Synteny

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A COSII genetic map of the pepper genome provides a detailed picture of synteny with tomato and new insights into recent chromosome evolution in the genus Capsicum. 
  • A physical map of the mouse genome. 
  • A unique chromosomal rearrangement in the Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii type strain enhances key phenotypes associated with virulence. 
  • Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Pheromone Receptor Class 1 Family (V1R) Reveals Extreme Complexity in Mouse Lemurs (Genus, Microcebus) and a Chromosomal Hotspot across Mammals. 
  • Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation. 
  • Comparative linkage maps suggest that fission, not polyploidy, underlies near-doubling of chromosome number within monkeyflowers (Mimulus; Phrymaceae). 
  • Complex evolutionary trajectories of sex chromosomes across bird taxa. 
  • Conservation, duplication, and loss of the Tor signaling pathway in the fungal kingdom. 
  • Conserved genomic collinearity as a source of broadly applicable, fast evolving, markers to resolve species complexes: A case study using the lichen-forming genus Peltigera section Polydactylon. 
  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny. 
  • Exploring syntenic conservation across genomes for phylogenetic studies of organisms subjected to horizontal gene transfers: A case study with Cyanobacteria and cyanolichens. 
  • Fungal genome and mating system transitions facilitated by chromosomal translocations involving intercentromeric recombination. 
  • Genome Evolution and Innovation across the Four Major Lineages of Cryptococcus gattii. 
  • Hi-C scaffolded short- and long-read genome assemblies of the California sea lion are broadly consistent for syntenic inference across 45 million years of evolution. 
  • Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome. 
  • Microsporidia evolved from ancestral sexual fungi. 
  • Novel Insights into Chromosome Evolution in Birds, Archosaurs, and Reptiles. 
  • Organization and evolutionary trajectory of the mating type (MAT) locus in dermatophyte and dimorphic fungal pathogens. 
  • Organization of the MASP2 locus and its expression profile in mouse and rat. 
  • OrthoClusterDB: an online platform for synteny blocks. 
  • Partial shotgun sequencing of the Boechera stricta genome reveals extensive microsynteny and promoter conservation with Arabidopsis. 
  • Polytene chromosomal maps of 11 Drosophila species: the order of genomic scaffolds inferred from genetic and physical maps. 
  • Reconstruction of gross avian genome structure, organization and evolution suggests that the chicken lineage most closely resembles the dinosaur avian ancestor. 
  • Reinvestigation of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome annotation by comparison to the genome of a related fungus: Ashbya gossypii. 
  • Sakacin P non-producing Lactobacillus sakei strains contain homologues of the sakacin P gene cluster. 
  • The Ashbya gossypii genome as a tool for mapping the ancient Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome. 
  • The genome of the green anole lizard and a comparative analysis with birds and mammals. 
  • Universal nomenclature for oxytocin-vasotocin ligand and receptor families. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Noor, Mohamed A. F., Professor of Biology, Duke University