Phylogenomic Reconstruction of the Oomycete Phylogeny Derived from 37 Genomes.

ABSTRACT: The oomycetes are a class of microscopic, filamentous eukaryotes within the Stramenopiles-Alveolata-Rhizaria (SAR) supergroup which includes ecologically significant animal and plant pathogens, most infamously the causative agent of potato blight Phytophthora infestans. Single-gene and concatenated phylogenetic studies both of individual oomycete genera and of members of the larger class have resulted in conflicting conclusions concerning species phylogenies within the oomycetes, particularly for the large Phytophthora genus. Genome-scale phylogenetic studies have successfully resolved many eukaryotic relationships by using supertree methods, which combine large numbers of potentially disparate trees to determine evolutionary relationships that cannot be inferred from

SUBMITTER: McCarthy CGP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5390094 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature