Comparative Genomic Analysis of Pathogenic Yeasts and the Evolution of Virulence

Abstract

The increased availability of molecular data has had a major impact on phylogenetic studies in general, and on the study of fungal phylogeny in particular. To date, more than 60 fungal genomes have been completely sequenced, ranging from the Chytridiomycota to the Ascomycota. There have been several attempts to reconstruct aspects of the fungal Tree of Life, using a variety of approaches (Fitzpatrick et al. 2006; James et al. 2006; Kuramae et al. 2006; Robbertse et al. 2006; Marcet-Houben and Gabaldon 2009).