Phylogenetic species recognition and species concepts in fungi. Fungal Genetics and
Biology 31, 000–000. The operational species concept, ie, the one used to recognize …

The idea that sex functions to provide variation for natural selection to act upon was first
advocated by August Weismann and it has dominated much discussion on the evolution of …

During the past decade, the plant disease called scab or Fusarium head blight of wheat and
barley has reached epidemic proportions in North America and elsewhere in the world …

Phylogenetic relationships within the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex were extended to
newly discovered strains using nucleotide characters obtained by sequencing polymerase …

Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the phytopathogenic Nectria haematococca-
Fusarium solani species complex, section Martiella of Fusarium, were inferred from …

SUMMARY DNA fingerprinting methods have evolved as major tools in fungal
epidemiology. However, no single method has emerged as the method of choice, and some …

Aspergillus flavus is a common filamentous fungus that produces aflatoxins and presents a
major threat to agriculture and human health. Previous phylogenetic studies of A. flavus …

The green algal symbionts of the lichenized fungus Letharia are identified as members of
the morphospecies Trebouxia jamesii, based on ITS sequences that place them in a …

Aspergillus spp. cause disease in a broad range of organisms, but it is unknown if strains
are specialized for particular hosts. We evaluated isolates of Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus …

Incongruence between data sets is an important concept in molecular phylogenetics and is
commonly measured by the incongruence length difference (ILD) test (JS Farris et al …