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| Title |
Latent homology and convergent regulatory evolution underlies the repeated emergence of yeasts
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| Published in |
Nature Communications, July 2014
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| DOI | 10.1038/ncomms5471 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
László G. Nagy, Robin A. Ohm, Gábor M. Kovács, Dimitrios Floudas, Robert Riley, Attila Gácser, Mátyás Sipiczki, John M. Davis, Sharon L. Doty, G Sybren de Hoog, B. Franz Lang, Joseph W. Spatafora, Francis M. Martin, Igor V. Grigoriev, David S. Hibbett |
| Abstract |
Convergent evolution is common throughout the tree of life, but the molecular mechanisms causing similar phenotypes to appear repeatedly are obscure. Yeasts have arisen in multiple fungal clades, but the genetic causes and consequences of their evolutionary origins are unknown. Here we show that the potential to develop yeast forms arose early in fungal evolution and became dominant independently in multiple clades, most likely via parallel diversification of Zn-cluster transcription factors, a fungal-specific family involved in regulating yeast-filamentous switches. Our results imply that convergent evolution can happen by the repeated deployment of a conserved genetic toolkit for the same function in distinct clades via regulatory evolution. We suggest that this mechanism might be a common source of evolutionary convergence even at large time scales. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 12 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 3 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 17% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 8% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |
| France | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 4 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 7 | 58% |
| Members of the public | 4 | 33% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 187 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| Spain | 2 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Taiwan | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 175 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 42 | 22% |
| Researcher | 42 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 25 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 27 | 14% |
| Unknown | 27 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 76 | 41% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 46 | 25% |
| Environmental Science | 7 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 4 | 2% |
| Chemistry | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 14 | 7% |
| Unknown | 37 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 31. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 February 2024.
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