Genealogical concordance between the mating type locus and seven other nuclear genes supports formal recognition of nine phylogenetically distinct species within the Fusarium graminearum clade.
Genealogical concordance between the mating type locus and seven other nuclear genes supports formal recognition of nine phylogenetically distinct species within the Fusarium graminearum clade.
K. O’Donnell,T. Ward,2 Authors,T. Aoki
2004 · DOI: 10.1016/J.FGB.2004.03.003
Fungal Genetics and Biology · 736 Citations
TLDR
Molecular evolutionary analyses indicate the MAT genes are under strong purifying selection and that they are functionally constrained, even in species for which a sexual state is unknown, and the phylogeny supports a monophyletic and apomorphic origin of homothallism within this clade.