Notes for genera: basal clades of Fungi (including Aphelidiomycota, Basidiobolomycota, Blastocladiomycota, Calcarisporiellomycota, Caulochytriomycota, Chytridiomycota, Entomophthoromycota, Glomeromycota, Kickxellomycota, Monoblepharomycota, Mortierellomycota, Mucoromycota, Neocallimastigomycota, Olpidiomycota, Rozellomycota and Zoopagomycota)

Compared to the higher fungi (Dikarya), taxonomic and evolutionary studies on the basal clades of fungi are fewer in number. Thus, the generic boundaries and higher ranks in the basal clades of fungi are poorly known. Recent DNA based taxonomic studies have provided reliable and accurate information. It is therefore necessary to compile all available information since basal clades genera lack updated checklists or outlines. Recently, Tedersoo et al. (MycoKeys 13:1--20, 2016) accepted Aphelidiomycota and Rozellomycota in Fungal clade. Thus, we regard both these phyla as members in Kingdom Fungi. We accept 16 phyla in basal clades viz. Aphelidiomycota, Basidiobolomycota, Blastocladiomycota, Calcarisporiellomycota, Caulochytriomycota, Chytridiomycota, Entomophthoromycota, Glomeromycota, Kickxellomycota, Monoblepharomycota, Mortierellomycota, Mucoromycota, Neocallimastigomycota, Olpidiomycota, Rozellomycota and Zoopagomycota. Thus, 611 genera in 153 families, 43 orders and 18 classes are provided with details of classification, synonyms, life modes, distribution, recent literature and genomic data. Moreover, Catenariaceae Couch is proposed to be conserved, Cladochytriales Mozl.-Standr. is emended and the family Nephridiophagaceae is introduced

Review of: Friederike Hassauer (Hg.): Heißer Streit und kalte Ordnung. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag 2008

Der Sammelband umfasst 21 Beiträge zum Thema Querelle des Femmes. Ausgehend von der in Europa zwischen 1400 und 1700 geführten Auseinandersetzung um die Unterlegenheit, Überlegenheit oder Gleichheit der Geschlechter wird hier der Querelle-Prozess auf ein zeit- und raumentgrenztes Streiten und Debattieren zwischen den Geschlechtern erweitert. Der ins Uferlose geöffnete Begriff bringt es mit sich, dass die Beiträge nicht nur qualitativ unterschiedlich, sondern auch inhaltlich, thematisch und methodisch recht heterogen sind. Die wissenschaftliche Diskussion um das Querelle-Phänomen wird damit weitergetragen, wenn auch eine systematische Aufarbeitung des historischen Materials noch immer aussteht, vor allem weitere Spurensuche und die Sicherung von Strömen und Netzwerken.The collected volume contains 21 contributions on the theme of the querelle des femmes. Beginning with the debate on the inferiority, superiority or equality of the sexes raging in Europe between 1400 and 1700, the querelle processes are expanded to a conflict and debate between the sexes not bound by time or space. The now infinitely open term leads to the heterogeneity of the essays, not only in terms of quality but also content, theme, and methodology. The scholarly discussion surrounding the querelle phenomenon is thus continued, even if the systematic reconsideration of the historical material, in particular the search for traces and the safeguarding of trends and networks, remains to be done

Recuperación del yo por pérdida del sentido: sobre el principio estetico en Clarice Lispector

Clarice Lispector is generally considered to be an important modernist writer. Her paradoxical and enigmatic way of writing, however, has induced widely differing interpretations. Hélène Cixous, for instance, recognized in her work a completely new mode of expression, the so-called écriture féminine, a model of 'female difference' in writing. On the other hand Lispector's work has been defined as post-structuralist and deconstructionist according to postmodernist parameters. A contradiction emerges: whereas the theory of difference insists on the importance of the female subject, the postmodernists are no longer concerned with the autonomous and self-identical subject. Can Lispector be both a representative of écriture féminine and of postmodernism, can she be claimed for both the construction and deconstruction of the subject? The following remarks try to show how Lispector develops an aesthetic principle that allows for self-discovery and search for meaning by way of abandoning meaning altogether; meaning as it emerges from logo- and phallocentrism, from the symbolic order and its language.Si bien se discute a Clarice Lispector como una autora importante de la modernidad, su manera de escribir paradójica y enigmática ha llevado a las interpretaciones más diversas. Hélène Cixous, por ejemplo, reconoció en su escritura un modo de escribir totalmente nuevo, la “écriture féminine”: el modelo para una “diferencia femenina” en la escritura. Por otra parte, esta obra también ha sido interpretada dentro de los parámetros de la escritura postmoderna como escritura postestructuralista y deconstructivista. Aquí vemos una contradicción: con la teoría de la diferencia se reclama el estado como sujeto de la mujer, mientras que el postmodernismo se despide del yo autónomo e idéntico a sí mismo. ¿Se podrá reclamar a la autora para una “écriture féminine” y a la vez para el postmodernismo, o sea, tanto para la construcción como la deconstrucción del sujeto

Poésie précieuse ou poésie des précieuses ?

Comme nous le savons, Madeleine de Scudéry n’a pas écrit uniquement des romans, des nouvelles, des conversations et discours divers, elle est aussi l’auteur d’une œuvre lyrique étendue et variée et elle a également développé une esthétique de la poésie lyrique, que l’on peut trouver aussi bien dans son essai théorique De la Poësie Françoise jusques à Henry Huitième (sic pour Quatrième), publié en 1684, que dans son œuvre poétique même. Dans ce qui suit, je me propose, en me référant à mon étu..

FOXF1 Mediates Endothelial Progenitor Functions and Regulates Vascular Sprouting

Endothelial colony forming cells (ECFC) or late blood outgrowth endothelial cells (BOEC) have been proposed to contribute to neovascularization in humans. Exploring genes characteristic for the progenitor status of ECFC we have identified the forkhead box transcription factor FOXF1 to be selectively expressed in ECFC compared to mature endothelial cells isolated from the vessel wall. Analyzing the role of FOXF1 by gain- and loss-of-function studies we detected a strong impact of FOXF1 expression on the particularly high sprouting capabilities of endothelial progenitors. This apparently relates to the regulation of expression of several surface receptors. First, FOXF1 overexpression specifically induces the expression of Notch2 receptors and induces sprouting. Vice versa, knock-down of FOXF1 and Notch2 reduces sprouting. In addition, FOXF1 augments the expression of VEGF receptor-2 and of the arterial marker ephrin B2, whereas it downmodulates the venous marker EphB4. In line with these findings on human endothelial progenitors, we further show that knockdown of FOXF1 in the zebrafish model alters, during embryonic development, the regular formation of vasculature by sprouting. Hence, these findings support a crucial role of FOXF1 for endothelial progenitors and connected vascular sprouting as it may be relevant for tissue neovascularization. It further implicates Notch2, VEGF receptor-2, and ephrin B2 as downstream mediators of FOXF1 functions.(VLID)470090