Fruiting bodies of asco- and basidiomycetes are complex three-dimensional structures that protect and disperse the sexual spores. Their differentiation requires the concerted action of many genes, therefore "omics" techniques to analyze fungal genomes and gene expression at a genome-wide level provide excellent means to gain insights into this differentiation process. This review summarizes some recent examples of the use of “omics” techniques to study fruiting body morphogenesis. These include genome-centered analyses, and studies to analyze the regulation of gene expression including the analysis of RNA editing as a novel layer in the regulation of gene expression during fruiting body development in ascomycetes.

子囊菌和担子菌的子实体是复杂的三维结构，可以保护和分散有性孢子。它们的分化需要许多基因的协同作用，因此在整个基因组水平上分析真菌基因组和基因表达的“组学”技术为深入了解这种分化过程提供了极好的手段。这篇综述总结了一些使用“组学”技术研究子实体形态发生的最新例子。这些包括以基因组为中心的分析，以及分析基因表达调控的研究，包括分析子囊虫子实体发育过程中作为基因表达调控新层的RNA编辑。