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The Sordariomycetes: an expanding resource with Big Data for mining in evolutionary genomics and transcriptomics
Wang Z, Kim W, Wang Y, Yakubovich E, Dong C, Trail F, Townsend J, Yarden O. The Sordariomycetes: an expanding resource with Big Data for mining in evolutionary genomics and transcriptomics. Frontiers In Fungal Biology 2023, 4: 1214537. PMID: 37746130, PMCID: PMC10512317, DOI: 10.3389/ffunb.2023.1214537.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsEvolutionary genomicsOmics dataFungal sexual developmentAncestral state analysisRichness of speciesDifferent taxonomic levelsAspects of biologySpecies/generaSystems biological analysisRegulatory network modelKnowledge of evolutionAscomycete genomesSordariomycetes classFungal evolutionTrait diversityDivergent lineagesFungal kingdomFungal biologyGenomic scaleSecondary metabolismModel genomesModel fungusModel speciesEcological diversityKey genetic elements
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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