2015
Gene Expression Evolves under a House-of-Cards Model of Stabilizing Selection
Hodgins-Davis A, Rice DP, Townsend JP. Gene Expression Evolves under a House-of-Cards Model of Stabilizing Selection. Molecular Biology And Evolution 2015, 32: 2130-2140. PMID: 25901014, PMCID: PMC4592357, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene expression evolvesGene expressionPhenotypic evolutionGenetic architectureExpression evolvesEvolutionary quantitative genetic modelsMutation accumulation linesNatural genetic variationStrength of selectionGenomic mutation rateQuantitative genetic modelGenomic data setsGene expression levelsEffects of selectionEvolutionary timeRegulatory evolutionStabilizing selectionAccumulation linesGene regulationMost genesNatural selectionGenetic variationMutational effectsFruit flyPhenotype space
2014
Gene Expression Differences among Three Neurospora Species Reveal Genes Required for Sexual Reproduction in Neurospora crassa
Lehr NA, Wang Z, Li N, Hewitt DA, López-Giráldez F, Trail F, Townsend JP. Gene Expression Differences among Three Neurospora Species Reveal Genes Required for Sexual Reproduction in Neurospora crassa. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e110398. PMID: 25329823, PMCID: PMC4203796, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110398.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeurospora crassaSexual reproductionN. crassaGenetic basisThree-dimensional fruiting bodiesSexual spore productionN. crassa geneBody developmentDiverse life historiesGenome-wide transcriptomicsSexual developmentStudy of meiosisGene expression differencesList of genesGene expression levelsMeiotic machineryMeiosis genesOrthologous genesSporulation genesNeurospora speciesGlomerella graminicolaEvolutionary timeAnimal taxaPerithecium formationLife history
2004
Gene expression profiling in evolutionary genetics
Hartl D, Meiklejohn C, Castillo-Davis C, Cavalieri D, Ranz J, Townsend J. Gene expression profiling in evolutionary genetics. 2004, 74-93. DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511542619.007.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsNatural populationsPopulation geneticsKey model organismGenotypes of organismsGene expression profilingDNA sequencing strategyEvolutionary geneticsComparative genomicsEvolutionary timeModel organismsChain termination methodHuman genomePopulation geneticistsGenomic sequencesGenetic variationSingle speciesComplete sequenceExpression profilingMolecular geneticsGenetic differencesGenomeMolecular biologySequencing strategyMolecular levelDNA sequencing