2010
Identification of new molecular markers for assembling the eukaryotic tree of life
Tekle YI, Grant JR, Kovner AM, Townsend JP, Katz LA. Identification of new molecular markers for assembling the eukaryotic tree of life. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 2010, 55: 1177-1182. PMID: 20302952, DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEukaryotic treePhylogenetic signalMolecular markersKey phylogenetic positionPhylogenetic informativeness profilesAppropriate molecular markersEukaryotic supergroupsUnicellular eukaryotesOrthologous groupsPhylogenomic analysisPhylogenetic positionNew molecular markersMolecular dataMultigene analysisMorphological charactersProtein databaseUniversal degenerate primersDegenerate primersLack of resolutionDeep branchWhole treeTreesEukaryotesDeep relationshipTargeted sampling
2006
Ecological and evolutionary genomics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
LANDRY CR, TOWNSEND JP, HARTL DL, CAVALIERI D. Ecological and evolutionary genomics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular Ecology 2006, 15: 575-591. PMID: 16499686, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2006.02778.x.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsEvolutionary genomic studiesPrime model systemImportant genetic variationPowerful model speciesEvolutionary genomicsEvolutionary geneticsEvolutionary forcesFunctional genomicsYeast genomeNumerous habitatsModel speciesGenomic studiesUnicellular fungiGenetic variationBiology questionsS. cerevisiaeNatural isolatesGenetic levelGenomicsSaccharomycesModel systemYeastEukaryotesGenomeHabitats