The use of growing genetic understanding that shows the link between the fungal and animal genome, to develop the new antifungal drugs. And the name of antifungal drugs that exploit the biochemical differences between animals and fungai. Introduction: Phylogenetic relationship between the plants, animals and fungi shows that fungai are more closely related to the animals compare to the plants. The comparison of ribosomal RNA sequences refined the studies based on genetic “Life of tree” pioneered by Carl Woese of the University of Illinois. The new findings mentioned in the journal Science indicates that protists which is a single cell creature, is the common ancestor of animals and fungi. The similarity in characteristic is like spending part of its early life cycle in a mobile and membranous form like a human sperm, and later growing a stiff cell wall similar to the fungi.

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The use of growing genetic understanding that shows the link between the fungal and animal genome, to develop the new antifungal drugs. And the name of antifungal drugs that exploit the biochemical differences between animals and fungai.

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Phylogenetic relationship between the plants, animals and fungi shows that fungai are more closely related to the animals compare to the plants. The comparison of ribosomal RNA sequences refined the studies based on genetic “Life of tree” pioneered by Carl Woese of the University of Illinois. The new findings mentioned in the journal Science indicates that protists which is a single cell creature, is the common ancestor of animals and fungi. The similarity in characteristic is like spending part of its early life cycle in a mobile and membranous form like a human sperm, and later growing a stiff cell wall similar to the fungi.

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