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Evolution of fungal phenotypic disparity.
Nature ecology & evolution - 1 Oct 2022
Smith Thomas J, Donoghue Philip C J
Abstract excerpt
Organismal-grade multicellularity has been achieved only in animals, plants and fungi. All three kingdoms manifest phenotypically disparate body plans but their evolution has only been considered in detail for animals. Here we tested the general relevance of hypotheses on the evolutionary assembly of animal body plans by characterizing the evolution of fungal phenotypic variety (disparity). The distribution of...
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