Author

M. Couger

Listed by name: these papers carry no ORCID for this author, so different people with the same name may be mixed together.

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Evolutionary Biology· 1 Microbiology· 1

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

J. E. Stajich· 2 shared N. Youssef· 2 shared Y. Wang· 2 shared C. Murphy· 1 shared G. Griffith· 1 shared I. Farag· 1 shared K. Baker· 1 shared M. Elshahed· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2019-2019 · peak 2/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

10 top collaborators · 39 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

2 shared papersEvolutionary Biology

J. E. Stajich

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

2 papers

Recent·Most cited

Molecular dating of the emergence of anaerobic rumen fungi and the impact of laterally acquired genes

Y. Wang, N. Youssef, M. Couger, R. Hanafy, M. Elshahed, J. E. Stajich

This study estimates the divergence time of anaerobic rumen fungi and identifies laterally acquired genes that contribute to their plant biomass degradation capabilities.

bioRxiv · Feb 28, 2019Evolutionary Biology

Horizontal gene transfer as an indispensible driver for Neocallimastigomycota evolution into a distinct gut-dwelling fungal lineage

C. Murphy, N. Youssef, R. A. Hanafy, M. Couger, J. E. Stajich, Y. Wang, K. Baker, S. Dagar, G. Griffith, I. Farag, T. Callaghan, M. S. Elshahed

This paper identifies 283 horizontal gene transfer events in anaerobic gut fungi, showing HGT's role in their adaptation to the herbivorous gut environment.

bioRxiv · Jan 30, 2019Microbiology