Phylogenetic Species Recognition and Species Concepts in Fungi

Overview

Journal Fungal Genet Biol

Specialties Biology
Genetics
Microbiology

Date 2000 Dec 16

PMID 11118132

Citations 419

Authors

J W Taylor

D J Jacobson

S Kroken

T Kasuga

D M Geiser

D S Hibbett

M C Fisher

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Abstract

The operational species concept, i.e., the one used to recognize species, is contrasted to the theoretical species concept. A phylogenetic approach to recognize fungal species based on concordance of multiple gene genealogies is compared to those based on morphology and reproductive behavior. Examples where Phylogenetic Species Recognition has been applied to fungi are reviewed and concerns regarding Phylogenetic Species Recognition are discussed.

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