Lineage-specific genes are clustered with HET-domain genes and respond to environmental and genetic manipulations regulating reproduction in Neurospora
Wang Z, Wang Y, Kasuga T, Lopez-Giraldez F, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Dong C, Sil A, Trail F, Yarden O, Townsend J. Lineage-specific genes are clustered with HET-domain genes and respond to environmental and genetic manipulations regulating reproduction in Neurospora. PLOS Genetics 2023, 19: e1011019. PMID: 37934795, PMCID: PMC10684091, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLineage-specific genesHET domain genesSexual reproductionFunctional roleUnusual carbon sourcesPotential functional roleMating lociAsexual growthGenetic mutantsNeurospora crassaPossible functional roleSexual phaseGenetic manipulationTranscriptomic profilingReproduction regulationGene knockoutPP-1ADV-1Environmental alterationsGenesSexual developmentNeurosporaReproductionCarbon sourceGenetic barrierOrigins of lineage‐specific elements via gene duplication, relocation, and regional rearrangement in Neurospora crassa
Wang Z, Wang Y, Kasuga T, Hassler H, Lopez‐Giraldez F, Dong C, Yarden O, Townsend J. Origins of lineage‐specific elements via gene duplication, relocation, and regional rearrangement in Neurospora crassa. Molecular Ecology 2023 PMID: 37843462, DOI: 10.1111/mec.17168.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLineage-specific genesGene duplicationNew genesLineage-specific elementsWeighted gene correlation network analysisRecent gene duplicationNon-coding DNACell wall integrityCo-regulatory modulesGene correlation network analysisNon-coding sequencesCorrelation network analysisAntifungal toxinsGene syntenyNeurospora speciesGenus NeurosporaEvolutionary biologistsSuch cladesRegulatory machinerySequence repeatsModel speciesAncestral statusNeurospora crassaTranscriptomic dataDiverse functions