Analyses of expressed sequence tags in Neurosporareveal rapid evolution of genes associated with the early stages of sexual reproduction in fungi
Nygren K, Wallberg A, Samils N, Stajich JE, Townsend JP, Karlsson M, Johannesson H. Analyses of expressed sequence tags in Neurosporareveal rapid evolution of genes associated with the early stages of sexual reproduction in fungi. BMC Ecology And Evolution 2012, 12: 229. PMID: 23186325, PMCID: PMC3571971, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSex-associated genesVegetative tissuesSequence tagsRapid evolutionCandidate genesGenome-wide patternsFruiting-body developmentMolecular evolutionary analysisHigher relative expressionFungal kingdomReproductive isolationSexual reproductionGenome scaleReproductive genesEvolutionary analysisN. discretaMate recognitionN. crassaN. tetraspermaPositive selectionAdditional taxaMicroarray hybridizationAdditional speciesN. intermediaVegetative growthDifferential impact of nutrition on developmental and metabolic gene expression during fruiting body development in Neurospora crassa
Wang Z, Lehr N, Trail F, Townsend JP. Differential impact of nutrition on developmental and metabolic gene expression during fruiting body development in Neurospora crassa. Fungal Genetics And Biology 2012, 49: 405-413. PMID: 22469835, PMCID: PMC3397380, DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.03.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarrot agarPerithecial developmentNeurospora crassaNutritional resourcesCore metabolic genesDifferent fungiSexual developmentDiverse environmental stimuliMetabolic gene expressionKey regulatory roleDevelopmental programMetabolic genesMicroarray hybridizationTranscriptional profilesAnabolic pathwaysExpression patternsGene expressionBody sizeMetabolic differentiationRegulatory roleBody developmentEffects of nutritionNutritional environmentEnvironmental stimuliBody morphology