Evolutionary constraint and innovation across hundreds of placental mammals

…, C Steiner, MA Supple, AP Wilder, ME Wirthlin, JR Xue… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Zoonomia is the largest comparative genomics resource for mammals produced to date. By
aligning genomes for 240 species, we identify bases that, when mutated, are likely to affect …

Mammalian evolution of human cis-regulatory elements and transcription factor binding sites

…, J Wang, Z Weng, AP Wilder, ME Wirthlin, JR Xue… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Understanding the regulatory landscape of the human genome is a long-standing objective
of modern biology. Using the reference-free alignment across 241 mammalian genomes …

The functional and evolutionary impacts of human-specific deletions in conserved elements

JR Xue, A Mackay-Smith, K Mouri, MF Garcia… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Conserved genomic sequences disrupted in humans may underlie uniquely human
phenotypic traits. We identified and characterized 10,032 human-specific conserved deletions (…

[PDF][PDF] Genome-wide functional screen of 3′ UTR variants uncovers causal variants for human disease and evolution

D Griesemer, JR Xue, SK Reilly, JC Ulirsch, K Kukreja… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
3′ untranslated region (3′UTR) variants are strongly associated with human traits and
diseases, yet few have been causally identified. We developed the massively parallel reporter …

Detection of Neanderthal adaptively introgressed genetic variants that modulate reporter gene expression in human immune cells

E Jagoda, JR Xue, SK Reilly… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Although some variation introgressed from Neanderthals has undergone selective sweeps,
little is known about its functional significance. We used a Massively Parallel Reporter Assay …

Vocal learning–associated convergent evolution in mammalian proteins and regulatory elements

…, J Wang, Z Weng, AP Wilder, ME Wirthlin, JR Xue… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Vocal production learning (“vocal learning”) is a convergently evolved trait in vertebrates. To
identify brain genomic elements associated with mammalian vocal learning, we integrated …

Ion association and salvation studies of liclo4/ethylene carbonate electrolyte by raman and infrared spectroscopy

Z Wang, B Huang, R Xue, L Chen… - Journal of The …, 1998 - iopscience.iop.org
Raman and infrared (IR) spectra of solutions of LiClO4 in ethylene carbonate (EC) have
been measured. Spectral changes of the ring-bending mode of EC with different LiC1O4 …

Shift in the spatial and temporal distribution of Aedes taeniorhynchus following environmental and local developments in St. Johns County, Florida

…, MR Steck, JR Weaver, Y Zhang, R Xue… - Wetlands Ecology and …, 2022 - Springer
The Anastasia Mosquito Control District (AMCD) of St. Johns County (SJC), St. Augustine,
Florida, USA, was formed in 1948 to cover the 27 km 2 of Anastasia Island and control the …

[HTML][HTML] A narrow host-range and lack of persistence in two non-target insect species of a bacterial symbiont exploited to deliver insecticidal RNAi in Western Flower …

MMA Whitten, Q Xue, CNT Taning, R James… - Frontiers in Insect …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Insecticidal RNAi is a targeted pest insect population control measure. The
specificity of insecticidal RNAi can theoretically be enhanced by using symbiotic bacteria with a …

Infrared spectroscopic study of the interaction between lithium salt LiClO4 and the plasticizer ethylene carbonate in the polyacrylonitrile-based electrolyte

Z Wang, B Huang, H Huang, L Chen, R Xue, F Wang - Solid state ionics, 1996 - Elsevier
The infrared (IR) spectra of ethylene carbonate (EC) containing different contents of lithium
perchlorate (LiClO 4 ) have been measured and analyzed. It is found that, with the increase of …