Search Results - "Morgan, Claire C."
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Population Genomics Reveal Recent Speciation and Rapid Evolutionary Adaptation in Polar Bears
Published in Cell (08-05-2014)“…Polar bears are uniquely adapted to life in the High Arctic and have undergone drastic physiological changes in response to Arctic climates and a hyperlipid…”
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Changes in the Coding and Non-coding Transcriptome and DNA Methylome that Define the Schwann Cell Repair Phenotype after Nerve Injury
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (12-09-2017)“…Repair Schwann cells play a critical role in orchestrating nerve repair after injury, but the cellular and molecular processes that generate them are poorly…”
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Therapeutic potential of KLF2-induced exosomal microRNAs in pulmonary hypertension
Published in Nature communications (04-03-2020)“…Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a severe disorder of lung vasculature that causes right heart failure. Homoeostatic effects of flow-activated…”
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Molecular evolution of mammalian genes with epistatic interactions in fertilization
Published in BMC evolutionary biology (25-07-2019)“…Genes that encode proteins associated with sperm competition, fertilization, and sexual conflicts of interest are often among the most rapidly evolving parts…”
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Author Correction: Therapeutic potential of KLF2-induced exosomal microRNAs in pulmonary hypertension
Published in Nature communications (30-06-2020)“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper…”
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Erratum to: Positive selection neighboring functionally essential sites and disease-implicated regions of mammalian reproductive proteins
Published in BMC evolutionary biology (21-07-2017)“…After publication of the original article [1] the authors found that all instances of the protein SP56 should have been referred to as SELENBP1 in the article…”
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Molecular adaptation of telomere associated genes in mammals
Published in BMC evolutionary biology (15-11-2013)“…Placental mammals display a huge range of life history traits, including size, longevity, metabolic rate and germ line generation time. Although a number of…”
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Colon cancer associated genes exhibit signatures of positive selection at functionally significant positions
Published in BMC evolutionary biology (12-07-2012)“…Cancer, much like most human disease, is routinely studied by utilizing model organisms. Of these model organisms, mice are often dominant. However, our…”
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Positive selection neighboring functionally essential sites and disease-implicated regions of mammalian reproductive proteins
Published in BMC evolutionary biology (11-02-2010)“…Reproductive proteins are central to the continuation of all mammalian species. The evolution of these proteins has been greatly influenced by environmental…”
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Human pancreatic islet three-dimensional chromatin architecture provides insights into the genetics of type 2 diabetes
Published in Nature genetics (01-07-2019)“…Genetic studies promise to provide insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying type 2 diabetes (T2D). Variants associated with T2D are often located in…”
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A Guide to Phylogenetic Reconstruction Using Heterogeneous Models—A Case Study from the Root of the Placental Mammal Tree
Published in Computation (2015)“…There are numerous phylogenetic reconstruction methods and models available-but which should you use and why? Important considerations in phylogenetic analyses…”
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Heterogeneous models place the root of the placental mammal phylogeny
Published in Molecular biology and evolution (01-09-2013)“…Heterogeneity among life traits in mammals has resulted in considerable phylogenetic conflict, particularly concerning the position of the placental root…”
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Paternally Expressed Imprinted Genes under Positive Darwinian Selection in Arabidopsis thaliana
Published in Molecular biology and evolution (01-06-2019)“…Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon where autosomal genes display uniparental expression depending on whether they are maternally or paternally…”
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Adaptive Evolution as a Predictor of Species-Specific Innate Immune Response
Published in Molecular biology and evolution (01-07-2015)“…It has been proposed that positive selection may be associated with protein functional change. For example, human and macaque have different outcomes to HIV…”
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Mitochondrial data are not suitable for resolving placental mammal phylogeny
Published in Mammalian genome (01-12-2014)“…Mitochondrial data have traditionally been used in reconstructing a variety of species phylogenies. The low rates of recombination and thorough…”
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Functionally Conserved Noncoding Regulators of Cardiomyocyte Proliferation and Regeneration in Mouse and Human
Published in Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics (01-02-2018)“…The adult mammalian heart has little regenerative capacity after myocardial infarction (MI), whereas neonatal mouse heart regenerates without scarring or…”
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Re-analysis of public genetic data reveals a rare X-chromosomal variant associated with type 2 diabetes
Published in Nature communications (30-05-2018)“…The reanalysis of existing GWAS data represents a powerful and cost-effective opportunity to gain insights into the genetics of complex diseases. By…”
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Publisher Correction: Re-analysis of public genetic data reveals a rare X-chromosomal variant associated with type 2 diabetes
Published in Nature communications (30-05-2018)“…In the originally published version of this Article, the affiliation details for Santi González, Jian’an Luan and Claudia Langenberg were inadvertently…”
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Re-analysis of public genetic data reveals a rare X-chromosomal variant associated with type 2 diabetes
Published in Nature communications (22-01-2018)“…The reanalysis of existing GWAS data represents a powerful and cost-effective opportunity to gain insights into the genetics of complex diseases. By…”
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Human pancreatic islet 3D chromatin architecture provides insights into the genetics of type 2 diabetes
Published in Nature genetics (28-06-2019)“…Genetic studies promise to provide insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying type 2 diabetes (T2D). Variants associated with T2D are often located in…”
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