The dynamic nature of eukaryotic genomes

LW Parfrey, DJG Lahr, LA Katz - Molecular biology and evolution, 2008‏ - academic.oup.com
Analyses of diverse eukaryotes reveal that genomes are dynamic, sometimes dramatically
so. In numerous lineages across the eukaryotic tree of life, DNA content varies within …

[HTML][HTML] Genomes on the edge: programmed genome instability in ciliates

JR Bracht, W Fang, AD Goldman, E Dolzhenko… - Cell, 2013‏ - cell.com
Ciliates are an ancient and diverse group of microbial eukaryotes that have emerged as
powerful models for RNA-mediated epigenetic inheritance. They possess extensive sets of …

Genomic insights into the phylogeny and biomass-degrading enzymes of rumen ciliates

Z Li, X Wang, Y Zhang, Z Yu, T Zhang, X Dai… - The ISME …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Understanding the biodiversity and genetics of gut microbiomes has important implications
for host physiology and industrial enzymes, whereas most studies have been focused on …

[كتاب][B] Diversity and geographic distribution of ciliates (Protista: Ciliophora)

W Foissner, A Chao, LA Katz - 2009‏ - Springer
Abstract About 4,500 free-living ciliate morphospecies have been described, applying an
average synonymy rate of 20%. We estimate that 83–89% of the ciliate diversity is still …

Broadly sampled multigene analyses yield a well-resolved eukaryotic tree of life

LW Parfrey, J Grant, YI Tekle… - Systematic …, 2010‏ - academic.oup.com
An accurate reconstruction of the eukaryotic tree of life is essential to identify the innovations
underlying the diversity of microbial and macroscopic (eg, plants and animals) eukaryotes …

Broadly sampled multigene trees of eukaryotes

HS Yoon, J Grant, YI Tekle, M Wu, BC Chaon… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2008‏ - Springer
Background Our understanding of the eukaryotic tree of life and the tremendous diversity of
microbial eukaryotes is in flux as additional genes and diverse taxa are sampled for …

The compact macronuclear genome of the ciliate Halteria grandinella: a transcriptome-like genome with 23,000 nanochromosomes

W Zheng, C Wang, M Lynch, S Gao - MBio, 2021‏ - journals.asm.org
How to achieve protein diversity by genome and transcriptome processing is essential for
organismal complexity and adaptation. The present work identifies that the macronuclear …

Single-cell transcriptomics reveal a correlation between genome architecture and gene family evolution in ciliates

Y Yan, XX Maurer-Alcalá, R Knight… - MBio, 2019‏ - journals.asm.org
Ciliates, a eukaryotic clade that is over 1 billion years old, are defined by division of genome
function between transcriptionally inactive germline micronuclei and functional somatic …

The Draft Assembly of the Radically Organized Stylonychia lemnae Macronuclear Genome

SH Aeschlimann, F Jönsson, J Postberg… - Genome biology and …, 2014‏ - academic.oup.com
Stylonychia lemnae is a classical model single-celled eukaryote, and a quintessential ciliate
typified by dimorphic nuclei: A small, germline micronucleus and a massive, vegetative …

Taxon-rich phylogenomic analyses resolve the eukaryotic tree of life and reveal the power of subsampling by sites

LA Katz, JR Grant - Systematic biology, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Most eukaryotic lineages are microbial, and many have only recently been sampled for
phylogenetic studies or remain in the “dark area” of the tree of life where there are no …