Sequence of the Gonium pectorale mating locus reveals a complex and dynamic history of changes in volvocine algal mating haplotypes

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1179-1189

  Hamaji, Takashi ^a   Mogi, Yuko ^b   Ferris, Patrick J ^c   Mori, Toshiyuki ^b   Miyagishima, Shinya ^d   Kabeya, Yukihiro ^d   Nishimura, Yoshiki ^a   Toyoda, Atsushi ^e   Noguchi, Hideki ^e   Fujiyama, Asao ^e   Olson, Bradley J S C ^f   Marriage, Tara N ^f   Nishii, Ichiro ^g   Umen, James G ^a   Nozaki, Hisayoshi ^b  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; Evolution; Genetics of Sex; Gonium; Mating locus; Volvox

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOMONAS; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MATING; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VOLVOX; BIOLOGY; CHROMOSOME WALKING; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS;

CHROMOSOME WALKING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMICS; HAPLOTYPES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; VOLVOX;

EID: 84966415489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.115.026229     Document Type: Article

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