A phylogenetic estimation of trophic transition networks for ascomycetous Fungi: Are lichens cradles of symbiotrophic Fungal diversification?

Systematic Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-297

  Arnold, A Elizabeth ^a,b   Miadlikowska, Jolanta ^a   Higgins, K Lindsay ^a,c   Sarvate, Snehal D ^a,d   Gugger, Paul ^a,e   Way, Amanda ^a   Hofstetter, Valérie ^a,f   Kauff, Frank ^a,g   Lutzoni, Franois ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^g University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancestral state reconstruction; Ascomycota; Bayesian analysis; Endolichenic fungi; Fungal endophytes; Lichens; Pathogens; Phylogeny; Saprotrophy; Symbiotrophy; Trophic transition network.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; EVOLUTION; LICHENS; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; SYMBIOSIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; EVOLUTION; LICHENS; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; ASCOMYCOTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI;

EID: 68149135199     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syp001     Document Type: Article

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