[PDF] Top 20 Characterizing gene family evolution

... evolutionary process, grounded in the underlying molecular mechanisms driving evolution (eg (23)). The molecular model might for instance involve differential specificities of different nucleotides for ... See full document

... tron. Such a mechanism of concerted loss of adjacent introns provides the most parsimonious explanation for the loss of multiple contiguous introns. Plants are rich in retroelements, which presumably could provide a ... See full document

... homeobox gene family that encodes Dlx transcription factors represents an example of a common paradigm in genome evolu- tion wherein an archetypal gene ...a family of homologous genes in ... See full document

... I would like to thank my advisors, Dr. Graham Thompson and Dr. Anne Simon. Thank-you for your valuable feedback on my work throughout my degree, and thank-you to Dr. Thompson and for always being supportive. Thank-you to ... See full document

... of gene sequencing technology, genetic data have been generated for more and more ...GH3 gene family could be identified in several plants, but no one studied a detailedly and completely evolutionary ... See full document

... If the synonymous substi- tutions faithfully reflect the mutation rate according to the neutral theory (KIMURA 1983), the amino acid substitutions are likely to be influenc[r] ... See full document

... like gene, which is lacking in non-metazoans, was pre- sent and already duplicated at least once at, or near the time of, the emergence of the earliest ...gli/glis/nkl-like gene may have existed prior to ... See full document

... Key Words; Adh, cotton, genetic mapping, molecular evolution, gene family, polj^loidy Introduction Plant nuclear genes are generally part of gene families — multiple genes encoding produ[r] ... See full document

... structural evolution has not yet been elu- cidated (97). Gene families provide interesting material with which to study this question, as gene replicates act as non-allelic variants, on which ... See full document

... T h e role of reciprocal recombination in the coevolution of the ribosomal RNA gene family on the X and Y chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster was assessed by determi[r] ... See full document

... Sus family proteins, were only found in six PpSus ...isolated gene fragments together with one pre- viously cloned gene were named PpSus1 to PpSus6, re- spectively, according to the principle of ... See full document

... (allelic gene conversion), but also occurs between paralogous, duplicated, genes dur- ing mitosis [ectopic gene conversion, EGC (Fawcett and Innan ...rRNA gene cluster, prompting the generation of a ... See full document

... in gene activity can so remarkably result from a single initiatory event (Britten and Davidson, ...the evolution but also the biology of most organisms (Garcia-Perez et ...particular family of ... See full document

... and evolution of the 20 caleosin proteins are ...caleosin family expansion in the ...further evolution and function analyses of the caleosin gene family in soybean, common bean and ... See full document

... Although most MADS-box genes display floral-specific expression patterns, some Arabi- dopsis genes are also expressed in vegetative tissues, suggesting that they are inv[r] ... See full document

... the evolution of pheromone desaturases in the Lepidop- tera, selection for shorter chain length compounds with higher volatility resulted in the preservation of muta- tional changes in one or more of these domains ... See full document

... CAD/ELI3 family is characterized by a zinc- containing alcohol dehydrogenase signature (GHExxGxxxxx[GA]xx[IVSAC]) encompassing positions 68 to 82 in the alignment (numbered following the loblolly pine sequence ... See full document

... maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis of all claudin sequences from lamprey, Xenopus, chick, mouse, amphioxus and Ciona. (18 sequences designated as claudin or claudin-like were retrieved from the amphioxus genome and ... See full document

... the evolution of the triosephosphate isomerase (TPI) gene family in fishes for periods of positive ...TPI gene phylogeny constructed from sequences isolated from two teleosts, a single ... See full document

... Lhx gene expression is not necessary for neuronal specification in Nematostella, however, since none of the five Lhx genes assayed here have been found to be expressed in tentacles, although tentacle tips contain ... See full document