Innovation and constraint leading to complex multicellularity in the Ascomycota

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 14444
• Main Authors: Nguyen, Tu Anh, Cissé, Ousmane H., Yun Wong, Jie, Zheng, Peng, Hewitt, David, Nowrousian, Minou, Stajich, Jason E., Jedd, Gregory
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 08.02.2017; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 13/1; 13/44; 14/19; 14/35; 631/181/2474; 631/208/191; 631/208/212/748; 631/326/193/2541; Ascomycota - cytology; Ascomycota - genetics; Biodiversity; Biological Transport - physiology; Computational Biology; DNA, Fungal - genetics; Evolution; Evolution, Molecular; Fungal Proteins - physiology; Fungi; Genes; Genome, Fungal - physiology; Genomes; Genomics; Humanities and Social Sciences; Innovations; multidisciplinary; Phylogeny; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sequence Alignment; Whole Genome Sequencing; Yeast; United States > US; Singapore

The advent of complex multicellularity (CM) was a pivotal event in the evolution of animals, plants and fungi. In the fungal Ascomycota, CM is based on hyphal filaments and arose in the Pezizomycotina. The genus Neolecta defines an enigma: phylogenetically placed in a related group containing mostly...