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Systematics and Evolution

Editors:

  1. David J. McLaughlin

    1. Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA

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  2. Esther G. McLaughlin

    1. Department of Biology, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, USA

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  3. Paul A. Lemke

    1. Auburn, USA

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  • The first detailed synthesis since 1973 of the systematics and evolution of the known fungi, using modern molecular and structural techniques
  • Leads to a clearer view of the true relationships of the fungi
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: The Mycota (MYCOTA, volume 7B)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XX
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  2. The Fungal Hierarchy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Basidiomycetous Yeasts

      • J. W. Fell, T. Boekhout, A. Fonseca, J. P. Sampaio
      Pages 3-35

    3. Urediniomycetes

      • E. C. Swann, E. M. Frieders, D. J. McLaughlin
      Pages 37-56

    4. Ustilaginomycetes

      • R. Bauer, D. Begerow, E. Oberwinkler, M. Piepenbring, M. L. Berbee
      Pages 57-83

    5. Heterobasidiomycetes

      • K. Wells, R. J. Bandoni
      Pages 85-120

    6. Basidiomycota: Homobasidiomycetes

      • D. S. Hibbett, R. G. Thorn
      Pages 121-168

  3. Nomenclature and Documentation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
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    2. The Naming of Fungi

      • David L. Hawksworth
      Pages 171-192

    3. Cultivation and Preservation of Fungi in Culture

      • Shung-Chang Jong, Jeannette M. Birmingham
      Pages 193-202

    4. Computer-Assisted Taxonomy and Documentation

      • O. Petrini, T. N. Sieber
      Pages 203-216

  4. Evolution and Speciation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. Speciation Phenomena

      • Paul A. Lemke
      Pages 219-227

    3. Fungal Molecular Evolution: Gene Trees and Geologic Time

      • Mary L. Berbee, John W. Taylor
      Pages 229-245

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 247-259
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About this book

Mycology, the study of fungi, originated as a subdiscipline of botany and was a des­ criptive discipline, largely neglected as an experimental science until the early years of this century. A seminal paper by Blakeslee in 1904 provided evidence for self­ incompatibility, termed "heterothallism", and stimulated interest in studies related to the control of sexual reproduction in fungi by mating-type specificities. Soon to follow was the demonstration that sexually reproducing fungi exhibit Mendelian inheritance and that it was possible to conduct formal genetic analysis with fungi. The names Burgetf, Kniep and Lindegren are all associated with this early period of fungal genet­ ics research. These studies and the discovery of penicillin by Fleming, who shared a Nobel Prize in 1945, provided further impetus for experimental research with fungi. Thus began a period of interest in mutation induction and analysis of mutants for biochemical traits. Such fundamental research, conducted largely with Neurospora crassa, led to the one gene: one enzyme hypothesis and to a second Nobel Prize for fungal research awarded to Beadle and Tatum in 1958. Fundamental research in biochemical genetics was extended to other fungi, especially to Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and by the mid-1960s fungal systems were much favored for studies in eukaryotic molecular biology and were soon able to compete with bacterial systems in the molecular arena.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA

    David J. McLaughlin

  • Department of Biology, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, USA

    Esther G. McLaughlin

  • Auburn, USA

    Paul A. Lemke

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Systematics and Evolution

  • Editors: David J. McLaughlin, Esther G. McLaughlin, Paul A. Lemke

  • Series Title: The Mycota

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10189-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-10189-6Published: 14 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2945-8048

  • Series E-ISSN: 2945-8056

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 260

  • Topics: Microbiology, Plant Sciences

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