Latest Choanoflagellate Papers

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• Costal strip production and lorica assembly in the large tectiform choanoflagellate Diaphanoeca grandis Ellis.
• Characterization of the tandem CWCH2 sequence motif: a hallmark of inter-zinc finger interactions.
• U12 type introns were lost at multiple occasions during evolution.
• Separation of choanoflagellate and bacterial genomic DNA.
• Preparation of high-molecular-weight genomic DNA from Monosiga brevicollis and other choanoflagellates.
• Rapid preparation of genomic DNA from Monosiga brevicollis and other choanoflagellates.
• Preparation of total RNA from Monosiga brevicollis and other choanoflagellates.
• Long-term frozen storage of choanoflagellate cultures.
• Isolation of single choanoflagellate cells from field samples and establishment of clonal cultures.
• The choanoflagellates: heterotrophic nanoflagellates and sister group of the metazoa.
• The backbone of the post-synaptic density originated in a unicellular ancestor of choanoflagellates and metazoans.
• Evolutionary Expansion and Specialization of the PDZ Domains.
• Conserved meiotic genes point to sex in the choanoflagellates.
• Where's the glass? Biomarkers, molecular clocks, and microRNAs suggest a 200-Myr missing Precambrian fossil record of siliceous sponge spicules.
• Sizing up the genomic footprint of endosymbiosis.
• Evolution of the 2'-5'-oligoadenylate synthetase family in eukaryotes and bacteria.
• The Dawn of Developmental Signaling in the Metazoa.
• Early evolution of metazoan transcription factors.
• Choanoflagellate lorica construction and assembly: the tectiform condition. Volkanus costatus (=Diplotheca costata).
• The choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis karyotype revealed by the genome sequence: telomere-linked helicase genes resemble those of some fungi.