2022
Transcriptional Divergence Underpinning Sexual Development in the Fungal Class Sordariomycetes
Kim W, Wang Z, Kim H, Pham K, Tu Y, Townsend JP, Trail F. Transcriptional Divergence Underpinning Sexual Development in the Fungal Class Sordariomycetes. MBio 2022, 13: e01100-22. PMID: 35638737, PMCID: PMC9239162, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01100-22.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-copy orthologous genesFungal class SordariomycetesTranscriptional divergenceOrthologous genesHypothetical proteinsNovel genesPerithecial developmentTranscriptional activationClass SordariomycetesGene expressionRich genomic resourceGene expression divergenceMulticellular fruiting bodiesBody developmentSuccessful sexual reproductionKey developmental genesSpecies-specific functionsFunctional protein domainsKnockout of genesRecent common ancestorGene expression levelsOrthologous counterpartsSordariomycetes speciesDevelopmental transcriptomeExpression divergence
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
2012
Transcriptome analyses during fruiting body formation in Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium verticillioides reflect species life history and ecology
Sikhakolli UR, López-Giráldez F, Li N, Common R, Townsend JP, Trail F. Transcriptome analyses during fruiting body formation in Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium verticillioides reflect species life history and ecology. Fungal Genetics And Biology 2012, 49: 663-673. PMID: 22705880, DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.05.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsF. graminearumOrthologous genesLife historyFusarium graminearumF. verticillioidesGene expressionSexual developmentStage-specific gene expressionSpecies' life historyDifferent life historiesPrevious morphological analysesMorphological developmentLife cycleSexual sporesCereal pathogensUnclassified proteinsFunctional assignmentTranscriptional programsTranscriptome analysisTranscriptional analysisType genesEcological characteristicsApoptotic processFusarium speciesGraminearum
2011
PhyDesign: an online application for profiling phylogenetic informativeness
López-Giráldez F, Townsend JP. PhyDesign: an online application for profiling phylogenetic informativeness. BMC Ecology And Evolution 2011, 11: 152. PMID: 21627831, PMCID: PMC3124428, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhylogenetic informativenessPhylogenetic studiesPhylogenetic informativeness analysesBroad taxonomic samplingMolecular phylogenetic studiesTree of lifeOrthologous genesPhylogenetic samplingTaxonomic samplingPhylogenetic questionsPhylogenetic purposesEfficiency of sequencingSequence alignmentMarker selectionUltrametric treeDiverse suiteUtility of locusLociTreesUser-friendly toolGenomeGenesSequencingSpeciesDiversity