Diploid-dominant life cycles characterize the early evolution of Fungi

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 119; no. 36; pp. 1 - e2116841119
• Main Authors: Amses, Kevin R., Simmons, D. Rabern, Longcore, Joyce E., Mondo, Stephen J., Seto, Kensuke, Jerônimo, Gustavo H., Bonds, Anne E., Quandt, C. Alisha, Davis, William J., Chang, Ying, Federici, Brian A., Kuo, Alan, LaButti, Kurt, Pangilinan, Jasmyn, Andreopoulos, William, Tritt, Andrew, Riley, Robert, Hundley, Hope, Johnson, Jenifer, Lipzen, Anna, Barry, Kerrie, Lang, B. Franz, Cuomo, Christina A., Buchler, Nicolas E., Grigoriev, Igor V., Spatafora, Joseph W., Stajich, Jason E., James, Timothy Y.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington National Academy of Sciences 06.09.2022; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Subjects: Amino acids; aquatic fungi; BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Biological Sciences; Biology; Dikarya; Diploids; Dispersal; Fungi; Gene sequencing; Genetics; Genomes; Heterozygosity; life cycle evolution; Life cycles; Mitosis; Nucleotide sequence; phylogenomics; Phylogeny; plesiomorphy; Selenocysteine

Most of the described species in kingdom Fungi are contained in two phyla, the Ascomycota and the Basidiomycota (subkingdom Dikarya). As a result, our understanding of the biology of the kingdom is heavily influenced by traits observed in Dikarya, such as aerial spore dispersal and life cycles domin...