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  1. Refining the Vertebrate Mitochondrial 12S rRNA Secondary Structure by Comparative Analysis

    Article • Integrative Zoology, November 2025, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  2. The complicated art of writing the perfect CV

    Article • EMBO Reports, September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  3. How to prepare the input data and run MCScanX efficiently?

    Article • August 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor David R Smith

  4. Protocol for the Gene Dictionary Tool (GDT) to create and implement gene dictionaries across annotated genomes

    Article • June 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor David R Smith

  5. A career in science requires a thick skin

    Article • EMBO Reports, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  6. The ingredients of a great scientific lecture

    Article • EMBO Reports, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  7. Espressogate

    Article • EMBO Reports, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  8. Long‐read RNA‐Seq for the discovery of long noncoding and antisense RNAs in plant organelles

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, July 2024, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  9. Long-read RNA sequencing can probe organelle genome pervasive transcription

    Article • Briefings in Functional Genomics, June 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  10. Photostasis and photosynthetic adaptation to polar life

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  11. Pervasive transcription of plant organelle genomes: functional noncoding transcriptomes?

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, June 2024, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  12. Your “out of the office” email is not fooling me

    Article • EMBO Reports, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  13. Redefining meaning and success in science, research and teaching

    Article • EMBO Reports, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  14. Finding value and beauty in obsolete scientific equipment

    Article • EMBO Reports, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  15. Things I wish I had done as a graduate student

    Article • EMBO Reports, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  16. Science can be an anxiety‐ridden road. It's best to develop coping strategies early in the journey

    Article • EMBO Reports, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  17. Photosynthetic adaptation and multicellularity in the Antarctic psychrophile, Chlamydomonas priscuii

    Article • Algal Research, July 2023, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  18. When you lose your passion for science

    Article • EMBO Reports, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  19. Temperature stress in psychrophilic green microalgae: Minireview

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, November 2022, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  20. An overview of online resources for intra-species detection of gene duplications

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, October 2022, Frontiers

    Professor David R Smith

  21. The plastomes of Hyalomonas oviformis and Hyalogonium fusiforme evolved dissimilar architectures after the loss of photosynthesis

    Article • Plant Direct, October 2022, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  22. HSDatabase – a database of highly similar duplicate genes from plants, animals, and algae

    Article • August 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor David R Smith

  23. After 2 years of a pandemic, students are struggling to find strong reference letters

    Article • EMBO Reports, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  24. Evolution of extremely diverged plastomes in Selaginellaceae (Lycophyte) is driven by repeat patterns and the underlying DNA maintenance machinery

    Article • The Plant Journal, June 2022, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  25. An Antarctic Alga That Can Survive The Extreme Cold

    Article • Frontiers for Young Minds, May 2022, Frontiers

    Professor David R Smith

  26. The underappreciated art of creating publication‐quality figures

    Article • EMBO Reports, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  27. The plastomes of Hyalomonas oviformis and Hyalogonium fusiforme evolved dissimilar architecture after the loss of photosynthesis

    Article • March 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor David R Smith

  28. A species by any other name would sound as sweet

    Article • EMBO Reports, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  29. HSDatabase—a database of highly similar duplicate genes from plants, animals, and algae

    Article • Database, January 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  30. Genome evolution: Minicircular mtDNA and unusual heteroplasmy in a parasitic plant

    Article • Current Biology, January 2022, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  31. Photosynthetic adaptation to polar life: Energy balance, photoprotection and genetic redundancy

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, January 2022, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  32. The mitochondrial genomes of two Gryllus crickets (Grylloidea: Gryllidae) via RNA-seq

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David R Smith

  33. The genome paper is dead, long live the genome paper!

    Article • EMBO Reports, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  34. HSDFinder: A BLAST-Based Strategy for Identifying Highly Similar Duplicated Genes in Eukaryotic Genomes

    Article • Frontiers in Bioinformatics, December 2021, Frontiers

    Professor David R Smith

  35. Protocol for using NoBadWordsCombiner to merge and minimize “bad words” from BLAST hits against multiple eukaryotic gene annotation databases

    Article • STAR Protocols, December 2021, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  36. Simple Matching Using QIIME 2 and RDP Reveals Misidentified Sequences and an Underrepresentation of Fungi in Reference Datasets

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, November 2021, Frontiers

    Professor David R Smith

  37. Mutational Effects of Mobile Introns on the Mitochondrial Genomes of Metschnikowia Yeasts

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, November 2021, Frontiers

    Professor David R Smith

  38. A constitutive stress response is a result of low temperature growth in the Antarctic green algaChlamydomonassp.UWO241

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, November 2021, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  39. Confessions of a microscope hoarder

    Article • EMBO Reports, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  40. Protocol for HSDFinder: Identifying, annotating, categorizing, and visualizing duplicated genes in eukaryotic genomes

    Article • STAR Protocols, September 2021, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  41. The human touch

    Article • EMBO Reports, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  42. Alcodemia: are we training our students to be great thinkers or great drinkers?

    Article • EMBO Reports, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  43. University campuses need people in them

    Article • EMBO Reports, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  44. Is the Dinoflagellate Amoebophrya Really Missing an mtDNA?

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, February 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  45. Draft genome sequence of the Antarctic green alga Chlamydomonas sp. UWO241

    Article • iScience, February 2021, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  46. Do scientists read enough fiction?

    Article • EMBO Reports, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  47. A short guide to genetic data mining

    Article • EMBO Reports, December 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  48. Does mitochondrial DNA replication in Chlamydomonas require a reverse transcriptase?

    Article • New Phytologist, October 2020, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  49. Do you miss the conference circuit? I surely don't

    Article • EMBO Reports, September 2020, EMBO

    Professor David R Smith

  50. Depositing annotated sequences in GenBank: there needs to be a better way

    Article • Briefings in Functional Genomics, September 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  51. The strange mitochondrial genomes of Metschnikowia yeasts

    Article • Current Biology, July 2020, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  52. Revisiting Ceriantharian (Anthozoa) Mitochondrial Genomes: Casting Doubts about Their Structure and Size

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, June 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  53. Is sabbatical a dirty word?

    Article • EMBO Reports, June 2020, EMBO

    Professor David R Smith

  54. Common Repeat Elements in the Mitochondrial and Plastid Genomes of Green Algae

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, May 2020, Frontiers

    Professor David R Smith

  55. Academic street smarts: be vigilant of fraudsters

    Article • EMBO Reports, April 2020, EMBO

    Professor David R Smith

  56. Can Green Algal Plastid Genome Size Be Explained by DNA Repair Mechanisms?

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, January 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  57. A letter to Denis Lynn

    Article • Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, January 2020, Michigan State University Press

    Professor David R Smith

  58. Revisiting published genomes with fresh eyes and new data

    Article • EMBO Reports, November 2019, EMBO

    Professor David R Smith

  59. Unparalleled Variation in RNA Editing among Selaginella Plastomes

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, September 2019, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Professor David R Smith

  60. The mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes of the green alga Haematococcus are made up of nearly identical repetitive sequences

    Article • Current Biology, August 2019, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  61. Cold-Adapted Protein Kinases and Thylakoid Remodeling Impact Energy Distribution in an Antarctic Psychrophile

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, April 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  62. Relative Mutation Rates in Nucleomorph-Bearing Algae

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, March 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  63. Evolution: A Plant Plastid Genome that Has Forsaken Guanine and Cytosine

    Article • Current Biology, February 2019, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  64. Presence and absence of light-independent chlorophyll biosynthesis among Chlamydomonas green algae in an ice-covered Antarctic lake

    Article • Communicative & Integrative Biology, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David R Smith

  65. The enigmatic loss of light-independent chlorophyll biosynthesis from an Antarctic green alga in a light-limited environment

    Article • New Phytologist, December 2018, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  66. Haematococcus lacustris: the makings of a giant-sized chloroplast genome

    Article • AoB Plants, October 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  67. Is it time to put a humidifier in the dry domain of writing scientific papers?

    Article • EMBO Reports, September 2018, EMBO

    Professor David R Smith

  68. Exploring the Limits and Causes of Plastid Genome Expansion in Volvocine Green Algae

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, August 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  69. Spathaspora passalidarum selected for resistance to AFEX hydrolysate shows decreased cell yield

    Article • FEMS Yeast Research, June 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  70. How photosynthetic proteins work in Antarctic environments

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2018, Wiley

    Marina Cvetkovska, Professor David R Smith

  71. Bringing bioinformatics to the scientific masses

    Article • EMBO Reports, May 2018, EMBO

    Professor David R Smith

  72. Plastid genomes hit the big time

    Article • New Phytologist, March 2018, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  73. Attention, attention: your most valuable scientific assets are under attack

    Article • EMBO Reports, January 2018, EMBO

    Professor David R Smith

  74. Lost in the Light: Plastid Genome Evolution in Nonphotosynthetic Algae

    Article • January 2018, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  75. Does Cell Size Impact Chloroplast Genome Size?

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, December 2017, Frontiers

    Professor David R Smith

  76. Evolution: In Chloroplast Genomes, Anything Goes

    Article • Current Biology, December 2017, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  77. The Frankenthesis

    Article • EMBO Reports, November 2017, EMBO

    Professor David R Smith

  78. Don't just dump your data and run

    Article • EMBO Reports, October 2017, EMBO

    Professor David R Smith

  79. Pervasive Transcription of Mitochondrial, Plastid, and Nucleomorph Genomes across Diverse Plastid-Bearing Species

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, September 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  80. Pervasive, Genome-Wide Transcription in the Organelle Genomes of Diverse Plastid-Bearing Protists

    Article • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, September 2017, Genetics Society of America

    Professor David R Smith

  81. Multiple Independent Changes in Mitochondrial Genome Conformation in Chlamydomonadalean Algae

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, April 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  82. The plastid genomes of nonphotosynthetic algae are not so small after all

    Article • Communicative & Integrative Biology, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David R Smith

  83. Let There Be Light: A Contemporary Primer on Primary Plastid Endosymbiosis

    Article • January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  84. More than ever, scientists need to engage with the public: the stakes are high and they may be for keeps

    Article • EMBO Reports, December 2016, EMBO

    Professor David R Smith

  85. The Plastid Genome of Polytoma uvella Is the Largest Known among Colorless Algae and Plants and Reflects Contrasting Evolutionary Paths to Nonphotosynthetic Lifestyles

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, December 2016, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Professor David R Smith

  86. Chilling out: the evolution and diversification of psychrophilic algae with a focus on Chlamydomonadales

    Article • Polar Biology, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  87. A walk in the park

    Article • EMBO Reports, October 2016, EMBO

    Professor David R Smith

  88. Unraveling chloroplast transcriptomes with ChloroSeq, an organelle RNA-Seq bioinformatics pipeline

    Article • Briefings in Bioinformatics, September 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  89. Protists and the Wild, Wild West of Gene Expression: New Frontiers, Lawlessness, and Misfits

    Article • Annual Review of Microbiology, September 2016, Annual Reviews

    Professor David R Smith

  90. The (in)complete organelle genome: exploring the use and nonuse of available technologies for characterizing mitochondrial and plastid chromosomes

    Article • Molecular Ecology Resources, August 2016, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  91. One Scientist’s Struggle to Be a Better Writer, and a Plea for Undergraduate Science-Writing Engagement

    Article • Science Communication, August 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor David R Smith

  92. The mutational hazard hypothesis of organelle genome evolution: 10 years on

    Article • Molecular Ecology, July 2016, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  93. Inflated organelle genomes and a circular-mapping mtDNA probably existed at the origin of coloniality in volvocine green algae

    Article • European Journal of Phycology, July 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David R Smith

  94. Goodbye genome paper, hello genome report: the increasing popularity of ‘genome announcements’ and their impact on science: Table 1.

    Article • Briefings in Functional Genomics, June 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  95. Recovering complete mitochondrial genome sequences from RNA-Seq: A case study of Polytomella non-photosynthetic green algae

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, May 2016, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  96. The Gonium pectorale genome demonstrates co-option of cell cycle regulation during the evolution of multicellularity

    Article • Nature Communications, April 2016, Nature

    Professor David R Smith

  97. Will Publons Popularize the Scientific Peer-Review Process?

    Article • BioScience, March 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  98. Resolving the phylogenetic relationship between Chlamydomonas sp. UWO 241 and Chlamydomonas raudensis sag 49.72 (Chlorophyceae) with nuclear and plastid DNA ...

    Article • Journal of Phycology, February 2016, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  99. Are you failing at scientific social media?

    Article • EMBO Reports, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  100. Erratum: Auxenochlorella protothecoides and Prototheca wickerhamii plastid genome sequences give insight into the origins of non-photosynthetic algae

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2015, Nature

    Dr Jean-François Pombert, Professor David R Smith

  101. Retention, erosion, and loss of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway in the nonphotosynthetic green algal genus Polytomella

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2015, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  102. Auxenochlorella protothecoides and Prototheca wickerhamii plastid genome sequences give insight into the origins of non-photosynthetic algae

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2015, Nature

    Dr Jean-François Pombert, Professor David R Smith

  103. Broadening the definition of a bioinformatician

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, August 2015, Frontiers

    Professor David R Smith

  104. The past, present and future of mitochondrial genomics: have we sequenced enough mtDNAs?

    Article • Briefings in Functional Genomics, June 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  105. Mutation Rates in Plastid Genomes: They Are Lower than You Might Think

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, April 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  106. Mitochondrial and plastid genome architecture: Reoccurring themes, but significant differences at the extremes

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor David R Smith

  107. Massive and Widespread Organelle Genomic Expansion in the Green Algal Genus Dunaliella

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, February 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  108. When the lights go out: the evolutionary fate of free‐living colorless green algae

    Article • New Phytologist, January 2015, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  109. The outsourcing and commercialization of science: Is the lab CEO the future of academic research?

    Article • EMBO Reports, November 2014, EMBO

    Professor David R Smith

  110. Nucleotide substitution analyses of the glaucophyte Cyanophora suggest an ancestrally lower mutation rate in plastid vs mitochondrial DNA for the Archaeplastida

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, October 2014, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  111. Soil-transmitted helminths are a serious but understudied health concern in South Africa, requiring immediate attention from the scientific community.

    Article • F1000Research, September 2014, F1000Research

    Professor David R Smith

  112. Buying in to bioinformatics: an introduction to commercial sequence analysis software

    Article • Briefings in Bioinformatics, September 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  113. Next‐generation sequencing data suggest that certain nonphotosynthetic green plants have lost their plastid genomes

    Article • New Phytologist, June 2014, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  114. The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the Functional Diversity of Eukaryotic Life in the Oceans through Transcriptome Sequencing

    Article • PLoS Biology, June 2014, PLOS

    Professor David R Smith, Dr Senjie Lin

  115. Last-gen nostalgia: a lighthearted rant and reflection on genome sequencing culture

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, May 2014, Frontiers

    Professor David R Smith

  116. A Plastid without a Genome: Evidence from the Nonphotosynthetic Green Algal Genus Polytomella

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, February 2014, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Professor David R Smith

  117. Massive difference in synonymous substitution rates among mitochondrial, plastid, and nuclear genes of Phaeocystis algae

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, February 2014, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  118. Mitochondrion‐to‐plastid DNA transfer: it happens

    Article • New Phytologist, January 2014, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  119. Hemoglobins in the genome of the cryptomonad Guillardia theta

    Article • Biology Direct, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  120. Volvox, Rolling out from under the Shadow of Chlamydomonas with Support from the AGA

    Article • Journal of Heredity, November 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  121. Are we divorced from the species we study?

    Article • F1000Research, November 2013, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor David R Smith

  122. What’s in a Name? A Lot if You’re a Little-Known Microbe

    Article • BioScience, October 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  123. Palindromic Genes in the Linear Mitochondrial Genome of the Nonphotosynthetic Green Alga Polytomella magna

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, August 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  124. Gene Conversion Shapes Linear Mitochondrial Genome Architecture

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, April 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  125. Mitochondrial and Plastid Genomes of the Colonial Green Alga Gonium pectorale Give Insights into the Origins of Organelle DNA Architecture within the Volvocales

    Article • PLOS One, February 2013, PLOS

    Professor David R Smith

  126. RNA-Seq data: a goldmine for organelle research

    Article • Briefings in Functional Genomics, January 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  127. Organelle Genome Complexity Scales Positively with Organism Size in Volvocine Green Algae

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, January 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  128. Complete Genome Sequences from Three Genetically Distinct Strains Reveal High Intraspecies Genetic Diversity in the Microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi

    Article • Eukaryotic Cell, January 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Jean-François Pombert, Professor David R Smith

  129. The battle for user-friendly bioinformatics

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, January 2013, Frontiers

    Professor David R Smith

  130. Microbial Eukaryote Globins

    Article • January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  131. Death of the genome paper

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, January 2013, Frontiers

    Professor David R Smith

  132. Relative rates of evolution among the three genetic compartments of the red alga Porphyra differ from those of green plants and do not correlate with genome architecture

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, October 2012, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  133. Does the Mode of Plastid Inheritance Influence Plastid Genome Architecture?

    Article • PLOS One, September 2012, PLOS

    Professor David R Smith

  134. Not seeing the genomes for the DNA

    Article • Briefings in Functional Genomics, March 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  135. Twenty-Fold Difference in Evolutionary Rates between the Mitochondrial and Plastid Genomes of Species with Secondary Red Plastids

    Article • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, January 2012, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  136. Updating Our View of Organelle Genome Nucleotide Landscape

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, January 2012, Frontiers

    Professor David R Smith

  137. Similar Relative Mutation Rates in the Three Genetic Compartments of Mesostigma and Chlamydomonas

    Article • Protist, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor David R Smith

  138. Phylogeny and Molecular Evolution of the Green Algae

    Article • Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, January 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David R Smith, Frederik Leliaert, Matthew Herron

  139. Making Your Genbank Entry Count

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, January 2012, Frontiers

    Professor David R Smith

  140. First Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence from a Box Jellyfish Reveals a Highly Fragmented Linear Architecture and Insights into Telomere Evolution

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, November 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  141. The GC-Rich Mitochondrial and Plastid Genomes of the Green Alga Coccomyxa Give Insight into the Evolution of Organelle DNA Nucleotide Landscape

    Article • PLOS One, August 2011, PLOS

    Professor James L Van Etten, Professor David R Smith

  142. Extending the Limited Transfer Window Hypothesis to Inter-organelle DNA Migration

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, July 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  143. Nucleotide Diversity of the Colorless Green Alga Polytomella parva (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta): High for the Mitochondrial Telomeres, Surprisingly Low Everywhere Else*

    Article • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, July 2011, Wiley

    Professor David R Smith

  144. Correlation between Nuclear Plastid DNA Abundance and Plastid Number Supports the Limited Transfer Window Hypothesis

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, February 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  145. Evolution of linear mitochondrial DNA in three known lineages of Polytomella

    Article • Current Genetics, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  146. Low Nucleotide Diversity for the Expanded Organelle and Nuclear Genomes of Volvox carteri Supports the Mutational-Hazard Hypothesis

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, April 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  147. The Dunaliella salina organelle genomes: large sequences, inflated with intronic and intergenic DNA

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  148. Unparalleled GC content in the plastid DNA of Selaginella

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  149. The mitochondrial and plastid genomes of Volvox carteri: bloated molecules rich in repetitive DNA

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  150. Nucleotide diversity of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii plastid genome: addressing the mutational-hazard hypothesis

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  151. Mitochondrial Genome of the Colorless Green Alga Polytomella capuana: A Linear Molecule with an Unprecedented GC Content

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, January 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David R Smith

  152. Nucleotide diversity in the mitochondrial and nuclear compartments of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: investigating the origins of genome architecture

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith

  153. Complete Mitochondrial DNA Sequence of the Scallop Placopecten magellanicus: Evidence of Transposition Leading to an Uncharacteristically Large Mitochondrial Genome

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, October 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Smith