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The use of compensatory base change analysis of ITS2 as a tool in the phylogeny of Mucorales, illustrated by the Mucor circinelloides complex

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Compensatory base changes (CBCs) in helix II of rDNA ITS2, suggested as a molecular classifier for fungi, were analyzed in Mucor circinelloides and its varieties. Only a few CBCs were found in the complex. Three out of the four accepted formae (f. circinelloides, f. lusitanicus, f. janssenii) did not exhibit CBCs. One CBC was found between strains that form zygospores; consequently, CBC is not always concordant with mating experiments. Strains with two CBC are unable to breed. It is suggested that some strains of the M. circinelloides complex are at the beginning of speciation.

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The study was supported by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education grant NN_303 548 839. We wish to thank the reviewers for critically reviewing the manuscript and for their valuable comments.

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  1. Department of Systematics and Plant Geography, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Julia Pawłowska & Marta Wrzosek

  2. Institute of Microbiology, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

    Grit Walther

  3. Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans-Knöll-Institute, Jena Microbial Resource Collection, Jena, Germany

    Grit Walther

  4. CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Grit Walther & Sybren de Hoog

  5. Inter-Faculty Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies in Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Mateusz Wilk

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Pawłowska, J., Walther, G., Wilk, M. et al. The use of compensatory base change analysis of ITS2 as a tool in the phylogeny of Mucorales, illustrated by the Mucor circinelloides complex. Org Divers Evol 13, 497–502 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-013-0139-1

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