2018
The mammalian decidual cell evolved from a cellular stress response
Erkenbrack EM, Maziarz JD, Griffith OW, Liang C, Chavan AR, Nnamani MC, Wagner GP. The mammalian decidual cell evolved from a cellular stress response. PLOS Biology 2018, 16: e2005594. PMID: 30142145, PMCID: PMC6108454, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005594.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular stress responseNovel cell typesStress responseEndometrial stromal fibroblastsCell typesCell type diversityDecidual stromal cellsCore regulatory genesOxidative stress responseDecidual cell typesEvolutionary noveltyPrecursor cell typesEffector genesRegulatory genesEutherian mammalsTranscription factorsOpossum Monodelphis domesticaOrganismal structureType diversityMolecular mechanismsAnimal speciesMonodelphis domesticaGenesStromal cellsSpecies
2016
The Transcriptomic Evolution of Mammalian Pregnancy: Gene Expression Innovations in Endometrial Stromal Fibroblasts
Kin K, Maziarz J, Chavan AR, Kamat M, Vasudevan S, Birt A, Emera D, Lynch VJ, Ott TL, Pavlicev M, Wagner GP. The Transcriptomic Evolution of Mammalian Pregnancy: Gene Expression Innovations in Endometrial Stromal Fibroblasts. Genome Biology And Evolution 2016, 8: 2459-2473. PMID: 27401177, PMCID: PMC5010902, DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw168.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndometrial stromal fibroblastsGene expression changesTherian speciesEutherian lineagesTranscriptome compositionBovine lineageStem lineageNatural selectionStromal fibroblastsTherian mammalsEutherian mammalsKey genesLoss of expressionTranscriptomic evolutionGene expressionExpression changesLatter cell typeGenesLineagesCell typesCell type presentMammalsMammalian pregnancyExpressionTissue invasion
2012
Polygenic cis-regulatory adaptation in the evolution of yeast pathogenicity
Fraser H, Levy S, Chavan A, Shah H, Perez J, Zhou Y, Siegal M, Sinha H. Polygenic cis-regulatory adaptation in the evolution of yeast pathogenicity. Genome Research 2012, 22: 1930-1939. PMID: 22645260, PMCID: PMC3460188, DOI: 10.1101/gr.134080.111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-allele knockoutEvolution of pathogenicityDiverse yeast strainsCis-regulatory mutationsMode of evolutionWild-type progenitorPathogenic yeastsGene expression levelsPolygenic adaptationSelective sweepsPathogenic lifestyleNew genesMorphological traitsYeast SaccharomycesMammalian hostsMicrobial pathogenicityHorizontal transferStandard laboratory conditionsGene expressionCompensatory mutationsYeast pathogenicityYeast strainGrowth advantagePleiotropic effectsGenetic variants