2022
Body Plan Identity: A Mechanistic Model
DiFrisco J, Wagner G. Body Plan Identity: A Mechanistic Model. Evolutionary Biology 2022, 49: 123-141. DOI: 10.1007/s11692-022-09567-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody planBody plan evolutionMajor taxonomic groupsSegment polarity networkTransient embryonic structureAbstract Mechanistic modelsAnimal cladesPhylotypic stageMajor cladesPolarity networkTaxonomic groupsEvolutionary changeEvolutionary phenomenaDevelopmental complexityEmbryonic structuresDevelopmental mechanismsEnvironmental perturbationsMechanistic modelMechanistic architectureCladeArthropodsBiological causesGround planChordatesVertebrates
2009
Measuring Transcription Factor–Binding Site Turnover: A Maximum Likelihood Approach Using Phylogenies
Otto W, Stadler PF, López-Giraldéz F, Townsend JP, Lynch VJ, Wagner GP. Measuring Transcription Factor–Binding Site Turnover: A Maximum Likelihood Approach Using Phylogenies. Genome Biology And Evolution 2009, 1: 85-98. PMID: 20333180, PMCID: PMC2817405, DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evp010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranscription factor-binding sitesCis-regulatory elementsHOXA clusterSelective pressureGene expression evolutionMethionine biosynthesis pathwayLow sequence similarityFactor-binding sitesClade-specific differencesTurnover rateExpression evolutionSpecies treeBiosynthesis pathwayRelated speciesSequence similaritySite turnoverDifferent organismsSequence evolutionTranscription factorsDifferent cladesFungal dataProgesterone response elementMaximum likelihood modelVertebratesTurnover
2007
Evolutionary Genomics of Hox Gene Clusters
Prohaska S, Stadler P, Wagner G. Evolutionary Genomics of Hox Gene Clusters. 2007, 68-90. DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-68990-6_5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHox clustersHox gene clustersVertebrate clustersGenome duplicationEvolutionary genomicsHox genesGene clusterStringent structural constraintsVertebratesFunctional differentiationCluster organizationDuplicationRepetitive materialGenomicsAdaptive opportunitiesGenesDifferentiationClustersStructural constraintsDifferent patterns
2002
Evolution of functionally conserved enhancers can be accelerated in large populations: a populationgenetic model
Carter A, Wagner G. Evolution of functionally conserved enhancers can be accelerated in large populations: a populationgenetic model. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B 2002, 269: 953-960. PMID: 12028779, PMCID: PMC1690979, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.1968.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPopulation sizeRelated Drosophila speciesCis-regulatory elementsPopulation genetic modelsRate of evolutionModerate population sizesDrosophila speciesDrosophila EnhancerVertebrate enhancersDynamics of fixationDifferent taxaCompensatory mutationsNeutral rateGeneration timeSmall populationEnhancerTaxaSpatial organizationLarge populationSpeciesMutationsSequenceVertebratesEvolutionPopulation
1999
Evolution of Chordate Hox Gene Clustersa
RUDDLE F, AMEMIYA C, CARR J, KIM C, LEDJE C, SHASHIKANT C, WAGNER G. Evolution of Chordate Hox Gene Clustersa. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 1999, 870: 238-248. PMID: 10415487, DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08884.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHox cluster duplicationsCluster duplicationBody plan evolutionTerms of genomeGene duplicationHox genesDevelopmental evolutionGene enhancerDuplication modelDuplicationVertebratesNew functionsChordatesInvertebratesGenomeImportant roleEvolutionUrogenital systemGenesEnhancerRoleDaughter clustersNeuromuscular interactionNovel features
1996
Evidence for Four Hox Clusters in the KillifishFundulus heteroclitus(Teleostei)
Misof B, Wagner G. Evidence for Four Hox Clusters in the KillifishFundulus heteroclitus(Teleostei). Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 1996, 5: 309-322. PMID: 8728389, DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1996.0026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBiological EvolutionDNA PrimersFishesGenes, HomeoboxHomeodomain ProteinsHumansKillifishesKineticsMiceModels, GeneticMolecular Sequence DataMultigene FamilyPhylogenyPolymerase Chain ReactionProbabilitySequence Homology, Amino AcidSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidConceptsHox clustersMammalian Hox genesTeleost Fundulus heteroclitusDiploid teleostsHox genesHomeobox sequencesPCR surveySequence comparisonLower vertebratesFundulus heteroclitusCognate groupsFirst evidenceSequenceOrthologsCluster AVertebratesTeleostsGenesNumber of representativesHeteroclitusClustersHumansMiceFragmentsRepresentatives