Evolutionary Biology of the Fungi: Symposium of The British Mycological Society Held at the University of Bristol April 1986: 12 (British Mycological Society Symposia, Series Number 12)
Cambridge University Press, 5/27/2011
EAN 9780521279253, ISBN10: 0521279259
Paperback, 478 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
Language: English
The fungi represent superb tools for the study of evolution 'in action'. This 1987 book was the first to bring together, in one volume, coverage of the growing consensus of knowledge and ideas concerning evolutionary biology of the fungi in the widest sense. It draws, not only upon the impetus given to the field by the molecular approaches of the time, but also on the wider technical and philosophical issues raised in the search for evolutionary pattern in fungal life styles, fungal populations and at the phylogenetic level. This fascinating text will continue to interest mycologists and evolutionary biologists.
List of contributors
Preface
1. Aspects of the macro- and micro-evolution of the fungi Sir John H. Burnett
2. Structural variation and expression of fungal chromosomal genes G. Turner and D. James Ballance
3. Chromosome organisation and genome evolution in yeast S. G. Oliver
4. The natural history of fungal mitochondrial genomes C. Scazzocchio
5. Varying patterns of ribosomal RNA gene organisation in basidiomycetes Patricia J. Pukkila and Jeane R. Cassidy
6. Molecular variation and evolution John A. Barrtett
7. Fungal chromosomes as observed with the light microscope Eva R. Sansome
8. Regulation of mycelial organisation and responses A. D. M. Rayner and D. Coates
9. Saprotrophy, stress and symbiosis R. C. Cooke and J. M. Whipps
10. Evolution of parasitism in the fungi Michèle C. Heath
11. Evolutionary aspects of mutalistic assocations between fungi and photosynthetic organisms David H. Lewis
12. The veolution and adaptation of sexual reproductive structures in the Ascomucotina D. L. Hawksworth
13. Convergent evolution and the functional significance of spore shape in aquatic and semi-aquatic fungi John Webster
14. Genetic exchange and gene flow
their promotion and prevention Michael J. Carlile
15. The genetic integration of fungal life styles C. E. Caten
16. The dynamics of fungal speciation C. M. Brasier
17. Mating ability and the species concept in the Zygomycetes M. A. A. Schipper
18. Reproductive biology and speciation in Mycomycetes O'N. R. Collins
19. Occurence and interactions of outcrossing and non-outcrossing populations in Stereum, Phanerochaete and Coniophora A. M. Ainsworth
20. Breeding units in the forest pathogens Armillaria and Heterobasidion Kari Korhonen
21. Genetic variation and evolution in Aspergillus J. H. Croft
22. Speciation in Phytophthora
evidence from the Phytophthora megasperma complex Everett M. Hansen
23. The origin of Fungi and pseudofungi Tom Cavalier-Smith
24. Yeasts and anastomoses
their occurence and implications for the phylogeny of Eumycota H. Prillinger
25. Whither terminology below the species level in the fungi? C. M. Brasier and A. D. M. Rayner
26. The cell wall
a crucial structure in fungal evolution S. Bartnicki-Garcia
27. Oomycete phylogeny
ultrastructural perspectives G. W. Beakes
28. Xylariaceous fungi
use of secondary metabolytes A. J. S. Whalley and R. L. Edwards
29. Whence cometh the agarics? A reappraisal O. K. Miller Jr. and Roy Watling
Index.