The ecological genomics of fungi /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ames, Iowa :
Wiley Blackwell,
2014.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Abstract: | This book covers a broad diversity of fungal systems and provides unique insight into the functions of those fungi in various ecosystems -- from soil, to plant, to human. Bringing together fungal genomic information on a variety of lifestyles and traits, the book covers saprotrophism, pathogenesis (including biotrophs, hemibiotrophs, necrotrophs) and symbiosis. Advances in high-throughput sequencing now offer unprecedented opportunities for identification of novel key molecular mechanisms controlling plant-microbe interactions, evolution of fungi and developmentally- and ecologically-relevant traits, this book explores how these massive streams of fungal sequences can be exploited to gain a deeper understanding of the evolution of fungi and their ecological role. Although tremendous progress has been made in recent years in fungal genomics, thanks to the sequencing of over one hundred fungal genomes, until now no book has used this information to bridge fungal genomics, molecular ecology and ecology. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 385 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118735893 1118735897 1119946107 9781119946106 |