Matthew W. Brown

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• Evaluating the potential role and contribution of transposable elements to the evolution of microbial multicellularity across the tree of eukaryotes

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026-06-25

• CSI-SSU: phylogenetic contamination screening of genomic datasets, demonstrated on The Protist 10,000 Genomes (P10K) Project

  BMC Genomics · 2026-05-24

• Extensive heterozygosity and genetic exchange among natural populations of <i>Leishmania</i> species

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2026-04-17

• Rare microbial relict sheds light on an ancient eukaryotic supergroup

  Nature · 2025-11-19 · 1 citations

• Pyrumthecina <i>Infraorder Nov.:</i> Revisiting the morphological diversity and identifying the phylogenetic home of <i>Argynnia</i> within Arcellinida (Tubulinea:Amoebozoa)Preprint

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-08-24

• CSI-SSU: Phylogenetic contamination screening of genomic datasets, demonstrated on the Protist 10,000 Genomes (P10K) databasePreprint

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-08-23 · 1 citations

• Big evolutionary fireworks in tiny glass houses

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2025-06-23

• Rare microbial relict sheds light on an ancient eukaryotic supergroupPreprint

  Research Square · 2025-05-15 · 1 citations

• Piercing the veil: A novel amoebozoan (Janelia veilia n. gen. n. sp.) reveals deep clades within Discosea through phylogenomics

  Protist · 2025-05-03 · 2 citations

• Minor Homemade Tools For Use With PXRD

  Structural Dynamics · 2025-03-01

• Validating the Genus <i>Pocheina</i> (Acrasidae, Heterolobosea, Discoba) Leads to the Recognition of Three Major Lineages Within Acrasidae

  Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology · 2025-03-01 · 1 citations

• An expanded phylogenomic analysis of Heterolobosea reveals the deep relationships, non-canonical genetic codes, and cryptic flagellate stages in the group

  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2025-01-16 · 13 citations

• The Acrasis kona genome and developmental transcriptomes reveal deep origins of eukaryotic multicellular pathways

  Nature Communications · 2024-11-25 · 12 citations

• Validating the genus <i>Pocheina</i> (Acrasidae, Heterolobosea, Excavata) leads to the recognition of three major lineages within AcrasidaePreprint

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2024-10-06

• GTRpmix: A Linked General Time-Reversible Model for Profile Mixture Models

  Molecular Biology and Evolution · 2024-08-15 · 19 citations

• SQL Has Problems. We Can Fix Them: Pipe Syntax In SQL

  Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment · 2024-08-01 · 7 citations

• Amoebozoan testate amoebae illuminate the diversity of heterotrophs and the complexity of ecosystems throughout geological time

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2024-07-16 · 15 citations