A different shade of hypha : cytological and molecular phylogenetic evidence for the independent rise of the hyphal habit in the class Monoblepharidomycetes (Chytridiomycota)
Once the ancestors of fungi stopped moving and instead started reaching out with hyphae, their filamentous growth made possible new variety in form and habitat. Hyphae mediated substrate colonization, absorptive nutrition, mating and reproduction. Although shared across most familiar terrestrial fu...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/37965 |