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Chapter One Maximizing Power in Phylogenetics and Phylogenomics: A Perspective Illuminated by Fungal Big Data
Dornburg A, Townsend JP, Wang Z. Chapter One Maximizing Power in Phylogenetics and Phylogenomics: A Perspective Illuminated by Fungal Big Data. Advances In Genetics 2017, 100: 1-47. PMID: 29153398, DOI: 10.1016/bs.adgen.2017.09.007.ChaptersConceptsTree of lifeFungal evolutionary biologyGenomic-scale dataHundreds of lociGenome-scale analysisFungal phylogenomicsFungal treeSpecies delimitationPhenotypic diversificationFirst genomeEvolutionary biologyPhylogenetic treePhylogenetic inferencePhylogenetic analysisEntire genomeTree inferenceReview of considerationsEvolutionary problemsPhylogenomicsGenomeTreesLociCentral roleExperimental designBiodiversity
2024
Corrigendum: The Sordariomycetes: an expanding resource with Big Data for mining in evolutionary genomics and transcriptomics
Wang Z, Kim W, Wang Y, Yakubovich E, Dong C, Trail F, Townsend J, Yarden O. Corrigendum: The Sordariomycetes: an expanding resource with Big Data for mining in evolutionary genomics and transcriptomics. Frontiers In Fungal Biology 2024, 5: 1478516. PMID: 39228963, PMCID: PMC11368851, DOI: 10.3389/ffunb.2024.1478516.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Placing human gene families into their evolutionary context
Dornburg A, Mallik R, Wang Z, Bernal M, Thompson B, Bruford E, Nebert D, Vasiliou V, Yohe L, Yoder J, Townsend J. Placing human gene families into their evolutionary context. Human Genomics 2022, 16: 56. PMID: 36369063, PMCID: PMC9652883, DOI: 10.1186/s40246-022-00429-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman gene familyGene familyHuman genomeEvolutionary contextGene family evolutionNon-model organismsFirst human genomeGenome biologyComparative genomicsFamily evolutionDistant speciesDraft sequenceGenomic studiesGene expressionGenome sequencingSequence complexityGenomeCancer biologyUnprecedented insightsNovel discoveriesCritical roleOrganismsBiologyComparative approachFamilyDifferential Expression of Cell Wall Remodeling Genes Is Part of the Dynamic Phase-Specific Transcriptional Program of Conidial Germination of Trichoderma asperelloides
Gortikov M, Yakubovich E, Wang Z, López-Giráldez F, Tu Y, Townsend JP, Yarden O. Differential Expression of Cell Wall Remodeling Genes Is Part of the Dynamic Phase-Specific Transcriptional Program of Conidial Germination of Trichoderma asperelloides. Journal Of Fungi 2022, 8: 854. PMID: 36012842, PMCID: PMC9410309, DOI: 10.3390/jof8080854.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPolar growthTranscript abundanceConidial germinationGlucanase-encoding geneOnset of germinationTranscriptional hubsTranscriptional programsTrichoderma asperelloidesHyphal growthTranscriptional profilesDevelopmental eventsChitin synthaseHost recognitionDifferential expressionGerminationSpecific membersDormant conidiaFirst branchingGenomeGenesInitial branchingAbundanceNetwork analysisExpressionMorphological progressionSequencing and Analysis of the Entire Genome of the Mycoparasitic Bioeffector Fungus Trichoderma asperelloides Strain T 203 (Hypocreales)
Gortikov M, Wang Z, Steindorff AS, Grigoriev IV, Druzhinina IS, Townsend JP, Yarden O. Sequencing and Analysis of the Entire Genome of the Mycoparasitic Bioeffector Fungus Trichoderma asperelloides Strain T 203 (Hypocreales). Microbiology Resource Announcements 2022, 11: e00995-21. PMID: 35175124, PMCID: PMC8852338, DOI: 10.1128/mra.00995-21.Peer-Reviewed Original Research