2012
Analyses of expressed sequence tags in Neurosporareveal rapid evolution of genes associated with the early stages of sexual reproduction in fungi
Nygren K, Wallberg A, Samils N, Stajich JE, Townsend JP, Karlsson M, Johannesson H. Analyses of expressed sequence tags in Neurosporareveal rapid evolution of genes associated with the early stages of sexual reproduction in fungi. BMC Ecology And Evolution 2012, 12: 229. PMID: 23186325, PMCID: PMC3571971, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSex-associated genesVegetative tissuesSequence tagsRapid evolutionCandidate genesGenome-wide patternsFruiting-body developmentMolecular evolutionary analysisHigher relative expressionFungal kingdomReproductive isolationSexual reproductionGenome scaleReproductive genesEvolutionary analysisN. discretaMate recognitionN. crassaN. tetraspermaPositive selectionAdditional taxaMicroarray hybridizationAdditional speciesN. intermediaVegetative growth
2006
Eukaryotic microbes, species recognition and the geographic limits of species: examples from the kingdom Fungi
Taylor JW, Turner E, Townsend JP, Dettman JR, Jacobson D. Eukaryotic microbes, species recognition and the geographic limits of species: examples from the kingdom Fungi. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2006, 361: 1947-1963. PMID: 17062413, PMCID: PMC1764934, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1923.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsGlobal geographic rangeGeographic rangeSpecies recognitionFungal speciesGenetic isolationEukaryotic microbesSmall organismsNon-exclusive reasonsPhylogenetic species recognitionEndemic speciesRecognizable morphological changesEukaryotic speciesMorphological changesPhylogenetic speciesGeographic limitsReproductive isolationMorphological speciesKingdom FungiMorphological charactersMicrobial organismsGenetic changesSpeciesMorphological differencesOrganismsFungi