Author Description

Review "An outstanding strength of the book is its breadth. Burnett gives excellent coverage not just of modern studies from the early and mid-20th century on fungi such as Phycomyces and Allomyces...On the large scale, then, this is a magnificent book" -- Mycopathologia the early Product Description The population genetics and speciation of fungi is a rapidly developing field, heavily dependent upon the use of molecular markers. No basic text exists which describes the methods employed or the findings obtained from such investigations. This book is intended to provide such an account. Itdescribes the methodologies employed and, for the benefit of the non-mycological reader, a brief introduction to basic fungal biology. Recent findings relating to processes in fungal populations - mutation, migration, recombination, heterokaryosis, hybridization, polyploidy, and the operation of selective forces are combined with traditional fungal biology. Finally the taxonomic problems raised by fungal species are discussed, together with theprocesses of speciation. About the Author Former President of the British Mycological Society