2023
Chapter 5 Measurement and meaning in gene expression evolution
Diaz R, Wang Z, Townsend J. Chapter 5 Measurement and meaning in gene expression evolution. 2023, 111-129. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-91810-7.00008-x.ChaptersGene expressionPhenotypic evolutionGene expression evolutionMessenger RNAEffects of epistasisIndividual gene expressionRibonucleic acid sequencingExpression evolutionNonmodel speciesFunctional genomicsGenomic scaleTranscriptional networksGene functionRelative mRNA abundancePhenotypic variationPopulation geneticsReference genomeTranscriptome profilingBiological traitsMolecular adjustmentsQuantitative traitsPhenotypic varianceGene interactionsGenetic controlExpression variation
2015
Gene Expression Evolves under a House-of-Cards Model of Stabilizing Selection
Hodgins-Davis A, Rice DP, Townsend JP. Gene Expression Evolves under a House-of-Cards Model of Stabilizing Selection. Molecular Biology And Evolution 2015, 32: 2130-2140. PMID: 25901014, PMCID: PMC4592357, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene expression evolvesGene expressionPhenotypic evolutionGenetic architectureExpression evolvesEvolutionary quantitative genetic modelsMutation accumulation linesNatural genetic variationStrength of selectionGenomic mutation rateQuantitative genetic modelGenomic data setsGene expression levelsEffects of selectionEvolutionary timeRegulatory evolutionStabilizing selectionAccumulation linesGene regulationMost genesNatural selectionGenetic variationMutational effectsFruit flyPhenotype space