsporidia (unicellular forms that lack mitochondria). The enigmatic microsporidia seem to be derived from an endoparasitic chytrid ancestor similar to Rozella allomycis, on the earliest diverging branch of the fungal phylogenetic tree. ©2006 Nature Publishing Group.
Authors & Co-Authors
James, Timothy Yong
United States, Durham
Duke University
Kauff, Frank
United States, Durham
Duke University
Schoch, Conrad L.
United States, Corvallis
Oregon State University
Matheny, Patrick Brandon
United States, Worcester
Clark University
Hofstetter, Valérie
United States, Durham
Duke University
Cox, Cymon J.
United States, Durham
Duke University
United Kingdom, London
The Natural History Museum, London
Gueidan, Cécile
United States, Durham
Duke University
Fraker, Emily
United States, Durham
Duke University
Mia̧dlikowska, Jolanta M.
United States, Durham
Duke University
Thorsten Lumbsch, H. Thorsten
United States, Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
Rauhut, Alexandra
Germany, Kaiserslautern
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Arnold, Anne Elizabeth
United States, Durham
Duke University
United States, Tucson
The University of Arizona
Amtoft, Anja
United States, New York
Institute of Systematic Botany
Stajich, Jason E.
United States, Durham
Duke University
Hosaka, Kentaro
United States, Corvallis
Oregon State University
United States, Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
Sung, Gi-ho
United States, Corvallis
Oregon State University
Binder, Manfred
United States, Worcester
Clark University
Slot, Jason C.
United States, Worcester
Clark University
Wang, Zheng
United States, Worcester
Clark University
United States, Iowa City
University of Iowa
Wilson, Andrew William
United States, Worcester
Clark University
Schüßler, Arthur
Germany, Darmstadt
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Longcore, Joyce E.
United States, Orono
University of Maine
O\'Donnell, Kerry L.
United States, Washington, D.c.
Usda Agricultural Research Service
Letcher, Peter M.
United States, Tuscaloosa
The University of Alabama
Powell, Martha J.
United States, Tuscaloosa
The University of Alabama
Taylor, John W.
Unknown Affiliation
Griffith, Gareth Wyn
United Kingdom, Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth University
Humber, Richard Alan
United States, Ithaca
Usda Ars Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health
Morton, Joseph B.
United States, Morgantown
West Virginia University
Sugiyama, Junta
Japan, Shizuoka
Technosuruga Laboratory Co., Ltd.
Rossman, Amy Y.
United States, Beltsville
Usda Ars Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
Rogers, Jack D.
United States, Pullman
Washington State University Pullman
Pfister, Donald H.
United States, Cambridge
Harvard University
Hewitt, David A.
United States, Cambridge
Harvard University
Hansen, Karen
United States, Cambridge
Harvard University
Hambleton, Sarah
Canada, Ottawa
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada
Shoemaker, Robert A.
Canada, Ottawa
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada
Kohlmeyer, Jan E.
United States, Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Volkmann-Kohlmeyer, Brigitte
United States, Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Spotts, Robert A.
United States, Corvallis
Oregon State University
Serdani, Maryna
United States, Corvallis
Oregon State University
Crous, Pedro Willem
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
Hughes, Karen Woodbury
United States, Knoxville
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Langer, Ewald Johannes
Germany, Kassel
Universität Kassel
Langer, Gitta Jutta
Germany, Kassel
Universität Kassel
Untereiner, Wendy A.
Canada, Brandon
Brandon University
Lücking, Robert K.
United States, Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
Büdel, Burkhard
Germany, Kaiserslautern
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Geiser, David M.
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Aptroot, André
Netherlands, Soest
Adviesbureau Voor Bryologie en Lichenologie
Diederich, Paul
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Musee National D'histoire Naturelle Luxembourg
Schmitt, Imke
United States, Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
Germany, Jena
Leibniz-institut Für Naturstoff-forschung Und Infektionsbiologie E. V. – Hans-knöll-institut
Schultz, Matthias
Germany, Hamburg
Universität Hamburg
Yahr, Rebecca
United States, Durham
Duke University
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Hibbett, David S.
United States, Worcester
Clark University
Lutzoni, François M.
United States, Durham
Duke University
Spatafora, Joseph W.
United States, Corvallis
Oregon State University
Vilgalys, Rytas J.
United States, Durham
Duke University
Statistics
Citations: 1,723
Authors: 58
Affiliations: 37
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/nature05110
ISSN:
00280836
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics