The evolution of spliceosomal introns: patterns, puzzles and progress

S William Roy, W Gilbert - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2006 - nature.com
The origins and importance of spliceosomal introns comprise one of the longest-abiding
mysteries of molecular evolution. Considerable debate remains over several aspects of the …

The divergent genomes of teleosts

V Ravi, B Venkatesh - Annual review of animal biosciences, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Boasting nearly 30,000 species, teleosts account for half of all extant vertebrates and
approximately 98% of all ray-finned fish species (Actinopterygii). Teleosts are also the …

Genomics of the fungal kingdom: insights into eukaryotic biology

JE Galagan, MR Henn, LJ Ma, CA Cuomo… - Genome …, 2005 - genome.cshlp.org
The last decade has witnessed a revolution in the genomics of the fungal kingdom. Since
the sequencing of the first fungus in 1996, the number of available fungal genome …

The FLOWERING LOCUS T-Like Gene Family in Barley (Hordeum vulgare)

S Faure, J Higgins, A Turner, DA Laurie - Genetics, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) gene plays a central role in integrating flowering
signals in Arabidopsis because its expression is regulated antagonistically by the …

Comparative genomics of 10 new Caenorhabditis species

L Stevens, MA Félix, T Beltran, C Braendle… - Evolution …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has been central to the understanding of metazoan
biology. However, C. elegans is but one species among millions and the significance of this …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide identification and evolutionary analysis of the plant specific SBP-box transcription factor family

AY Guo, QH Zhu, X Gu, S Ge, J Yang, J Luo - Gene, 2008 - Elsevier
We made genome-wide analyses to explore the evolutionary process of the SBP-box gene
family. We identified 120 SBP-box genes from nine species representing the main green …

Where the minor things are: a pan-eukaryotic survey suggests neutral processes may explain much of minor intron evolution

GE Larue, SW Roy - Nucleic Acids Research, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Spliceosomal introns are gene segments removed from RNA transcripts by
ribonucleoprotein machineries called spliceosomes. In some eukaryotes a second …

The biology of intron gain and loss

DC Jeffares, T Mourier, D Penny - TRENDS in Genetics, 2006 - cell.com
Intron density in eukaryote genomes varies by more than three orders of magnitude, so there
must have been extensive intron gain and/or intron loss during evolution. A favored and …

Patterns of Intron Loss and Gain in Plants: Intron Loss–Dominated Evolution and Genome-Wide Comparison of O. sativa and A. thaliana

SW Roy, D Penny - Molecular biology and evolution, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Numerous previous studies have elucidated 2 surprising patterns of spliceosomal intron
evolution in diverse eukaryotes over the past roughly 100 Myr. First, rates of recent intron …

Structure and content of the Entamoeba histolytica genome

CG Clark, UCM Alsmark, M Tazreiter… - Advances in …, 2007 - Elsevier
The intestinal parasite Entamoeba histolytica is one of the first protists for which a draft
genome sequence has been published. Although the genome is still incomplete, it is …