Principal Investigator: Laura A. Katz (Smith College)
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology~2022~69~Timmons, Caitlin M. and Shazib, Shahed U. A. and Katz, Laura A.~https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12891~~~~~Epigenetic influences of mobile genetic elements on ciliate genome architecture and evolution~~~10332022~10378149~OSTI~2023-11-18 15:50:08.10~
Genome Biology and Evolution~2022~14~Cerón-Romero, Mario A and Fonseca, Miguel M and de Oliveira Martins, Leonardo and Posada, David and Katz, Laura A~https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evac119~~~~~Phylogenomic Analyses of 2,786 Genes in 158 Lineages Support a Root of the Eukaryotic Tree of Life between Opisthokonts and All Other Lineages~~~10356835~10356835~OSTI~2023-11-18 15:50:08.26~
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology~2022~~Ahsan, Ragib and Blanche, Wumei and Katz, Laura A.~https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12898~~~~~Macronuclear development in ciliates, with a focus on nuclear architecture~~~10332020~10332020~OSTI~2023-11-18 15:50:08.33~
Science~2021~372~Katz, Laura A.~https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abh2814~~~~~Illuminating the first bacteria~~574 to 575~10249333~10249333~OSTI~2023-11-18 15:50:08.46~
Frontiers in Genetics~2021~12~Weiner, Agnes K. and Katz, Laura A.~https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.642220~~~~~Epigenetics as Driver of Adaptation and Diversification in Microbial Eukaryotes~~~10249335~10249335~OSTI~2023-11-18 15:50:08.53~
Genome Biology and Evolution~2020~12~Smith, Susan A and Maurer-Alcalá, Xyrus X and Yan, Ying and Katz, Laura A and Santoferrara, Luciana F and McManus, George B~https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa185~~~~~Combined Genome and Transcriptome Analyses of the Ciliate Schmidingerella arcuata (Spirotrichea) Reveal Patterns of DNA Elimination, Scrambling, and Inversion~~1616 to 1622~10206848~10206848~OSTI~2023-11-18 15:50:08.56~
Journal of Heredity~2021~112~Collens, Adena B and Katz, Laura A~https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaa060~~~~~Opinion: Genetic Conflict With Mobile Elements Drives Eukaryotic Genome Evolution, and Perhaps Also Eukaryogenesis~~140 to 144~10249336~10249336~OSTI~2023-11-18 15:50:08.63~
Frontiers in Marine Science~2020~6~Grattepanche, Jean-David and Katz, Laura A.~https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00818~~~~~Top-Down and Bottom-Up Controls on Microeukaryotic Diversity (i.e., Amplicon Analyses of SAR Lineages) and Function (i.e., Metatranscriptome Analyses) Assessed in Microcosm Experiments~~~10206833~10206833~OSTI~2023-11-18 15:50:08.70~
Aquatic Microbial Ecology~2023~89~Grow, AK and Sleith, RS and Sehein, TR and Labare, M and Katz, LA~https://doi.org/10.3354/ame02003~~~~~Exploring the diversity of microeukaryotic communities in New England tide pools~N~~10474533~10474533~OSTI~2023-11-18 09:56:17.356~
Genome Biology and Evolution~2020~12~Weiner, Agnes K and Cerón-Romero, Mario A and Yan, Ying and Katz, Laura A~https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa198~~~~~Phylogenomics of the Epigenetic Toolkit Reveals Punctate Retention of Genes across Eukaryotes~~2196 to 2210~10206838~10206838~OSTI~2023-11-18 15:50:08.40~
Evolution~2023~77~Weiner, Agnes K. M. and Sehein, Taylor and Cote-L’Heureux, Auden and Sleith, Robin S. and Greco, Mattia and Malekshahi, Clara and Ryan-Embry, Chase and Ostriker, Naomi and Katz, Laura A. and Suh, ed., Alexander and Chapman, ed., Tracey~https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpad158~~~~~Single-cell transcriptomics supports presence of cryptic species and reveals low levels of population genetic diversity in two testate amoebae morphospecies with large population sizes~~~10471328~10473063~OSTI~2023-11-18 15:50:08.16~
Molecular Ecology Resources~2022~22~Smith, Susan A. and Santoferrara, Luciana F. and Katz, Laura A. and McManus, George B.~https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13664~~~~~Genome architecture used to supplement species delineation in two cryptic marine ciliates~~p. 2880-2896~10357258~10373302~OSTI~2023-11-18 15:50:08.23~