The effects of mutations on gene expression and alternative splicing

M Snyman, S Xu - Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Understanding the relationship between mutations and their genomic and phenotypic
consequences has been a longstanding goal of evolutionary biology. However, few studies …

The genome-wide rate and spectrum of EMS-induced heritable mutations in the microcrustacean Daphnia: on the prospect of forward genetics

M Snyman, TV Huynh, MT Smith, S Xu - Heredity, 2021 - nature.com
Forward genetic screening using the alkylating mutagen ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) is an
effective method for identifying phenotypic mutants of interest, which can be further …

Measuring mutagenicity in ecotoxicology: A case study of Cd exposure in Chironomus riparius

HB Doria, AM Waldvogel, M Pfenninger - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Existing mutagenicity tests for metazoans lack the direct observation of enhanced germline
mutation rates after exposure to anthropogenic substances, therefore being inefficient …

What can we infer about mutation calling by using time‐series mutation accumulation data and a Bayesian Mutation Finder?

T Maruki, A Ozere, J Freeman… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate estimates of mutation rates derived from genome‐wide mutation accumulation
(MA) data are fundamental to understanding basic evolutionary processes. The rapidly …

Accelerated rates of large-scale mutations in the presence of copper and nickel

FJJ Chain, JM Flynn, JK Bull, ME Cristescu - Genome research, 2019 - genome.cshlp.org
Mutation rate variation has been under intense investigation for decades. Despite these
efforts, little is known about the extent to which environmental stressors accelerate mutation …

Spontaneous rate of clonal single nucleotide mutations in Daphnia galeata

M Pfenninger, HB Doria, J Nickel, A Thielsch… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Mutations are the ultimate source of heritable variation and therefore the fuel for evolution,
but direct estimates of mutation rates exist only for few species. We estimated the …

Fitness effects of spontaneous mutations in a warming world

ES Davenport, TC Agrelius, KB Harmon, JL Dudycha - Evolution, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Spontaneous mutations fuel evolutionary processes and differ in consequence, but the
consequences depend on the environment. Biophysical considerations of protein …

Metal exposure causes rDNA copy number to fluctuate in mutation accumulation lines of Daphnia pulex

EF Harvey, ME Cristescu, J Dale, H Hunter, C Randall… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2020 - Elsevier
Ribosomal (r) DNA is a highly dynamic, conserved, multigene family whose sequence
homogeneity is thought to be maintained by intra-and interchromosomal recombination …

Spontaneous rate of clonal mutations in Daphnia galeata

M Pfenninger, HB Doria, J Nickel, A Thielsch… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Mutations are the ultimate source of heritable variation and therefore the fuel for evolution,
but direct estimates exist only for few species. We estimated the spontaneous nucleotide …

[图书][B] Evolution of Repetitive DNA: Methodologies, Expansions, and Constraints

JM Flynn - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Repetitive DNA is ubiquitous in eukaryotic genomes, but a clear link between its structure,
abundance, and biological significance is lacking. There are two main types of repetitive …