Nucleariid amoebae (Opisthokonta) have been known since the nineteenth century but their
diversity and evolutionary history remain poorly understood. To overcome this limitation, we …

The evolutionary transition from single-celled to multicellular growth is a classic and
intriguing problem in biology. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a useful model to study …

Instances of multicellularity across the tree of life have fostered the evolution of complex
organs composed of distinct cell types that cooperate, producing emergent biological …

Fruiting body development in macrofungi is an intensive research subject. In this study, high-
quality genomes were assembled for two sexually compatible monokaryons from a …

Complex multicellularity (CM) is characterized by the generation of three-dimensional
structures that follow a genetically controlled program. CM emerged at least five times in …

Yeast species in the Candida haemulonii complex (C. haemulonii, C. haemulonii var.
vulnera, C. duobushaemulonii, C. pseudohaemulonii, and C. vulturna) and closely related …

Organismal-grade multicellularity has been achieved only in animals, plants and fungi. All
three kingdoms manifest phenotypically disparate body plans but their evolution has only …

Lentinus tigrinus is a species of wood-decaying fungi (Polyporales) that has an agaricoid
form (a gilled mushroom) and a secotioid form (puffball-like, with enclosed spore-bearing …

A major challenge in evolutionary biology has been to explain the variation in multicellularity
across the many independently evolved multicellular lineages, from slime moulds to …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) are mutualists that play crucial roles in liberation, nutrient
acquisition, transfer of growth-limiting resources and provision of water to host plants in …