2013
Epidemiological mechanisms of genetic resistance to kuru
Atkins KE, Townsend JP, Medlock J, Galvani AP. Epidemiological mechanisms of genetic resistance to kuru. Journal Of The Royal Society Interface 2013, 10: 20130331. PMID: 23740487, PMCID: PMC4043168, DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0331.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransmissible spongiform encephalopathiesGenotype frequency dataPopulation geneticsProtein geneGenetic resistanceEpidemiological mechanismsPrion protein geneMechanistic basisPrion proteinHost resistanceFatal neurodegenerative conditionHuman populationHuman resistancePapua New GuineaNew GuineaSpongiform encephalopathiesIncubation periodCodon 129Neurodegenerative conditionsIncidence dataReduced susceptibilityLong incubation periodKuruGenesMechanism
2009
The Ascomycota Tree of Life: A Phylum-wide Phylogeny Clarifies the Origin and Evolution of Fundamental Reproductive and Ecological Traits
Schoch CL, Sung GH, López-Giráldez F, Townsend JP, Miadlikowska J, Hofstetter V, Robbertse B, Matheny PB, Kauff F, Wang Z, Gueidan C, Andrie RM, Trippe K, Ciufetti LM, Wynns A, Fraker E, Hodkinson BP, Bonito G, Groenewald JZ, Arzanlou, de Hoog GS, Crous PW, Hewitt D, Pfister DH, Peterson K, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield MJ, Aptroot A, Suh SO, Blackwell M, Hillis DM, Griffith GW, Castlebury LA, Rossman AY, Lumbsch HT, Lücking R, Büdel B, Rauhut A, Diederich P, Ertz D, Geiser DM, Hosaka K, Inderbitzin P, Kohlmeyer J, Volkmann-Kohlmeyer B, Mostert L, O'Donnell K, Sipman H, Rogers JD, Shoemaker RA, Sugiyama J, Summerbell RC, Untereiner W, Johnston PR, Stenroos S, Zuccaro A, Dyer PS, Crittenden PD, Cole MS, Hansen K, Trappe JM, Yahr R, Lutzoni F, Spatafora JW. The Ascomycota Tree of Life: A Phylum-wide Phylogeny Clarifies the Origin and Evolution of Fundamental Reproductive and Ecological Traits. Systematic Biology 2009, 58: 224-239. PMID: 20525580, DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syp020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCharacter state reconstructionCommon ancestorAncestral character state reconstructionPhylogenetic informativeness analysesSexual reproductive structuresAscus dehiscenceMaximum likelihood phylogenyPhylogenetic informativenessEcological traitsFungal systematicsAncestral reconstructionNutritional modesRibosomal genesLargest phylumMorphological traitsRelated speciesReproductive structuresProtein geneAscomycota TreePezizomycotinaMultiple originsState reconstructionSporocarpsGene assessmentGenes