2019
Metabolism and Development during Conidial Germination in Response to a Carbon-Nitrogen-Rich Synthetic or a Natural Source of Nutrition in Neurospora crassa
Wang Z, Miguel-Rojas C, Lopez-Giraldez F, Yarden O, Trail F, Townsend JP. Metabolism and Development during Conidial Germination in Response to a Carbon-Nitrogen-Rich Synthetic or a Natural Source of Nutrition in Neurospora crassa. MBio 2019, 10: 10.1128/mbio.00192-19. PMID: 30914504, PMCID: PMC6437048, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00192-19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevelopmental regulatory genesVegetative growthAsexual reproductionConidial germinationRegulatory genesNutritional environmentLife historyNitrogen metabolismLife-history decisionsMode of reproductionAdaptive life historiesKnockout of genesGenome-wide transcriptomicsEarly life historySexual developmentMetabolic gene expressionReproductive dispersalSexual reproductionDevelopmental genesMetabolic genesNeurospora crassaDiverse ecosystemsNutrient conditionsGene expressionMajor switch
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