2015
Inferring the Origin of Metastases from Cancer Phylogenies
Hong WS, Shpak M, Townsend JP. Inferring the Origin of Metastases from Cancer Phylogenies. Cancer Research 2015, 75: 4021-4025. PMID: 26260528, PMCID: PMC4833389, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-15-1889.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsComplete phylogenyEvolutionary historyPhylogeny-based testsFuture phylogenetic studiesMolecular evolutionary modelsMetastatic subclonesMonophyletic cladePhylogenetic reconstructionCancer lineagesPhylogenetic studiesNatural selectionPhylogenyCancer phylogeniesOrigin of metastasesCancer biologyMetastatic cascadeSubclonesTargeted sequencingEvolutionary modelsDriver mutationsUltra-deep sequencingSequencingRecent studiesMonophylyClade
2005
Horizontal gene transfer, genome innovation and evolution
Gogarten JP, Townsend JP. Horizontal gene transfer, genome innovation and evolution. Nature Reviews Microbiology 2005, 3: 679-687. PMID: 16138096, DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1204.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsHorizontal gene transferHGT eventsImportance of HGTLife historyConcatenation of genesGene transferTypes of genesGroups of organismsGene historiesReticulation eventsPhylogenetic signalTaxonomic samplingMicrobial evolutionSelective sweepsGenome innovationPhylogenetic reconstructionEvolutionary biologyProkaryotic genomesSuch genesMicrobial communitiesPhylogenetic analysisGene swappingHorizontal transferTaxonomic classificationGenes