Species and Population Level Molecular Profiling Reveals Cryptic Recombination and Emergent Asymmetry in the Dimorphic Mating Locus of C. reinhardtii

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  De Hoff, Peter L ^a,e   Ferris, Patrick ^b   Olson, Bradley J S C ^c   Miyagi, Ayano ^d   Geng, Sa ^d   Umen, James G ^d  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e Synthetic Genomics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCINE CLEAVAGE SYSTEM H PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CGL70 GENE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DLA3 GENE; DRG1 GENE; EZY2 GENE; FUS1 GENE; GENE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FLOW; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HRGP1 GENE; LPS1 GENE; MADS2 GENE; MATING; MATING TYPE; MID GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MT GENE; MTA GENE; MTP0428 GENE; NMDA1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PKY1 GENE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SAD1 GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPL2 GENE; UBCH1 GENE; UTP1 GENE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC LOCI; HAPLOTYPES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84884605325     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003724     Document Type: Article

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