The genome of the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis and the origin of metazoans N King, MJ Westbrook, SL Young, A Kuo, M Abedin, J Chapman, ... Nature 451 (7180), 783-788, 2008 | 1240 | 2008 |
Early evolution of animal cell signaling and adhesion genes SA Nichols, W Dirks, JS Pearse, N King Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (33), 12451-12456, 2006 | 364 | 2006 |
Cell differentiation and morphogenesis in the colony-forming choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta MJ Dayel, RA Alegado, SR Fairclough, TC Levin, SA Nichols, ... Developmental biology 357 (1), 73-82, 2011 | 296 | 2011 |
Origin of metazoan cadherin diversity and the antiquity of the classical cadherin/β-catenin complex SA Nichols, BW Roberts, DJ Richter, SR Fairclough, N King Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (32), 13046-13051, 2012 | 208 | 2012 |
An evaluation of support for order-level monophyly and interrelationships within the class Demospongiae using partial data from the large subunit rDNA and cytochrome oxidase … SA Nichols Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 34 (1), 81-96, 2005 | 182 | 2005 |
Intragenomic variation of the rDNA internal transcribed spacers in sponges (Phylum Porifera): implications for phylogenetic studies G Wörheide, SA Nichols, J Goldberg Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 33 (3), 816-830, 2004 | 161 | 2004 |
Epithelia and integration in sponges SP Leys, SA Nichols, EDM Adams Integrative and Comparative Biology 49 (2), 167-177, 2009 | 107 | 2009 |
Evolution of sensory structures in basal metazoa DK Jacobs, N Nakanishi, D Yuan, A Camara, SA Nichols, V Hartenstein Integrative and Comparative Biology 47 (5), 712-723, 2007 | 105 | 2007 |
A molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the marine sponge genus Placospongia (Phylum Porifera) indicate low dispersal capabilities and widespread crypsis SA Nichols, PAG Barnes Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 323 (1), 1-15, 2005 | 76 | 2005 |
Biological Characterisation of Haliclona (?gellius) sp.: Sponge and Associated Microorganisms D Sipkema, B Holmes, SA Nichols, HW Blanch Microbial Ecology 58, 903-920, 2009 | 67 | 2009 |
Conserved expression of vertebrate microvillar gene homologs in choanocytes of freshwater sponges JF Peña, A Alié, DJ Richter, L Wang, N Funayama, SA Nichols EvoDevo 7 (13), 2016 | 47 | 2016 |
Phylogenetic analyses under secondary structure-specific substitution models outperform traditional approaches: case studies with diploblast LSU D Erpenbeck, SA Nichols, O Voigt, M Dohrmann, BM Degnan, ... Journal of Molecular Evolution 64, 543-557, 2007 | 41 | 2007 |
Tracing the Evolutionary Origin of Desmosomes KJ Green, Q Roth-Carter, CM Niessen, SA Nichols Current Biology 30 (10), R535-R543, 2020 | 40 | 2020 |
Evidence of Signaling and Adhesion Roles for β-Catenin in the Sponge Ephydatia muelleri KJ Schippers, SA Nichols Molecular biology and evolution 35 (6), 1407-1421, 2018 | 37 | 2018 |
On the phylogenetic relationships of hadromerid and poecilosclerid sponges KM Kober, SA Nichols Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87 (6 …, 2007 | 37 | 2007 |
Transcriptome sequencing and delimitation of sympatric Oscarella species (O. carmela and O. pearsei sp. nov) from California, USA SA Ereskovsky, A, Richter, DJ, Lavrov, DV, Schippers, KJ, Nichols PlosONE, 2017 | 32* | 2017 |
Deep, dark secrets of melatonin in animal evolution KJ Schippers, SA Nichols Cell 159, 9-10, 2014 | 32 | 2014 |
Analysis of a vinculin homolog in a sponge (phylum Porifera) reveals that vertebrate-like cell adhesions emerged early in animal evolution PW Miller, S Pokutta, JM Mitchell, JV Chodaparambil, DN Clarke, ... Journal of Biological Chemistry 293 (30), 11674-11686, 2018 | 26 | 2018 |
Genomic, phylogenetic, and cell biological insights into metazoan origins SA Nichols, MJ Dayel, N King Animal evolution: Genomes, fossils and trees, 24-32, 2009 | 25 | 2009 |
The identification of microRNAs in calcisponges: independent evolution of microRNAs in basal metazoans JM Robinson, EA Sperling, B Bergum, M Adamski, SA Nichols, ... Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental …, 2013 | 23 | 2013 |