Signatures of Long-Term Balancing Selection in Human Genomes.

abstract：:Plant genomes encode many lineage-specific, unique transcription factors. Expansion of such gene families has been previously found to coincide with the evolution of morphological complexity, although comparative analyses have been hampered by severe sampling bias. Here, we make use of the recently increased availabil...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Wilhelmsson PKI,Mühlich C,Ullrich KK,Rensing SA

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：: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：:The Piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA) pathway is responsible for germline specification, gametogenesis, transposon silencing, and genome integrity. Transposable elements can disrupt genome and its functions. However, piRNA pathway evolution and its adaptation to transposon diversity in the teleost fish remain unknown. This...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Yi M,Chen F,Luo M,Cheng Y,Zhao H,Cheng H,Zhou R

更新日期：2014-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The chloroplast is an essential plant organelle responsible for photosynthesis. Gene duplication, relocation, and loss in the chloroplast genome (cpDNA) are useful for exploring the evolution and phylogeny of plant species. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome of Paris verticillata was sequenced using the 45...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Do HD,Kim JS,Kim JH

更新日期：2014-06-19 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：:The genus Campylobacter includes some of the most relevant pathogens for human and animal health; the continuous effort in their characterization has also revealed new species putatively involved in different kind of infections. Nowadays, the available genomic data for the genus comprise a wide variety of species with...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Iraola G,Pérez R,Naya H,Paolicchi F,Pastor E,Valenzuela S,Calleros L,Velilla A,Hernández M,Morsella C

更新日期：2014-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Dinoflagellates are a group of unicellular protists with immense ecological and evolutionary significance and cell biological diversity. Of the photosynthetic dinoflagellates, the majority possess a plastid containing the pigment peridinin, whereas some lineages have replaced this plastid by serial endosymbiosis with ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Klinger CM,Paoli L,Newby RJ,Wang MY,Carroll HD,Leblond JD,Howe CJ,Dacks JB,Bowler C,Cahoon AB,Dorrell RG,Richardson E

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：: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：:Fungi expressing P450nor, an unconventional nitric oxide (NO) reducing cytochrome P450, are considered significant contributors to environmental nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. Despite extensive efforts, fungal contributions to N2O emissions remain uncertain. For example, the majority of N2O emitted from antibiotic-ame...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Higgins SA,Schadt CW,Matheny PB,Löffler FE

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the human Y chromosome has effectively shown utility in uncovering facets of human evolution and population histories, the ascertainment bias present in early Y-chromosome variant data sets limited the accuracy of diversity and TMRCA estimates obtained from them. The advent of next-generation sequencing, howe...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Naidoo T,Xu J,Vicente M,Malmström H,Soodyall H,Jakobsson M,Schlebusch CM

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:North Borneo (NB) is home to more than 40 native populations. These natives are believed to have undergone local adaptation in response to environmental challenges such as the mosquito-abundant tropical rainforest. We attempted to trace the footprints of natural selection from the genomic data of NB native populations...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Hoh BP,Zhang X,Deng L,Yuan K,Yew CW,Saw WY,Hoque MZ,Aghakhanian F,Phipps ME,Teo YY,Subbiah VK,Xu S

更新日期：2020-12-06 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：:Sex chromosomes have evolved independently in many different taxa, and so have mechanisms to compensate for expression differences on sex chromosomes in males and females. Different clades have evolved vastly different ways to achieve dosage compensation, including hypertranscription of the single X in male Drosophila...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Mahajan S,Bachtrog D

更新日期：2015-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Transposable elements (TEs) constitute a substantial portion of many eukaryotic genomes, and can in principle contribute to evolutionary innovation as well as genomic deterioration. Daphnia pulex serves as a useful model for studying TE dynamics as a potential cause and/or consequence of asexuality. We analyzed insert...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Jiang X,Tang H,Ye Z,Lynch M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selective impact of pathogen epidemics on host defenses can be strong but remains transient. By contrast, life-history shifts can durably and continuously modify the balance between costs and benefits of immunity, which arbitrates the evolution of host defenses. Their impact on the evolutionary dynamics of host im...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Glander S,He F,Schmitz G,Witten A,Telschow A,de Meaux J

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:Hantaviruses are zoonotic viruses with a complex evolutionary history of virus-host coevolution and cross-species transmission. Although hantaviruses have a broad reservoir host range, virus-host relationships were previously thought to be strict, with a single virus species infecting a single host species. Here, we d...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Laenen L,Vergote V,Kafetzopoulou LE,Wawina TB,Vassou D,Cook JA,Hugot JP,Deboutte W,Kang HJ,Witkowski PT,Köppen-Rung P,Krüger DH,Licková M,Stang A,Striešková L,Szemeš T,Markowski J,Hejduk J,Kafetzopoulos D,Van Ranst

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neotropical primates (NP) are presently distributed in the New World from Mexico to northern Argentina, comprising three large families, Cebidae, Atelidae, and Pitheciidae, consequently to their diversification following their separation from Old World anthropoids near the Eocene/Oligocene boundary, some 40 Ma. The ev...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Schrago CG,Menezes AN,Furtado C,Bonvicino CR,Seuanez HN

更新日期：2014-11-05 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：:Cytoplasmic male sterility (MS) in plants is caused by MS-inducing mitochondria, which have emerged frequently during plant evolution. Nuclear restorer-of-fertility (Rf)genes can suppress their cognate MS-inducing mitochondria. Whereas many Rfs encode a class of RNA-binding protein, the sugar beet (Caryophyllales) Rf ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Arakawa T,Kagami H,Katsuyama T,Kitazaki K,Kubo T

更新日期：2020-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The conjugative virulence plasmid is a key component of the Rhodococcus equi accessory genome essential for pathogenesis. Three host-associated virulence plasmid types have been identified the equine pVAPA and porcine pVAPB circular variants, and the linear pVAPN found in bovine (ruminant) isolates. We recently charac...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： MacArthur I,Anastasi E,Alvarez S,Scortti M,Vázquez-Boland JA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cnidarians represent one of the few groups of venomous animals that lack a centralized venom transmission system. Instead, they are equipped with stinging capsules collectively known as nematocysts. Nematocysts vary in abundance and type across different tissues; however, the venom composition in most species remains ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Macrander J,Broe M,Daly M

更新日期：2016-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The plastid genomes of four related carnivorous plants (Drosera regia, Drosera erythrorhiza, Aldrovanda vesiculosa, and Dionaea muscipula) were sequenced to examine changes potentially induced by the transition to carnivory. The plastid genomes of the Droseraceae show multiple rearrangements, gene losses, and large ex...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Nevill PG,Howell KA,Cross AT,Williams AV,Zhong X,Tonti-Filippini J,Boykin LM,Dixon KW,Small I

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the experimental evolution of microbes such as Escherichia coli, many replicate populations are evolved from a common ancestor. Freezing a population sample supplemented with the cryoprotectant glycerol permits later analysis or restarting of an evolution experiment. Typically, each evolving population, and thus ea...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Sprouffske K,Aguilar-Rodríguez J,Wagner A

更新日期：2016-05-09 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：: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：:Selection modulates gene sequence evolution in different ways by constraining potential changes of amino acid sequences (purifying selection) or by favoring new and adaptive genetic variants (positive selection). The number of nonsynonymous differences in a pair of protein-coding sequences can be used to quantify the ...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Wolf JB,Künstner A,Nam K,Jakobsson M,Ellegren H

更新日期：2009-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydiae are an example of obligate intracellular bacteria that possess highly reduced, compact genomes (1.0-3.5 Mbp), reflective of their abilities to sequester many essential nutrients from the host that they no longer need to synthesize themselves. The Chlamydiae is a phylum with a very wide host range spanning m...

journal_title：Genome biology and evolution

authors： Taylor-Brown A,Pillonel T,Greub G,Vaughan L,Nowak B,Polkinghorne A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00