Conserved meiotic machinery in Glomus spp., a putatively ancient asexual fungal lineage.

abstract：:Genome reduction is a hallmark of symbiotic genomes, and the rate and patterns of gene loss associated with this process have been investigated in several different symbiotic systems. However, in long-term host-associated coevolving symbiont clades, the genome size differences between strains are normally quite small ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Gottlieb Y,Lalzar I,Klasson L

更新日期：2015-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The process of transcription is highly stochastic leading to cell-to-cell variations and noise in gene expression levels. However, key essential genes have to be precisely expressed at the correct amount and time to ensure proper cellular development and function. Studies in yeast and bacterial systems have shown that...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Vance KW,Woodcock DJ,Reid JE,Bretschneider T,Ott S,Koentges G

更新日期：2015-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants and fungi display a broad range of interactions in natural and agricultural ecosystems ranging from symbiosis to parasitism. These ecological interactions result in coevolution between genes belonging to different partners. A well-understood example is secreted fungal effector proteins and their host targets, w...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Schweizer G,Münch K,Mannhaupt G,Schirawski J,Kahmann R,Dutheil JY

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene duplication is the primary source of new genes, but the mechanisms underlying the functional divergence and retention of duplicate genes are not well understood. Because eukaryotic proteins are localized to subcellular structures and localization can be altered by a single amino acid replacement, it was recently ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Qian W,Zhang J

更新日期：2009-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria of the Planctomycetes phylum have many unique cellular features, such as extensive membrane invaginations and the ability to import macromolecules. These features raise intriguing questions about the composition of their cell envelopes. In this study, we have used microscopy, phylogenomics, and proteomics to ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Mahajan M,Seeger C,Yee B,Andersson SGE

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrotransposons, DNA sequences capable of creating copies of themselves, compose about half of the human genome and played a central role in the evolution of mammals. Their current position in the host genome is the result of the retrotranscription process and of the following host genome evolution. We apply a model ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Riba A,Fumagalli MR,Caselle M,Osella M

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:All living organisms require protein degradation to terminate biological processes and remove damaged proteins. One such machine is the 20S proteasome, a specialized barrel-shaped and compartmentalized multicatalytic protease. The activity of the 20S proteasome generally requires the binding of regulators/proteasome a...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Fort P,Kajava AV,Delsuc F,Coux O

更新日期：2015-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemerythrins and hemocyanins are respiratory proteins present in some of the most ecologically diverse animal lineages; however, the precise evolutionary history of their enzymatic domains (hemerythrin, hemocyanin M, and tyrosinase) is still not well understood. We survey a wide dataset of prokaryote and eukaryote gen...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Martín-Durán JM,de Mendoza A,Sebé-Pedrós A,Ruiz-Trillo I,Hejnol A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease was described by Carlos Chagas, who first identified the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi from a 2-year-old girl called Berenice. Many T. cruzi sequencing projects based on short reads have demonstrated that genome assembly and downstream comparative analyses are extremely challenging in this species, given t...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Díaz-Viraqué F,Pita S,Greif G,de Souza RCM,Iraola G,Robello C

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SINEs (short interspersed elements) are transposable elements that typically originate independently in each taxonomic clade (order/family). However, some SINE families share a highly similar central sequence and are thus categorized as a SINE superfamily. Although only four SINE superfamilies (CORE-SINEs, V-SINEs, De...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Nishihara H,Plazzi F,Passamonti M,Okada N

更新日期：2016-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is a large macromolecular assembly situated within the pores of the nuclear envelope. Through interactions between its subcomplexes and import proteins, the NPC mediates the transport of molecules into and out of the nucleus and facilitates dynamic chromatin regulation and gene expressio...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Irwin NAT,Keeling PJ

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genome sequences of the plastid and mitochondrion of white spruce (Picea glauca) were assembled from whole-genome shotgun sequencing data using ABySS. The sequencing data contained reads from both the nuclear and organellar genomes, and reads of the organellar genomes were abundant in the data as each cell harbors...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Jackman SD,Warren RL,Gibb EA,Vandervalk BP,Mohamadi H,Chu J,Raymond A,Pleasance S,Coope R,Wildung MR,Ritland CE,Bousquet J,Jones SJ,Bohlmann J,Birol I

更新日期：2015-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Allopolyploidization plays an important role in speciation, and some natural or synthetic allopolyploid fishes have been extensively applied to aquaculture. Although genetic and epigenetic inheritance and variation associated with plant allopolyploids have been well documented, the relative research in allopolyploid a...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Shao GM,Li XY,Wang Y,Wang ZW,Li Z,Zhang XJ,Zhou L,Gui JF

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex chromosomes contribute substantially to key evolutionary processes such as speciation and adaptation. Several theories suggest that evolution could occur more rapidly on sex chromosomes, but currently our understanding of whether and how this occurs is limited. Here, we present an analysis of the great tit (Parus ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Hayes K,Barton HJ,Zeng K

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant mitochondrial genomes vary widely in size. Although many plant mitochondrial genomes have been sequenced and assembled, the vast majority are of angiosperms, and few are of gymnosperms. Most plant mitochondrial genomes are smaller than a megabase, with a few notable exceptions. We have sequenced and assembled th...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Jackman SD,Coombe L,Warren RL,Kirk H,Trinh E,MacLeod T,Pleasance S,Pandoh P,Zhao Y,Coope RJ,Bousquet J,Bohlmann J,Jones SJM,Birol I

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prokaryote genomes are the result of a dynamic flux of genes, with increases achieved via horizontal gene transfer and reductions occurring through gene loss. The ecological and selective forces that drive this genomic flexibility vary across species. Bacillus subtilis is a naturally competent bacterium that occupies ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Brito PH,Chevreux B,Serra CR,Schyns G,Henriques AO,Pereira-Leal JB

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most land plant plastomes contain two copies of a large inverted repeat (IR) that promote high-frequency homologous recombination to generate isomeric genomic forms. Among conifer plastomes, this canonical IR is highly reduced in Pinaceae and completely lost from cupressophytes. However, both lineages have acquired sh...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Guo W,Grewe F,Cobo-Clark A,Fan W,Duan Z,Adams RP,Schwarzbach AE,Mower JP

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The root-knot nematodes (genus Meloidogyne) are important plant parasites causing substantial agricultural losses. The Meloidogyne incognita group (MIG) of species, most of which are obligatory apomicts (mitotic parthenogens), are extremely polyphagous and important problems for global agriculture. While understanding...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Szitenberg A,Salazar-Jaramillo L,Blok VC,Laetsch DR,Joseph S,Williamson VM,Blaxter ML,Lunt DH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of microbe domestication has witnessed major advances that contribute to a better understanding of the emergence of artificially selected phenotypes and set the foundations of their rational improvement for biotechnology. Several features make Saccharomyces cerevisiae an ideal model for such a study, notably...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Barbosa R,Pontes A,Santos RO,Montandon GG,de Ponzzes-Gomes CM,Morais PB,Gonçalves P,Rosa CA,Sampaio JP

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial interactions with the nuclear genome represent one of life's most important co-evolved mutualisms. In many organisms, mitochondria are maternally inherited, and in these cases, co-transmission between the mitochondrial and nuclear genes differs across different parts of the nuclear genome, with genes on ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Dean R,Zimmer F,Mank JE

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nemerteans are one of few animal groups that have evolved the ability to utilize toxins for both defense and subduing prey, but little is known about specific nemertean toxins. In particular, no study has identified specific toxin genes even though peptide toxins are known from some nemertean species. Information abou...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Whelan NV,Kocot KM,Santos SR,Halanych KM

更新日期：2014-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria of the genus Xenorhabdus are symbionts of soil entomopathogenic nematodes of the genus Steinernema. This symbiotic association constitutes an insecticidal complex active against a wide range of insect pests. Unlike other Xenorhabdus species, Xenorhabdus poinarii is avirulent when injected into insects in the ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Ogier JC,Pagès S,Bisch G,Chiapello H,Médigue C,Rouy Z,Teyssier C,Vincent S,Tailliez P,Givaudan A,Gaudriault S

更新日期：2014-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquisition of Elizabethkingia infections in intensive care units (ICUs) has risen in the past decade. Treatment of Elizabethkingia infections is challenging due to the lack of effective therapeutic regimens, leading to a high mortality rate. Elizabethkingia infections have long been attributed to Elizabethkingia meni...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Teo J,Tan SY,Liu Y,Tay M,Ding Y,Li Y,Kjelleberg S,Givskov M,Lin RT,Yang L

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae clonal group (CG) 258, comprising sequence types (STs) 258, 11, and closely related variants, is associated with dissemination of the K. pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC). Hospital outbreaks of KPC CG258 infections have been observed globally and are very difficult to treat. As a consequence, there ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Wyres KL,Gorrie C,Edwards DJ,Wertheim HF,Hsu LY,Van Kinh N,Zadoks R,Baker S,Holt KE

更新日期：2015-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptive significance of human brain evolution has been frequently studied through comparisons with other primates. However, the evolution of increased brain size is not restricted to the human lineage but is a general characteristic of primate evolution. Whether or not these independent episodes of increased brai...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Boddy AM,Harrison PW,Montgomery SH,Caravas JA,Raghanti MA,Phillips KA,Mundy NI,Wildman DE

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orphan genes are defined as genes that lack detectable similarity to genes in other species and therefore no clear signals of common descent (i.e., homology) can be inferred. Orphans are an enigmatic portion of the genome because their origin and function are mostly unknown and they typically make up 10% to 30% of all...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Wissler L,Gadau J,Simola DF,Helmkampf M,Bornberg-Bauer E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein metabolism is one of the most costly processes in the cell and is therefore expected to be under the effective control of natural selection. We stimulated yeast strains to overexpress each single gene product to approximately 1% of the total protein content. Consistent with previous reports, we found that exce...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Tomala K,Korona R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many algal groups acquired complex plastids by the uptake of green and red algae through multiple secondary endosymbioses. As a result of gene loss and transfer during the endosymbiotic processes, algal endosymbiont nuclei disappeared in most cases. However, chlorarachniophytes and cryptophytes still possess a relict ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Suzuki S,Shirato S,Hirakawa Y,Ishida K

更新日期：2015-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 40 species of nonhuman primates host simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs). In natural hosts, infection is generally assumed to be nonpathogenic due to a long coevolutionary history between host and virus, although pathogenicity is difficult to study in wild nonhuman primates. We used whole-blood RNA-seq and SIV...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Simons ND,Eick GN,Ruiz-Lopez MJ,Hyeroba D,Omeja PA,Weny G,Zheng H,Shankar A,Frost SDW,Jones JH,Chapman CA,Switzer WM,Goldberg TL,Sterner KN,Ting N

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Claviceps has been known for centuries as an economically important fungal genera for pharmacology and agricultural research. Only recently have researchers begun to unravel the evolutionary history of the genus, with origins in South America and classification of four distinct sections through ecological, m...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Wyka SA,Mondo SJ,Liu M,Dettman J,Nalam V,Broders KD

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00