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Chapter One Maximizing Power in Phylogenetics and Phylogenomics: A Perspective Illuminated by Fungal Big Data
Dornburg A, Townsend JP, Wang Z. Chapter One Maximizing Power in Phylogenetics and Phylogenomics: A Perspective Illuminated by Fungal Big Data. Advances In Genetics 2017, 100: 1-47. PMID: 29153398, DOI: 10.1016/bs.adgen.2017.09.007.ChaptersConceptsTree of lifeFungal evolutionary biologyGenomic-scale dataHundreds of lociGenome-scale analysisFungal phylogenomicsFungal treeSpecies delimitationPhenotypic diversificationFirst genomeEvolutionary biologyPhylogenetic treePhylogenetic inferencePhylogenetic analysisEntire genomeTree inferenceReview of considerationsEvolutionary problemsPhylogenomicsGenomeTreesLociCentral roleExperimental designBiodiversity
2015
3 Pezizomycotina: Sordariomycetes and Leotiomycetes
Zhang N, Wang Z. 3 Pezizomycotina: Sordariomycetes and Leotiomycetes. The Mycota 2015, 57-88. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-46011-5_3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMolecular phylogenetic analysisClose evolutionary relationshipMolecular phylogenyPlant endophytesEvolutionary relationshipsPlant pathogensPhylogenetic analysisGenomic eraSubcellular dataApothecial ascomataClass SordariomycetesPhylogenetic classificationAnimal associatesAscomycetous fungiFungal classificationGenome sequencingUnitunicate asciLeotiomycetesSordariomycetesFungiOrdinal levelPezizomycotinaLaboulbeniomycetesGeoglossomycetesSaprobes
2012
New species and distinctive geographical divergences of the genus Sparassis (Basidiomycota): evidence from morphological and molecular data
Zhao Q, Feng B, Yang Z, Dai Y, Wang Z, Tolgor B. New species and distinctive geographical divergences of the genus Sparassis (Basidiomycota): evidence from morphological and molecular data. Mycological Progress 2012, 12: 445-454. DOI: 10.1007/s11557-012-0853-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchS. latifoliaGeographical divergenceDivergence of speciesDNA sequence dataRibosomal large subunitNarrow distribution rangeRecent radiationNuclear genesAncient speciationLarge subunitPhylogenetic analysisIntercontinental distributionMost speciesMolecular dataRNA polymeraseNew speciesPartial genesSequence dataDifferent cladesDistribution rangeSpeciesSparassisRussian Far EastTaxaLatifolia