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James A Cotton

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Top papers

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1 The Ediacaran emergence of bilaterians: congruence between the genetic and the geological fossil records. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2008 2.25
2 Whole genome sequencing of multiple Leishmania donovani clinical isolates provides insights into population structure and mechanisms of drug resistance. Genome Res 2011 2.21
3 Genomic insights into the origin of parasitism in the emerging plant pathogen Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. PLoS Pathog 2011 2.09
4 Supertrees disentangle the chimerical origin of eukaryotic genomes. Mol Biol Evol 2007 1.92
5 Convergent sequence evolution between echolocating bats and dolphins. Curr Biol 2010 1.73
6 Genome-wide signatures of convergent evolution in echolocating mammals. Nature 2013 1.59
7 Phylogenomic analyses elucidate the evolutionary relationships of bats. Curr Biol 2013 1.56
8 The peculiar epidemiology of dracunculiasis in Chad. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013 1.52
9 The genome and life-stage specific transcriptomes of Globodera pallida elucidate key aspects of plant parasitism by a cyst nematode. Genome Biol 2014 1.51
10 The hearing gene Prestin reunites echolocating bats. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 1.44
11 The genome and transcriptome of Haemonchus contortus, a key model parasite for drug and vaccine discovery. Genome Biol 2013 1.44
12 Comparative genomics of the apicomplexan parasites Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum: Coccidia differing in host range and transmission strategy. PLoS Pathog 2012 1.44
13 The evolution of color vision in nocturnal mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 1.41
14 Measuring support and finding unsupported relationships in supertrees. Syst Biol 2005 1.39
15 The prokaryotic tree of life: past, present... and future? Trends Ecol Evol 2008 1.36
16 The shape of supertrees to come: tree shape related properties of fourteen supertree methods. Syst Biol 2005 1.22
17 Tempo and mode of diversification of lake Tanganyika cichlid fishes. PLoS One 2008 1.17
18 Properties of supertree methods in the consensus setting. Syst Biol 2007 1.01
19 Relative time scales reveal multiple origins of parallel disjunct distributions of African caecilian amphibians. Biol Lett 2007 0.98
20 Cetaceans on a molecular fast track to ultrasonic hearing. Curr Biol 2010 0.97
21 The tree of genomes: an empirical comparison of genome-phylogeny reconstruction methods. BMC Evol Biol 2008 0.93
22 New approaches for unravelling reassortment pathways. BMC Evol Biol 2013 0.84
23 Experimental design in caecilian systematics: phylogenetic information of mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rag1. Syst Biol 2009 0.83
24 Characterization and comparative analysis of the complete Haemonchus contortus β-tubulin gene family and implications for benzimidazole resistance in strongylid nematodes. Int J Parasitol 2013 0.82
25 The evolution of bat vestibular systems in the face of potential antagonistic selection pressures for flight and echolocation. PLoS One 2013 0.79
26 The role of Notch signalling and numb function in mechanosensory organ formation in the spider Cupiennius salei. Dev Biol 2008 0.79
27 Experimental design in phylogenetics: testing predictions from expected information. Syst Biol 2012 0.76
28 Stops making sense: translational trade-offs and stop codon reassignment. BMC Evol Biol 2011 0.75