Search Results - "Logsdon, John"

Male phenotypes in a female framework: Evidence for degeneration in sperm produced by male snails from asexual lineages by Jalinsky, Joseph, Logsdon, John M., Neiman, Maurine

“…How changes in selective regimes affect trait evolution is an important open biological question. We take advantage of naturally occurring and repeated…”
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An expanded inventory of conserved meiotic genes provides evidence for sex in Trichomonas vaginalis by Malik, Shehre-Banoo, Pightling, Arthur W, Stefaniak, Lauren M, Schurko, Andrew M, Logsdon, Jr, John M

“…Meiosis is a defining feature of eukaryotes but its phylogenetic distribution has not been broadly determined, especially among eukaryotic microorganisms (i.e…”
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Single-molecule Sequencing of an Animal Mitochondrial Genome Reveals Chloroplast-like Architecture and Repeat-mediated Recombination by Sharbrough, Joel, Bankers, Laura, Cook, Emily, Fields, Peter D, Jalinsky, Joseph, McElroy, Kyle E, Neiman, Maurine, Logsdon, John M, Boore, Jeffrey L

“…Abstract Recent advances in long-read sequencing technology have allowed for single-molecule sequencing of entire mitochondrial genomes, opening the door for…”
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Using a meiosis detection toolkit to investigate ancient asexual "scandals" and the evolution of sex by Schurko, Andrew M., Logsdon Jr, John M.

“…Sexual reproduction is the dominant reproductive mode in eukaryotes but, in many taxa, it has never been observed. Molecular methods that detect evidence of…”
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Asexuality Associated with Marked Genomic Expansion of Tandemly Repeated rRNA and Histone Genes by McElroy, Kyle E, Müller, Stefan, Lamatsch, Dunja K, Bankers, Laura, Fields, Peter D, Jalinsky, Joseph R, Sharbrough, Joel, Boore, Jeffrey L, Logsdon, John M, Neiman, Maurine

“…Abstract How does asexual reproduction influence genome evolution? Although is it clear that genomic structural variation is common and important in natural…”
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Radical amino acid mutations persist longer in the absence of sex by Sharbrough, Joel, Luse, Meagan, Boore, Jeffrey L., Logsdon, John M., Neiman, Maurine

“…Harmful mutations are ubiquitous and inevitable, and the rate at which these mutations are removed from populations is a critical determinant of evolutionary…”
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Genomic evidence for population‐specific responses to co‐evolving parasites in a New Zealand freshwater snail by Bankers, Laura, Fields, Peter, McElroy, Kyle E., Boore, Jeffrey L., Logsdon, John M., Neiman, Maurine

“…Reciprocal co‐evolving interactions between hosts and parasites are a primary source of strong selection that can promote rapid and often population‐ or…”
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Signs of sex: what we know and how we know it by Schurko, Andrew M., Neiman, Maurine, Logsdon, John M.

“…The predominance of sexual reproduction indicates that it must confer profound benefits, considering its significant costs relative to asexuality. However,…”
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A photosynthetic alveolate closely related to apicomplexan parasites by Carter, Dee A, Moore, Robert B, Oborník, Miroslav, Janouškovec, Jan, Chrudimský, Tomáš, Vancová, Marie, Green, David H, Wright, Simon W, Davies, Noel W, Bolch, Christopher J. S, Heimann, Kirsten, Šlapeta, Jan, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Logsdon, John M

“…Many parasitic Apicomplexa, such as Plasmodium falciparum , contain an unpigmented chloroplast remnant termed the apicoplast, which is a target for malaria…”
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Phylogeny of parasitic parabasalia and free-living relatives inferred from conventional markers vs. Rpb1, a single-copy gene by Malik, Shehre-Banoo, Brochu, Cynthia D, Bilic, Ivana, Yuan, Jing, Hess, Michael, Logsdon, Jr, John M, Carlton, Jane M

“…Parabasalia are single-celled eukaryotes (protists) that are mainly comprised of endosymbionts of termites and wood roaches, intestinal commensals, human or…”
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Consensus nomenclature for the human ArfGAP domain-containing proteins by Kahn, Richard A, Bruford, Elspeth, Inoue, Hiroki, Logsdon, John M. Jr, Nie, Zhongzhen, Premont, Richard T, Randazzo, Paul A, Satake, Masanobu, Theibert, Anne B, Zapp, Maria L, Cassel, Dan

“…At the FASEB summer research conference on "Arf Family GTPases", held in Il Ciocco, Italy in June, 2007, it became evident to researchers that our…”
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A Phylogenomic Inventory of Meiotic Genes: Evidence for Sex in Giardia and an Early Eukaryotic Origin of Meiosis by Ramesh, Marilee A., Malik, Shehre-Banoo, Logsdon, John M.

“…Sexual reproduction in eukaryotes is accomplished by meiosis, a complex and specialized process of cell division that results in haploid cells (e.g., gametes)…”
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Comparative transcriptome analysis of obligately asexual and cyclically sexual rotifers reveals genes with putative functions in sexual reproduction, dormancy, and asexual egg production by Hanson, Sara J, Stelzer, Claus-Peter, Welch, David B Mark, Logsdon, Jr, John M

“…Sexual reproduction is a widely studied biological process because it is critically important to the genetics, evolution, and ecology of eukaryotes. Despite…”
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Broadly sampled multigene trees of eukaryotes by Yoon, Hwan Su, Grant, Jessica, Tekle, Yonas I, Wu, Min, Chaon, Benjamin C, Cole, Jeffrey C, Logsdon, Jr, John M, Patterson, David J, Bhattacharya, Debashish, Katz, Laura A

“…Our understanding of the eukaryotic tree of life and the tremendous diversity of microbial eukaryotes is in flux as additional genes and diverse taxa are…”
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Genome Evolution and Introgression in the New Zealand mud Snails Potamopyrgus estuarinus and Potamopyrgus kaitunuparaoa by Fields, Peter D, Jalinsky, Joseph R, Bankers, Laura, McElroy, Kyle E, Sharbrough, Joel, Higgins, Chelsea, Morgan-Richards, Mary, Boore, Jeffrey L, Neiman, Maurine, Logsdon, Jr, John M

“…We have sequenced, assembled, and analyzed the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes and transcriptomes of Potamopyrgus estuarinus and Potamopyrgus kaitunuparaoa,…”
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Retention of Core Meiotic Genes Across Diverse Hymenoptera by Tvedte, Eric S, Forbes, Andrew A, Logsdon, Jr, John M

“…The cellular mechanisms of meiosis are critical for proper gamete formation in sexual organisms. Functional studies in model organisms have identified genes…”
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Meiosis genes in Daphnia pulex and the role of parthenogenesis in genome evolution by Schurko, Andrew M, Logsdon, Jr, John M, Eads, Brian D

“…Thousands of parthenogenetic animal species have been described and cytogenetic manifestations of this reproductive mode are well known. However, little is…”
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Accelerated mutation accumulation in asexual lineages of a freshwater snail by Neiman, Maurine, Hehman, Gery, Miller, Joseph T, Logsdon, Jr, John M, Taylor, Douglas R

“…Sexual reproduction is both extremely costly and widespread relative to asexual reproduction, meaning that it must also confer profound advantages in order to…”
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Genome of the Parasitoid Wasp Diachasma alloeum, an Emerging Model for Ecological Speciation and Transitions to Asexual Reproduction by Tvedte, Eric S, Walden, Kimberly K O, McElroy, Kyle E, Werren, John H, Forbes, Andrew A, Hood, Glen R, Logsdon, John M, Feder, Jeffrey L, Robertson, Hugh M

“…Parasitoid wasps are among the most speciose animals, yet have relatively few available genomic resources. We report a draft genome assembly of the wasp…”
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Asexual Daphnia genomes expose something old, new, borrowed, and blue by Logsdon, John M.

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