Evolution and speciation in fungi and eukaryotic biodiversity / T.J. Pandian.

Being sessiles like autotrophic plants and heterotrophics as animals, fungi are fascinating eukaryotes. In them, the need for external digestion has demanded surface expansion and limited tissues to < eight types. To reproduce, 96% fungi engage spores. Being 800 times denser than air, water rende...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Pandian, T. J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • General Introduction
  • Spatial Distribution
  • Fungi: Modes of Life
  • Acquisition of Micronutrients
  • Mycology: Teaching: Degrees
  • Clonal Multiplication
  • Sex: Mating Type: Sexuality
  • Gametangia: Gametogenesis
  • Sporogenesis: Quantity: Dispersal
  • Sex Determination: Pheromones
  • Lichens
  • Past: Fungal Evolution
  • Present: Desiccation and Dormancy
  • Future: Climate Change
  • Eukaryotes: Species Diversity.