2012
A Test for Selection Employing Quantitative Trait Locus and Mutation Accumulation Data
Rice DP, Townsend JP. A Test for Selection Employing Quantitative Trait Locus and Mutation Accumulation Data. Genetics 2012, 190: 1533-1545. PMID: 22298701, PMCID: PMC3316662, DOI: 10.1534/genetics.111.137075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMutation accumulation dataPhenotypic traitsMutational effectsMutation accumulation experimentsPopulation genetics theoryQuantitative trait lociQuantitative phenotypic traitsAccumulation dataHistory of selectionLocus effect sizesEvolutionary biologistsNeutral evolutionGenetic architectureQTL dataStrong selectionTrait lociSelection strengthDistribution of mutationsNatural selectionPhenotypic diversityHistorical selectionMolecular dataQuantitative traitsGenetic theoryQTL
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 StatementsMeSH KeywordsEcologyEvolution, MolecularGene Expression Regulation, FungalGenetics, PopulationGenome, FungalGenomicsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeConceptsEvolutionary genomic studiesPrime model systemImportant genetic variationPowerful model speciesEvolutionary genomicsEvolutionary geneticsEvolutionary forcesFunctional genomicsYeast genomeNumerous habitatsModel speciesGenomic studiesUnicellular fungiGenetic variationBiology questionsS. cerevisiaeNatural isolatesGenetic levelGenomicsSaccharomycesModel systemYeastEukaryotesGenomeHabitats
2004
Mitochondrial genome size variation in New World and Old World populations of Drosophila melanogaster
Townsend JP, Rand DM. Mitochondrial genome size variation in New World and Old World populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity 2004, 93: 98-103. PMID: 15138453, DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsDNA, MitochondrialDrosophila melanogasterFemaleGenetic VariationGenetics, PopulationGenomeMutationRegression AnalysisConceptsMtDNA length variationNew World samplesDrosophila melanogasterFounder eventsMitochondrial genome size variationLength variationMtDNA length variantsGenome size variationDifferent mutational pressureOld World populationsD-loop regionNew World populationsMutation-selection dynamicsPatterns of variationLevel of heteroplasmyMitochondrial genomeRelaxed selectionMutational pressureControl regionGenetic variationRange expansionLength variantsMutational dynamicsNew WorldLinkage relationships
2003
Population Genetic Variation in Genome-Wide Gene Expression
Townsend JP, Cavalieri D, Hartl DL. Population Genetic Variation in Genome-Wide Gene Expression. Molecular Biology And Evolution 2003, 20: 955-963. PMID: 12716989, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene expression levelsGene expressionNatural populationsGenetic variationNatural isolatesExpression levelsGenome-wide gene expressionPopulation genetic variationGenome-wide scaleComparative gene expressionDifferential gene expressionDNA microarray technologyAmino acid metabolismWine yeast SaccharomycesSulfur assimilationEvolutionary biologistsGenomic scaleYeast SaccharomycesNatural selectionS. cerevisiaeProtein degradationSuch traitsDifferential reproductionMicroarray technologyOrganic evolution