2012
Analyses of expressed sequence tags in Neurosporareveal rapid evolution of genes associated with the early stages of sexual reproduction in fungi
Nygren K, Wallberg A, Samils N, Stajich JE, Townsend JP, Karlsson M, Johannesson H. Analyses of expressed sequence tags in Neurosporareveal rapid evolution of genes associated with the early stages of sexual reproduction in fungi. BMC Ecology And Evolution 2012, 12: 229. PMID: 23186325, PMCID: PMC3571971, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSex-associated genesVegetative tissuesSequence tagsRapid evolutionCandidate genesGenome-wide patternsFruiting-body developmentMolecular evolutionary analysisHigher relative expressionFungal kingdomReproductive isolationSexual reproductionGenome scaleReproductive genesEvolutionary analysisN. discretaMate recognitionN. crassaN. tetraspermaPositive selectionAdditional taxaMicroarray hybridizationAdditional speciesN. intermediaVegetative growth
2006
Phase-specific gene expression underlying morphological adaptations of the dimorphic human pathogenic fungus, Coccidioides posadasii
Johannesson H, Kasuga T, Schaller RA, Good B, Gardner MJ, Townsend JP, Cole GT, Taylor JW. Phase-specific gene expression underlying morphological adaptations of the dimorphic human pathogenic fungus, Coccidioides posadasii. Fungal Genetics And Biology 2006, 43: 545-559. PMID: 16697669, DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2006.02.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene expressionPhase-specific gene expressionPathogenic phaseNumber of genesConsistent differential expressionOpen reading frameDimorphic fungal pathogenDimorphic human pathogenic fungusHuman pathogenic fungiTranscriptional profilingEntire speciesEnvironmental stressReading frameComparative hybridizationMorphological adaptationsFungal pathogensCandidate genesSaprobic phasePathogenic fungiMetabolism of lipidsDifferential expressionGenesFungal isolatesElevated expressionDevelopmental phases