S. M. Coelho

The paper investigates the molecular mechanisms of asexual reproduction emergence in brown algae, finding convergent gene expression changes and a key autosomal locus associated with the loss of sex.

GenEra identifies gene-family founder events across species, revealing neofunctionalization as a key driver of evolutionary novelty and linking these events to major transitions like multicellularity and terrestrialization.

The paper estimates the mutation rate in Ectocarpus, a brown algae with a haploid-diploid life cycle, finding it to be unusually low for a complex multicellular eukaryote.

This study investigates the evolution of TopoVI and TopoVI-like subunits, focusing on the divergence of TOPOVIBL and its role in meiotic DNA break generation.

This study examines sex-biased gene expression in two dioecious brown algae species, finding conserved male-biased genes related to gamete production and accelerated evolution in male-biased genes.

The paper examines gene expression changes during transitions to co-sexuality in brown algae, finding convergent expression shifts driven by selection.

The paper identifies a partially sex-reversed giant kelp strain, revealing transcriptional changes and gene expression patterns associated with sexual differentiation in a UV sexual system.

This study identifies chromatin state changes associated with sexual differentiation in the brown alga Ectocarpus using UV sex chromosomes.

This study examines the evolution of life cycle and reproductive traits in brown algae, finding diploid growth may evolve due to mutation complementation and haploid sex determination is ancestral.

The paper examines generation-biased gene expression in brown algae, finding high turnover rates and distinct evolutionary patterns between gametophyte and sporophyte genes.