Laura A. Katz

Widespread distribution of extensive chromosomal fragmentation in ciliates.

L. Katz, J. Riley, Jennifer L. Riley, 2001, Molecular biology and evolution.

Alternative processing of scrambled genes generates protein diversity in the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata.

Laura A. Katz, Alexandra M Kovner, 2010, Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution.

Analyses of Alternatively Processed Genes in Ciliates Provide Insights into the Origins of Scrambled Genomes and May Provide a Mechanism for Speciation

L. Katz, F. Gao, S. Roy, 2015, mBio.

Evolution of the actin gene family in testate lobose amoebae (Arcellinida) is characterized by two distinct clades of paralogs and recent independent expansions.

Daniel J. G. Lahr, L. Katz, Daniel J G Lahr, 2011, Molecular biology and evolution.

Non-Mendelian inheritance of paralogs of 2 cytoskeletal genes in the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata.

L. Katz, Tessa Robinson, Laura A. Katz, 2007, Molecular biology and evolution.

Analyses of chromosome copy number and expression level of four genes in the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata reveal a complex pattern that suggests epigenetic regulation.

L. Katz, Laure Bellec, Laura A. Katz, 2012, Gene.

Assessing the effects of a sequestered germline on interdomain lateral gene transfer in Metazoa

L. Katz, H. D. Laughinghouse, Jessica R Grant, 2016, Evolution; international journal of organic evolution.

Somatic genome architecture and molecular evolution are decoupled in “young” linage-specific gene families in ciliates

S. K. Kosakovsky Pond, Auden Cote-L’Heureux, Laura A. Katz, 2024, PloS one.