Evolution and Ecology of Actinobacteria and Their Bioenergy Applications

GR Lewin, C Carlos, MG Chevrette… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The ancient phylum Actinobacteria is composed of phylogenetically and physiologically
diverse bacteria that help Earth's ecosystems function. As free-living organisms and …

Molecular‐clock methods for estimating evolutionary rates and timescales

SYW Ho, S Duchêne - Molecular ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The molecular clock presents a means of estimating evolutionary rates and timescales using
genetic data. These estimates can lead to important insights into evolutionary processes and …

MEGA11: molecular evolutionary genetics analysis version 11

K Tamura, G Stecher, S Kumar - Molecular biology and evolution, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (MEGA) software has matured to
contain a large collection of methods and tools of computational molecular evolution. Here …

The durability of immunity against reinfection by SARS-CoV-2: a comparative evolutionary study

JP Townsend, HB Hassler, Z Wang, S Miura… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Among the most consequential unknowns of the devastating COVID-19
pandemic are the durability of immunity and time to likely reinfection. There are limited direct …

The durability of natural infection and vaccine-induced immunity against future infection by SARS-CoV-2

JP Townsend, HB Hassler, P Sah… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The durability of vaccine-mediated immunity to SARS-CoV-2, the durations to breakthrough
infection, and the optimal timings of booster vaccination are crucial knowledge for pandemic …

TreeTime: Maximum-likelihood phylodynamic analysis

P Sagulenko, V Puller, RA Neher - Virus evolution, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Mutations that accumulate in the genome of cells or viruses can be used to infer their
evolutionary history. In the case of rapidly evolving organisms, genomes can reveal their …

Globally distributed Myxococcota with photosynthesis gene clusters illuminate the origin and evolution of a potentially chimeric lifestyle

L Li, D Huang, Y Hu, NM Rudling, DP Canniffe… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Photosynthesis is a fundamental biogeochemical process, thought to be restricted to a few
bacterial and eukaryotic phyla. However, understanding the origin and evolution of …

MEGA7: molecular evolutionary genetics analysis version 7.0 for bigger datasets

S Kumar, G Stecher, K Tamura - Molecular biology and evolution, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We present the latest version of the Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (M ega)
software, which contains many sophisticated methods and tools for phylogenomics and …

MEGA6: molecular evolutionary genetics analysis version 6.0

K Tamura, G Stecher, D Peterson… - … biology and evolution, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We announce the release of an advanced version of the Molecular Evolutionary Genetics
Analysis (MEGA) software, which currently contains facilities for building sequence …

Tree of life reveals clock-like speciation and diversification

SB Hedges, J Marin, M Suleski… - … biology and evolution, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Genomic data are rapidly resolving the tree of living species calibrated to time, the timetree
of life, which will provide a framework for research in diverse fields of science. Previous …