Limited Mutation-Rate Variation Within the Paramecium aurelia Species Complex [PDF]
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2018 Mutation is one of the most fundamental evolutionary forces. Studying variation in the mutation rate within and among closely-related species can help reveal mechanisms of genome divergence, but such variation is unstudied in the vast majority of ...
Hongan Long +2 more
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Massive colonization of protein-coding exons by selfish genetic elements in Paramecium germline genomes [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2021 Ciliates are unicellular eukaryotes with both a germline genome and a somatic genome in the same cytoplasm. The somatic macronucleus (MAC), responsible for gene expression, is not sexually transmitted but develops from a copy of the germline micronucleus
Diamantis Sellis +2 more
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Diversity, 2020 Paramecium (Ciliophora) is an ideal model organism to study the biogeography of protists. However, many regions of the world, such as Central America, are still neglected in understanding Paramecium diversity.
Alexey Potekhin, Rosaura Mayén-Estrada
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Genetic Diversity in the Paramecium aurelia Species Complex [PDF]
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2009 Francesco Catania, François Wurmser
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Species-Specific Duplication of Surface Antigen Genes in Paramecium [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2022 Paramecium is a free-living ciliate that undergoes antigenic variation and still the functions of these variable surface antigen coats in this non-pathogenic ciliate remain elusive.
Marcello Pirritano +3 more
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The Paramecium Germline Genome Provides a Niche for Intragenic Parasitic DNA: Evolutionary Dynamics of Internal Eliminated Sequences [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2012 Insertions of parasitic DNA within coding sequences are usually deleterious and are generally counter-selected during evolution. Thanks to nuclear dimorphism, ciliates provide unique models to study the fate of such insertions.
Olivier Arnaiz +2 more
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Measurements of the swimming speeds of motile microorganisms using object tracking and their correlation with water pollution and rheology levels [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Self-propelled microscopic organisms are ubiquitous in water. Such organisms’ motility depends on hydrodynamic and physical factors related to the rheology of the surrounding media and biological factors depending on the organisms’ state and well-being ...
Ashaa Preyadharishini Shunmugam +2 more
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Complex evolutionary patterns within the tubulin gene family of ciliates, unicellular eukaryotes with diverse microtubular structures [PDF]
BMC BiologyBackground Tubulins are major components of the eukaryotic cytoskeletons that are crucial in many cellular processes. Ciliated protists comprise one of the oldest eukaryotic lineages possessing cilia over their cell surface and assembling many diverse ...
Hua Su +6 more
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Uptake of plastic microbeads by ciliate Paramecium aurelia [PDF]
, 2020 Microplastics (MPs) are small fraction of plastics that are less than 5 mm in length. They are bountiful and widespread pollutants in the aquatic environment.
Fyda, Janusz, Nugroho, Failasuf Aulia
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Evolutionary Plasticity of Mating-Type Determination Mechanisms in Paramecium aurelia Sibling Species. [PDF]
Genome Biol Evol, 2021 The Paramecium aurelia complex, a group of morphologically similar but sexually incompatible sibling species, is a unique example of the evolutionary plasticity of mating-type systems. Each species has two mating types, O (Odd) and E (Even).
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