Old trade, new tricks: insights into the spontaneous mutation process from the partnering of classical mutation accumulation experiments with high-throughput …

V Katju, U Bergthorsson - Genome Biology and Evolution, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Mutations spawn genetic variation which, in turn, fuels evolution. Hence, experimental
investigations into the rate and fitness effects of spontaneous mutations are central to the …

Precise estimates of mutation rate and spectrum in yeast

YO Zhu, ML Siegal, DW Hall… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Mutation is the ultimate source of genetic variation. The most direct and unbiased method of
studying spontaneous mutations is via mutation accumulation (MA) lines. Until recently, MA …

Bet hedging in yeast by heterogeneous, age-correlated expression of a stress protectant

SF Levy, N Ziv, ML Siegal - PLoS biology, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Genetically identical cells grown in the same culture display striking cell-to-cell
heterogeneity in gene expression and other traits. A crucial challenge is to understand how …

Whole genome, whole population sequencing reveals that loss of signaling networks is the major adaptive strategy in a constant environment

DJ Kvitek, G Sherlock - PLoS genetics, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Molecular signaling networks are ubiquitous across life and likely evolved to allow
organisms to sense and respond to environmental change in dynamic environments. Few …

Decanalizing thinking on genetic canalization

K Geiler-Samerotte, FMO Sartori, ML Siegal - Seminars in cell & …, 2019 - Elsevier
The concept of genetic canalization has had an abiding influence on views of complex-trait
evolution. A genetically canalized system has evolved to become less sensitive to the effects …

Neural networks enable efficient and accurate simulation-based inference of evolutionary parameters from adaptation dynamics

G Avecilla, JN Chuong, F Li, G Sherlock… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The rate of adaptive evolution depends on the rate at which beneficial mutations are
introduced into a population and the fitness effects of those mutations. The rate of beneficial …

Prochlorococcus have low global mutation rate and small effective population size

Z Chen, X Wang, Y Song, Q Zeng, Y Zhang… - Nature ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Prochlorococcus are the most abundant free-living photosynthetic carbon-fixing organisms
in the ocean. Prochlorococcus show small genome sizes, low genomic G+ C content …

Extraordinary genome stability in the ciliate Paramecium tetraurelia

W Sung, AE Tucker, TG Doak, E Choi… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Mutation plays a central role in all evolutionary processes and is also the basis of genetic
disorders. Established base-substitution mutation rates in eukaryotes range between∼ 5× …

High-throughput identification of adaptive mutations in experimentally evolved yeast populations

C Payen, AB Sunshine, GT Ong, JL Pogachar… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
High-throughput sequencing has enabled genetic screens that can rapidly identify mutations
that occur during experimental evolution. The presence of a mutation in an evolved lineage …

Selection transforms the landscape of genetic variation interacting with Hsp90

KA Geiler-Samerotte, YO Zhu, BE Goulet, DW Hall… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The protein-folding chaperone Hsp90 has been proposed to buffer the phenotypic effects of
mutations. The potential for Hsp90 and other putative buffers to increase robustness to …