Teff, an Orphan Cereal in the Chloridoideae, Provides Insights into the Evolution of Storage Proteins in Grasses.

abstract：:The presence of spliceosomal introns in eukaryotic genes poses a major puzzle for the study of genome evolution. Intron densities vary enormously among distant lineages. However, the mechanisms driving intron gains are poorly understood and very few intron gains and losses have been documented over short evolutionary ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Croll D,McDonald BA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyadenylation is a step of mRNA processing which is crucial for its expression and stability. The major polyadenylation signal (PAS) represents a nucleotide hexamer that adheres to the AATAAA consensus sequence. Over a half of human genes have multiple cleavage and polyadenylation sites, resulting in a great diversi...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Kainov YA,Aushev VN,Naumenko SA,Tchevkina EM,Bazykin GA

更新日期：2016-07-02 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：: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：:Because natural selection is likely to act on multiple genes underlying a given phenotypic trait, we study here the potential effect of ongoing and past selection on the genetic diversity of human biological pathways. We first show that genes included in gene sets are generally under stronger selective constraints tha...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Daub JT,Dupanloup I,Robinson-Rechavi M,Excoffier L

更新日期：2015-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Coliphage phi1, which was isolated for phage therapy in the Republic of Georgia, is closely related to the T-like myovirus RB49. The approximately 275 open reading frames encoded by each phage have an average level of amino acid identity of 95.8%. RB49 lacks 7 phi1 genes while 10 phi1 genes are missing from RB49. Most...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Arbiol C,Comeau AM,Kutateladze M,Adamia R,Krisch HM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taeniid cestodes (including the human parasites Echinococcus spp. and Taenia solium) have very few mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in their genome, despite lacking a canonical PIWI pathway. The MGEs of these parasites are virtually unexplored, and nothing is known about their expression and silencing. In this work, we ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Koziol U,Radio S,Smircich P,Zarowiecki M,Fernández C,Brehm K

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:Recently, a new Chlamydia-related organism, Protochlamydia naegleriophila KNic, was discovered within a Naegleria amoeba. To decipher the mechanisms at play in the modeling of genomes from the Protochlamydia genus, we sequenced the full genome of Pr. naegleriophila, which includes a 2,885,090 bp chromosome and a 145,2...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Bertelli C,Cissé OH,Rusconi B,Kebbi-Beghdadi C,Croxatto A,Goesmann A,Collyn F,Greub G

更新日期：2016-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus ochraceoroseus and Aspergillus rambellii were isolated from soil detritus in Taï National Park, Ivory Coast, Africa. The Type strain for each species happens to be the only representative ever sampled. Both species secrete copious amounts of aflatoxin B1 and sterigmatocystin, because each of their genomes ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Moore GG,Mack BM,Beltz SB

更新日期：2015-12-03 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 genome of the bladderwort Utricularia gibba provides an unparalleled opportunity to uncover the adaptive landscape of an aquatic carnivorous plant with unique phenotypic features such as absence of roots, development of water-filled suction bladders, and a highly ramified branching pattern. Despite its tiny size, ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Carretero-Paulet L,Chang TH,Librado P,Ibarra-Laclette E,Herrera-Estrella L,Rozas J,Albert VA

更新日期：2015-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Within plastid-bearing species, the mutation rate of the plastid genome is often assumed to be greater than that of the mitochondrial genome. This assumption is based on early, pioneering studies of land plant molecular evolution, which uncovered higher rates of synonymous substitution in plastid versus mitochondrial ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Smith DR

更新日期：2015-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartonella is a genetically diverse group of vector-borne bacteria. Over 40 species have been characterized to date, mainly from mammalian reservoirs and arthropod vectors. Rodent reservoirs harbor one of the largest Bartonella diversity described to date, and novel species and genetic variants are continuously identi...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Gutiérrez R,Markus B,Carstens Marques de Sousa K,Marcos-Hadad E,Mugasimangalam RC,Nachum-Biala Y,Hawlena H,Covo S,Harrus S

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tandem repeats (TRs) are highly dynamic regions of the genome. Mutations at these loci represent a significant source of genetic variation and can facilitate rapid adaptation. Bumblebees are important pollinating insects occupying a wide range of habitats. However, to date, molecular mechanisms underlying the potentia...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Zhao X,Su L,Schaack S,Sadd BM,Sun C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been estimated that the sister plant pathogenic fungal species Heterobasidion irregulare and Heterobasidion annosum may have been allopatrically isolated for 34-41 Myr. They are now sympatric due to the introduction of the first species from North America into Italy, where they freely hybridize. We used a compa...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Sillo F,Garbelotto M,Friedman M,Gonthier P

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The family Actinomycetaceae comprises several important pathogens that impose serious threat to human health and cause substantial infections of economically important animals. However, the phylogeny and evolutionary dynamic of this family are poorly characterized. Here, we provide detailed description of the genome c...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Zhao K,Li W,Kang C,Du L,Huang T,Zhang X,Wu M,Yue B

更新日期：2014-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Transposable elements (TEs) are repetitive DNA sequences that can make new copies of themselves that are inserted elsewhere in a host genome. The abundance and distributions of TEs vary considerably among phylogenetically diverse hosts. With the aim of exploring the basis of this variation, we evaluated correlations b...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Shen JJ,Dushoff J,Bewick AJ,Chain FJ,Evans BJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geosmithia morbida is an emerging fungal pathogen which serves as a model for examining the evolutionary processes behind pathogenicity because it is one of two known pathogens within a genus of mostly saprophytic, beetle-associated, fungi. This pathogen causes thousand cankers disease in black walnut trees and is vec...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Schuelke TA,Wu G,Westbrook A,Woeste K,Plachetzki DC,Broders K,MacManes MD

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogens and hosts are in an ongoing arms race and genes involved in host-pathogen interactions are likely to undergo diversifying selection. Fusarium plant pathogens have evolved diverse infection strategies, but how they interact with their hosts in the biotrophic infection stage remains puzzling. To address this, ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Sperschneider J,Gardiner DM,Thatcher LF,Lyons R,Singh KB,Manners JM,Taylor JM

更新日期：2015-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent whole-genome approaches to microbial phylogeny have emphasized partitioning genes into functional classes, often focusing on differences between a stable core of genes and a variable shell. To rigorously address the effects of partitioning and combining genes in genome-level analyses, we developed a novel techn...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Narechania A,Baker RH,Sit R,Kolokotronis SO,DeSalle R,Planet PJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Halomonas possesses bacteria that are halophilic or halotolerant and exhibit a wide range of pH tolerance. The genome of Halomonas sp. Soap Lake #7 was sequenced to provide a better understanding of the mechanisms for salt and pH tolerance in this genus. The bacterium's genome was found to possess two comple...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Mormile MR,Edwards T,Frank R,Geurin Z,Haendiges J,Hoffmann M,Miller J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many species, spermatogenesis involves more cell divisions than oogenesis, and the male germline, therefore, accumulates more DNA replication errors, a phenomenon known as male mutation bias. The extent of male mutation bias (α) is estimated by comparing substitution rates of the X, Y, and autosomal chromosomes, as...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Link V,Aguilar-Gómez D,Ramírez-Suástegui C,Hurst LD,Cortez D

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of spontaneously occurring genetic variants is an important driving force of biological evolution. Largely thanks to experimental investigations by microbial geneticists, we know today that several different molecular mechanisms contribute to the overall genetic variations. These mechanisms can be ass...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Arber W

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amoebae have been considered as a genetic "melting pot" for its symbionts, facilitating genetic exchanges of the bacteria that co-inhabit the same host. To test the "melting pot" hypothesis, we analyzed six genomes of amoeba endosymbionts within Rickettsiales, four of which belong to Holosporaceae family and two to Ca...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Wang Z,Wu M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation and chromatin states play key roles in development and disease. However, the extent of recent evolutionary divergence in the human epigenome and the influential factors that have shaped it are poorly understood. To determine the links between genome sequence and human epigenome evolution, we examined t...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Prendergast JG,Chambers EV,Semple CA

更新日期：2014-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the complete mitochondrial (mt) genomes of three evaniomorph species, Ceraphron sp. (Ceraphronoidea), Gasteruption sp. (Evanioidea), and Orthogonalys pulchella (Trigonalyoidea) as well as the nearly complete mt genome from another evaniomorph species, Megalyra sp. (Megalyroidea). Each of them possesses d...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Mao M,Gibson T,Dowton M

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:Clashes between transcription and replication complexes can cause point mutations and chromosome rearrangements on heavily transcribed genes. In eukaryotic ribosomal RNA genes, the system that prevents transcription-replication conflicts also causes frequent copy number variation. Such fast mutational dynamics do not ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Colizzi ES,Hogeweg P

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining the rate of protein evolution and identifying the causes of its variation across the genome are powerful ways to understand forces that are important for genome evolution. By using a multitissue transcriptome data set from great tit (Parus major), we analyzed patterns of molecular evolution between two pas...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Gossmann TI,Santure AW,Sheldon BC,Slate J,Zeng K

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00