2011
Assessing the Role of Tandem Repeats in Shaping the Genomic Architecture of Great Apes
Farré M, Bosch M, López-Giráldez F, Ponsà M, Ruiz-Herrera A. Assessing the Role of Tandem Repeats in Shaping the Genomic Architecture of Great Apes. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e27239. PMID: 22076140, PMCID: PMC3208591, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvolutionary breakpoint regionsTandem repeatsEvolutionary regionBreakpoint regionSpecific tandem repeatMore base pairsGreat apesGenome architectureMammalian genomesGenome organizationSynteny blocksChromatin conformationEvolutionary biologistsGenomic architectureAncestral reconstructionGenome instabilityMacaque genomeChromosomal reorganizationTransposable elementsGenomic regionsHuman genomeGenomic areasAlu elementsGenomeBase pairs
2009
The Ascomycota Tree of Life: A Phylum-wide Phylogeny Clarifies the Origin and Evolution of Fundamental Reproductive and Ecological Traits
Schoch CL, Sung GH, López-Giráldez F, Townsend JP, Miadlikowska J, Hofstetter V, Robbertse B, Matheny PB, Kauff F, Wang Z, Gueidan C, Andrie RM, Trippe K, Ciufetti LM, Wynns A, Fraker E, Hodkinson BP, Bonito G, Groenewald JZ, Arzanlou, de Hoog GS, Crous PW, Hewitt D, Pfister DH, Peterson K, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield MJ, Aptroot A, Suh SO, Blackwell M, Hillis DM, Griffith GW, Castlebury LA, Rossman AY, Lumbsch HT, Lücking R, Büdel B, Rauhut A, Diederich P, Ertz D, Geiser DM, Hosaka K, Inderbitzin P, Kohlmeyer J, Volkmann-Kohlmeyer B, Mostert L, O'Donnell K, Sipman H, Rogers JD, Shoemaker RA, Sugiyama J, Summerbell RC, Untereiner W, Johnston PR, Stenroos S, Zuccaro A, Dyer PS, Crittenden PD, Cole MS, Hansen K, Trappe JM, Yahr R, Lutzoni F, Spatafora JW. The Ascomycota Tree of Life: A Phylum-wide Phylogeny Clarifies the Origin and Evolution of Fundamental Reproductive and Ecological Traits. Systematic Biology 2009, 58: 224-239. PMID: 20525580, DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syp020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCharacter state reconstructionCommon ancestorAncestral character state reconstructionPhylogenetic informativeness analysesSexual reproductive structuresAscus dehiscenceMaximum likelihood phylogenyPhylogenetic informativenessEcological traitsFungal systematicsAncestral reconstructionNutritional modesRibosomal genesLargest phylumMorphological traitsRelated speciesReproductive structuresProtein geneAscomycota TreePezizomycotinaMultiple originsState reconstructionSporocarpsGene assessmentGenes