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Introduction: Overview of Fungal Genomics

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Fungal Genomics

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Genome sequences and postgenomic tools have had a major impact on fungal research. When the first fungal genome sequences became available it became clear how much more complex fungal biology was than had been previously assumed. Since then an increasing number of genomes have become available enabling detailed comparative studies, especially when combined with postgenomic tools such as transcriptomics and proteomics. This chapter provides an overview and current state of fungal genomics.

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    Ronald P. de Vries

  2. United States Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, USA

    Igor V. Grigoriev

  3. Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Adrian Tsang

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de Vries, R.P., Grigoriev, I.V., Tsang, A. (2018). Introduction: Overview of Fungal Genomics. In: de Vries, R., Tsang, A., Grigoriev, I. (eds) Fungal Genomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1775. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7804-5_1

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