Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W2145350679> ?p ?o ?g. }
- W2145350679 endingPage "e2879" @default.
- W2145350679 startingPage "e2879" @default.
- W2145350679 abstract "Meiosis is a defining feature of eukaryotes but its phylogenetic distribution has not been broadly determined, especially among eukaryotic microorganisms (i.e. protists)-which represent the majority of eukaryotic 'supergroups'. We surveyed genomes of animals, fungi, plants and protists for meiotic genes, focusing on the evolutionarily divergent parasitic protist Trichomonas vaginalis. We identified homologs of 29 components of the meiotic recombination machinery, as well as the synaptonemal and meiotic sister chromatid cohesion complexes. T. vaginalis has orthologs of 27 of 29 meiotic genes, including eight of nine genes that encode meiosis-specific proteins in model organisms. Although meiosis has not been observed in T. vaginalis, our findings suggest it is either currently sexual or a recent asexual, consistent with observed, albeit unusual, sexual cycles in their distant parabasalid relatives, the hypermastigotes. T. vaginalis may use meiotic gene homologs to mediate homologous recombination and genetic exchange. Overall, this expanded inventory of meiotic genes forms a useful meiosis detection toolkit. Our analyses indicate that these meiotic genes arose, or were already present, early in eukaryotic evolution; thus, the eukaryotic cenancestor contained most or all components of this set and was likely capable of performing meiotic recombination using near-universal meiotic machinery." @default.
- W2145350679 created "2016-06-24" @default.
- W2145350679 creator A5007255992 @default.
- W2145350679 creator A5011345072 @default.
- W2145350679 creator A5018865091 @default.
- W2145350679 creator A5039243664 @default.
- W2145350679 creator A5042200463 @default.
- W2145350679 date "2008-08-06" @default.
- W2145350679 modified "2023-10-15" @default.
- W2145350679 title "An Expanded Inventory of Conserved Meiotic Genes Provides Evidence for Sex in Trichomonas vaginalis" @default.
- W2145350679 cites W1573129830 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W1608835227 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W1671306972 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W1963594167 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W1963957860 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W1963973349 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W1967170089 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W1969664012 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W1972304392 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W1974224833 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W1978570354 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W1998427876 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W1998864850 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W1999673637 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2002070507 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2002454928 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2002529048 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2006268714 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2007697948 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2008841836 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2009721257 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2010442490 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2010869833 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2013035015 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2014149181 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2015292449 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2015962016 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2016833615 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2019680242 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2020807613 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2021092718 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2021795499 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2023773229 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2025870609 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2027478659 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2028697124 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2030537857 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2032162025 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2033115253 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2033225188 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2041002436 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2047106949 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2048182456 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2058353382 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2059112368 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2059242069 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2062018285 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2064354682 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2067172509 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2068420371 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2070588427 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2070629863 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2082471729 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2084196189 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2084347849 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2085158404 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2086888347 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2087064593 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2091284102 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2093236649 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2095101507 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2095724872 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2096768701 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2100278941 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2104216356 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2105201042 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2105504200 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2105651439 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2107909141 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2109494124 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2110113352 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2111398277 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2111565312 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2113787496 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2114527818 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2118746619 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2122135059 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2123480159 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2124205617 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2125840657 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2129161084 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2130573985 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2132671821 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2133334674 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2133554835 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2134463150 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2136020082 @default.
- W2145350679 cites W2139681548 @default.