T Y James

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Affiliation: Duke University Medical Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Phylogeography of the Solanaceae-infecting Basidiomycota fungus Rhizoctonia solani AG-3 based on sequence analysis of two nuclear DNA loci
    Paulo C Ceresini
    ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, IBZ, Universitaetstrasse 2, LFW B28, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
    BMC Evol Biol 7:163. 2007
  2. ncbi Polymorphism at the ribosomal DNA spacers and its relation to breeding structure of the widespread mushroom Schizophyllum commune
    T Y James
    Department of Botany, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0338, USA
    Genetics 157:149-61. 2001
  3. ncbi A molecular phylogeny of the flagellated fungi (Chytridiomycota) and description of a new phylum (Blastocladiomycota)
    Timothy Y James
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
    Mycologia 98:860-71. 2006
  4. ncbi Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny
    Timothy Y James
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0338, USA
    Nature 443:818-22. 2006
  5. ncbi Evolution of the bipolar mating system of the mushroom Coprinellus disseminatus from its tetrapolar ancestors involves loss of mating-type-specific pheromone receptor function
    Timothy Y James
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
    Genetics 172:1877-91. 2006
  6. ncbi The genetic structure and diversity of the A and B mating-type genes from the tropical oyster mushroom, Pleurotus djamor
    Timothy Y James
    Department of Biology, Box 90338, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Fungal Genet Biol 41:813-25. 2004
  7. ncbi Evolution of the gene encoding mitochondrial intermediate peptidase and its cosegregation with the A mating-type locus of mushroom fungi
    Timothy Y James
    Department of Biology, Box 90338, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Fungal Genet Biol 41:381-90. 2004
  8. ncbi Abundance and diversity of Schizophyllum commune spore clouds in the Caribbean detected by selective sampling
    T Y James
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 0338, USA
    Mol Ecol 10:471-9. 2001
  9. ncbi Isolation and characterization of a novel chytrid species (phylum Blastocladiomycota), parasitic on the green alga Haematococcus
    Yoram Hoffman
    Microalgal Biotechnology Laboratory, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus 84990, Israel
    Mycol Res 112:70-81. 2008
  10. ncbi Phylogeny of the Zygomycota based on nuclear ribosomal sequence data
    Merlin M White
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045 7534, USA
    Mycologia 98:872-84. 2006

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Publications17

  1. ncbi Phylogeography of the Solanaceae-infecting Basidiomycota fungus Rhizoctonia solani AG-3 based on sequence analysis of two nuclear DNA loci
    Paulo C Ceresini
    ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, IBZ, Universitaetstrasse 2, LFW B28, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
    BMC Evol Biol 7:163. 2007
    ..solani AG-3 from potato in North Carolina (NC) and the Northern USA; and two field populations from tobacco in NC and Southern Brazil were examined using sequence analysis of two cloned regions of nuclear DNA (pP42F and pP89)...
  2. ncbi Polymorphism at the ribosomal DNA spacers and its relation to breeding structure of the widespread mushroom Schizophyllum commune
    T Y James
    Department of Botany, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0338, USA
    Genetics 157:149-61. 2001
    ..We present evidence for the suppression of recombination between rDNA arrays on homologous chromosomes that may account for this pattern of concerted evolution...
  3. ncbi A molecular phylogeny of the flagellated fungi (Chytridiomycota) and description of a new phylum (Blastocladiomycota)
    Timothy Y James
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
    Mycologia 98:860-71. 2006
    ..The Blastocladiales appears to be the sister taxon of most nonflagellated fungi. Based on molecular phylogenetic and ultrastructural characters this order is elevated to a phylum, the Blastocladiomycota...
  4. ncbi Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny
    Timothy Y James
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0338, USA
    Nature 443:818-22. 2006
    ..The enigmatic microsporidia seem to be derived from an endoparasitic chytrid ancestor similar to Rozella allomycis, on the earliest diverging branch of the fungal phylogenetic tree...
  5. ncbi Evolution of the bipolar mating system of the mushroom Coprinellus disseminatus from its tetrapolar ancestors involves loss of mating-type-specific pheromone receptor function
    Timothy Y James
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
    Genetics 172:1877-91. 2006
    ..Although mating type in C. disseminatus is controlled by only the transcription factor genes, cellular functions appear to be conserved for both groups of genes...
  6. ncbi The genetic structure and diversity of the A and B mating-type genes from the tropical oyster mushroom, Pleurotus djamor
    Timothy Y James
    Department of Biology, Box 90338, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Fungal Genet Biol 41:813-25. 2004
    ..It is hypothesized that the A mating-type locus of P. djamor is comprised of only one homeodomain pair, which may explain the lower number of A mating-type alleles relative to other mushroom species...
  7. ncbi Evolution of the gene encoding mitochondrial intermediate peptidase and its cosegregation with the A mating-type locus of mushroom fungi
    Timothy Y James
    Department of Biology, Box 90338, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Fungal Genet Biol 41:381-90. 2004
    ..Phylogenetic analysis of MIP sequences from diverse mushroom species agrees with the current organismal phylogeny, suggesting the sequences are generally orthologous...
  8. ncbi Abundance and diversity of Schizophyllum commune spore clouds in the Caribbean detected by selective sampling
    T Y James
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 0338, USA
    Mol Ecol 10:471-9. 2001
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  9. ncbi Isolation and characterization of a novel chytrid species (phylum Blastocladiomycota), parasitic on the green alga Haematococcus
    Yoram Hoffman
    Microalgal Biotechnology Laboratory, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus 84990, Israel
    Mycol Res 112:70-81. 2008
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  10. ncbi Phylogeny of the Zygomycota based on nuclear ribosomal sequence data
    Merlin M White
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045 7534, USA
    Mycologia 98:872-84. 2006
    ..Clades are discussed with special reference to traditional classifications, mapping morphological characters and ecology, where possible, as a snapshot of our current phylogenetic perspective of the Zygomycota...
  11. ncbi The pab1 gene of Coprinus cinereus encodes a bifunctional protein for para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) synthesis: implications for the evolution of fused PABA synthases
    Timothy Y James
    Duke University, Department of Biology, Durham, NC, USA 27708, USA
    J Basic Microbiol 42:91-103. 2002
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  12. ncbi One hundred and seventeen clades of euagarics
    Jean Marc Moncalvo
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 23:357-400. 2002
    ..Several clades are best supported by ecological, biochemical, or trophic habits rather than by morphological similarities...
  13. ncbi Phylogenetic comparison and classification of laccase and related multicopper oxidase protein sequences
    Patrik J Hoegger
    Georg August University Gottingen, Institute of Forest Botany, Gottingen, Germany
    FEBS J 273:2308-26. 2006
    ..Some species seem to encode only ferroxidases, whereas others have proteins which are distributed over up to four different functional clusters in the phylogenetic tree...
  14. ncbi Multilocus sequence typing suggests the chytrid pathogen of amphibians is a recently emerged clone
    Erica A Morehouse
    Department of Biology, Biological Sciences Building, Room 139, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Mol Ecol 12:395-403. 2003
    ..dendrobatidis is diploid and primarily reproduces clonally. In contrast to the lack of nucleotide polymorphism, electrophoretic karyotyping of multiple strains demonstrated a number of chromosome length polymorphisms...
  15. ncbi The new higher level classification of eukaryotes with emphasis on the taxonomy of protists
    Sina M Adl
    Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada
    J Eukaryot Microbiol 52:399-451. 2005
    ..quot; The multicellular lineages emerged from within monophyletic protist lineages: animals and fungi from Opisthokonta, plants from Archaeplastida, and brown algae from Stramenopiles...
  16. ncbi Evolutionary significance of imbalanced nuclear ratios within heterokaryons of the basidiomycete fungus Heterobasidion parviporum
    Timothy Y James
    Department of Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvagen 18D, 752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
    Evolution 62:2279-96. 2008
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  17. ncbi Invasive pathogens threaten species recovery programs
    Susan F Walker
    Curr Biol 18:R853-4. 2008