Ecosystem-specific selection pressures revealed through comparative population genomics

ML Coleman, SW Chisholm - Proceedings of the National …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
… To test whether these same selective pressures have impacted the genomes of
coexisting microbes in the community, we repeated the analysis with putative Pelagibacter (a …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide diversity and selective pressure in the human rhinovirus

AL Kistler, DR Webster, S Rouskin, V Magrini… - Virology journal, 2007 - Springer
… -function mapping of diversifying residues in structural genes … diversifying selective pressure
detected within the HRV genome… functional and structural domains within the HRV genome. …

[HTML][HTML] Thirteen complete chloroplast genomes of the costaceae family: insights into genome structure, selective pressure and phylogenetic relationships

DM Li, YG Pan, HL Liu, B Yu, D Huang, GF Zhu - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
genome structuresgenomes in Costaceae; (3) to identify highly variable regions for potential
DNA markers developing and to understand molecular evolution of chloroplast genomes in …

Origin and evolution of the adaptive immune system: genetic events and selective pressures

MF Flajnik, M Kasahara - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2010 - nature.com
gene (RAG) transposon invasion and genome-wide duplications early in vertebrate history
— and we discuss the new type of AIS that has been discovered in jawless fish. Finally, we …

[HTML][HTML] Chlamydia pan-genomic analysis reveals balance between host adaptation and selective pressure to genome reduction

OM Sigalova, AV Chaplin, OO Bochkareva… - Bmc Genomics, 2019 - Springer
… This combination of a large, conserved core genome and a small, evolvable periphery likely
reflect the balance between the selective pressure towards genome reduction and the need …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic variation in Plasmodium vivax malaria reveals regions under selective pressure

E Diez Benavente, Z Ward, W Chan, FR Mohareb… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
… We analysed the high-quality genomic data for 46 P. vivax … we identified hotspots of selection
pressure, including the … , MDR1 gene, and duplications in the Duffy binding protein gene (…

Selective pressures on genomes in molecular evolution

C Ofria, C Adami, TC Collier - Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2003 - Elsevier
selection has important implications for the evolution of evolvability. We demonstrate each
selective pressure … Here, we focus on the selective pressures of molecular evolution and how …

The role of selective pressure and selfish DNA in horizontal gene transfer and soil microbial community adaptation

C Rensing, DT Newby, IL Pepper - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2002 - Elsevier
… Recent advances in genome sequencing and horizontal gene transfer in soil have led to …
the role of selective pressure and selfish DNA in propagating horizontal gene transfer in soil …

Shared selective pressure and local genomic landscape lead to repeatable patterns of genomic divergence in sunflowers

S Renaut, GL Owens, LH Rieseberg - Molecular Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
… similar selective pressure. In contrast, a third species pair (H. exilis – H. … genome
evolution appeared to result from both similar selective pressures and shared local genomic

Evidence for variable selective pressures at a large secondary structure of the human mitochondrial DNA control region

F Pereira, P Soares, J Carneiro… - Molecular biology …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
… In addition, a sliding window scan across the complete mitochondrial genome revealed
that … and positive selection on this structure with high levels of conservation at the structure-…