The evolution of gene expression in cis and trans

SA Signor, SV Nuzhdin - Trends in Genetics, 2018 - cell.com
There is abundant variation in gene expression between individuals, populations, and
species. The evolution of gene regulation and expression within and between species is …

Transposable elements in Drosophila

V Mérel, M Boulesteix, M Fablet, C Vieira - Mobile DNA, 2020 - Springer
Drosophila has been studied as a biological model for many years and many discoveries in
biology rely on this species. Research on transposable elements (TEs) is not an exception …

Selection against admixture and gene regulatory divergence in a long-term primate field study

TP Vilgalys, AS Fogel, JA Anderson, RS Mututua… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Genetic admixture is central to primate evolution. We combined 50 years of field
observations of immigration and group demography with genomic data from~ 9 generations …

The evolution of venom by co-option of single-copy genes

EO Martinson, YD Kelkar, CH Chang, JH Werren - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
The classic model for the evolution of novel gene function is through gene duplication
followed by evolution of a new function by one of the copies (neofunctionalization)[1, 2] …

The legacy of diploid progenitors in allopolyploid gene expression patterns

RJA Buggs, JF Wendel, JJ Doyle… - … of the Royal …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Allopolyploidization (hybridization and whole-genome duplication) is a common
phenomenon in plant evolution with immediate saltational effects on genome structure and …

[PDF][PDF] Evolutionary dynamics of regulatory changes underlying gene expression divergence among Saccharomyces species

BPH Metzger, PJ Wittkopp… - Genome Biology and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Heritable changes in gene expression are important contributors to phenotypic differences
within and between species and are caused by mutations in cis-regulatory elements and …

Cis-acting variation is common across regulatory layers but is often buffered during embryonic development

S Floc'Hlay, ES Wong, B Zhao, RR Viales… - Genome …, 2021 - genome.cshlp.org
Precise patterns of gene expression are driven by interactions between transcription factors,
regulatory DNA sequences, and chromatin. How DNA mutations affecting any one of these …

The composite regulatory basis of the large X-effect in mouse speciation

EL Larson, S Keeble, D Vanderpool… - Molecular biology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The disruption of meiotic sex chromosome inactivation (MSCI) has been proposed to be a
major developmental mechanism underlying the rapid evolution of hybrid male sterility. We …

Identification of putative regulatory regions and transcription factors associated with intramuscular fat content traits

ASM Cesar, LCA Regitano, JM Reecy, MD Poleti… - BMC genomics, 2018 - Springer
Background Integration of high throughput DNA genotyping and RNA-sequencing data
allows for the identification of genomic regions that control gene expression, known as …

Positive selection underlies faster-Z evolution of gene expression in birds

R Dean, PW Harrison, AE Wright… - … biology and evolution, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The elevated rate of evolution for genes on sex chromosomes compared with autosomes
(Fast-X or Fast-Z evolution) can result either from positive selection in the heterogametic sex …