The fungal kingdom comprises a hyperdiverse clade of heterotrophic eukaryotes
characterized by the presence of a chitinous cell wall, the loss of phagotrophic capabilities …

Quorum sensing (QS) is one of the most studied cell-cell communication mechanisms in
fungi. Research in the last 20 years has explored various fungal QS systems that are …

Cross-species gene transfer is often associated with bacteria, which have evolved several
mechanisms that facilitate horizontal DNA exchange. However, the increased availability of …

Here we review how evolving species concepts have been applied to understand yeast
diversity. Initially, a phenotypic species concept was utilized taking into consideration …

Genomic regions determining sexual compatibility often display recombination suppression,
as occurs in sex chromosomes, plant self‐incompatibility loci and fungal mating‐type loci …

Sex chromosomes can display successive steps of recombination suppression known as
“evolutionary strata,” which are thought to result from the successive linkage of sexually …

Fungi in the basidiomycete genus Malassezia are the most prevalent eukaryotic microbes
resident on the skin of human and other warm-blooded animals and have been implicated in …

Amomum villosum, which is an important perennial medicinal plant, easily suffers from
continuous cropping obstacles in the plantation. The aim of this study is to find an effective …

Balancing selection, an evolutionary force that retains genetic diversity, has been detected
in multiple genes and organisms, such as the sexual mating loci in fungi. However, to …

Fungal fruiting bodies are complex, three-dimensional structures that arise from a less
complex vegetative mycelium. Their formation requires the coordinated action of many …