Myxomycetes:Biology,Systematics,Biogeography,and Ecology

This monograph is a compilation of the latest knowledge about myxomycetes and was written by leading authorities in their respective fields.Chapters cover a wide variety of topics including basic biology,life cycle,genetics and reproduction;the history of the study of myxomycetes;and highly technical summaries of genomics and gene expression and the current research involving molecular techniques.The chapters covering the ecology and distribution of myxomycetes and their biological patterns have a predominantly Northern Hemisphere focus,which reflects the location of researchers and where most research has been carried out to date.