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| Title |
Gain and loss of elongation factor genes in green algae
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, February 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-9-39 |
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| Authors |
Ellen Cocquyt, Heroen Verbruggen, Frederik Leliaert, Frederick W Zechman, Koen Sabbe, Olivier De Clerck |
| Abstract |
Two key genes of the translational apparatus, elongation factor-1 alpha (EF-1alpha) and elongation factor-like (EFL) have an almost mutually exclusive distribution in eukaryotes. In the green plant lineage, the Chlorophyta encode EFL except Acetabularia where EF-1alpha is found, and the Streptophyta possess EF-1alpha except Mesostigma, which has EFL. These results raise questions about evolutionary patterns of gain and loss of EF-1alpha and EFL. A previous study launched the hypothesis that EF-1alpha was the primitive state and that EFL was gained once in the ancestor of the green plants, followed by differential loss of EF-1alpha or EFL in the principal clades of the Viridiplantae. In order to gain more insight in the distribution of EF-1alpha and EFL in green plants and test this hypothesis we screened the presence of the genes in a large sample of green algae and analyzed their gain-loss dynamics in a maximum likelihood framework using continuous-time Markov models. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 63 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Estonia | 3 | 5% |
| Germany | 2 | 3% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Peru | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 54 | 86% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 27% |
| Researcher | 13 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 17% |
| Unknown | 5 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 50 | 79% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 6% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 3% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 6 | 10% |
Attention Score in Context
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