J. J. E. van Hooff

This study estimates that 8-20% of rhizarian genes were acquired through eukaryote-to-eukaryote lateral gene transfer, with transfers from other eukaryotes showing distinct genomic signatures.

The paper analyzes the evolutionary history of the Dam1 complex, finding it originated in the Last Common Ancestor and evolved through stepwise duplications, not horizontal gene transfer.

The paper uses phylogenomics to infer the timing of gene duplications during eukaryogenesis, showing early expansion of cytoskeletal and membrane trafficking genes and later expansion after mitochondrial endosymbiosis.

The paper uses spatial proteomics and microscopy to show the conoid is conserved across apicomplexans, including Plasmodium, with structural differences between blood and vector stages.