Multicellularity arose several times in the evolution of eukaryotes (Response to DOI 10.1002/bies.201100187)

An epithelial tissue inDictyosteliumchallenges the traditional origin of metazoan multicellularity

(2012) Daniel J. Dickinson et al.   BIOESSAYS

Aggregative Multicellularity Evolved Independently in the Eukaryotic Supergroup Rhizaria

(2012) Matthew W. Brown et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Redundancy and rewiring of genetic networks following genome-wide duplication events

(2012) Riet De Smet et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

The Revised Classification of Eukaryotes

(2012) Sina M. Adl et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Ancient Gene Paralogy May Mislead Inference of Plastid Phylogeny

(2012) Huan Qiu et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

ARABIDILLO gene homologues in basal land plants: species-specific gene duplication and likely functional redundancy

(2012) Laura A. Moody et al.   PLANTA

Origin of metazoan cadherin diversity and the antiquity of the classical cadherin/ -catenin complex

(2012) S. A. Nichols et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Experimental evolution of multicellularity

(2012) W. C. Ratcliff et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The evolutionary history of haptophytes and cryptophytes: phylogenomic evidence for separate origins

(2012) F. Burki et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genomic Survey of Premetazoans Shows Deep Conservation of Cytoplasmic Tyrosine Kinases and Multiple Radiations of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases

(2012) H. Suga et al.   Science Signaling

Turning the Crown Upside Down: Gene Tree Parsimony Roots the Eukaryotic Tree of Life

(2012) Laura A. Katz et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The Multiple Origins of Complex Multicellularity

(2011) Andrew H. Knoll   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

The evolutionary history of the catenin gene family during metazoan evolution

(2011) Zi-Ming Zhao et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Phylogeny-wide analysis of social amoeba genomes highlights ancient origins for complex intercellular communication

(2011) A. J. Heidel et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Rooting the Eukaryotic Tree with Mitochondrial and Bacterial Proteins

(2011) R. Derelle et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Phylogenetic Relationships within the Opisthokonta Based on Phylogenomic Analyses of Conserved Single-Copy Protein Domains

(2011) G. Torruella et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Comprehensive Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Amoebozoa Based on Concatenated Analyses of SSU-rDNA and Actin Genes

(2011) Daniel J. G. Lahr et al.   PLoS One

Estimating the timing of early eukaryotic diversification with multigene molecular clocks

(2011) L. W. Parfrey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Subulatomonas tetraspora nov. gen. nov. sp. is a Member of a Previously Unrecognized Major Clade of Eukaryotes

(2011) Laura A. Katz et al.   PROTIST

A Revised Classification of Naked Lobose Amoebae (Amoebozoa: Lobosa)

(2011) Alexey V. Smirnov et al.   PROTIST

Evolution and Diversity of Dictyostelid Social Amoebae

(2011) María Romeralo et al.   PROTIST

A Polarized Epithelium Organized by  - and  -Catenin Predates Cadherin and Metazoan Origins

(2011) D. J. Dickinson et al.   SCIENCE

Cell-Cell Adhesion in the Cnidaria: Insights Into the Evolution of Tissue Morphogenesis

(2010) Craig R. Magie et al.   BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Convergent sequence evolution between echolocating bats and dolphins

(2010) Yang Liu et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Developmental biology of the social amoeba: History, current knowledge and prospects

(2010) Hideko Urushihara   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Unexpected Repertoire of Metazoan Transcription Factors in the Unicellular Holozoan Capsaspora owczarzaki

(2010) A. Sebe-Pedros et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

GUIDANCE: a web server for assessing alignment confidence scores

(2010) O. Penn et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Ancient origin of the integrin-mediated adhesion and signaling machinery

(2010) A. Sebe-Pedros et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

“Slime Molds” among the Tubulinea (Amoebozoa): Molecular Systematics and Taxonomy of Copromyxa

(2010) Matthew W. Brown et al.   PROTIST

Broadly Sampled Multigene Analyses Yield a Well-Resolved Eukaryotic Tree of Life

(2010) Laura Wegener Parfrey et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Diverse evolutionary paths to cell adhesion

(2010) Monika Abedin et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

The origin of Metazoa: a transition from temporal to spatial cell differentiation

(2009) Kirill V. Mikhailov et al.   BIOESSAYS

Evolution: Revisiting the Root of the Eukaryote Tree

(2009) Andrew J. Roger et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Epithelia and integration in sponges

(2009) S. P. Leys et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Phylogeny of the "Forgotten" Cellular Slime Mold, Fonticula alba, Reveals a Key Evolutionary Branch within Opisthokonta

(2009) M. W. Brown et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Recent developments in the MAFFT multiple sequence alignment program

(2008) K. Katoh et al.   BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS

A Rapid Bootstrap Algorithm for the RAxML Web Servers

(2008) Alexandros Stamatakis et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY