2009
Frame‐shifts of digit identity in bird evolution and Cyclopamine‐treated wings
Vargas AO, Wagner GP. Frame‐shifts of digit identity in bird evolution and Cyclopamine‐treated wings. Evolution & Development 2009, 11: 163-169. PMID: 19245548, DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142x.2009.00317.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Adaptive changes in the transcription factor HoxA-11 are essential for the evolution of pregnancy in mammals
Lynch VJ, Tanzer A, Wang Y, Leung FC, Gellersen B, Emera D, Wagner GP. Adaptive changes in the transcription factor HoxA-11 are essential for the evolution of pregnancy in mammals. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2008, 105: 14928-14933. PMID: 18809929, PMCID: PMC2567470, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802355105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCis-regulatory elementsHoxa-11Evolutionary changePlacental mammalsEutherian mammalsTranscription factorsCis-regulatory evolutionDirect regulatory targetsGene expression domainsStrong positive selectionNovel developmental pathwayPRL expressionTherian ancestorGene regulationExpression domainsPositive selectionRegulatory targetsNovel functionDevelopmental pathwaysMammalsSpatial expressionProlactin expressionGenesExpressionAdaptive changesThe gene regulatory logic of transcription factor evolution
Wagner GP, Lynch VJ. The gene regulatory logic of transcription factor evolution. Trends In Ecology & Evolution 2008, 23: 377-385. PMID: 18501470, DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.03.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscription factor proteinsDevelopmental evolutionGene regulatory logicMinimal pleiotropic effectsTranscription factor evolutionFactor proteinTranscription factor functionEvolution of developmentTranscription factor genesCis-regulatory elementsFunction of proteinsAdaptive evolutionDevelopmental biologyRegulatory logicNovel functionFactor genesFactor functionProtein changesPleiotropic effectsProteinRecent studiesEvolutionGenesRelative contributionBiology
2007
The road to modularity
Wagner GP, Pavlicev M, Cheverud JM. The road to modularity. Nature Reviews Genetics 2007, 8: 921-931. PMID: 18007649, DOI: 10.1038/nrg2267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBiodiversityDevelopmental BiologyEvolution, MolecularFossilsGene DuplicationGenesGenetic VariationGenetics, PopulationConceptsProtein-protein interaction networkMolecular systems biologyPatterns of evolutionGene duplicationGene regulationEvolutionary biologyNeutral mutationsBiological organizationQuantitative traitsInteraction networksSystems biologyStructure of macromoleculesEnvironmental conditionsBiologyDuplicationTraitsMutationsRegulationSelectionModularityMacromoleculesA stochastic model for the evolution of transcription factor binding site abundance
Wagner GP, Otto W, Lynch V, Stadler PF. A stochastic model for the evolution of transcription factor binding site abundance. Journal Of Theoretical Biology 2007, 247: 544-553. PMID: 17475285, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.03.001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
The “Fish-Specific” Hox Cluster Duplication Is Coincident with the Origin of Teleosts
Crow KD, Stadler PF, Lynch VJ, Amemiya C, Wagner GP. The “Fish-Specific” Hox Cluster Duplication Is Coincident with the Origin of Teleosts. Molecular Biology And Evolution 2005, 23: 121-136. PMID: 16162861, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHox cluster duplicationsCluster duplicationHox genesHox clustersTeleost lineageDifferent teleost lineagesHox gene complementOrigin of teleostsRecent common ancestorDuplication eventsGene complementTeleost radiationGene genealogiesStem lineageCommon ancestorGnathostome vertebratesBasal actinopterygiansLineagesZebrafishTeleostsGenesDuplicationFuguSharksFish
2004
Adaptive evolution of HoxA11 and HoxA13 at the origin of the uterus in mammals
Lynch V, Roth J, Takahashi K, Dunn C, Nonaka D, Stopper G, Wagner G. Adaptive evolution of HoxA11 and HoxA13 at the origin of the uterus in mammals. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B 2004, 271: 2201-2207. PMID: 15539344, PMCID: PMC1691855, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2848.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdaptive evolutionTranscription factorsMolecular evolutionHoxa-11Hoxa-13Cis-regulatory evolutionAdaptive molecular evolutionEvolution of developmentMammalian female reproductive systemStrong positive selectionCis-regulatory elementsAmniote taxaDevelopmental genesStem lineageDevelopmental evolutionEvolutionary changeEutherian mammalsSpatial regulationPositive selectionMorphological charactersFemale reproductive organsGenesFemale reproductive systemReproductive organsMammals
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsConserved SequenceEnhancer Elements, GeneticEvolution, MolecularGenetics, PopulationMathematical ComputingModels, GeneticConceptsPopulation sizeRelated Drosophila speciesCis-regulatory elementsPopulation genetic modelsRate of evolutionModerate population sizesDrosophila speciesDrosophila EnhancerVertebrate enhancersDynamics of fixationDifferent taxaCompensatory mutationsNeutral rateGeneration timeSmall populationEnhancerTaxaSpatial organizationLarge populationSpeciesMutationsSequenceVertebratesEvolutionPopulation
2000
Evolution of Hoxa-11 in Lineages Phylogenetically Positioned along the Fin–Limb Transition
Chiu C, Nonaka D, Xue L, Amemiya C, Wagner G. Evolution of Hoxa-11 in Lineages Phylogenetically Positioned along the Fin–Limb Transition. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 2000, 17: 305-316. PMID: 11083943, DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2000.0837.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlanineAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBinding SitesCell LineConserved SequenceDNAEvolution, MolecularExtremitiesFishesHeLa CellsHomeodomain ProteinsHumansIntronsMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyProtein IsoformsSequence AlignmentSequence Analysis, DNASequence Homology, Amino AcidXenopusXenopus ProteinsZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsConceptsFin-limb transitionSequence evolutionAmino acid sequence comparisonsHoxa-11Domain IElectrophoretic mobility shift assaysMobility shift assaysAmino acid sequencePatterns of evolutionConsecutive alanine residuesWhole cell extractsEvolutionary timeAppendage developmentCharacter reconstructionEvolutionary changeTranscription factorsSequence comparisonIntron sequencesNucleotide conservationShift assaysAcid sequenceAlanine residuesLineagesAccelerated rateCoelacanthCanalization in evolutionary genetics: a stabilizing theory?
Gibson G, Wagner G. Canalization in evolutionary genetics: a stabilizing theory? BioEssays 2000, 22: 372-380. PMID: 10723034, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-1878(200004)22:4<372::aid-bies7>3.0.co;2-j.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersModeling the Evolution of Genetic Architecture: A Continuum of Alleles Model with Pairwise A×A Epistasis
WAGNER G, MEZEY J. Modeling the Evolution of Genetic Architecture: A Continuum of Alleles Model with Pairwise A×A Epistasis. Journal Of Theoretical Biology 2000, 203: 163-175. PMID: 10704300, DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2000.1074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHox cluster genomics in the horn shark, Heterodontus francisci
Kim C, Amemiya C, Bailey W, Kawasaki K, Mezey J, Miller W, Minoshima S, Shimizu N, Wagner G, Ruddle F. Hox cluster genomics in the horn shark, Heterodontus francisci. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2000, 97: 1655-1660. PMID: 10677514, PMCID: PMC26491, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.030539697.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHox gene clustersHox clustersHOXA clusterGene clusterHeterodontus francisciVertebrate body planHorn sharkGene-coding sequencesDivergence timesEvolutionary historyBody planHoxD clusterEvolutionary significanceSequence motifsVertebrate phylogenyDevelopmental processesGenetic entitiesStructural similarityControl motifsSharksCluster organizationMotifPhylogenyGenomicsNoncoding
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
PCR‐survey of hox‐genes of the zebrafish: New sequence information and evolutionary implications
Misof B, Blanco M, Wagner G. PCR‐survey of hox‐genes of the zebrafish: New sequence information and evolutionary implications. Journal Of Experimental Zoology 1996, 274: 193-206. PMID: 8882497, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(19960215)274:3<193::aid-jez6>3.0.co;2-j.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHox gene complementGene complementPCR surveyHox gene sequencesZebrafish Danio rerioNumber of genesNew sequence informationInsufficient sequence variationZebrafish genesHox genesPutative genesEvolutionary implicationsBony fishDanio rerioHuman genomeGene sequencesSequence variationSequence informationCognate groupsGenesType sequenceSequenceGenomeRerioFragments