2009
Concatenated Analysis Sheds Light on Early Metazoan Evolution and Fuels a Modern “Urmetazoon” Hypothesis
Schierwater B, Eitel M, Jakob W, Osigus HJ, Hadrys H, Dellaporta SL, Kolokotronis SO, DeSalle R. Concatenated Analysis Sheds Light on Early Metazoan Evolution and Fuels a Modern “Urmetazoon” Hypothesis. PLOS Biology 2009, 7: e1000020. PMID: 19175291, PMCID: PMC2631068, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetazoan animalsBase of MetazoaPlacozoan Trichoplax adhaerensMitochondrial ribosomal genesMolecular sequence dataEarly metazoan evolutionGene expression patternsNuclear genesConcatenated analysisMetazoan evolutionTrichoplax adhaerensGenome structurePhylogenetic relationshipsRibosomal genesPhylogenetic scenariosSequence dataInformative charactersExpression patternsBasal positionSequence analysisSecondary structureIntriguing modelPlacozoaMorphological evidenceGenes
1998
Transposon sequences drive tissue‐specific expression of the maize regulatory gene R‐s
May B, Dellaporta S. Transposon sequences drive tissue‐specific expression of the maize regulatory gene R‐s. The Plant Journal 1998, 13: 241-247. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1998.00010.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubterminal repeatsCACTA transposon familyEncode transcription factorsEnhancer of transcriptionTissue-specific expressionRearrangement of genesIdentical coding regionsS subcomplexGene RNew splicingR locusMicroprojectile bombardmentMinimal promoterSplicing patternsTranscription factorsAleurone cellsTransposon sequencesTransposon familyCoding regionsExpression patternsS promoterUnusual promoterAnthocyanin synthesisInitiation siteR complexes
1997
Evidence for a common sex determination mechanism for pistil abortion in maize and in its wild relative Tripsacum
Li D, Blakey C, Dewald C, Dellaporta S. Evidence for a common sex determination mechanism for pistil abortion in maize and in its wild relative Tripsacum. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1997, 94: 4217-4222. PMID: 9108132, PMCID: PMC20608, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.8.4217.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStaminate floretsPistil abortionRestriction fragment length polymorphism mappingSex determination mechanismSimilar expression patternsMonophyletic traitUnisexual floretsPolymorphism mappingPistillate floretsDetermination mechanismIntergeneric hybridsTribe AndropogoneaeExpression patternsSubepidermal cellsDeletion mutationsMolecular analysisEastern gamagrassGenesAndropogoneaeFloretsMaizeSimilar roleSpikeletsAllelesTasselseed2