Laura A. Katz - Publications

Affiliations: 
Organismic & Evolutionary Biology University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA 
Area:
Microbiology Biology, Oceanography Biology, Ecology Biology

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2024 Maurer-Alcalá XX, Cote-L'Heureux A, Kosakovsky Pond SL, Katz LA. Somatic genome architecture and molecular evolution are decoupled in "young" linage-specific gene families in ciliates. Plos One. 19: e0291688. PMID 38271450 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291688  0.32
2023 Dufour OK, Hoffman E, Sleith RS, Katz LA, Weiner AKM, Sehein TR. Testate amoebae (Arcellinida, Amoebozoa) community diversity in New England bogs and fens assessed through lineage-specific amplicon sequencing. European Journal of Protistology. 92: 126049. PMID 38163403 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126049  0.302
2023 Weiner AKM, Sehein T, Cote-L'Heureux A, Sleith RS, Greco M, Malekshahi C, Ryan-Embry C, Ostriker N, Katz LA. 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. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. PMID 37672006 DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpad158  0.305
2022 Cerón-Romero MA, Fonseca MM, de Oliveira Martins L, Posada D, Katz LA. Phylogenomic Analyses of 2,786 Genes in 158 Lineages Support a Root of the Eukaryotic Tree of Life between Opisthokonts and All Other Lineages. Genome Biology and Evolution. 14. PMID 35880421 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evac119  0.341
2022 Cote-L'Heureux A, Maurer-Alcalá XX, Katz LA. Old genes in new places: A taxon-rich analysis of interdomain lateral gene transfer events. Plos Genetics. 18: e1010239. PMID 35731825 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010239  0.303
2022 Sierra R, Mauffrey F, Cruz J, Holzmann M, Gooday AJ, Maurer-Alcalá X, Thakur R, Greco M, Weiner AKM, Katz LA, Pawlowski J. Taxon-rich transcriptomics supports higher-level phylogeny and major evolutionary trends in Foraminifera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 174: 107546. PMID 35690380 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107546  0.435
2022 Smith SA, Santoferrara LF, Katz LA, McManus GB. Genome architecture used to supplement species delineation in two cryptic marine ciliates. Molecular Ecology Resources. PMID 35675173 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13664  0.377
2022 Thakur R, Collens AB, Greco M, Sleith RS, Grattepanche JD, Katz LA. Newly designed foraminifera primers identify habitat-specific lineages through metabarcoding analyses. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. e12913. PMID 35332619 DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12913  0.374
2022 Timmons CM, Shazib SUA, Katz LA. Epigenetic influences of mobile genetic elements on ciliate genome architecture and evolution. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. e12891. PMID 35100457 DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12891  0.311
2021 Weiner AKM, Cullison B, Date SV, Tyml T, Volland JM, Woyke T, Katz LA, Sleith RS. Examining the Relationship Between the Testate Amoeba Hyalosphenia papilio (Arcellinida, Amoebozoa) and its Associated Intracellular Microalgae Using Molecular and Microscopic Methods. Protist. 173: 125853. PMID 35030517 DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2021.125853  0.302
2020 Smith SA, Maurer-Alcalá XX, Yan Y, Katz LA, Santoferrara LF, McManus GB. Combined genome and transcriptome analyses of the ciliate Schmidingerella arcuata (Spirotrichea) reveal patterns of DNA elimination, scrambling, and inversion. Genome Biology and Evolution. PMID 32870974 DOI: 10.1093/Gbe/Evaa185  0.38
2020 Ruggiero A, Grattepanche JD, Weiner AKM, Katz LA. High Diversity of Testate Amoebae (Amoebozoa, Arcellinida) Detected by HTS Analyses in a New England Fen using Newly-designed Taxon-specific Primers. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. PMID 32145128 DOI: 10.1111/Jeu.12794  0.414
2020 Wang Y, Jiang Y, Liu Y, Li Y, Katz LA, Gao F, Yan Y. Comparative Studies on the Polymorphism and Copy Number Variation of mtSSU rDNA in Ciliates (Protista, Ciliophora): Implications for Phylogenetic, Environmental, and Ecological Research. Microorganisms. 8. PMID 32106521 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8030316  0.374
2020 Ribeiro GM, Porfírio-Sousa AL, Maurer-Alcalá XX, Katz LA, Lahr DJG. De novo Sequencing, Assembly and Annotation of the Transcriptome for the Free-Living Testate Amoeba Arcella intermedia. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. PMID 31971327 DOI: 10.1111/Jeu.12788  0.421
2020 Cerón-Romero MA, Maurer-Alcalá XX, Grattepanche JD, Yan Y, Fonseca MM, Katz LA. PhyloToL: A Taxon/Gene-Rich Phylogenomic Pipeline to Explore Genome Evolution of Diverse Eukaryotes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 36: 1831-1842. PMID 31062861 DOI: 10.1093/Molbev/Msz103  0.452
2020 Grattepanche J, Katz LA. 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 Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. DOI: 10.3389/Fmars.2019.00818  0.386
2019 Yan Y, Maurer-Alcalá XX, Knight R, Kosakovsky Pond SL, Katz LA. Single-Cell Transcriptomics Reveal a Correlation between Genome Architecture and Gene Family Evolution in Ciliates. Mbio. 10. PMID 31874915 DOI: 10.1128/Mbio.02524-19  0.45
2019 Sleith RS, Katz LA. Ubiquity or not ubiquity: That is the question. Molecular Ecology. 28: 4842-4844. PMID 31746076 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.15297  0.385
2019 Brigandt I, Katz LA, Nanjundiah V, Gilbert SF, Grant PR, Grant BR, Love AC, Newman SA, West-Eberhard MJ. John Tyler Bonner: Remembering a scientific pioneer. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B, Molecular and Developmental Evolution. PMID 31742864 DOI: 10.1002/Jez.B.22920  0.328
2019 Collens A, Kelley E, Katz LA. The concept of the hologenome, an epigenetic phenomenon, challenges aspects of the modern evolutionary synthesis. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B, Molecular and Developmental Evolution. PMID 31709760 DOI: 10.1002/Jez.B.22915  0.402
2019 Grattepanche JD, Juarez DL, Wood CC, McManus GB, Katz LA. Incubation and grazing effects on spirotrich ciliate diversity inferred from molecular analyses of microcosm experiments. Plos One. 14: e0215872. PMID 31059530 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0215872  0.319
2019 Chen X, Jiang Y, Gao F, Zheng W, Krock TJ, Stover NA, Lu C, Katz LA, Song W. Genome analyses of the new model protist Euplotes vannus focusing on genome rearrangement and resistance to environmental stressors. Molecular Ecology Resources. PMID 30985983 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13023  0.414
2019 Wang Y, Wang C, Jiang Y, Katz LA, Gao F, Yan Y. Further analyses of variation of ribosome DNA copy number and polymorphism in ciliates provide insights relevant to studies of both molecular ecology and phylogeny. Science China. Life Sciences. PMID 30671886 DOI: 10.1007/S11427-018-9422-5  0.439
2018 Zhang T, Wang C, Katz LA, Gao F. A paradox: rapid evolution rates of germline-limited sequences are associated with conserved patterns of rearrangements in cryptic species of Chilodonella uncinata (Protista, Ciliophora). Science China. Life Sciences. PMID 30069672 DOI: 10.1007/S11427-018-9333-1  0.485
2018 Maurer-Alcalá XX, Yan Y, Pilling O, Knight R, Katz LA. "Twisted Tales: Insights into Genome Diversity of Ciliates Using Single-Cell 'omics". Genome Biology and Evolution. PMID 29945193 DOI: 10.1093/Gbe/Evy133  0.425
2018 Grattepanche JD, Walker LM, Ott BM, Paim Pinto DL, Delwiche CF, Lane CE, Katz LA. Microbial Diversity in the Eukaryotic SAR Clade: Illuminating the Darkness Between Morphology and Molecular Data. Bioessays : News and Reviews in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. PMID 29512175 DOI: 10.1002/Bies.201700198  0.443
2018 Cerón-Romero MA, Nwaka E, Owoade Z, Katz LA. PhyloChromoMap, a tool for mapping phylogenomic history along chromosomes, reveals the dynamic nature of karyotype evolution in Plasmodium falciparum. Genome Biology and Evolution. PMID 29365145 DOI: 10.1093/Gbe/Evy017  0.397
2018 Maurer-Alcalá XX, Knight R, Katz LA. Exploration of the Germline Genome of the Ciliate Chilodonella uncinata through Single-Cell Omics (Transcriptomics and Genomics). Mbio. 9. PMID 29317511 DOI: 10.1128/Mbio.01836-17  0.415
2017 Tucker SJ, McManus GB, Katz LA, Grattepanche JD. Distribution of Abundant and Active Planktonic Ciliates in Coastal and Slope Waters Off New England. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8: 2178. PMID 29250036 DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2017.02178  0.355
2017 Wang C, Zhang T, Wang Y, Katz LA, Gao F, Song W. Disentangling sources of variation in SSU rDNA sequences from single cell analyses of ciliates: impact of copy number variation and experimental error. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 284. PMID 28747472 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2017.0425  0.417
2017 Pilling OA, Rogers AJ, Gulla-Devaney B, Katz LA. Insights into transgenerational epigenetics from studies of ciliates. European Journal of Protistology. PMID 28689743 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ejop.2017.05.004  0.335
2017 Yan Y, Rogers AJ, Gao F, Katz LA. Unusual features of non-dividing somatic macronuclei in the ciliate class Karyorelictea. European Journal of Protistology. PMID 28673471 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ejop.2017.05.002  0.379
2017 Wancura MM, Yan Y, Katz LA, Maurer-Alcalá XX. Wancura et al. -Nuclear Features of Blepharisma americanum Nuclear Features of the Heterotrich Ciliate Blepharisma americanum: Genomic Amplification, Life Cycle, and Nuclear Inclusion. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. PMID 28460157 DOI: 10.1111/Jeu.12422  0.324
2017 Tekle YI, Wood FC, Katz LA, Cerón-Romero MA, Gorfu LA. Amoebozoans are Secretly but Ancestrally Sexual: Evidence for Sex Genes and Potential Novel Crossover Pathways in Diverse Groups of Amoebae. Genome Biology and Evolution. PMID 28087686 DOI: 10.1093/Gbe/Evx002  0.415
2016 Grattepanche JD, McManus GB, Katz LA. Patchiness of Ciliate Communities Sampled at Varying Spatial Scales along the New England Shelf. Plos One. 11: e0167659. PMID 27936137 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0167659  0.334
2016 Grattepanche JD, Santoferrara LF, McManus GB, Katz LA. Unexpected biodiversity of ciliates in marine samples from below the photic zone. Molecular Ecology. PMID 27374257 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.13745  0.379
2016 Maurer-Alcalá XX, Katz LA. Nuclear architecture and patterns of molecular evolution are correlated in the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata. Genome Biology and Evolution. PMID 27189988 DOI: 10.1093/Gbe/Evw099  0.448
2016 Jensen L, Grant JR, Laughinghouse HD, Katz LA. Assessing the effects of a sequestered germline on interdomain lateral gene transfer in Metazoa. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. PMID 27139503 DOI: 10.1111/Evo.12935  0.711
2016 Tekle YI, Roger Anderson O, Katz LA, Maurer-Alcalá XX, Romero MA, Molestina R. Phylogenomics of 'Discosea': A new molecular phylogenetic perspective on Amoebozoa with flat body forms. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. PMID 27015898 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2016.03.029  0.459
2016 Santoferrara LF, Grattepanche JD, Katz LA, McManus GB. Patterns and processes in microbial biogeography: do molecules and morphologies give the same answers? The Isme Journal. PMID 26849313 DOI: 10.1038/Ismej.2015.224  0.453
2015 Oliverio AM, Lahr DJ, Grant J, Katz LA. Are microbes fundamentally different than macroorganisms? Convergence and a possible case for neutral phenotypic evolution in testate amoeba (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida). Royal Society Open Science. 2: 150414. PMID 27019725 DOI: 10.1098/Rsos.150414  0.784
2015 Maurer-Alcalá XX, Katz LA. An epigenetic toolkit allows for diverse genome architectures in eukaryotes. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 35: 93-99. PMID 26649755 DOI: 10.1016/J.Gde.2015.10.005  0.368
2015 Hinchliff CE, Smith SA, Allman JF, Burleigh JG, Chaudhary R, Coghill LM, Crandall KA, Deng J, Drew BT, Gazis R, Gude K, Hibbett DS, Katz LA, Laughinghouse HD, McTavish EJ, et al. Synthesis of phylogeny and taxonomy into a comprehensive tree of life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID 26385966 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1423041112  0.711
2015 Katz LA. Recent events dominate interdomain lateral gene transfers between prokaryotes and eukaryotes and, with the exception of endosymbiotic gene transfers, few ancient transfer events persist. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 370: 20140324. PMID 26323756 DOI: 10.1098/Rstb.2014.0324  0.408
2015 Gao F, Roy SW, Katz LA. Analyses of alternatively processed genes in ciliates provide insights into the origins of scrambled genomes and may provide a mechanism for speciation. Mbio. 6. PMID 25650397 DOI: 10.1128/Mbio.01998-14  0.438
2015 Katz LA, Grant JR. Taxon-rich phylogenomic analyses resolve the eukaryotic tree of life and reveal the power of subsampling by sites. Systematic Biology. 64: 406-15. PMID 25540455 DOI: 10.1093/Sysbio/Syu126  0.499
2015 Lahr DJ, Grant J, Molestina R, Katz LA, Anderson OR. Sapocribrum chincoteaguense n. gen. n. sp.: A Small, Scale-bearing Amoebozoan with Flabellinid Affinities. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 62: 444-453. PMID 25515047 DOI: 10.1111/Jeu.12199  0.742
2015 Grattepanche JD, Santoferrara LF, McManus GB, Katz LA. Distinct assemblage of planktonic ciliates dominates both photic and deep waters on the New England shelf Marine Ecology Progress Series. 526: 1-9. DOI: 10.3354/Meps11256  0.337
2014 Lahr DJ, Laughinghouse HD, Oliverio AM, Gao F, Katz LA. How discordant morphological and molecular evolution among microorganisms can revise our notions of biodiversity on Earth. Bioessays : News and Reviews in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. 36: 950-9. PMID 25156897 DOI: 10.1002/Bies.201400056  0.792
2014 Grant JR, Katz LA. Phylogenomic study indicates widespread lateral gene transfer in Entamoeba and suggests a past intimate relationship with parabasalids. Genome Biology and Evolution. 6: 2350-60. PMID 25146649 DOI: 10.1093/Gbe/Evu179  0.411
2014 Keeling PJ, Burki F, Wilcox HM, Allam B, Allen EE, Amaral-Zettler LA, Armbrust EV, Archibald JM, Bharti AK, Bell CJ, Beszteri B, Bidle KD, Cameron CT, Campbell L, Caron DA, ... ... Katz LA, et al. The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): illuminating the functional diversity of eukaryotic life in the oceans through transcriptome sequencing. Plos Biology. 12: e1001889. PMID 24959919 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pbio.1001889  0.416
2014 Huang J, Katz LA. Nanochromosome copy number does not correlate with RNA levels though patterns are conserved between strains of the ciliate morphospecies Chilodonella uncinata. Protist. 165: 445-51. PMID 24907652 DOI: 10.1016/J.Protis.2014.04.005  0.353
2014 Grattepanche JD, Santoferrara LF, McManus GB, Katz LA. Diversity of diversity: conceptual and methodological differences in biodiversity estimates of eukaryotic microbes as compared to bacteria. Trends in Microbiology. 22: 432-7. PMID 24814699 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tim.2014.04.006  0.379
2014 Gao F, Song W, Katz LA. Genome structure drives patterns of gene family evolution in ciliates, a case study using Chilodonella uncinata (Protista, Ciliophora, Phyllopharyngea). Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 68: 2287-95. PMID 24749903 DOI: 10.1111/Evo.12430  0.398
2014 Grant JR, Katz LA. Building a phylogenomic pipeline for the eukaryotic tree of life - addressing deep phylogenies with genome-scale data. Plos Currents. 6. PMID 24707447 DOI: 10.1371/Currents.Tol.C24B6054Aebf3602748Ac042Ccc8F2E9  0.454
2014 Oliverio AM, Lahr DJ, Nguyen T, Katz LA. Cryptic diversity within morphospecies of testate amoebae (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) in New England bogs and fens. Protist. 165: 196-207. PMID 24657945 DOI: 10.1016/J.Protis.2014.02.001  0.775
2014 Bellec L, Maurer-Alcala XX, Katz LA. Characterization of the life cycle and heteromeric nature of the macronucleus of the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata using fluorescence microscopy. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 61: 313-6. PMID 24547950 DOI: 10.1111/Jeu.12109  0.308
2014 Gao F, Gao S, Wang P, Katz LA, Song W. Phylogenetic analyses of cyclidiids (Protista, Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia) based on multiple genes suggest their close relationship with thigmotrichids. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 75: 219-26. PMID 24530638 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2014.01.032  0.482
2014 Oliverio AM, Katz LA. The dynamic nature of genomes across the tree of life. Genome Biology and Evolution. 6: 482-8. PMID 24500971 DOI: 10.1093/Gbe/Evu024  0.399
2014 Santoferrara LF, Grattepanche JD, Katz LA, McManus GB. Pyrosequencing for assessing diversity of eukaryotic microbes: analysis of data on marine planktonic ciliates and comparison with traditional methods. Environmental Microbiology. 16: 2752-63. PMID 24444191 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12380  0.457
2014 Gao F, Katz LA. Phylogenomic analyses support the bifurcation of ciliates into two major clades that differ in properties of nuclear division. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 70: 240-3. PMID 24121125 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2013.10.001  0.492
2014 Dunthorn M, Hall M, Foissner W, Stoeck T, Katz LA. Broad Taxon Sampling of Ciliates Using Mitochondrial Small Subunit Ribosomal DNA Acta Protozoologica. 53: 207-213. DOI: 10.4467/16890027Ap.14.017.1598  0.644
2014 Grattepanche JD, Santoferrara LF, Andrade J, Oliverio AM, McManus GB, Katz LA. Distribution and diversity of Oligotrich and choreotrich ciliates assessed by morphology and DGGE in temperate coastal waters Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 71: 211-221. DOI: 10.3354/Ame01675  0.375
2013 Drew BT, Gazis R, Cabezas P, Swithers KS, Deng J, Rodriguez R, Katz LA, Crandall KA, Hibbett DS, Soltis DE. Lost branches on the tree of life. Plos Biology. 11: e1001636. PMID 24019756 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pbio.1001636  0.377
2013 Gao F, Katz LA, Song W. Multigene-based analyses on evolutionary phylogeny of two controversial ciliate orders: Pleuronematida and Loxocephalida (Protista, Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68: 55-63. PMID 23541839 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2013.03.018  0.414
2013 Lahr DJ, Grant JR, Katz LA. Multigene phylogenetic reconstruction of the Tubulinea (Amoebozoa) corroborates four of the six major lineages, while additionally revealing that shell composition does not predict phylogeny in the Arcellinida. Protist. 164: 323-39. PMID 23499265 DOI: 10.1016/J.Protis.2013.02.003  0.772
2013 Katz LA, Turkewitz AP. Stalking the wild Tetrahymena. Molecular Ecology. 22: 912-4. PMID 23476937 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.12173  0.391
2013 Swithers KS, Katz LA. Reconstructing the tree of life Microbe. 8: 249-253. DOI: 10.1128/Microbe.8.249.1  0.344
2013 Tilley SG, Bernardo J, Katz LA, López L, Devon Roll J, Eriksen RL, Kratovil J, Bittner NKJ, Crandall KA. Failed species, innominate forms, and the vain search for species limits: Cryptic diversity in dusky salamanders (desmognathus) of eastern tennessee Ecology and Evolution. 3: 2547-2567. DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.636  0.445
2012 Yi Z, Katz LA, Song W. Assessing whether alpha-tubulin sequences are suitable for phylogenetic reconstruction of Ciliophora with insights into its evolution in euplotids. Plos One. 7: e40635. PMID 22808216 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0040635  0.469
2012 Katz LA. Origin and diversification of eukaryotes. Annual Review of Microbiology. 66: 411-27. PMID 22803798 DOI: 10.1146/Annurev-Micro-090110-102808  0.472
2012 Bellec L, Katz LA. Analyses of chromosome copy number and expression level of four genes in the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata reveal a complex pattern that suggests epigenetic regulation. Gene. 504: 303-8. PMID 22588027 DOI: 10.1016/J.Gene.2012.04.067  0.342
2012 Gao F, Katz LA, Song W. Insights into the phylogenetic and taxonomy of philasterid ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia) based on analyses of multiple molecular markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 64: 308-17. PMID 22525941 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2012.04.008  0.457
2012 Dunthorn M, Katz LA, Stoeck T, Foissner W. Congruence and indifference between two molecular markers for understanding oral evolution in the Marynidae sensu lato (Ciliophora, Colpodea). European Journal of Protistology. 48: 297-304. PMID 22356924 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ejop.2012.01.007  0.685
2012 Katz LA, Grant JR, Parfrey LW, Burleigh JG. Turning the crown upside down: gene tree parsimony roots the eukaryotic tree of life. Systematic Biology. 61: 653-60. PMID 22334342 DOI: 10.1093/Sysbio/Sys026  0.453
2012 Lahr DJG, Kubik GM, Gant AL, Grant J, Anderson OR, Katz LA. Morphological description of Telaepolella tubasferens n. g. n. sp., isolate ATCC©50593™, a filose amoeba in the Gracilipodida, Amoebozoa Acta Protozoologica. 51: 305-318. DOI: 10.4467/16890027Ap.12.024.0784  0.354
2012 Parfrey LW, Grant J, Katz LA. Ribosomal DNA is differentially amplified across life-cycle stages in the foraminifer Allogromia laticollaris strain CSH Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 42: 151-155. DOI: 10.2113/Gsjfr.42.2.151  0.394
2011 Katz LA, DeBerardinis J, Hall MS, Kovner AM, Dunthorn M, Muse SV. Heterogeneous rates of molecular evolution among cryptic species of the ciliate morphospecies Chilodonella uncinata. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 73: 266-72. PMID 22258433 DOI: 10.1007/S00239-011-9468-X  0.711
2011 Lahr DJ, Grant J, Nguyen T, Lin JH, Katz LA. Comprehensive phylogenetic reconstruction of amoebozoa based on concatenated analyses of SSU-rDNA and actin genes. Plos One. 6: e22780. PMID 21829512 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0022780  0.771
2011 Parfrey LW, Lahr DJ, Knoll AH, Katz LA. Estimating the timing of early eukaryotic diversification with multigene molecular clocks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108: 13624-9. PMID 21810989 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1110633108  0.746
2011 Katz LA, Grant J, Parfrey LW, Gant A, O'Kelly CJ, Anderson OR, Molestina RE, Nerad T. Subulatomonas tetraspora nov. gen. nov. sp. is a member of a previously unrecognized major clade of eukaryotes. Protist. 162: 762-73. PMID 21723191 DOI: 10.1016/J.Protis.2011.05.002  0.456
2011 Hall MS, Katz LA. On the nature of species: insights from Paramecium and other ciliates. Genetica. 139: 677-84. PMID 21505762 DOI: 10.1007/S10709-011-9571-3  0.446
2011 Lahr DJ, Parfrey LW, Mitchell EA, Katz LA, Lara E. The chastity of amoebae: re-evaluating evidence for sex in amoeboid organisms. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 278: 2081-90. PMID 21429931 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2011.0289  0.732
2011 Dunthorn M, Foissner W, Katz LA. Expanding character sampling for ciliate phylogenetic inference using mitochondrial SSU-rDNA as a molecular marker. Protist. 162: 85-99. PMID 20708960 DOI: 10.1016/J.Protis.2010.06.003  0.683
2011 Lahr DJ, Nguyen TB, Barbero E, Katz LA. Evolution of the actin gene family in testate lobose amoebae (Arcellinida) is characterized by two distinct clades of paralogs and recent independent expansions. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 28: 223-36. PMID 20679092 DOI: 10.1093/Molbev/Msq200  0.764
2011 Tamura M, Katz L, McManus G. Distribution and diversity of oligotrich and choreotrich ciliates across an environmental gradient in a large temperate estuary Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 64: 51-67. DOI: 10.3354/Ame01509  0.389
2010 Parfrey LW, Katz LA. Genome dynamics are influenced by food source in Allogromia laticollaris strain CSH (Foraminifera). Genome Biology and Evolution. 2: 678-85. PMID 20709784 DOI: 10.1093/Gbe/Evq051  0.355
2010 Katz LA, Kovner AM. Alternative processing of scrambled genes generates protein diversity in the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B, Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 314: 480-8. PMID 20700892 DOI: 10.1002/Jez.B.21354  0.439
2010 Parfrey LW, Grant J, Tekle YI, Lasek-Nesselquist E, Morrison HG, Sogin ML, Patterson DJ, Katz LA. Broadly sampled multigene analyses yield a well-resolved eukaryotic tree of life. Systematic Biology. 59: 518-33. PMID 20656852 DOI: 10.1093/Sysbio/Syq037  0.498
2010 McManus GB, Xu D, Costas BA, Katz LA. Genetic identities of Cryptic species in the Strombidium stylifer/apolatum/oculatum cluster, including a description of Strombidium rassoulzadegani n. sp. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 57: 369-78. PMID 20553354 DOI: 10.1111/J.1550-7408.2010.00485.X  0.45
2010 Doherty M, Tamura M, Vriezen JA, McManus GB, Katz LA. Diversity of oligotrichia and choreotrichia ciliates in coastal marine sediments and in overlying plankton. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76: 3924-35. PMID 20435761 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.01604-09  0.582
2010 Tekle YI, Grant JR, Kovner AM, Townsend JP, Katz LA. Identification of new molecular markers for assembling the eukaryotic tree of life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55: 1177-82. PMID 20302952 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2010.03.010  0.43
2010 Dunthorn M, Katz LA. Secretive ciliates and putative asexuality in microbial eukaryotes. Trends in Microbiology. 18: 183-8. PMID 20299224 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tim.2010.02.005  0.625
2010 Doherty M, Tamura M, Costas BA, Ritchie ME, McManus GB, Katz LA. Ciliate diversity and distribution across an environmental and depth gradient in Long Island Sound, USA. Environmental Microbiology. 12: 886-98. PMID 20113332 DOI: 10.1111/J.1462-2920.2009.02133.X  0.59
2010 Lahr DJ, Nguyen TB, Barbero E, Katz LA. Evolution of the actin gene family in lobose testate amoebae (Arcellinida) F1000research. 1. DOI: 10.7490/F1000Research.283.1  0.324
2010 Parfrey LW, Katz LA. Dynamic genomes of eukaryotes and the maintenance of genomic integrity Microbe. 5: 156-163. DOI: 10.1128/Microbe.5.156.1  0.38
2009 Tekle YI, Parfrey LW, Katz LA. Molecular Data are Transforming Hypotheses on the Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes. Bioscience. 59: 471-481. PMID 20842214 DOI: 10.1525/Bio.2009.59.6.5  0.435
2009 Lahr DJ, Katz LA. Reducing the impact of PCR-mediated recombination in molecular evolution and environmental studies using a new-generation high-fidelity DNA polymerase. Biotechniques. 47: 857-66. PMID 19852769 DOI: 10.2144/000113219  0.741
2009 Grant J, Tekle YI, Anderson OR, Patterson DJ, Katz LA. Multigene evidence for the placement of a heterotrophic amoeboid lineage Leukarachnion sp. among photosynthetic stramenopiles. Protist. 160: 376-85. PMID 19282238 DOI: 10.1016/J.Protis.2009.01.001  0.414
2009 Dunthorn M, Eppinger M, Schwarz MV, Schweikert M, Boenigk J, Katz LA, Stoeck T. Phylogenetic placement of the Cyrtolophosididae Stokes, 1888 (Ciliophora; Colpodea) and neotypification of Aristerostoma marinum Kahl, 1931. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59: 167-80. PMID 19126743 DOI: 10.1099/Ijs.0.000935-0  0.677
2009 McManus GB, Katz LA. Molecular and morphological methods for identifying plankton: what makes a successful marriage? Journal of Plankton Research. 31: 1119-1129. DOI: 10.1093/Plankt/Fbp061  0.436
2008 Parfrey LW, Lahr DJ, Katz LA. The dynamic nature of eukaryotic genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 25: 787-94. PMID 18258610 DOI: 10.1093/Molbev/Msn032  0.754
2008 Yoon HS, Grant J, Tekle YI, Wu M, Chaon BC, Cole JC, Logsdon JM, Patterson DJ, Bhattacharya D, Katz LA. Broadly sampled multigene trees of eukaryotes. Bmc Evolutionary Biology. 8: 14. PMID 18205932 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-14  0.493
2008 Tekle YI, Grant J, Anderson OR, Nerad TA, Cole JC, Patterson DJ, Katz LA. Phylogenetic placement of diverse amoebae inferred from multigene analyses and assessment of clade stability within 'Amoebozoa' upon removal of varying rate classes of SSU-rDNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47: 339-52. PMID 18180171 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2007.11.015  0.489
2008 Dunthorn M, Foissner W, Katz LA. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of class Colpodea (phylum Ciliophora) using broad taxon sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46: 316-27. PMID 17920937 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2007.08.006  0.686
2008 Tilley SG, Eriksen RL, Katz LA. Systematics of dusky salamanders, Desmognathus (Caudata: Plethodontidae), in the mountain and Piedmont regions of Virginia and North Carolina, USA Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 152: 115-130. DOI: 10.1111/J.1096-3642.2007.00336.X  0.416
2008 Foissner W, Chao A, Katz LA. Diversity and geographic distribution of ciliates (Protista: Ciliophora) Biodiversity and Conservation. 17: 345-363. DOI: 10.1007/S10531-007-9254-7  0.444
2007 Robinson T, Katz LA. Non-Mendelian inheritance of paralogs of 2 cytoskeletal genes in the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24: 2495-503. PMID 17890762 DOI: 10.1093/Molbev/Msm203  0.378
2007 Tekle YI, Grant J, Cole JC, Nerad TA, Anderson OR, Patterson DJ, Katz LA. A multigene analysis of Corallomyxa tenera sp. nov. suggests its membership in a clade that includes Gromia, Haplosporidia and Foraminifera. Protist. 158: 457-72. PMID 17611149 DOI: 10.1016/J.Protis.2007.05.002  0.47
2007 Zufall RA, Katz LA. Micronuclear and macronuclear forms of beta-tubulin genes in the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata reveal insights into genome processing and protein evolution. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 54: 275-82. PMID 17552983 DOI: 10.1111/J.1550-7408.2007.00267.X  0.397
2007 McGrath CL, Zufall RA, Katz LA. Variation in macronuclear genome content of three ciliates with extensive chromosomal fragmentation: a preliminary analysis. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 54: 242-6. PMID 17552979 DOI: 10.1111/J.1550-7408.2007.00257.X  0.375
2007 Costas BA, McManus G, Doherty M, Katz LA. Use of species-specific primers and PCR to measure the distributions of planktonic ciliates in coastal waters Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 5: 163-173. DOI: 10.4319/Lom.2007.5.163  0.574
2007 Doherty M, Costas BA, McManus GB, Katz LA. Culture-independent assessment of planktonic ciliate diversity in coastal northwest Atlantic waters Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 48: 141-154. DOI: 10.3354/Ame048141  0.623
2006 Parfrey LW, Barbero E, Lasser E, Dunthorn M, Bhattacharya D, Patterson DJ, Katz LA. Evaluating support for the current classification of eukaryotic diversity. Plos Genetics. 2: e220. PMID 17194223 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pgen.0020220  0.666
2006 Katz LA. Genomes: epigenomics and the future of genome sciences. Current Biology : Cb. 16: R996-7. PMID 17141607 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2006.10.040  0.34
2006 Zufall RA, McGrath CL, Muse SV, Katz LA. Genome architecture drives protein evolution in ciliates. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23: 1681-7. PMID 16760419 DOI: 10.1093/Molbev/Msl032  0.392
2006 Katz LA, Snoeyenbos-West O, Doerder FP. Patterns of protein evolution in Tetrahymena thermophila: implications for estimates of effective population size. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23: 608-14. PMID 16308338 DOI: 10.1093/Molbev/Msj067  0.353
2005 Zufall RA, Robinson T, Katz LA. Evolution of developmentally regulated genome rearrangements in eukaryotes. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B, Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 304: 448-55. PMID 16032699 DOI: 10.1002/Jez.B.21056  0.37
2005 Bhattacharya D, Katz LA. Frontiers in genomics: insights into protist evolutionary biology, University of Iowa, May 19-21, 2004. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 52: 170-2. PMID 15817122 DOI: 10.1111/J.1550-7408.2005.05-3355.X  0.365
2005 Katz LA, McManus GB, Snoeyenbos-West OLO, Griffin A, Pirog K, Costas B, Foissner W. Reframing the 'everything is everywhere' debate: Evidence for high gene flow and diversity in ciliate morphospecies Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 41: 55-65. DOI: 10.3354/Ame041055  0.43
2005 ZUFALL RA, KATZ LA. Developmental genome processing and protein evolution in the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 52: 7S-27S. DOI: 10.1111/J.1550-7408.2005.05202003_1_84.X  0.396
2005 SNOEYENBOS-WEST OLO, LASSER E, CARDILLO JC, KATZ LA. Understanding genome complexity and protein evolution in ciliates: insights from mitchondria and nuclei The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 52: 7S-27S. DOI: 10.1111/J.1550-7408.2005.05202003_1_74.X  0.396
2005 SNOEYENBOS-WEST OL, COLE J, CAMPBELL A, COATS DW, KATZ LA. Molecular phylogeny of phyllopharyngen ciliates and their novel Group I introns The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 52: 7S-27S. DOI: 10.1111/J.1550-7408.2005.05202003_1_73.X  0.445
2005 SNOEYENBOS-WEST OL, PIROG KA, GRIFFIN A, MCMANUS G, COSTAS B, KATZ LA. Hidden diversity in the tide pool ciliate Strombidium occulatum as revealed by mutiple molecular markers The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 52: 7S-27S. DOI: 10.1111/J.1550-7408.2005.05202003_1_72.X  0.45
2005 KATZ LA. Evolution and implications of genome rearrangements in ciliates The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 52: 7S-27S. DOI: 10.1111/J.1550-7408.2005.05202003_1_39.X  0.411
2005 DOHERTY M, COSTAS B, SNOEYENBOS-WEST OLO, MCMANUS G, KATZ L. Molecular markers for assessing community diversity of coastal ciliates The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 52: 7S-27S. DOI: 10.1111/J.1550-7408.2005.05202003_1_21.X  0.417
2004 McGrath CL, Katz LA. Genome diversity in microbial eukaryotes. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 19: 32-8. PMID 16701223 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tree.2003.10.007  0.418
2004 Snoeyenbos-West OL, Cole J, Campbell A, Coats DW, Katz LA. Molecular phylogeny of phyllopharyngean ciliates and their group I introns. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 51: 441-50. PMID 15352327 DOI: 10.1111/J.1550-7408.2004.Tb00392.X  0.434
2004 Katz LA, Bornstein JG, Lasek-Nesselquist E, Muse SV. Dramatic diversity of ciliate histone H4 genes revealed by comparisons of patterns of substitutions and paralog divergences among eukaryotes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 21: 555-62. PMID 14694079 DOI: 10.1093/Molbev/Msh048  0.341
2003 Katz LA, Lasek-Nesselquist E, Snoeyenbos-West OL. Structure of the micronuclear alpha-tubulin gene in the phyllopharyngean ciliate Chilodonella uncinata: implications for the evolution of chromosomal processing. Gene. 315: 15-9. PMID 14557060 DOI: 10.1016/J.Gene.2003.08.003  0.378
2003 Jacobs ME, Sánchez-Blanco A, Katz LA, Klobutcher LA. Tec3, a new developmentally eliminated DNA element in Euplotes crassus. Eukaryotic Cell. 2: 103-14. PMID 12582127 DOI: 10.1128/Ec.2.1.103-114.2003  0.35
2002 Snoeyenbos-West OL, Salcedo T, McManus GB, Katz LA. Insights into the diversity of choreotrich and oligotrich ciliates (Class: Spirotrichea) based on genealogical analyses of multiple loci. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52: 1901-13. PMID 12361303 DOI: 10.1099/00207713-52-5-1901  0.476
2002 Katz LA. Lateral gene transfers and the evolution of eukaryotes: theories and data. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52: 1893-900. PMID 12361302 DOI: 10.1099/00207713-52-5-1893  0.467
2002 Israel RL, Kosakovsky Pond SL, Muse SV, Katz LA. Evolution of duplicated alpha-tubulin genes in ciliates. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 56: 1110-22. PMID 12144013 DOI: 10.1111/J.0014-3820.2002.Tb01425.X  0.333
2001 Mead LS, Tilley SG, Katz LA. Genetic structure of the blue ridge dusky salamander (Desmognathus orestes): inferences from allozymes, mitochondrial dna, and behavior. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 55: 2287-302. PMID 11794788 DOI: 10.1111/J.0014-3820.2001.Tb00743.X  0.77
2001 Lasek-Nesselquist E, Katz LA. Phylogenetic position of Sorogena stoianovitchae and relationships within the class Colpodea (Ciliophora) based on SSU rDNA sequences. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 48: 604-7. PMID 11596926 DOI: 10.1111/J.1550-7408.2001.Tb00197.X  0.355
2001 Katz LA. Evolution of nuclear dualism in ciliates: A reanalysis in light of recent molecular data International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51: 1587-1592. PMID 11491362 DOI: 10.1099/00207713-51-4-1587  0.377
2001 Riley JL, Katz LA. Widespread distribution of extensive chromosomal fragmentation in ciliates Molecular Biology and Evolution. 18: 1372-1377. PMID 11420375 DOI: 10.1093/Oxfordjournals.Molbev.A003921  0.333
2000 Katz LA, Curtis EA, Pfunder M, Landweber LF. Characterization of novel sequences from distantly related taxa by walking PCR. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 14: 318-21. PMID 10679163 DOI: 10.1006/Mpev.1999.0695  0.33
1999 Katz LA, Berger JD. Parade of the Little Millions. The American Naturalist. 154: S93-S95. PMID 10527920 DOI: 10.1086/303286  0.365
1999 Katz LA. The tangled web: Gene genealogies and the origin of eukaryotes American Naturalist. 154. DOI: 10.1086/303289  0.469
1998 Landweber LF, Katz LA. Evolution: Lost worlds. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 13: 93-4. PMID 21238217 DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01332-9  0.301
1998 Katz LA. Changing perspectives on the origin of eukaryotes Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 13: 493-497. DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01490-6  0.425
1997 Katz LA. Characterization of the phosphoglucose isomerase gene from crickets: An analysis of phylogeny, amino acid conservation and nucleotide composition Insect Molecular Biology. 6: 305-318. PMID 9359573 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2583.1997.00185.X  0.399
1997 Katz LA, Harrison RG. Balancing selection on electrophoretic variation of phosphoglucose isomerase in two species of field cricket: Gryllus veletis and G. offnsylvanicus. Genetics. 147: 609-21. PMID 9335598  0.496
1996 Katz LA. Transkingdom transfer of the phosphoglucose isomerase gene Journal of Molecular Evolution. 43: 453-459. PMID 8875859 DOI: 10.1007/Bf02337517  0.435
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