| Preface | p. v |
| Why Study the Genomes of Fungi? | p. 1 |
| Revision Concepts | p. 1 |
| Origins | p. 2 |
| Diversity in the Kingdom Fungi: Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota, Ascomycota, and Basidiomycota | p. 8 |
| Fungi in Nature | p. 14 |
| Fungi in Technology | p. 17 |
| Fungi as Models | p. 19 |
| Genes to Genomics | p. 21 |
| Publications and Websites Worth a Visit | p. 24 |
| Historical Publications Worth Knowing About | p. 25 |
| Genome Interactions | p. 26 |
| Revision Concepts | p. 26 |
| Fungal Lifestyles: Hyphal Fusions Are the Key to Advanced Hyphal Systems | p. 28 |
| Population Biology Aspects of Compatibility Systems | p. 34 |
| Compatibility and the Individualistic Mycelium | p. 39 |
| Nuclear Migration | p. 44 |
| Other Incompatibility Reactions | p. 48 |
| Structure and Function of Mating-Type Factors: Mating-Type Factors in Saccharomyces cerevisiae | p. 51 |
| Structure and Function of Mating-Type Factors: Mating-Type Factors of Neurospora | p. 55 |
| Structure and Function of Mating-Type Factors: Mating-Type Factors in Ustilago maydis | p. 59 |
| Structure and Function of Mating-Type Factors: Mating-Type Factors in Coprinus cinereus and Schizophyllum commune | p. 62 |
| Overview: Biology of Incompatibility Factors | p. 67 |
| Publications and Websites Worth a Visit | p. 69 |
| Historical Publications Worth Knowing About | p. 70 |
| Wild Types and Mutants | p. 71 |
| Revision Concepts | p. 71 |
| Phenotypes and Genotypes: Variations and Mutations | p. 72 |
| Molecular Nature of Mutation | p. 74 |
| Natural Variation and Spontaneous Mutation | p. 76 |
| Generating Mutants: Mutagenesis | p. 77 |
| Generating Mutants: Irradiation | p. 79 |
| Generating Mutants: Chemical Mutagens | p. 81 |
| Types of Functional Mutant | p. 83 |
| Isolating Auxotrophic Mutants | p. 84 |
| Resistance Mutations | p. 89 |
| Reverse Mutation: From Auxotroph to Prototroph | p. 90 |
| Molecular Variants | p. 91 |
| Publications and Websites Worth a Visit | p. 93 |
| Historical Publications Worth Knowing About | p. 94 |
| Segregation Genetics: The Indirect Approach | p. 96 |
| Revision Concepts | p. 96 |
| Complementing Mutants | p. 97 |
| Adenine Auxotrophs of Coprinus | p. 98 |
| Functional Allelism | p. 104 |
| Gene Segregation Depends on the Behavior of Chromosomes During Nuclear Division | p. 106 |
| Meiosis | p. 107 |
| Analyzing Gene Segregations from Random Spores | p. 109 |
| Use of x[superscript 2] Tables | p. 111 |
| Testing for Homogeneity | p. 113 |
| Detecting Linkage | p. 118 |
| Publications and Websites Worth a Visit | p. 120 |
| Historical Publications Worth Knowing About | p. 121 |
| Recombination Analysis | p. 122 |
| Revision Concepts | p. 122 |
| Linkage Studies Make Maps | p. 124 |
| Multipoint Crosses | p. 126 |
| Rules of the Three-Point Crosses Game | p. 129 |
| A Three-Point Cross in Coprinus | p. 130 |
| Mapping Centromeres Using Gene Segregations in Tetrads and Eight-Spored Asci (Octads): Single Gene Segregations | p. 132 |
| Mapping Using Multiple Gene Segregations in Tetrads and Octads | p. 135 |
| Unordered Tetrads | p. 140 |
| Linkage Analysis to Linkage Map | p. 145 |
| Tetrad Segregations Leading to Secondary Homothallism | p. 146 |
| Gene Segregation During the Mitotic Division Cycle | p. 147 |
| Cytoplasmic Segregations: Mitochondria, Plasmids, Viruses, and Prions | p. 154 |
| Publications and Websites Worth a Visit | p. 159 |
| Historical Publications Worth Knowing About | p. 160 |
| Mechanisms of Recombination | p. 161 |
| Revision Concepts | p. 161 |
| Gene Conversion | p. 162 |
| Hybrid- or Heteroduplex-DNA | p. 164 |
| A Basic Mechanism for Recombination | p. 166 |
| Correction of Base Mismatches in Heteroduplex-DNA Generates Aberrant Segregation Ratios | p. 170 |
| Modifying the Basic Recombination Model | p. 172 |
| Models and the Real World | p. 177 |
| Publications and Websites Worth a Visit | p. 182 |
| Historical Publications Worth Knowing About | p. 183 |
| The Physical Genotype | p. 184 |
| Revision Concepts | p. 184 |
| Molecular Markers | p. 186 |
| DNA Polymorphisms | p. 187 |
| Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms | p. 188 |
| Polymerase Chain Reaction | p. 192 |
| PCR Primers: AP-PCR and RAPD | p. 193 |
| Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphisms | p. 195 |
| DNA Fingerprinting | p. 196 |
| Microsatellites | p. 199 |
| Minisatellites | p. 200 |
| Transposable Elements | p. 201 |
| Genes and Spacers | p. 204 |
| Electrophoretic Karyotypes | p. 205 |
| Publications and Websites Worth a Visit | p. 207 |
| Historical Publications Worth Knowing About | p. 209 |
| Genes to Genomics: Mapping the Fungal Genome | p. 211 |
| Revision Concepts | p. 211 |
| Genes and Maps: The Story So Far | p. 212 |
| Physical Maps | p. 215 |
| Restriction Mapping: A Real-Life Example | p. 216 |
| Optical Mapping | p. 223 |
| DNA Cloning: Plasmids, Cosmids, BACs, and YACs | p. 225 |
| Chain Termination Sequencing | p. 227 |
| The First Complete Eukaryotic Genome Sequence: Saccharomyces cerevisiae | p. 233 |
| Comparisons Between Genomes | p. 236 |
| Publications and Websites Worth a Visit | p. 240 |
| Historical Publications Worth Knowing About | p. 243 |
| Systematics, Phylogeny, and Evolution | p. 245 |
| Revision Concepts | p. 245 |
| Phylogenetics: Inferring Evolutionary Development | p. 246 |
| The Molecule Is the Message | p. 248 |
| Inferring Relationships | p. 251 |
| Making Trees Make Sense | p. 256 |
| Horizontal Transfer of Genetic Information | p. 261 |
| Genes in Populations | p. 262 |
| Genes in Fungal Populations | p. 266 |
| Genetic Variation in Hosts and Pathogens | p. 270 |
| Evolution in Captivity: Natural and Artificial Selection | p. 273 |
| Mycotechnology | p. 275 |
| Publications and Websites Worth a Visit | p. 279 |
| Historical Publications Worth Knowing About | p. 281 |
| The Genetics of Fungal Differentiation and Morphogenesis | p. 282 |
| Revision Concepts | p. 282 |
| Differentiation and Morphogenesis | p. 284 |
| Genetic Approaches for Analyzing Gene Regulation | p. 286 |
| Regulating Gene Expression: DNA-Binding Proteins | p. 288 |
| Regulating Gene Expression: Chromatin Remodeling | p. 290 |
| Regulating Gene Expression: Transcription | p. 292 |
| Galactose Utilization in Yeast: The Epitome of Eukaryote Regulation | p. 295 |
| Regulating Gene Expression: Repression and Silencing | p. 298 |
| Regulating Gene Expression: High-Level Control Mechanisms, DNA Modification, and Epigenetics | p. 300 |
| Posttranscriptional Regulation: Spliceosomes, Proteasomes, and Protein Networks | p. 305 |
| Shape, Form, and Differential Gene Expression | p. 310 |
| Yeast-Mycelial Dimorphism | p. 311 |
| Conidiation: Translational Triggering and Feedback Fixation | p. 315 |
| Sexual Reproductive Structures in Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes | p. 321 |
| Genetic Control of Morphogenesis of Fungal Fruit Bodies | p. 332 |
| Publications and Websites Worth a Visit | p. 339 |
| Historical Publications Worth Knowing About | p. 341 |
| Index | p. 343 |
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