Most genetics textbooks deal adequately with plant and animal genetics, but tend to neglect fungi. The authors have produced a book that will compensate for this imbalance. This book discusses the genetics of fungi in a way that is attractive and challenging, succinct yet comprehensive, sensitive to commercial and applied aspects, yet also theoretical, dealing with their genetics from molecules to individuals to population. This short text will be an ideal supplement to the established basic genetics texts or can be used as the sole text for an advanced course devoted to fungal genetics.

Preface * Contents * Illustration credits * Why study the genomes of fungi? * Genome interactions * Wild types and mutants * Segregation genetics - the indirect approach * Recombination analysis * Mechanisms of recombination * The physical genotype * Genes to genomics: mapping the fungal genome * Systematics, phylogeny and evolution * The genetics of fungal differentiation and morphogenesis * Index