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Andrew J. Roger

Andrew J. Roger

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
81
Citations
23452
World Ranking
1526
National Ranking
51

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 2004 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Andrew J. Roger is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science.

The scientist has contributed substantially to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Ecology, Parasitology, Genetics, and Plant Science.

The main research topics Andrew J. Roger has worked on include:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

  • Edward Susko
  • Alastair G. B. Simpson
  • Shelby K. Williams
  • John M. Archibald
  • Laura Eme

The most common publication venues for Andrew J. Roger's work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution

Their recent published papers are:

  • PhyloFisher: A phylogenomic package for resolving eukaryotic relationships, 2021, PLoS Biology
  • Site-and-branch-heterogeneous analyses of an expanded dataset favour mitochondria as sister to known Alphaproteobacteria, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • A phylogenomically informed five-order system for the closest relatives of land plants, 2022, Current Biology
  • Long Branch Attraction Biases in Phylogenetics, 2021, Systematic Biology
  • Lateral Gene Transfer Mechanisms and Pan-genomes in Eukaryotes, 2020, Trends in Parasitology

Andrew J. Roger has been recognized with several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2012, Academy of Science
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2004

Best Publications

  • A Kingdom-Level Phylogeny of Eukaryotes Based on Combined Protein Data

    Sandra L. Baldauf;A. J. Roger;I. Wenk-Siefert;W. F. Doolittle

  • The Origin and Diversification of Mitochondria.

    Andrew J. Roger;Sergio A. Muñoz-Gómez;Ryoma Kamikawa

  • Phylogeny of Dissimilatory Sulfite Reductases Supports an Early Origin of Sulfate Respiration

    Michael Wagner;Andrew J. Roger;Jodi L. Flax;Gregory A. Brusseau

  • The New Tree of Eukaryotes

    Fabien Burki;Fabien Burki;Andrew J. Roger;Matthew W. Brown;Alastair G.B. Simpson

  • The tree of eukaryotes

    Patrick J. Keeling;Gertraud Burger;Dion G. Durnford;B. Franz Lang

  • Phylogenomic analyses support the monophyly of Excavata and resolve relationships among eukaryotic “supergroups”

    Vladimir Hampl;Laura Hug;Jessica W. Leigh;Joel B. Dacks

  • Multiple Lateral Transfers of Dissimilatory Sulfite Reductase Genes between Major Lineages of Sulfate-Reducing Prokaryotes

    Michael Klein;Michael Friedrich;Andrew J. Roger;Philip Hugenholtz

  • The real 'kingdoms' of eukaryotes.

    Alastair G.B. Simpson;Andrew J. Roger

  • A Eukaryote without a Mitochondrial Organelle

    Anna Karnkowska;Anna Karnkowska;Vojtěch Vacek;Zuzana Zubáčová;Sebastian C. Treitli

  • Modeling Site Heterogeneity with Posterior Mean Site Frequency Profiles Accelerates Accurate Phylogenomic Estimation.

    Huai-Chun Wang;Bui Quang Minh;Edward Susko;Andrew J Roger

  • A mitochondrial-like chaperonin 60 gene in Giardia lamblia: Evidence that diplomonads once harbored an endosymbiont related to the progenitor of mitochondria

    Roger Aj;Svärd Sg;Tovar J;Clark Cg

  • Direct evidence for secondary loss of mitochondria in Entamoeba histolytica

    C G Clark;A J Roger

  • Reconstructing Early Events in Eukaryotic Evolution.

    Andrew J. Roger

  • The Capsaspora genome reveals a complex unicellular prehistory of animals

    Hiroshi Suga;Zehua Chen;Alex de Mendoza;Arnau Sebé-Pedrós

  • Phylogenomic Evidence for Separate Acquisition of Plastids in Cryptophytes, Haptophytes, and Stramenopiles

    Denis Baurain;Denis Baurain;Henner Brinkmann;Joern Petersen;Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta

  • On the Age of Eukaryotes: Evaluating Evidence from Fossils and Molecular Clocks

    Laura Eme;Susan C. Sharpe;Matthew W. Brown;Andrew J. Roger

  • A Phylogenomic Investigation into the Origin of Metazoa

    Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo;Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo;Andrew J. Roger;Gertraud Burger;Michael W. Gray

  • How big is the iceberg of which organellar genes in nuclear genomes are but the tip

    W F Doolittle;Y Boucher;C L Nesbø;C L Nesbø;C J Douady

  • Ancient origin of the integrin-mediated adhesion and signaling machinery

    Arnau Sebé-Pedrós;Andrew J. Roger;Franz B. Lang;Nicole King

  • Phylogenetic analyses of diplomonad genes reveal frequent lateral gene transfers affecting eukaryotes.

    Jan O. Andersson;Åsa M. Sjögren;Lesley A.M. Davis;T.Martin Embley

Frequent Co-Authors

Alastair G. B. Simpson
Alastair G. B. Simpson Dalhousie University
B. Franz Lang
B. Franz Lang University of Montreal
Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo
Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo Pompeu Fabra University
Jan Andersson
Jan Andersson Uppsala University
John M. Archibald
John M. Archibald Dalhousie University
Gertraud Burger
Gertraud Burger University of Montreal
Joel B. Dacks
Joel B. Dacks University of Alberta
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Julius Lukeš
Julius Lukeš Czech Academy of Sciences
Michael W. Gray
Michael W. Gray Dalhousie University

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