2024
Evolutionary Innovations in Conserved Regulatory Elements Associate With Developmental Genes in Mammals
Uebbing S, Kocher A, Baumgartner M, Ji Y, Bai S, Xing X, Nottoli T, Noonan J. Evolutionary Innovations in Conserved Regulatory Elements Associate With Developmental Genes in Mammals. Molecular Biology And Evolution 2024, 41: msae199. PMID: 39302728, PMCID: PMC11465374, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msae199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSequence evolutionRegulatory evolutionDevelopmental signaling genesEnhanced evolutionEvolutionary innovationMammalian phylogenyTranscriptional enhancersGenetic variationPhenotypic variationPleiotropic genesDevelopmental genesEnhancer elementsHoofed mammalsEnhancer sequencesActivation domainSignaling genesEvolutionary adaptationDiverse organismsGenesHuman diseasesRegulatory functionsDevelopmental processesDeveloping limbCell typesMammals
2008
Human-Specific Gain of Function in a Developmental Enhancer
Prabhakar S, Visel A, Akiyama JA, Shoukry M, Lewis KD, Holt A, Plajzer-Frick I, Morrison H, FitzPatrick DR, Afzal V, Pennacchio LA, Rubin EM, Noonan JP. Human-Specific Gain of Function in a Developmental Enhancer. Science 2008, 321: 1346-1350. PMID: 18772437, PMCID: PMC2658639, DOI: 10.1126/science.1159974.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceBinding SitesBody PatterningConserved SequenceEmbryonic DevelopmentEnhancer Elements, GeneticEvolution, MolecularExtremitiesGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansLimb BudsMacaca mulattaMiceMice, TransgenicMolecular Sequence DataMutationPan troglodytesPAX9 Transcription FactorSelection, GeneticTranscription FactorsConceptsExpression domainsHuman-specific substitutionsHuman-specific gainsGain of functionOrthologous elementsDevelopmental enhancersAncestral stateGene regulationNoncoding sequencesTerrestrial vertebratesHuman enhancersSynthetic enhancersEnhancer sequencesGene expressionRegulatory functionsDevelopmental stagesVivo analysisEnhancerVivo evidenceTransgenic miceSequenceVertebratesDomainRegulationSubstitution