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Gordon Lax

Dalhousie UniversityORCID 0000-0003-3986-3068Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Assay:scRNA-seq· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Alfredo Rodriguez RuiziD· 1 shared Brian S. LeanderiD· 1 shared Dagmar JírsováiD· 1 shared Fabien BurkiiD· 1 shared Gianluca Fuggiti· 1 shared Jeremy G. WidemaniD· 1 shared Maia V. PalkaiD· 1 shared Matias Wanntorp· 1 shared

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Evolutionary BiologyJournal of Eukaryotic MicrobiologyPeer-reviewedFeb 26, 2026

Phylogenomic placement and morphological description of a novel phagotrophic euglenid from Hawaii: Hokulea waialensis n. gen. et sp.

Alfredo Rodriguez Ruiz, Maia V. Palka, Gordon Lax…·Jeremy G. Wideman

The paper describes a new euglenid species, Hokulea waialensis, and places it phylogenomically within the ploeotid group using single-cell sequencing and phylogenetic analysis.

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scRNA-seqexperimental assay

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MicrobiologyiSciencePeer-reviewedJul 23, 2025

Phylogenetic position and mitochondrial genome evolution of 'orphan' eukaryotic lineages

Vasily V. Zlatogursky, Vittorio Boscaro, Gordon Lax…·Patrick J. Keeling

The paper analyzes mitochondrial genomes of orphan eukaryotic lineages to clarify their phylogenetic positions and evolutionary relationships.

6 citations

DNA methylationstatistical model

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