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Fungi: Are They Plants Or Animals?, Himanshu Yn, Sufyan Ibrahim, Revathi P. Shenoy Dr
Fungi: Are They Plants Or Animals?, Himanshu Yn, Sufyan Ibrahim, Revathi P. Shenoy Dr
Manipal Journal of Medical Sciences
The status of fungi in the phylogenetic setup still continues to be an intriguing question in biological sciences. Having long been considered as close relatives of plants, over the years, their resemblance towards animals has been brought into the greater limelight. While the vast diversity of the group demands a separate kingdom, evolution biology coaxes us to trace back their ancestry and establish similarities between different kingdoms and as newer pieces of evidence emerge up, the question as to whether fungi are plants or animals, remains contentious.