P. E. Schavemaker

Quantifying the evolutionary paths to endomembranes

The paper quantifies evolutionary fitness gains of endomembrane systems through two models: pinocytosis and proto-endoplasmic reticulum, finding the latter provides net fitness gains.

Flagellar energy costs across the Tree of Life

The paper estimates flagellar construction costs across different organisms and shows that only larger cells could evolve eukaryotic flagella due to their higher energy costs.

The role of mitochondrial energetics in the origin and diversification of eukaryotes

This paper quantitatively analyzes the energetic costs and benefits of genomic architecture and symbionts in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, suggesting mitochondria provided small advantages to early eukaryotes but were crucial for their diversification.