A novel mode of chromosomal evolution peculiar to filamentous Ascomycete fungi

Table 1 Summary of whole-genome synteny relationships across selected fungal orders

	Sub-phylum	Pezizomycotina								Saccharomycotina	Taphrinomycotina
	Class	Dothideomycetes		Eurotiomycetes		Sordariomycetes			Leotiomycetes	Saccharomycetes	Schizosaccharomycetes
Class	Order	Capnodiales	Pleosporales	Eurotiales	Onygenales	Hypocreales	Magnaporthales	Sordariales	Helotiales	Saccharomycetales	Schizosaccharomycetales
Dothideomycetes	Capnodiales	Meso/150	Meso	Demeso	Demeso	Demeso	None	Demeso	Demeso	None	None
	Pleosporales	300	Meso/120	Demeso	Demeso	Demeso	None	Demeso	Demeso	None	None
Eurotiomycetes	Eurotiales	370	370	Demacro/< 160	Demacro	None	None	None	Demeso	None	None
	Onygenales	370	370	150	Demacro/< 160	None	None	None	Demeso	None	None
Sordariomycetes	Hypocreales	370	370	370	370	Macro/170	Demeso	Demeso	Demeso	None	None
	Magnaporthales	370	370	370	370	240	NA	Demeso	Demeso	None	None
	Sordariales	370	370	370	370	225	240	Demeso	Demeso	None	None
Leotiomycetes	Helotiales	370	370	370	370	340	340	340	Macro/250	None	None
Saccharomycetes	Saccharomycetales	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	Demacro/none/250	None
	Schizosaccharomycetales	650	650	650	650	650	650	650	650	650	Demacro/none/240

Whole-genome synteny, indicated above the diagonal, was classified as either macrosynteny (macro), degraded macrosynteny (demacro), mesosynteny (meso), degraded mesosynteny (demeso) or no synteny (none). 'NA' indicates lack of sufficient data to perform whole-genome comparisons. Time since divergence between orders, previously predicted within the Ascomycetes [38], is indicated below the diagonal in millions of years.

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