Moroz, Leonid L.

The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems

Moroz, L. L., Kocot, K. M., Citarella, M. R., Dosung, S., Norekian, T. P., Povolotskaya, I. S., Grigorenko, A. P., Dailey, C., Berezikov, E., Buckley, K. M., et al. (2014) · Nature

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 716

Error, signal, and the placement of Ctenophora sister to all other animals

Whelan, N. V., Kocot, K. M., Moroz, L. L., & Halanych, K. M. (2015) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Cited by 331

Ctenophore relationships and their placement as the sister group to all other animals

Whelan, N. V., Kocot, K. M., Moroz, T. P., Mukherjee, K., Williams, P., Paulay, G., Moroz, L. L., & Halanych, K. M. (2017) · Nature Ecology & Evolution

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyInvertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology

Cited by 263

Profiling cellular diversity in sponges informs animal cell type and nervous system evolution

Musser, J. M., Schippers, K. J., Nickel, M., Mizzon, G., Kohn, A. B., Pape, C., Ronchi, P., Papadopoulos, N., Tarashansky, A. J., Hammel, J. U., et al. (2021) · Science

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyMarine Sponges and Natural Products

Cited by 242

On the Independent Origins of Complex Brains and Neurons

Moroz, L. L. (2009) · Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 209

Independent origins of neurons and synapses: insights from ctenophores

Moroz, L. L., & Kohn, A. B. (2016) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 171

PhyloTreePruner: A Phylogenetic Tree-Based Approach for selection of Orthologous sequences for phylogenomics

Kocot, K. M., Citarella, M. R., Moroz, L. L., & Halanych, K. M. (2013) · Evolutionary Bioinformatics

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesChromosomal and Genetic Variations

Cited by 166

Convergent evolution of neural systems in ctenophores

Moroz, L. L. (2015) · Journal of Experimental Biology

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 134

Neural versus alternative integrative systems: molecular insights into origins of neurotransmitters

Moroz, L. L., Romanova, D. Y., & Kohn, A. B. (2021) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Cited by 130

Multiple Origins of Neurons From Secretory Cells

Moroz, L. L. (2021) · Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 67

A sisterly dispute

Telford, M. J., Moroz, L. L., & Halanych, K. M. (2016) · Nature

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyProtist diversity and phylogeny

Cited by 65

The genealogy of genealogy of neurons

Moroz, L. L. (2014) · Communicative & Integrative Biology

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 59

Rapid evolution of the compact and unusual mitochondrial genome in the ctenophore, Pleurobrachia bachei

Kohn, A. B., Citarella, M. R., Kocot, K. M., Bobkova, Y. V., Halanych, K. M., & Moroz, L. L. (2012) · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesMarine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

Cited by 53

Single-Neuron Transcriptome and Methylome Sequencing for Epigenomic Analysis of Aging

Moroz, L. L., & Kohn, A. B. (2013) · Methods in Molecular Biology

Single-cell and spatial transcriptomicsEpigenetics and DNA Methylation

Cited by 42

Miscues misplace sponges

Halanych, K. M., Whelan, N. V., Kocot, K. M., Kohn, A. B., & Moroz, L. L. (2016) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Marine Sponges and Natural ProductsMarine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

Cited by 38

Single-Cell Semiconductor Sequencing

Kohn, A. B., Moroz, T. P., Barnes, J. P., Netherton, M., & Moroz, L. L. (2013) · Methods in Molecular Biology

Single-cell and spatial transcriptomicsGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Cited by 22

Computational workflow for analysis of gain and loss of genes in distantly related genomes

Ptitsyn, A., & Moroz, L. L. (2012) · BMC Bioinformatics

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesChromosomal and Genetic Variations

Cited by 11

Evolution of g-type lysozymes in metazoa: insights into immunity and digestive adaptations

Mukherjee, K., & Moroz, L. L. (2024) · Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Invertebrate Immune Response MechanismsMarine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

Cited by 7

Evolution of g-Type Lysozymes in Metazoa: Insights into Immunity and Digestive Adaptations

Mukherjee, K., & Moroz, L. L. (2024) · Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Invertebrate Immune Response MechanismsMarine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

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