A multigene phylogeny of <it>Olpidium </it>and its implications for early fungal evolution

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>From a common ancestor with animals, the earliest fungi inherited flagellated zoospores for dispersal in water. Terrestrial fungi lost all flagellated stages and reproduce instead with nonmotile spores. <it>Olpidium virulentus...

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Main Authors: Sekimoto Satoshi, Rochon D'Ann, Long Jennifer E, Dee Jaclyn M, Berbee Mary L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/331