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Margarita Skamnelou

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasORCID 0009-0008-1218-1490Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Ecology· 1 Evolutionary Biology· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Daniel J. RichteriD· 2 shared Aikaterini C. TsikaiD· 1 shared Àlex Gàlvez-MoranteiD· 1 shared Catherine G. VasilopoulouiD· 1 shared Cédric BerneyiD· 1 shared Daniel VaulotiD· 1 shared Daryna ZavadskaiD· 1 shared David MoreiraiD· 1 shared

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintNov 13, 2026

The extracellular morphology and behaviour of the last common ancestor of animals and choanoflagellates

Margarita Skamnelou, Cédric Berney, Guifré Torruella…·Daniel J. Richter

This study investigates the extracellular morphology and behavior of choanoflagellates to infer traits of their last common ancestor with animals.

DOI 10.64898/2026.11.12.765648

imagingmicroscopy & imaging analysis

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EcologyDatabasePeer-reviewedJan 1, 2025

A Novel Taxonomic Database for eukaryotic Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase subunit I Gene (eKOI): Enhancing taxonomic resolution at community-level in metabarcoding analyses

Rubén González‐Miguéns, Àlex Gàlvez-Morante, Margarita Skamnelou…·Iñaki Ruiz‐Trillo

The paper introduces eKOI, a curated mitochondrial COI gene database to improve taxonomic resolution in metabarcoding, revealing new biodiversity in protists.

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metagenomicsstatistical model

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 30, 2022

McIdas localizes at centrioles and controls centriole numbers through PLK4-dependent phosphorylation

Marina Arbi, Margarita Skamnelou, Spyridoula Bournaka…·Zoi Lygerou

This study identifies McIdas as a regulator of centriole numbers through PLK4-dependent phosphorylation, linking its role in cell cycle control to centriole duplication.

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experimental assay

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