Peterson, Kevin J.

The Cambrian Conundrum: Early Divergence and Later Ecological Success in the Early History of Animals

Erwin, D. H., Laflamme, M., Tweedt, S. M., Sperling, E. A., Pisani, D., & Peterson, K. J. (2011) · Science

Evolution and Paleontology StudiesPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 1,336

The Genome of the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Sodergren, E., Weinstock, G. M., Davidson, E. H., Cameron, R. A., Gibbs, R. A., Angerer, R. C., Angerer, L. M., Arnone, M. I., Burgess, D. R., Burke, R. D., et al. (2006) · Science

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 1,132

Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life

Wiegmann, B. M., Trautwein, M. D., Winkler, I. S., Barr, N. B., Kim, J.-W., Lambkin, C., Bertone, M. A., Cassel, B. K., Bayless, K. M., Heimberg, A. M., et al. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Diptera species taxonomy and behaviorFossil Insects in Amber

Cited by 936

The dynamic genome of Hydra

Chapman, J. A., Kirkness, E. F., Simakov, O., Hampson, S. E., Mitros, T., Weinmaier, T., Rattei, T., Balasubramanian, P. G., Borman, J., Busam, D., et al. (2010) · Nature

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 810

The deep evolution of metazoan microRNAs

Wheeler, B. M., Heimberg, A. M., Moy, V. N., Sperling, E. A., Holstein, T. W., Heber, S., & Peterson, K. J. (2009) · Evolution & Development

Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationChromosomal and Genetic Variations

Cited by 534

Animal phylogeny and the ancestry of bilaterians: inferences from morphology and 18S rDNA gene sequences

Peterson, K. J., & Eernisse, D. J. (2001) · Evolution & Development

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyInvertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology

Cited by 529

Estimating metazoan divergence times with a molecular clock

Peterson, K. J., Lyons, J. B., Nowak, K. S., Takacs, C. M., Wargo, M. J., & McPeek, M. A. (2004) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Evolution and Paleontology StudiesGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Cited by 461

Origin of Bilaterian Body Plans: Evolution of Developmental Regulatory Mechanisms

Davidson, E. H., Peterson, K. J., & Cameron, R. A. (1995) · Science

Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationMarine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

Cited by 381

Origin of the Eumetazoa: Testing ecological predictions of molecular clocks against the Proterozoic fossil record

Peterson, K. J., & Butterfield, N. J. (2005) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 361

The Ediacaran emergence of bilaterians: congruence between the genetic and the geological fossil records

Peterson, K. J., Cotton, J. A., Gehling, J. G., & Pisani, D. (2008) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Evolution and Paleontology StudiesPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 313

The end of the Ediacara biota: Extinction, biotic replacement, or Cheshire Cat?

Laflamme, M., Darroch, S. A. F., Tweedt, S. M., Peterson, K. J., & Erwin, D. H. (2013) · Gondwana Research

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 300

MirGeneDB 2.0: the metazoan microRNA complement

Fromm, B., Domanska, D., Høye, E., Ovchinnikov, V., Kang, W., Aparicio-Puerta, E., Johansen, M., Flatmark, K., Mathelier, A., Hovig, E., et al. (2020) · Nucleic Acids Research

MicroRNA in disease regulationGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Cited by 261

MicroRNAs and metazoan macroevolution: insights into canalization, complexity, and the Cambrian explosion

Peterson, K. J., Dietrich, M. R., & McPeek, M. A. (2009) · BioEssays

Evolution and Genetic DynamicsDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 252

Poriferan paraphyly and its implications for Precambrian palaeobiology

Sperling, E. A., Pisani, D., & Peterson, K. J. (2007) · Geological Society, London, Special Publications

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsMarine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

Cited by 206

Dating the Time of Origin of Major Clades: Molecular Clocks and the Fossil Record

Smith, A. B., & Peterson, K. J. (2002) · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Evolution and Paleontology StudiesPlant Diversity and Evolution

Cited by 193

Precambrian animal diversity: Putative phosphatized embryos from the Doushantuo Formation of China

Chen, J.-Y., Oliveri, P., Li, C.-W., Zhou, G.-Q., Gao, F., Hagadorn, J. W., Peterson, K. J., & Davidson, E. H. (2000) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology

Cited by 187

Where's the glass? Biomarkers, molecular clocks, and microRNAs suggest a 200‐Myr missing Precambrian fossil record of siliceous sponge spicules

SPERLING, E. A., ROBINSON, J. M., PISANI, D., & PETERSON, K. J. (2010) · Geobiology

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 182

Phylogenetic-signal dissection of nuclear housekeeping genes supports the paraphyly of sponges and the monophyly of Eumetazoa

Sperling, E. A., Peterson, K. J., & Pisani, D. (2009) · Molecular Biology and Evolution

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyProtist diversity and phylogeny

Cited by 172

Set‐aside cells in maximal indirect development: Evolutionary and developmental significance

Peterson, K. J., Cameron, R. A., & Davidson, E. H. (1997) · BioEssays

Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationMarine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

Cited by 164

MirGeneDB 2.1: toward a complete sampling of all major animal phyla

Fromm, B., Høye, E., Domanska, D., Zhong, X., Aparicio-Puerta, E., Ovchinnikov, V., Umu, S. U., Chabot, P. J., Kang, W., Aslanzadeh, M., et al. (2022) · Nucleic Acids Research

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesMicroRNA in disease regulation

Cited by 147

Regulatory evolution and the origin of the bilaterians

Peterson, K. J., & Davidson, E. H. (2000) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationMarine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

Cited by 139

The A/P axis in echinoderm ontogeny and evolution: evidence from fossils and molecules

Peterson, K. J., Arenas‐Mena, C., & Davidson, E. H. (2000) · Evolution & Development

Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationEchinoderm biology and ecology

Cited by 125

Rangeomorphs, Thectardis (Porifera?) and dissolved organic carbon in the Ediacaran oceans: Rangeomorphs, Thectardis and DOC

SPERLING, E. A., PETERSON, K. J., & LAFLAMME, M. (2011) · Geobiology

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology

Cited by 112

Phylogenetic distribution of microRNAs supports the basal position of acoel flatworms and the polyphyly of Platyhelminthes

Sempere, L. F., Martinez, P., Cole, C., Baguñà, J., & Peterson, K. J. (2007) · Evolution & Development

Invertebrate Taxonomy and EcologyMarine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

Cited by 102