Origin and evolution of spliceosomal introns

IB Rogozin, L Carmel, M Csuros, EV Koonin - Biology direct, 2012 - Springer
Evolution of exon-intron structure of eukaryotic genes has been a matter of long-standing,
intensive debate. The introns-early concept, later rebranded 'introns first'held that protein …

Genomic views of distant-acting enhancers

A Visel, EM Rubin, LA Pennacchio - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
In contrast to protein-coding sequences, the significance of variation in non-coding DNA in
human disease has been minimally explored. A great number of recent genome-wide …

Ultraconserved elements anchor thousands of genetic markers spanning multiple evolutionary timescales

BC Faircloth, JE McCormack, NG Crawford… - Systematic …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Although massively parallel sequencing has facilitated large-scale DNA sequencing,
comparisons among distantly related species rely upon small portions of the genome that …

Deep conservation of the enhancer regulatory code in animals

ES Wong, D Zheng, SZ Tan, NI Bower, V Garside… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION In animals, gene regulatory networks specify cell identity in space and
time. Transcription of genes in these networks is modulated by a class of cis-regulatory …

De novo mutations in regulatory elements in neurodevelopmental disorders

PJ Short, JF McRae, G Gallone, A Sifrim, H Won… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
We previously estimated that 42% of patients with severe developmental disorders carry
pathogenic de novo mutations in coding sequences. The role of de novo mutations in …

[HTML][HTML] Ultraconserved enhancers are required for normal development

DE Dickel, AR Ypsilanti, R Pla, Y Zhu, I Barozzi… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Non-coding" ultraconserved" regions containing hundreds of consecutive bases of perfect
sequence conservation across mammalian genomes can function as distant-acting …

Target enrichment of ultraconserved elements from arthropods provides a genomic perspective on relationships among H ymenoptera

BC Faircloth, MG Branstetter, ND White… - Molecular ecology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Gaining a genomic perspective on phylogeny requires the collection of data from many
putatively independent loci across the genome. Among insects, an increasingly common …

The Evf-2 noncoding RNA is transcribed from the Dlx-5/6 ultraconserved region and functions as a Dlx-2 transcriptional coactivator

J Feng, C Bi, BS Clark, R Mady, P Shah… - Genes & …, 2006 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The identification of ultraconserved noncoding sequences in vertebrates has been
associated with developmental regulators and DNA-binding proteins. One of the first of …

Ultraconserved elements are novel phylogenomic markers that resolve placental mammal phylogeny when combined with species-tree analysis

JE McCormack, BC Faircloth, NG Crawford… - Genome …, 2012 - genome.cshlp.org
Phylogenomics offers the potential to fully resolve the Tree of Life, but increasing genomic
coverage also reveals conflicting evolutionary histories among genes, demanding new …

Genome of the marsupial Monodelphis domestica reveals innovation in non-coding sequences

TS Mikkelsen, MJ Wakefield, B Aken, CT Amemiya… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
We report a high-quality draft of the genome sequence of the grey, short-tailed opossum
(Monodelphis domestica). As the first metatherian ('marsupial') species to be sequenced, the …