2024
Evolutionary innovations in conserved regulatory elements associate with developmental genes in mammals
Uebbing S, Kocher A, Baumgartner M, Ji Y, Bai S, Xing X, Nottoli T, Noonan J. Evolutionary innovations in conserved regulatory elements associate with developmental genes in mammals. Molecular Biology And Evolution 2024, msae199. PMID: 39302728, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msae199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSequence evolutionRegulatory evolutionDevelopmental signaling genesEnhanced evolutionEvolutionary innovationMammalian phylogenyTranscriptional enhancersGenetic variationPhenotypic variationPleiotropic genesDevelopmental genesEnhancer elementsHoofed mammalsEnhancer sequencesActivation domainSignaling genesEvolutionary adaptationDiverse organismsGenesHuman diseasesRegulatory functionsDevelopmental processesDeveloping limbCell typesMammals
2016
Origin and evolution of developmental enhancers in the mammalian neocortex
Emera D, Yin J, Reilly SK, Gockley J, Noonan JP. Origin and evolution of developmental enhancers in the mammalian neocortex. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 113: e2617-e2626. PMID: 27114548, PMCID: PMC4868431, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1603718113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegulatory elementsDe novo birthMammalian stem lineageNovel regulatory sequencesWeak evolutionary constraintsMammalian neocortexBackground genomic sequencesDevelopmental enhancersEvolutionary constraintsMorphological innovationsStem lineageEutherian mammalsGenomic sequencesRegulatory sequencesPhylogenetic originComplex enhancerCell signalingGenomic backgroundMouse corticogenesisCell migrationMammalsMammalian forebrainEnhancerGenesLife cycle
2006
Accelerated Evolution of Conserved Noncoding Sequences in Humans
Prabhakar S, Noonan JP, Pääbo S, Rubin EM. Accelerated Evolution of Conserved Noncoding Sequences in Humans. Science 2006, 314: 786-786. PMID: 17082449, DOI: 10.1126/science.1130738.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNoncoding sequencesNeuronal cell adhesionConserved Noncoding SequencesCis-regulatory changesHuman-specific substitutionsCell adhesionHuman regulatory sequencesPhenotypic divergenceAdaptive substitutionsGene regulationAccelerated evolutionIndependent evolutionRegulatory sequencesAdhesion genesHuman evolutionNeuronal phenotypeDifferent neuronal phenotypesGenesSequenceSimilar enrichmentBrain developmentChimpanzeesEvolutionMammalsAdhesion