2023
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
2012
Analyses of expressed sequence tags in Neurosporareveal rapid evolution of genes associated with the early stages of sexual reproduction in fungi
Nygren K, Wallberg A, Samils N, Stajich JE, Townsend JP, Karlsson M, Johannesson H. Analyses of expressed sequence tags in Neurosporareveal rapid evolution of genes associated with the early stages of sexual reproduction in fungi. BMC Ecology And Evolution 2012, 12: 229. PMID: 23186325, PMCID: PMC3571971, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSex-associated genesVegetative tissuesSequence tagsRapid evolutionCandidate genesGenome-wide patternsFruiting-body developmentMolecular evolutionary analysisHigher relative expressionFungal kingdomReproductive isolationSexual reproductionGenome scaleReproductive genesEvolutionary analysisN. discretaMate recognitionN. crassaN. tetraspermaPositive selectionAdditional taxaMicroarray hybridizationAdditional speciesN. intermediaVegetative growth