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2024
Reconstructing the last common ancestor of all eukaryotes
T.A. Richards, L Eme, J.M. Archibald, and 27 more authors
@article{williamson_2024,title={Reconstructing the last common ancestor of all eukaryotes},author={Richards, T.A. and Eme, L and Archibald, J.M. and Leonard, G. and Coelho, S.M. and de Mendoza, A. and Dessimoz, C. and Dolezal, P. and Fritz-Laylin, L.K. and Gabaldón, T. and Hampl, V. and Kops, G.J.P.L and Leger, M.M. and Lopez-Garcia, P. and McInerney, J.O. and Moreira, D. and Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Richter, D.J. and Ruiz-Trillo, I. and Santoro, A.E. and Sebé-Pedrós, A. and Snel, B. and C.W., Stairs and Tromer, E.C. and van Hooff, J.J.E and Wickstead, B. and Williams, T.A. and Roger, A.J. and Dacks, J.B. and Wideman, J.G.},journal={PLoS Biology},volume={22},number={11},pages={e3002917},year={2024},publisher={},doi={10.1371/journal.pbio.3002917},}
A robustly rooted tree of eukaryotes reveals their excavate ancestry
K. Williamson, L. Eme, H. Baños, and 7 more authors
@article{williamson_2025,title={A robustly rooted tree of eukaryotes reveals their excavate ancestry},author={Williamson, K. and Eme, L. and Baños, H. and McCarthy, C. and Susko, E. and Kamikawa, R. and Orr, R.J.S. and Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Simpson, A.G.B. and Roger, A.J.},journal={bioRxiv},volume={},number={},pages={},year={2024},publisher={Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory},doi={10.1101/2024.09.04.611237},}
Nucleomorph phylogenomics suggests a deep and ancient origin of cryptophyte plastids within Rhodophyta
L.V.F. Novak, S.A. Muñoz-Gómez, Beveren F., and 4 more authors
@article{novak_2024,title={Nucleomorph phylogenomics suggests a deep and ancient origin of cryptophyte plastids within Rhodophyta},author={Novak, L.V.F. and Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and van Beveren F. and Ciobanu, M. and Eme, L. and López-García, P. and Moreira, D.},journal={bioRxiv},volume={},number={},pages={},year={2024},publisher={Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory},doi={10.1101/2024.03.10.584144},}
The energetic costs of cellular complexity in evolution
@article{munoz-gomez_2024,title={The energetic costs of cellular complexity in evolution},author={Muñoz-Gómez, S.A.},journal={Trends in Microbiology},volume={32},number={8},pages={746-755},year={2024},publisher={},doi={10.1016/j.tim.2024.01.003},}
A dynamin superfamily-like pseudoenzyme coordinates with MICOS to promote cristae architecture
A. Kumar, M.O. Oguz Gok, K.N. Nguyen, and 4 more authors
@article{kumar_etal_2023,title={A dynamin superfamily-like pseudoenzyme coordinates with MICOS to promote cristae architecture},author={Kumar, A. and Oguz Gok, M.O. and Nguyen, K.N. and Reese, M.L. and Wideman, J.G. and Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Friedman, J.R.},journal={Current Biology},volume={},number={},pages={},year={2024},publisher={},doi={https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.028},}
2023
Single-cell genomics reveals the divergent mitochondrial genomes of Retaria (Foraminifera and Radiolaria)
J-N. Macher, N.L. Coots, Y-P. Poh, and 10 more authors
@article{munoz-gomez_etal_2023b,title={Single-cell genomics reveals the divergent mitochondrial genomes of Retaria (Foraminifera and Radiolaria)},author={Macher, J-N. and Coots, N.L. and Poh, Y-P. and Girard, E.B. and Langerak, A. and Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Sinha, S.D. and Jirsová, D. and Vos, R. and Wissels, R. and Gile, G.H. and Renema, W. and Wideman, J.G.},journal={mBio},volume={},number={},pages={e00302-23},year={2023},publisher={},doi={10.1128/mbio.00302-23},}
Intracytoplasmic-membrane development in alphaproteobacteria involves the homolog of the mitochondrial crista-developing protein Mic60
S.A. Muñoz-Gómez, L.R. Cadena, A.T. Gardiner, and 13 more authors
@article{munoz-gomez_etal_2023c,title={Intracytoplasmic-membrane development in alphaproteobacteria involves the homolog of the mitochondrial crista-developing protein Mic60},author={Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Cadena, L.R. and Gardiner, A.T. and Leger, M.M. and Sheikh, S. and Connell, L.B. and Bilý, T. and Kopejtka, K. and Beatty, J.T. and Kopejtka, K. and Beatty, J.T. and Koblížek, M. and Roger, A.J. and Slamovits, C.H. and Lukeš, J. and Hashimi, H.},journal={Current Biology},volume={33},number={},pages={1-13},year={2023},publisher={},doi={10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.059},}
@article{munoz-gomez_2023,title={Energetics and evolution of anaerobic microbial eukaryotes},author={Muñoz-Gómez, S.A.},journal={Nature Microbiology},volume={8},number={},pages={197-203},year={2023},publisher={},doi={10.1038/s41564-022-01299-2},}
2022
EukProt: a database of genome-scale predicted proteins across the diversity of eukaryotes
D.J. Richter, C. Berney, J.F.H. Strassert, and 6 more authors
@article{richter_etal_2022,title={EukProt: a database of genome-scale predicted proteins across the diversity of eukaryotes},author={Richter, D.J. and Berney, C. and Strassert, J.F.H. and Poh, Y-P. and Herman, E.K. and Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Wideman, J.G. and Burki, F. and de Vargas, C.},journal={Peer Community Journal},volume={2},number={},pages={e56},year={2022},publisher={},doi={10.24072/pcjournal.173},}
The role of mitochondrial energetics in the origin and diversification of eukaryotes
@article{munoz-gomez_schavemaker_2022,title={The role of mitochondrial energetics in the origin and diversification of eukaryotes},author={Schavemaker, P.E. and Muñoz-Gómez, S.A.},journal={Nature Ecology and Evolution},volume={6},number={},pages={1307--1317},year={2022},publisher={},doi={10.1038/s41559-022-01833-9},}
Site-and-branch-heterogeneous analyses of an expanded dataset favors mitochondria as sister to known Alphaproteobacteria
S.A. Muñoz-Gómez, E. Susko, K. Williamson, and 5 more authors
@article{munoz-gomez_etal_2022,title={Site-and-branch-heterogeneous analyses of an expanded dataset favors mitochondria as sister to known Alphaproteobacteria},author={Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Susko, E. and Williamson, K. and Eme, L. and Slamovits, C.H. and Moreira, D. and López-García, P. and Roger, A.J.},journal={Nature Ecology and Evolution},volume={6},number={},pages={253--262},year={2022},publisher={},doi={10.1038/s41559-021-01638-2},}
2021
A microbial eukaryote with a unique combination of purple bacteria and green algae as endosymbionts
@article{munoz-gomez_etal_2021b,title={A microbial eukaryote with a unique combination of purple bacteria and green algae as endosymbionts},author={Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Kreutz, M. and Hess, S.},journal={Science Advances},volume={7},number={},pages={eabg4102},year={2021},publisher={},doi={10.1126/sciadv.abg4102},}
Constructive Neutral Evolution 20 years later
S.A. Muñoz-Gómez, G. Bilolikar, K. Geiler-Samerotte, and 1 more author
@article{munoz-gomez_etal_2021a,title={Constructive Neutral Evolution 20 years later},author={Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Bilolikar, G. and Geiler-Samerotte, K. and Wideman, J.G.},journal={Journal of Molecular Evolution},volume={89},number={},pages={172--182},year={2021},publisher={},doi={10.1007/s00239-021-09996-y},}
2020
Independent accretion of TIM22 complex subunits in the animal and fungal lineages
S.A. Muñoz-Gómez, S.N. Snyder, S.J. Montoya, and 1 more author
@article{munoz-gomez_etal_2020,title={Independent accretion of TIM22 complex subunits in the animal and fungal lineages},author={Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Snyder, S.N. and Montoya, S.J. and Wideman, J.G.},journal={F1000Research},volume={9},number={},pages={1060},year={2020},publisher={},doi={10.12688/f1000research.25904.1},}
Homologue replacement in the import motor of the mitochondrial inner membrane of trypanosomes
C. Känel, S.A. Muñoz-Gómez, S. Oeljeklaus, and 3 more authors
@article{von-kanel_etal_2020,title={Homologue replacement in the import motor of the mitochondrial inner membrane of trypanosomes},author={von Känel, C. and Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Oeljeklaus, S. and Wideman, J.G. and Harsman, A. and Schneider, A.},journal={eLife},volume={9},number={},pages={e52560},year={2020},publisher={},doi={10.7554/eLife.52560},}
Genome-enabled phylogenetic and functional reconstruction of an araphid pennate diatom Plagiostriata sp. CCMP470, previously assigned as a radial centric diatom, and its bacterial commensal
S. Sato, D. Nanjappa, R.G. Dorrell, and 13 more authors
@article{sato_etal_2020,title={Genome-enabled phylogenetic and functional reconstruction of an araphid pennate diatom Plagiostriata sp. CCMP470, previously assigned as a radial centric diatom, and its bacterial commensal},author={Sato, S. and Nanjappa, D. and Dorrell, R.G. and Jimenez Vieira, F.R. and Kazamia, E. and Tirichine, L. and Veluchamy, A. and Heilig, R. and Aury, J. and Jaillon, O. an Wincker, P. and Fussy, Z. and Obornik, M. and Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Mann, D.G. and Bowler, C. and Zingone, A.},journal={Scientific Reports},volume={10},number={},pages={9449},year={2020},publisher={},doi={10.1038/s41598-020-65941-x},}
2019
Neutral evolution of cellular phenotypes
J.G. Wideman, A. Novick, S.A. Muñoz-Gómez, and 1 more author
@article{wideman_etal_2019,title={Neutral evolution of cellular phenotypes},author={Wideman, J.G. and Novick, A. and Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Doolittle, W.F.},journal={Current Opinion in Genetics & Development},volume={59},number={},pages={87--94},year={2019},publisher={},doi={10.1016/j.gde.2019.09.004},}
Nephromyces represents a diverse and novel lineage of the Apicomplexa that has retained apicoplasts
S.A. Muñoz-Gómez, K. Durnin, L. Eme, and 4 more authors
@article{munoz-gomez_etal_2019b,title={Nephromyces represents a diverse and novel lineage of the Apicomplexa that has retained apicoplasts},author={Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Durnin, K. and Eme, L. and Paight, C. and Lane, C.E. and Saffo, M.B. and and Slamovits, C.H.},journal={Genome Biology and Evolution},volume={11},number={10},pages={2727--2740},year={2019},publisher={},doi={10.1093/gbe/evz155},}
An updated phylogeny of the Alphaproteobacteria reveals that the parasitic Rickettsiales and Holosporales have independent origins
S.A. Muñoz-Gómez, S. Hess, G. Burger, and 4 more authors
@article{munoz-gomez_etal_2019a,title={An updated phylogeny of the Alphaproteobacteria reveals that the parasitic Rickettsiales and Holosporales have independent origins},author={Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Hess, S. and Burger, G. and Lang, B. F. and Susko, E. and Slamovits, C.H. and Roger, A.J.},journal={eLife},volume={8},number={},pages={e42535},year={2019},publisher={},doi={10.7554/eLife.42535},}
2018
Functional Conservation, Structural Divergence, and Surprising Convergence in the MICOS Complex of Trypanosomes
@article{wideman_munoz-gomez_2018,title={Functional Conservation, Structural Divergence, and Surprising Convergence in the MICOS Complex of Trypanosomes},author={Wideman, J.G. and Muñoz-Gómez, S.A.},journal={Current Biology},volume={28},number={21},pages={R1245--R1248},year={2018},publisher={},doi={10.1016/j.cub.2018.09.057},}
Microbial eukaryotes have adapted to hypoxia by horizontal acquisitions of a gene involved in rhodoquinone biosynthesis
C. Stairs, L. Eme, S.A. Muñoz-Gómez, and 5 more authors
@article{stairs_etal_2018,title={Microbial eukaryotes have adapted to hypoxia by horizontal acquisitions of a gene involved in rhodoquinone biosynthesis},author={Stairs, C. and Eme, L. and Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Cohen, A. and Dellaire, G. and Shepherd, J. and Fawcett, J. and Roger, A.J.},journal={eLife},volume={7},number={},pages={e34292},year={2018},publisher={},doi={10.7554/eLife.34292},}
@incollection{munoz-gomez_slamovits_2018,title={Plastid Genomes in the Myzozoa},author={Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and and Slamovits, C. H.},booktitle={Plastid Genome Evolution},editor={Chaw, Shu-Miaw and Jansen, Robert K.},series={Advances in Botanical Research},publisher={Academic Press},address={Oxford},volume={85},year={2018},pages={55-94},chapter={3},doi={10.1016/bs.abr.2017.11.015},}
@article{roger_etal_2017,title={The Origin and Diversification of Mitochondria},author={Roger, A.J. and Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Kamikawa, R.},journal={Current Biology},volume={27},number={21},pages={R1177--R1192},year={2017},publisher={},doi={10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.015},}
The new red algal subphylum Proteorhodophytina comprises the largest and most divergent plastid genomes known
S.A. Muñoz-Gómez, F. G. Mejía-Franco, K. Durnin, and 4 more authors
@article{munoz-gomez_etal_2017,title={The new red algal subphylum Proteorhodophytina comprises the largest and most divergent plastid genomes known},author={Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Mejía-Franco, F. G. and Durnin, K. and Colp, M. and Grisdale, C. J. and Archibald, J.M. and Slamovits, C. H.},journal={Current Biology},volume={27},number={11},pages={1677--1684},year={2017},publisher={},doi={10.1016/j.cub.2017.04.054},}
2016
The origin of mitochondrial cristae from alphaproteobacteria
S.A. Muñoz-Gómez, Wideman J.G., A.J. Roger, and 1 more author
@article{munoz-gomez_etal_2016,title={The origin of mitochondrial cristae from alphaproteobacteria},author={Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and J.G., Wideman and Roger, A.J. and Slamovits, C.H.},journal={Molecular Biology and Evolution},volume={34},number={4},pages={943--956},year={2016},publisher={},doi={10.1093/molbev/msw298},}
@article{wideman_munoz-gomez_2016,title={The evolution of ERMIONE in mitochondrial biogenesis and lipid homeostasis: An evolutionary view from comparative cell biology},author={Wideman, J.G. and Muñoz-Gómez, S.A.},journal={Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids},volume={1861},number={8},pages={900--912},year={2016},publisher={},doi={10.1016/j.bbalip.2016.01.015},}
2015
The evolution of MICOS: ancestral and derived functions
S.A. Muñoz-Gómez, C.H. Slamovits, J.B. Dacks, and 1 more author
@article{munoz-gomez_etal_2015b,title={The evolution of MICOS: ancestral and derived functions},author={Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Slamovits, C.H. and Dacks, J.B. and Wideman, J.G.},journal={Communicative & Integrative Biology},volume={8},number={6},pages={e1094593},year={2015},publisher={},doi={10.1080/19420889.2015.1094593},}
Ancient homology of the Mitochondrial Contact Site and Cristae Organizing System (MICOS) points to the endosymbiotic origin of mitochondrial cristae
S.A. Muñoz-Gómez, C.H. Slamovits, J.B. Dacks, and 3 more authors
@article{munoz-gomez_etal_2015a,title={Ancient homology of the Mitochondrial Contact Site and Cristae Organizing System (MICOS) points to the endosymbiotic origin of mitochondrial cristae},author={Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Slamovits, C.H. and Dacks, J.B. and Baier, K.A. and Spencer, K.D. and Wideman, J.G.},journal={Current Biology},volume={25},number={11},pages={1489--1495},year={2015},publisher={},doi={10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.006},}
2014
Evolution of Drosophila sex comb length illustrates the inextricable interplay between selection and variation
J.N. Malagón, A. Ahuja, Sivapatham G., and 6 more authors
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014
@article{malagon_etal_2014,title={Evolution of Drosophila sex comb length illustrates the inextricable interplay between selection and variation},author={Malagón, J.N. and Ahuja, A. and G., Sivapatham and Hung, J. and Lee, J. and Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Atallah, J. and Singh, R. and Larsen, E.},journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},volume={111},number={39},pages={E4103--4109},year={2014},publisher={},doi={10.1073/pnas.1322342111},}
2013
Evolution stings: The origin and diversification of scorpion toxin peptide scaffolds
K. Sunagar, E.A.B. Undheim, A.H.C. Chan, and 4 more authors
@article{sunagar_etal_2013,title={Evolution stings: The origin and diversification of scorpion toxin peptide scaffolds},author={Sunagar, K. and Undheim, E.A.B. and Chan, A.H.C. and Koludarov, I. and Muñoz-Gómez, S.A. and Antunes, A. and Fry, B.G.},journal={Toxins},volume={5},number={12},pages={2456--2487},year={2013},publisher={},doi={10.3390/toxins5122456},}