Evolutionary Biology of the Fungi

Symposium of the British Mycological Society Held at the University of Bristol April 1986
Herausgeber: Brasier, C. M.; Rayner, A. D. M.; Moore, David

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Produktbeschreibung

This 1987 book was the first to cover the growing consensus of knowledge and ideas concerning evolutionary biology of the fungi in the widest sense.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 478
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 770g
• ISBN-13: 9780521279253
• ISBN-10: 0521279259
• Artikelnr.: 33610399

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface; 1. Aspects of the macro- and micro-evolution
of the fungi Sir John H. Burnett; 2. Structural variation and expression of
fungal chromosomal genes G. Turner and D. James Ballance; 3. Chromosome
organisation and genome evolution in yeast S. G. Oliver; 4. The natural
history of fungal mitochondrial genomes C. Scazzocchio; 5. Varying patterns
of ribosomal RNA gene organisation in basidiomycetes Patricia J. Pukkila
and Jeane R. Cassidy; 6. Molecular variation and evolution John A.
Barrtett; 7. Fungal chromosomes as observed with the light microscope Eva
R. Sansome; 8. Regulation of mycelial organisation and responses A. D. M.
Rayner and D. Coates; 9. Saprotrophy, stress and symbiosis R. C. Cooke and
J. M. Whipps; 10. Evolution of parasitism in the fungi Michèle C. Heath;
11. Evolutionary aspects of mutalistic assocations between fungi and
photosynthetic organisms David H. Lewis; 12. The veolution and adaptation
of sexual reproductive structures in the Ascomucotina D. L. Hawksworth; 13.
Convergent evolution and the functional significance of spore shape in
aquatic and semi-aquatic fungi John Webster; 14. Genetic exchange and gene
flow: their promotion and prevention Michael J. Carlile; 15. The genetic
integration of fungal life styles C. E. Caten; 16. The dynamics of fungal
speciation C. M. Brasier; 17. Mating ability and the species concept in the
Zygomycetes M. A. A. Schipper; 18. Reproductive biology and speciation in
Mycomycetes O'N. R. Collins; 19. Occurence and interactions of outcrossing
and non-outcrossing populations in Stereum, Phanerochaete and Coniophora A.
M. Ainsworth; 20. Breeding units in the forest pathogens Armillaria and
Heterobasidion Kari Korhonen; 21. Genetic variation and evolution in
Aspergillus J. H. Croft; 22. Speciation in Phytophthora: evidence from the
Phytophthora megasperma complex Everett M. Hansen; 23. The origin of Fungi
and pseudofungi Tom Cavalier-Smith; 24. Yeasts and anastomoses: their
occurence and implications for the phylogeny of Eumycota H. Prillinger; 25.
Whither terminology below the species level in the fungi? C. M. Brasier and
A. D. M. Rayner; 26. The cell wall: a crucial structure in fungal evolution
S. Bartnicki-Garcia; 27. Oomycete phylogeny: ultrastructural perspectives
G. W. Beakes; 28. Xylariaceous fungi: use of secondary metabolytes A. J. S.
Whalley and R. L. Edwards; 29. Whence cometh the agarics? A reappraisal O.
K. Miller Jr. and Roy Watling; Index.