2025
Rates of Evolution of Developmental Changes in Gene Expression in Sordariomycetes
Wang Y, Wang F, Meng G, Lopez-Giraldez F, Dong C, Wang Z, Townsend J. Rates of Evolution of Developmental Changes in Gene Expression in Sordariomycetes. Molecular Biology And Evolution 2025, 42: msaf131. PMID: 40452442, PMCID: PMC12203517, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaf131.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRate of gene expression evolutionGene expression evolutionExpression evolutionGene expressionPhenotypic evolutionHeterogeneous rates of evolutionNonsynonymous to synonymous substitution ratesRates of phenotypic evolutionDevelopmental stagesSingle-copy orthologsGene sequence evolutionSynonymous substitution ratesRate of evolutionExpression of genesFunctional pathway analysisCarbon metabolismEvolutionary forcesConsequent phenotypesSexual reproductionSequence evolutionConserved pathwaysMeiosis pathwaysSubstitution ratesCell cyclePathway analysis
2016
The Fast-Evolving phy-2 Gene Modulates Sexual Development in Response to Light in the Model Fungus Neurospora crassa
Wang Z, Li N, Li J, Dunlap JC, Trail F, Townsend JP. The Fast-Evolving phy-2 Gene Modulates Sexual Development in Response to Light in the Model Fungus Neurospora crassa. MBio 2016, 7: 10.1128/mbio.02148-15. PMID: 26956589, PMCID: PMC4810495, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02148-15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsModel fungus Neurospora crassaFungus Neurospora crassaSexual reproductionNeurospora crassaPHY-2Plant developmentPlant pathogensBacterial physiologyEnvironmental signalsSexual developmentSexual development-related genesEvolution of phytochromesDestructive plant pathogensDevelopment-related genesFungal growthRed light sensorFunction of phytochromeVariable light conditionsCritical roleFungal biologyPHY-1Asexual growthPhytochrome functionMost speciesPostfire environment
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