Location and Origin of Ergoline Alkaloids

Study with the aim to find out if there are any fungal endophytes in ergoline-positive Convolvulaceae spp. in the following decades. 

Nevertheless, the evolutionary relationship of ergoUne biosynthesis in fungi and higher plants has been discussed over the years (e.g., Boyes-Korkis and Floss 1992). Theoretically there are three principal possibilities  

The genetic information has been developed twice independently in unrelated 

It evolved only once and then has been passed from fungi to higher plants in a 

Endophytic ergoline-producing fungi may be associated with higher plants 

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