Evolutionarily conserved cytogenetic changes in hematological malignancies of dogs and humans–man and his best friend share more than companionship

M Breen, JF Modiano - Chromosome Research, 2008 - Springer
The pathophysiological similarities shared by many forms of human and canine disease,
combined with the sophisticated genomic resources now available for the dog, have placed …

[HTML][HTML] Embracing heterogeneity: coalescing the Tree of Life and the future of phylogenomics

GA Bravo, A Antonelli, CD Bacon, K Bartoszek… - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
ABSTRACT Building the Tree of Life (ToL) is a major challenge of modern biology, requiring
advances in cyberinfrastructure, data collection, theory, and more. Here, we argue that …

Upgrading short-read animal genome assemblies to chromosome level using comparative genomics and a universal probe set

J Damas, R O'Connor, M Farré, VPE Lenis… - Genome …, 2017 - genome.cshlp.org
Most recent initiatives to sequence and assemble new species' genomes de novo fail to
achieve the ultimate endpoint to produce contigs, each representing one whole …

Breakpoint regions and homologous synteny blocks in chromosomes have different evolutionary histories

DM Larkin, G Pape, R Donthu, L Auvil… - Genome …, 2009 - genome.cshlp.org
The persistence of large blocks of homologous synteny and a high frequency of breakpoint
reuse are distinctive features of mammalian chromosomes that are not well understood in …

Genomic regulatory blocks underlie extensive microsynteny conservation in insects

PG Engström, SJH Sui, Ø Drivenes, TS Becker… - Genome …, 2007 - genome.cshlp.org
Insect genomes contain larger blocks of conserved gene order (microsynteny) than would
be expected under a random breakage model of chromosome evolution. We present …

[HTML][HTML] Principles of genome evolution in the Drosophila melanogaster species group

JM Ranz, D Maurin, YS Chan, M Von Grotthuss… - PLoS …, 2007 - journals.plos.org
That closely related species often differ by chromosomal inversions was discovered by
Sturtevant and Plunkett in 1926. Our knowledge of how these inversions originate is still very …

[HTML][HTML] Vertebrate chromosome evolution

J Damas, M Corbo, HA Lewin - Annual Review of Animal …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The study of chromosome evolution is undergoing a resurgence of interest owing to
advances in DNA sequencing technology that facilitate the production of chromosome-scale …

[HTML][HTML] Chromoanagenesis: A piece of the macroevolution scenario

F Pellestor, V Gatinois - Molecular Cytogenetics, 2020 - Springer
Over the last decade, new types of massive and complex chromosomal rearrangements
based on the chaotic shattering and restructuring of chromosomes have been identified in …

Mammals across the K/Pg boundary in northeastern Montana, USA: dental morphology and body-size patterns reveal extinction selectivity and immigrant-fueled …

GP Wilson - Paleobiology, 2013 - cambridge.org
The Cretaceous/Tertiary (K/Pg) mass extinction has long been viewed as a pivotal event in
mammalian evolutionary history, in which the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs allowed …

Reconstruction and evolutionary history of eutherian chromosomes

J Kim, M Farré, L Auvil, B Capitanu… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Whole-genome assemblies of 19 placental mammals and two outgroup species were used
to reconstruct the order and orientation of syntenic fragments in chromosomes of the …