The ancestral levels of transcription and the evolution of sexual phenotypes in filamentous fungi
Trail F, Wang Z, Stefanko K, Cubba C, Townsend JP. The ancestral levels of transcription and the evolution of sexual phenotypes in filamentous fungi. PLOS Genetics 2017, 13: e1006867. PMID: 28704372, PMCID: PMC5509106, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006867.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene expressionFilamentous fungiCommon garden environmentBody developmentWide gene expressionGene expression phenotypesGene deletion studiesGene expression measurementsMulticellular developmentDivergent speciesSexual phenotypeGene familyEvolved increasesDivergent morphologyKnockout phenotypesAncestral levelsWhole genomeGarden environmentExpression phenotypesDeletion studiesRelevant genesPhenotypic analysisDevelopmental stagesExpression measurementsBody morphology