Discovery of novel intermediate forms redefines the fungal tree of life

Nature

Volumn 474, Issue 7350, 2011, Pages 200-204

  Jones, Meredith D M ^a,b   Forn, Irene ^c   Gadelha, Catarina ^d   Egan, Martin J ^a,e   Bass, David ^b   Massana, Ramon ^c   Richards, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA;

ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; BODY SHAPE; CHITIN; CLADISTICS; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTION; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYLOGENY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; FLAGELLUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGUS; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROZELLA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CELL WALL; CHITIN; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLAGELLA; FUNGI; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; ROZELLA;

EID: 79958294748     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09984     Document Type: Article

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