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A. G. B. Simpson

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Evolutionary Biology· 5 Microbiology· 2 Ecology· 1

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Approach:statistical model· 5 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 4 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1

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A. J. Roger· 5 shared Y. Eglit· 4 shared T. Shiratori· 3 shared T. Hashimoto· 2 shared Y. Inagaki· 2 shared A. Heiss· 1 shared A. K. Tice· 1 shared A. Plotnikov· 1 shared

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Characterisation of Skoliomonas gen. nov., a haloalkaliphilic anaerobe related to barthelonids (Metamonada).

Y. Eglit, S. K. Williams, A. J. Roger, A. G. B. Simpson

The paper describes a new genus of anaerobic flagellate, Skoliomonas, found in soda lake environments, and places it phylogenetically within the Metamonada clade.

bioRxiv · Mar 12, 2024 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

FORAGING MECHANISMS IN EXCAVATE FLAGELLATES SHED NEW LIGHT ON THE FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY OF EARLY EUKARYOTES

S. Suzuki-Tellier, F. Miano, S. S. Asadzadeh, A. G. B. Simpson, T. Kiorboe

This study investigates the foraging mechanisms of excavate flagellates to infer their functional ecology and potential relevance to early eukaryotes.

bioRxiv · Nov 20, 2023 · PreprintEcology

Meteora sporadica, a protist with incredible cell architecture, is related to Hemimastigophora.

Y. Eglit, T. Shiratori, J. Jerlström-Hultqvist, K. Williamson, A. J. Roger, K.-I. Ishida, A. G. B. Simpson

The paper describes Meteora sporadica, a protist with unique morphology, and shows its close phylogenetic relationship to Hemimastigophora through genomic analysis.

bioRxiv · Aug 13, 2023Evolutionary Biology

Comparative transcriptomics reveals the molecular toolkit used by an algivorous protist for cell wall perforation

J. V. Gerbracht, T. Harding, A. G. B. Simpson, A. J. Roger, S. Hess

This study identifies lytic enzymes and chitin-related factors in Orciraptor agilis that facilitate cell wall perforation during protoplast feeding.

bioRxiv · Dec 30, 2021Microbiology

A free-living protist that lacks canonical eukaryotic DNA replication and segregation systems

D. E. Salas-Leiva, E. C. Tromer, B. A. Curtis, J. Jerlstrom-Hultqvist, M. Kolisko, Z. Yi, J. S. Salas-Leiva, L. Gallot-Lavallee, G. J. P. L. Kops, J. M. Archibald, A. G. B. Simpson, A. J. Roger

This study identifies a free-living protist, Carpediemonas membranifera, that lacks canonical eukaryotic DNA replication and segregation systems, suggesting novel mechanisms for these processes.

bioRxiv · Mar 14, 2021Evolutionary Biology

Barthelonids represent a deep-branching Metamonad clade with mitochondrion-related organelles generating no ATP.

E. Yazaki, K. Kume, T. Shiratori, Y. Eglit, G. Tanifuji, R. Harada, A. G. B. Simpson, K.-i. Ishita, T. Hashimoto, Y. Inagaki

This study determines the phylogenetic position of barthelonids and reveals their mitochondrion-related organelles lack ATP-generating capacity.

bioRxiv · Oct 29, 2019Evolutionary Biology

Ecological and evolutionary patterns in the enigmatic protist genus Percolomonas (Heterolobosea; Discoba) from diverse habitats

D. V. Tikhonenkov, S. H. Jhin, Y. Eglit, K. Miller, A. Plotnikov, A. G. B. Simpson, J. S. Park

The paper analyzes 18S rRNA gene sequences from seven Percolomonas cosmopolitus-like strains from diverse salinities, revealing cryptic species and ecological specialization.

bioRxiv · Apr 17, 2019Microbiology

Phylogenomics places orphan protistan lineages in a novel eukaryotic super-group

M. W. Brown, A. Heiss, R. Kamikawa, Y. Inagaki, A. Yabuki, A. K. Tice, T. Shiratori, K. Ishida, T. Hashimoto, A. G. B. Simpson, A. J. Roger

The paper uses phylogenomic analysis to place orphan protist lineages into a novel eukaryotic super-group, CRuMs, and clarifies their relationship to Amorphea.

bioRxiv · Dec 3, 2017Evolutionary Biology