Horizontal Transfer of a Nitrate Assimilation Gene Cluster and Ecological Transitions in Fungi: A Phylogenetic Study

Jason C. Slot; David S. Hibbett

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001097

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Horizontal Transfer of a Nitrate Assimilation Gene Cluster and Ecological Transitions in Fungi: A Phylogenetic Study

Jason C. Slot ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jslot@clarku.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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David S. Hibbett

Affiliation Department of Biology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Horizontal Transfer of a Nitrate Assimilation Gene Cluster and Ecological Transitions in Fungi: A Phylogenetic Study

Jason C. Slot,
David S. Hibbett

Published: October 31, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001097

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This statement is no longer supported after reexamination of data.

Posted by JasonSlot on 15 Dec 2008 at 23:07 GMT

Botryotinia fuckeliana maintains a cluster of two of the genes, while the closely related Sclerotinia sclerotiorum lacks clustering entirely.
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0001097#article1.body1.sec3.sec1.p2

As noted, the data informing figure 1 appear to have been transposed for Botryotinia and Stagonospora. This eliminates the observation of differential clustering between these two related species. However, it strengthens the hypothesis of gradual loss of clustering leading to Sordariomycetes.

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This statement is no longer supported after reexamination of data.

Posted by JasonSlot on 15 Dec 2008 at 23:07 GMT