M V Rockman

Summary

Affiliation: Duke University Medical Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Phylogenetics of Planipapillus, lawn-headed onychophorans of the Australian Alps, based on nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences
    M V Rockman
    Department of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 21:103-16. 2001
  2. ncbi Episodic chromosomal evolution in Planipapillus (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae): a phylogenetic approach to evolutionary dynamics and speciation
    Matthew V Rockman
    Department of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
    Evolution 56:58-69. 2002
  3. ncbi Abundant raw material for cis-regulatory evolution in humans
    Matthew V Rockman
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 19:1991-2004. 2002
  4. ncbi Idiomatic (gene) expressions
    Matthew V Rockman
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Bioessays 25:421-4. 2003
  5. ncbi Ancient and recent positive selection transformed opioid cis-regulation in humans
    Matthew V Rockman
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
    PLoS Biol 3:e387. 2005
  6. ncbi Ancient polymorphism and functional variation in the primate MHC-DQA1 5' cis-regulatory region
    Dagan A Loisel
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:16331-6. 2006
  7. ncbi Positive selection on MMP3 regulation has shaped heart disease risk
    Matthew V Rockman
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Curr Biol 14:1531-9. 2004
  8. ncbi Multiple Functional Variants in cis Modulate PDYN Expression
    Courtney C Babbitt
    Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 27:465-79. 2010
  9. ncbi Positive selection on a human-specific transcription factor binding site regulating IL4 expression
    Matthew V Rockman
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Curr Biol 13:2118-23. 2003
  10. ncbi The evolution of transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes
    Gregory A Wray
    Department of Biology, Duke University, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 20:1377-419. 2003

Detail Information

Publications17

  1. ncbi Phylogenetics of Planipapillus, lawn-headed onychophorans of the Australian Alps, based on nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences
    M V Rockman
    Department of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 21:103-16. 2001
    ..These analyses result in strong, congruent support for many clades. We infer multiple independent origins of spikes in Planipapillus male head structures...
  2. ncbi Episodic chromosomal evolution in Planipapillus (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae): a phylogenetic approach to evolutionary dynamics and speciation
    Matthew V Rockman
    Department of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
    Evolution 56:58-69. 2002
    ..Chromosomal evolution may play a role in speciation in Planipapillus, both by interactions between centric fusions with monobrachial homology and by the accumulation of multiple weakly underdominant fusions...
  3. ncbi Abundant raw material for cis-regulatory evolution in humans
    Matthew V Rockman
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 19:1991-2004. 2002
    ..Ordinary small-scale mutations contribute to pervasive variation in transcription rates and consequently to patterns of human phenotypic variation...
  4. ncbi Idiomatic (gene) expressions
    Matthew V Rockman
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Bioessays 25:421-4. 2003
    ..While we will continue to require a diverse arsenal of experimental methods, this versatile method will speed the identification of functional genetic variation...
  5. ncbi Ancient and recent positive selection transformed opioid cis-regulation in humans
    Matthew V Rockman
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
    PLoS Biol 3:e387. 2005
    ....
  6. ncbi Ancient polymorphism and functional variation in the primate MHC-DQA1 5' cis-regulatory region
    Dagan A Loisel
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:16331-6. 2006
    ....
  7. ncbi Positive selection on MMP3 regulation has shaped heart disease risk
    Matthew V Rockman
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Curr Biol 14:1531-9. 2004
    ..The polymorphism contributes to variation in arterial traits and to the risk of coronary heart disease and its progression...
  8. ncbi Multiple Functional Variants in cis Modulate PDYN Expression
    Courtney C Babbitt
    Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 27:465-79. 2010
    ....
  9. ncbi Positive selection on a human-specific transcription factor binding site regulating IL4 expression
    Matthew V Rockman
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Curr Biol 13:2118-23. 2003
    ..The allele frequencies of this binding site represent local adaptation to diverse pathogenic challenges; disease states associated with the common derived allele are side-effects of positive selection on other IL4 functions...
  10. ncbi The evolution of transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes
    Gregory A Wray
    Department of Biology, Duke University, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 20:1377-419. 2003
    ..Despite these challenges, important insights have already been gained into the evolution of transcriptional regulation, and the pace of discovery is accelerating...
  11. ncbi Molecular basis of the copulatory plug polymorphism in Caenorhabditis elegans
    Michael F Palopoli
    Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, 6500 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011, USA
    Nature 454:1019-22. 2008
    ..The reduced selection on male?male competition associated with the origin of hermaphroditism may have permitted the global spread of a loss-of-function mutation with restricted pleiotropy...
  12. ncbi Population genetic and phylogenetic evidence for positive selection on regulatory mutations at the factor VII locus in humans
    Matthew W Hahn
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
    Genetics 167:867-77. 2004
    ..Our results thus further support the hypothesis that regulatory mutations have been important in human evolution...
  13. ncbi Reverse engineering the genotype-phenotype map with natural genetic variation
    Matthew V Rockman
    Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003, USA
    Nature 456:738-44. 2008
    ..It is then possible to use this information about causes and effects to build models of probabilistic 'causal networks'. These networks are beginning to define the outlines of the 'genotype-phenotype map'...
  14. ncbi Breeding designs for recombinant inbred advanced intercross lines
    Matthew V Rockman
    Lewis Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
    Genetics 179:1069-78. 2008
    ..We find that the easiest crosses to perform are well suited to the task of generating populations of highly recombinant inbred lines...
  15. ncbi Analysis of common IL-6 promoter SNP variants and the AnTn tract in humans and primates and effects on plasma IL-6 levels following coronary artery bypass graft surgery
    Daniel Kelberman
    Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, Department of Medicine, British Heart Foundation Laboratories, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, Rayne Building, 5 University Street, London WC1E 6JF, UK
    Biochim Biophys Acta 1688:160-7. 2004
    ..The conserved length of the AnTn tract and the association in vivo with IL-6 levels strongly suggest the functionality of the tract on IL-6 expression, independent of contributions from other polymorphic sites within the promoter...
  16. ncbi Widespread genetic incompatibility in C. elegans maintained by balancing selection
    Hannah S Seidel
    Lewis Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
    Science 319:589-94. 2008
    ..Our data suggest that long-term maintenance of a balanced polymorphism has permitted the incompatibility to persist despite gene flow across the rest of the genome...
  17. ncbi Genetics of global gene expression
    Matthew V Rockman
    Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
    Nat Rev Genet 7:862-72. 2006
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