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The Gonium pectorale genome demonstrates co-option of cell cycle regulation during the evolution of multicellularity by Hanschen, Erik R., Marriage, Tara N., Ferris, Patrick J., Hamaji, Takashi, Toyoda, Atsushi, Fujiyama, Asao, Neme, Rafik, Noguchi, Hideki, Minakuchi, Yohei, Suzuki, Masahiro, Kawai-Toyooka, Hiroko, Smith, David R., Sparks, Halle, Anderson, Jaden, Bakarić, Robert, Luria, Victor, Karger, Amir, Kirschner, Marc W., Durand, Pierre M., Michod, Richard E., Nozaki, Hisayoshi, Olson, Bradley J. S. C.

“…The transition to multicellularity has occurred numerous times in all domains of life, yet its initial steps are poorly understood. The volvocine green algae…”
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The 4-Celled Tetrabaena socialis Nuclear Genome Reveals the Essential Components for Genetic Control of Cell Number at the Origin of Multicellularity in the Volvocine Lineage by Featherston, Jonathan, Arakaki, Yoko, Hanschen, Erik R, Ferris, Patrick J, Michod, Richard E, Olson, Bradley J S C, Nozaki, Hisayoshi, Durand, Pierre M

“…Abstract Multicellularity is the premier example of a major evolutionary transition in individuality and was a foundational event in the evolution of…”
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EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE GENETIC BASIS FOR SOMA IN THE VOLVOCACEAE by Hanschen, Erik R., Ferris, Patrick J., Michod, Richard E.

“…To understand the hierarchy of life in evolutionary terms, we must explain why groups of one kind of individual, say cells, evolve into a new higher level…”
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Molecular evolutionary analysis of a gender-limited MID ortholog from the homothallic species Volvox africanus with male and monoecious spheroids by Yamamoto, Kayoko, Kawai-Toyooka, Hiroko, Hamaji, Takashi, Tsuchikane, Yuki, Mori, Toshiyuki, Takahashi, Fumio, Sekimoto, Hiroyuki, Ferris, Patrick J, Nozaki, Hisayoshi

“…Volvox is a very interesting oogamous organism that exhibits various types of sexuality and/or sexual spheroids depending upon species or strains. However,…”
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Distribution of the sex-determining gene MID and molecular correspondence of mating types within the isogamous genus Gonium (Volvocales, Chlorophyta) by Hamaji, Takashi, Ferris, Patrick J, Nishii, Ichiro, Nishimura, Yoshiki, Nozaki, Hisayoshi

“…Isogamous organisms lack obvious cytological differences in the gametes of the two complementary mating types. Consequently, it is difficult to ascertain which…”
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Sequence of the Gonium pectorale Mating Locus Reveals a Complex and Dynamic History of Changes in Volvocine Algal Mating Haplotypes by Hamaji, Takashi, Mogi, Yuko, Ferris, Patrick J, Mori, Toshiyuki, Miyagishima, Shinya, Kabeya, Yukihiro, Nishimura, Yoshiki, Toyoda, Atsushi, Noguchi, Hideki, Fujiyama, Asao, Olson, Bradley J S C, Marriage, Tara N, Nishii, Ichiro, Umen, James G, Nozaki, Hisayoshi

“…Sex-determining regions (SDRs) or mating-type (MT) loci in two sequenced volvocine algal species, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Volvox carteri, exhibit major…”
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A conserved RWP-RK transcription factor VSR1 controls gametic differentiation in volvocine algae by Geng, Sa, Hamaji, Takashi, Ferris, Patrick J, Gao, Minglu, Nishimura, Yoshiki, Umen, James

“…Volvocine green algae are a model for understanding the evolution of mating types and sexes. They are facultatively sexual, with gametic differentiation…”
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Identification of the Minus-Dominance Gene Ortholog in the Mating-Type Locus of Gonium pectorale by Hamaji, T, Ferris, P.J, Coleman, A.W, Waffenschmidt, S, Takahashi, F, Nishii, I, Nozaki, H

“…The evolution of anisogamy/oogamy in the colonial Volvocales might have occurred in an ancestral isogamous colonial organism like Gonium pectorale. The…”
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Mating type in Chlamydomonas is specified by mid, the minus-dominance gene by Ferris, P.J. (Washington University, St. Louis, MO.), Goodenough, U.W

“…Diploid cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii that are heterozygous at the mating-type locus (mt+/mt-) differentiate as minus gametes, a phenomenon known as minus…”
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Rapid evolution of sex-related genes in Chlamydomonas by Ferris, P.J. (Washington University, St. Louis, MO.), Pavlovic, C, Fabry, S, Goodenough, U.W

“…Biological speciation ultimately results in prezygotic isolation--the inability of incipient species to mate with one another--but little is understood about…”
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Characterization and Transformation of reg Cluster Genes in Volvox powersii Enable Investigation of Convergent Evolution of Cellular Differentiation in Volvox by Grochau-Wright, Zachariah I., Ferris, Patrick J., Tumberger, John, Jiménez-Marin, Berenice, Olson, Bradley J.S.C., Michod, Richard E.

“…•Volvox is a model system for the evolution of cellular differentiation.•Volvox powersii has an ancestral developmental program versus other Volvox species.•A…”
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On the rediscovery of Volvox perglobator (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) and the evolution of outcrossing from self-fertilization by Hanschen, Erik R, Davison, Dinah R, Ferris, Patrick J, Michod, Richard E

“…Hypothesis: Genetic recombination underlies the frequent origins of self-fertilization and rare reversions to outcrossing. Organisms: Volvox perglobator,…”
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IDENTIFICATION OF THE MINUS MATING-TYPE SPECIFIC GENE MTD1 FROM GONIUM PECTORALE (VOLVOCALES, CHLOROPHYTA) by Hamaji, Takashi, Ferris, Patrick J, Nishii, Ichiro, Nozaki, Hisayoshi

“…Gonium pectorale O. F. Müll. (Volvocales, Chlorophyta), a colonial 8- or 16-cellular alga, is phylogenetically important as an intermediate form between…”
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Plus and minus sexual agglutinins from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by Ferris, P.J, Waffenschmidt, S, Umen, J.G, Lin, H, Lee, J.H, Ishida, K, Kubo, T, Lau, J, Goodenough, U.W

“…Gametes of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii undergo sexual adhesion via enormous chimeric Hyp-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs), the plus and…”
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IDENTIFICATION OF THE MINUS MATING‐TYPE SPECIFIC GENE MTD1 FROM GONIUM PECTORALE (VOLVOCALES, CHLOROPHYTA)1 by Hamaji, Takashi, Ferris, Patrick J., Nishii, Ichiro, Nozaki, Hisayoshi

“…Gonium pectorale O. F. Müll. (Volvocales, Chlorophyta), a colonial 8‐ or 16‐cellular alga, is phylogenetically important as an intermediate form between…”
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Genetic Structure of the Mating-Type Locus of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by Ferris, Patrick J, Armbrust, E. Virginia, Goodenough, Ursula W

“…Portions of the cloned mating-type (MT) loci (mt(+) and mt(-)) of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, defined as the approximately 1-Mb domains of linkage group VI that…”
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Glycosylated Polyproline II Rods with Kinks as a Structural Motif in Plant Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoproteins by Ferris, Patrick J, Woessner, Jeffrey P, Waffenschmidt, Sabine, Kilz, Sven, Drees, Jutta, Goodenough, Ursula W

“…Hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) are the major proteinaceous components of higher plant walls and the predominant components of the cell wall of the…”
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The mating-type locus of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii contains highly rearranged DNA sequences by Ferris, P J, Goodenough, U W

“…The mating-type locus of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exists as two apparent alleles (mt+ and mt-) that control mating in haploid gametes and sporulation and…”
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EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE GENETIC BASIS FOR SOMA IN THE VOLVOCACEAE: EVOLUTION OF THE GENETIC BASIS FOR SOMA by Hanschen, Erik R., Ferris, Patrick J., Michod, Richard E.

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Genetic basis for soma is present in undifferentiated volvocine green algae by Grochau‐Wright, Z. I., Hanschen, E. R., Ferris, P. J., Hamaji, T., Nozaki, H., Olson, B. J. S. C., Michod, R. E.

“…Somatic cellular differentiation plays a critical role in the transition from unicellular to multicellular life, but the evolution of its genetic basis remains…”
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