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Patterns of chromosomal duplication in maize and their implications for comparative maps of the grasses by Gaut, B S

“…The maize genome contains extensive chromosomal duplications that probably were produced by an ancient tetraploid event. Comparative cereal maps have…”
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The paleontology of intergene retrotransposons of maize by Bennetzen, Jeffrey L, SanMiguel, Phillip, Gaut, Brandon S, Tikhonov, Alexander, Nakajima, Yuko

“…Retrotransposons, transposable elements related to animal retroviruses, are found in all eukaryotes investigated and make up the majority of many plant…”
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Statistical detection of chromosomal homology using shared-gene density alone by Hampson, S. E., Gaut, B. S., Baldi, P.

“…Motivation: Over evolutionary time, various processes including point mutations and insertions, deletions and inversions of variable sized segments…”
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Body-Methylated Genes in Arabidopsis thaliana Are Functionally Important and Evolve Slowly by Takuno, Shohei, Gaut, Brandon S.

“…DNA methylation of coding regions, known as gene body methylation, is conserved across eukaryotic lineages. The function of body methylation is not known, but…”
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Substitution rate comparisons between grasses and palms: synonymous rate differences at the nuclear gene Adh parallel rate differences at the plastid gene rbcL by Gaut, B.S. (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.), Morton, B.R, McCaig, B.C, Clegg, M.T

“…A number of studies have noted that nucleotide substitution rates at the chloroplast-encoded rbcL locus violate the molecular clock principle. Substitution…”
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Connecting genomic patterns of local adaptation and niche suitability in teosintes by Aguirre‐Liguori, J. A., Tenaillon, M. I., Vázquez‐Lobo, A., Gaut, B. S., Jaramillo‐Correa, J. P., Montes‐Hernandez, S., Souza, V., Eguiarte, L. E.

“…The central abundance hypothesis predicts that local adaptation is a function of the distance to the centre of a species’ geographic range. To test this…”
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Patterns of genetic diversification within the Adh gene family in the grasses (Poaceae) by Gaut, B S, Peek, A S, Morton, B R, Clegg, M T

“…We investigated the evolutionary dynamics of the Adh gene family within the grasses (Poaceae), with the goal of using molecular evolutionary tools to…”
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Lowly expressed genes in Arabidopsis thaliana bear the signature of possible pseudogenization by promoter degradation by Yang, Liang, Takuno, Shohei, Waters, Elizabeth R, Gaut, Brandon S

“…Pseudogenes are defined as nonfunctional DNA sequences with homology to functional protein-coding genes, and they typically contain nonfunctional mutations…”
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Rates and patterns of chloroplast DNA evolution by Clegg, M.T, Gaut, B.S, Learn, G.H. Jr, Morton, B.R

“…The chloroplast genome (cpDNA) of plants has been a focus of research in plant molecular evolution and systematics. Several features of this genome have…”
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Molecular evolution of the Adh1 locus in the genus Zea by Gaut, B.S, Clegg, M.T

“…We sampled DNA sequences from the locus encoding alcohol dehydrogenase I (alcohol:NAD+ oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.1.1). Our sample represents Adh1 alleles from a…”
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Evolution of anthocyanin biosynthesis in maize kernels: the role of regulatory and enzymatic loci by Hanson, M.A. (Elmira College, Elmira, NY.), Gaut, B.S, Stec, A.O, Fuerstenberg, S.I, Goodman, M.M, Coe, E.H, Doebley, J.F

“…Understanding which genes contribute to evolutionary change and the nature of the alterations in them are fundamental challenges in evolution. We analyzed…”
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Correlated rates of synonymous site evolution across plant genomes by Eyre-Walker, A, Gaut, B S

“…Synonymous substitution rates have been shown to vary among evolutionary lineages of both nuclear and organellar genes across a broad range of taxonomic…”
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Comparing patterns of nucleotide substitution rates among chloroplast loci using the relative ratio test by Muse, S.V. (University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.), Gaut, B.S

“…Even when several genetic loci are used in molecular evolutionary studies, each locus is typically analyzed independently of the others. This type of approach…”
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Population and Evolutionary Dynamics of Helitron Transposable Elements in Arabidopsis thaliana by Hollister, Jesse D., Gaut, Brandon S.

“…Helitrons, a recently discovered superfamily of DNA transposons that capture host gene fragments, constitute up to 2% of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome. In…”
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Comparisons of the molecular evolutionary process at rbcL and ndhF in the grass family (Poaceae) by Gaut, B S, Clark, L G, Wendel, J F, Muse, S V

“…We examine rate heterogeneity among evolutionary lineages of the grass family at two plasmid loci, ndhF and rbcL, and we introduce a method to determine…”
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Plant conserved non-coding sequences and paralogue evolution by Lockton, Steven, Gaut, Brandon S.

“…Genome duplication is a powerful evolutionary force and is arguably most prominent in plants, where several ancient whole-genome duplication events have been…”
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Selection versus demography: a multilocus investigation of the domestication process in maize by Tenaillon, Maud I, U'Ren, Jana, Tenaillon, Olivier, Gaut, Brandon S

“…The domestication of maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) from its wild ancestor (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis) led to a loss of genetic diversity both through a population…”
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Assessing the abundance and polymorphism of simple sequence repeats in perennial ryegrass by KUBIK, C, MEYER, W. A, GAUT, B. S

“…Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) have proven to be useful genetic markers in a wide variety of plants, but have yet to be widely applied to turfgrasses. Here we…”
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Nucleotide polymorphism in the Adh1 locus of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) (Poaceae) by Gaut, B. S, Clegg, M. T

“…We investigated nucleotide polymorphism in the Adh1 locus of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) (Poaceae) by determining the DNA sequence of 20 alleles from 10…”
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Relative rates of nucleotide substitution at the rbcL locus of monocotyledonous plants by Gaut, B.S, Muse, S.V, Clark, W.D, Clegg, M.T

“…We subjected 35 rbcL nucleotide sequences from monocotyledonous taxa to maximum likelihood relative rate tests and estimated relative differences in rates of…”
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