Ancestral state reconstruction infers phytopathogenic origins of sooty blotch and flyspeck fungi on apple

Members of the sooty blotch and flyspeck (SBFS) complex are epiphytic fungi in the Ascomycota that cause economically damaging blemishes of apples worldwide. SBFS fungi are polyphyletic, but approx. 96% of SBFS species are in the Capnodiales. Evolutionary origins of SBFS fungi remain unclear, so we...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Siti Izera, Batzer, Jean Carlson, Harrington, Thomas C., Crous, Pedro W., Lavrov, Dennis V., Li, Huanyu, Gleason, Mark L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mycological Society of America 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43770/1/Ancestral%20state%20reconstruction%20infers%20phytopathogenic%20origins.pdf