Diploid-dominant life cycles characterize the early evolution of Fungi

KR Amses, DR Simmons… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
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 …

Convergent reductive evolution and host adaptation in Mycoavidus bacterial endosymbionts of Mortierellaceae fungi

K Amses, A Desiró, A Bryson, I Grigoriev… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Intimate associations between fungi and intracellular bacterial endosymbionts are becoming
increasingly well understood. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrate that bacterial …