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Evolution of helotialean fungi (Leotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina): A nuclear rDNA phylogeny
Wang Z, Binder M, Schoch CL, Johnston PR, Spatafora JW, Hibbett DS. Evolution of helotialean fungi (Leotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina): A nuclear rDNA phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 2006, 41: 295-312. PMID: 16837216, DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHelotialean fungiMolecular phylogenyBasal lineagePhylogenetic distributionRDNA phylogenyWider taxonLSU rDNARDNA regionMultiple cladesEcological factorsHelotialesLeotiomycetesPhylogenyRDNACladeProblematic groupFungiTraditional classificationBayesian analysisDivergent characterCurrent classificationMyxotrichaceaeEndophytismDeep relationshipGeoglossomycetes
2016
Future Perspectives and Challenges of Fungal Systematics in the Age of Big Data
Wang Z, Nilsson R, James T, Dai Y, Townsend J. Future Perspectives and Challenges of Fungal Systematics in the Age of Big Data. Fungal Biology 2016, 25-46. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29137-6_3.ChaptersFungal systematicsMolecular phylogenyEnvironmental DNA surveysHigh-throughput sequencingSequence-based classificationFungal treeFungal evolutionPhylogenetic informativenessFungal genomesIntegrative taxonomyDNA surveysFungal researchEvolutionary biologyPhylogenetic inferenceComparative biologyTaxonomic ranksEcological charactersFungal classificationInformative experimental designGenetic markersMycological researchPhylogenySanger sequencingSystematicsBiology
2015
3 Pezizomycotina: Sordariomycetes and Leotiomycetes
Zhang N, Wang Z. 3 Pezizomycotina: Sordariomycetes and Leotiomycetes. The Mycota 2015, 57-88. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-46011-5_3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMolecular phylogenetic analysisClose evolutionary relationshipMolecular phylogenyPlant endophytesEvolutionary relationshipsPlant pathogensPhylogenetic analysisGenomic eraSubcellular dataApothecial ascomataClass SordariomycetesPhylogenetic classificationAnimal associatesAscomycetous fungiFungal classificationGenome sequencingUnitunicate asciLeotiomycetesSordariomycetesFungiOrdinal levelPezizomycotinaLaboulbeniomycetesGeoglossomycetesSaprobes