© 2005 Society of Systematic Biologists
Automated Phylogenetic Taxonomy: An Example in the Homobasidiomycetes (Mushroom-Forming Fungi)
Edited by Vincent Savolainen: Associate Editor
1 Biology Department, Clark University Worcester, Massachusetts, 01610, USA E-mail: dhibbett@black.clarku.edu (D.S.H.)
Received September 14, 2004; Revised November 2, 2004; Accepted November 19, 2004
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Systematists confront a truly formidable task, which is to construct a comprehensive, phylogenetically accurate classification for all of life. Progress toward this goal has accelerated in recent years through analyses of DNA and protein sequences. The dramatic growth of molecular phylogenetics prompts us to ask whether established taxonomic practices are equipped to deal with the rapidly accumulating data. Here, we consider the current status of phylogenetics and classification in the homobasidiomycetes (mushroom-forming fungi), which includes roughly 17,000 described species (Kirk et al., 2001). We find that the available data are not being integrated, and that there is a significant gap between current taxonomy and understanding of phylogenetic relationships. To close this gap, we suggest that there is a need for new approaches that use the tools of bioinformatics to automate the process of phylogenetic analysis and classification, and we describe a prototype software package that we have developed
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Current Status of Homobasidiomycete Systematics |
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Progress in Phylogenetic Reconstruction
Progress in Classification
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Toward an Automated Phylogenetic Taxonomy of Homobasidiomycetes |
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Automated Phylogenetic Reconstruction
Automated Phylogenetic Taxonomy
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Conclusions and Future Directions |
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