The PhyloCode applied to Cintractiellales, a new order of smut fungi with unresolved phylogenetic relationships in the Ustilaginomycotina.
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SUBMITTER: McTaggart AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7451774 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
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The PhyloCode applied to <i>Cintractiellales</i>, a new order of smut fungi with unresolved phylogenetic relationships in the <i>Ustilaginomycotina</i>.
McTaggart A R AR Prychid C J CJ Bruhl J J JJ Shivas R G RG
Fungal systematics and evolution 20200326
The PhyloCode is used to classify taxa based on their relation to a most recent common ancestor as recovered from a phylogenetic analysis. We examined the first specimen of <i>Cintractiella</i> (<i>Ustilaginomycotina</i>) collected from Australia and determined its systematic relationship to other <i>Fungi</i>. Three ribosomal DNA loci were analysed both with and without constraint to a phylogenomic hypothesis of the <i>Ustilaginomycotina. Cintractiella</i> did not share a most recent common anc ...[more]
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