An eight-gene molecular phylogeny of the Kickxellomycotina, including the first phylogenetic placement of Asellariales

@article{Tretter2014AnEM,
  title={An eight-gene molecular phylogeny of the Kickxellomycotina, including the first phylogenetic placement of Asellariales},
  author={Eric D. Tretter and Eric Michael Johnson and Gerald L. Benny and Robert W. Lichtwardt and Yan Wang and Prasanna Kandel and Stephen J. Novak and James F. Smith and Merlin M White},
  journal={Mycologia},
  year={2014},
  volume={106},
  pages={912 - 935}
}
Kickxellomycotina is a recently described subphylum encompassing four zygomycete orders (Asellariales, Dimargaritales, Harpellales, Kickxellales). These fungi are united by the formation of disciform septal pores containing lenticular plugs. Morphological diversification and life history evolution has made the relationships within and among the four orders difficult to resolve on those grounds alone. Here we infer the phylogeny of the Kickxellomycotina based on an eight-gene supermatrix… 
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