2013
Evaluating Phylogenetic Informativeness as a Predictor of Phylogenetic Signal for Metazoan, Fungal, and Mammalian Phylogenomic Data Sets
López-Giráldez F, Moeller AH, Townsend JP. Evaluating Phylogenetic Informativeness as a Predictor of Phylogenetic Signal for Metazoan, Fungal, and Mammalian Phylogenomic Data Sets. BioMed Research International 2013, 2013: 621604. PMID: 23878813, PMCID: PMC3708382, DOI: 10.1155/2013/621604.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhylogenomic data setsPhylogenetic informativenessPhylogenetic signalEffects of homoplasyPoor phylogenetic resolutionPhylogenetic resolutionSister cladeOutgroup taxaPhylogenetic researchTaxonomic groupsPhylogenetic inferenceAdvantageous genesGenesMetazoansCladeTaxaDiverse groupDiverse time scalesHomoplasyHaphazard samplingMammalsFungiOrganismsFungalMarkers
2010
Optimal Selection of Gene and Ingroup Taxon Sampling for Resolving Phylogenetic Relationships
Townsend JP, Lopez-Giraldez F. Optimal Selection of Gene and Ingroup Taxon Sampling for Resolving Phylogenetic Relationships. Systematic Biology 2010, 59: 446-457. PMID: 20547780, DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syq025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhylogenetic experimental designOptimal rateAsymptotic impactAnalytical predictionsAddition of charactersOptimal selectionObvious applicationApproximate ideaEstimation of ratesCurrent phylogenetic studiesOptimal efficiencyTheoryDeep internodesTaxon additionRate of evolutionExperimental designNew taxonPhylogenetic informativenessPhylogenetic relationships
2008
RPS4Ygene family evolution in primates
Andrés O, Kellermann T, López-Giráldez F, Rozas J, Domingo-Roura X, Bosch M. RPS4Ygene family evolution in primates. BMC Ecology And Evolution 2008, 8: 142. PMID: 18477388, PMCID: PMC2397393, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-142.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRPS4Y genesPositive selectionTestis-specific expression patternRibosomal protein genesRibosomal protein S4Non-synonymous substitutionsAmino acid replacementsMaximum likelihood analysisDuplication eventsFamily evolutionFunctional paralogsEvolutionary historyGene familyFunctional genesSex chromosomesProtein S4Protein functionPrimate phylogenyProtein domainsHuman lineageNew World monkeysProtein geneGene dosageAcid replacementsY chromosome
2005
Phylogenetic inference and comparative evolution of a complex microsatellite and its flanking regions in carnivores
DOMINGO-ROURA X, LÓPEZ-GIRÁLDEZ F, SAEKI M, MARMI J. Phylogenetic inference and comparative evolution of a complex microsatellite and its flanking regions in carnivores. Genetics Research 2005, 85: 223-233. PMID: 16174341, DOI: 10.1017/s0016672305007512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhylogenetic inferenceRepetitive motifsFlanking regionsBasal positionNon-coding lociAncestral DNA sequencesShort repetitive motifsHigh mutation rateRepeat additionDNA sequencesCarnivore phylogenyComplex microsatelliteMutational changesCarnivore speciesMutation rateMonotypic familyAilurus fulgensRed pandaMutational hotspotsTree topologyLociRepeat expansionComparative evolutionMeles melesDeletion