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Dr. Sarah Bourlat

  • Head of metabarcoding section
  • Deputy ombudsperson for good scientific practice

Phone: +49 228 9122 353
E-Mail: s.bourlat@leibniz-lib.de

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    2025

  • 2025/01

    Leidenberger, S., Wiese, V., Schaumann, F., Pleiss, F., Langen, K., Bourlat, S.J.

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    Freshwater mollusc community screening - Classical and eDNA monitoring methods to detect rare, indicator and invasive species

    Science of the Total Environment, 958

  • 2025/01

    Kilian, I.C., Kirse, A., Peters, R.S., Bourlat, S.J., Fonseca, V.G., Wägele, W.J., Hamm, A., Mengual, X.

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    Maximizing Identification Precision of Hymenoptera and Brachycera (Diptera) With a Non‐Destructive Metabarcoding Approach

    Ecology and Evolution, 1, 15

  • 2024

  • 2024/07

    Thomas, L.J., Kirse, A., Raus, H., Langen, K., Nümann, B., Tschan, G., Gemeinholzer, B., Wägele, J.W., Bourlat, S.

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    Synchronised monitoring of plant and insect diversity: a case study using automated Malaise traps and DNA-based methods

    Biodiversity Data Journal, 12

  • 2024/02

    Kirse, A., Paja, M., Reinhold, L., Bourlat, S., Wägele, W.

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    Development of an automated Malaise trap multisampler

  • 2024/09

    Kilian, I.C., Neuhoff, D., Täufer, F., Nabel, M., Kirse, A., Bourlat, S.J., Döring, T.

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    Der Einfluss von Bewirtschaftung und organischer Düngung auf Bodenarthropoden in ackerbaulich genutzten Böden

    0028-0615, 9-10, 99

  • 2024/02

    Zizka, V., Langen, K., Kirse, A., Scherges, A., Bourlat, S.J.

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    Non-destructive DNA extraction and metabarcoding of arthropod bulk samples: a step-by-step protocol

  • 2024/08

    BGE Milestone MS 2.4b

  • 2023

  • 2023/10

    Bourlat, S.J., Tschan, G.F., Martín, S., Iqram, M., Leidenberger, S.

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    A red listing gap analysis of molluscs and crustaceans in Northern Europe: What has happened in the last 10 years?

    Biological conservation, 286

  • 2023/11

    Bourlat, S.J., Koch, M., Kirse, A., Langen, K., Espeland, M., Giebner, H., Decher, J., Ssymank, A., Fonseca, V.G.

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    Metabarcoding dietary analysis in the insectivorous bat Nyctalus leisleri and implications for conservation

    Biodiversity Data Journal, 11

  • 2023/11

    Hörren, T., Bodingbauer, S., Bourlat, S., Grüneberg, C., Kaiser, M., Kiel, E., Schäffler, L., Scherber, C., Schwan, H., Seitz, A., Stenmans, W., Sumser, H., Zizka, V., Sorg, M.

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    Monitoring der Biodiversität flugaktiver Insekten in NRW

    Nat NRW, 2023, 3

  • 2023/07

    Chua, P.Y., Bourlat, S.J., Ferguson, C., Korlevic, P., Zhao, L., Ekrem, T., Meier, R., Lawniczak, M.K.

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    Future of DNA-based insect monitoring

    Trends in Genetics, 7, 39

  • 2023/11

    Sickel, W., Zizka, V., Scherges, A., Bourlat, S.J., Dieker, P.

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    Abundance estimation with DNA metabarcoding–recent advancements for terrestrial arthropods

    Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, 7

  • 2023/05

    BGE Milestone MS2.4a

  • 2022

  • 2022/03

    Wägele, J., Bodesheim, P., Bourlat, S.J., Denzler, J., Diepenbroek, M., Fonseca, V., Frommolt, K., Geiger, M.F., Gemeinholzer, B., Glöckner, F.O., Haucke, T., Kirse, A., Kölpin, A., Kostadinov, I., Kühl, H.S., Kurth, F., Lasseck, M., Liedke, S., Losch, F., Müller, S., Petrovskaya, N., Piotrowski, K., Radig, B., Scherber, C., Schoppmann, L., Schulz, J., Steinhage, V., Tschan, G.F., Vautz, W., Velotto, D., Weigend, M., Wildermann, S.

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    Towards a multisensor station for automated biodiversity monitoring

    Basic and applied ecology, 59

  • 2022/08

    Kirse, A., Bourlat, S.J., Langen, K., Zapke, B., Zizka, V.

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    Comparison of destructive and nondestructive DNA extraction methods for the metabarcoding of arthropod bulk samples

    Molecular ecology resources, 1, 23

  • 2022/08

    Grobe, P., Gemeinholzer, B., Kirse, A., Saeed, A., Bourlat, S.J.

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    Data Flows for Metabarcoding-based Monitoring in the Project Automated Multisensor Stations for Monitoring of Biodiversity

    Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, 6

  • 2022/12

    BGE Deliverable D4.2: Metadata standards

  • 2021

  • 2021/07

    Lehmann, G.U., Bakanov, N., Behnisch, M., Bourlat, S.J., Brühl, C.A., Eichler, L., Fickel, T., Geiger, M.F., Gemeinholzer, B., Hörren, T., Köthe, S., Lux, A., Meinel, G., Mühlethaler, R., Poglitsch, H., Schäffler, L., Schlechtriemen, U., Schneider, F.D., Schulte, R., Sorg, M., Sprenger, M., Swenson, S.J., Terlau, W., Turck, A., Zizka, V.M.

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    Diversity of Insects in Nature protected Areas (DINA): an interdisciplinary German research project

    Biodiversity and conservation, 8-9, 30

  • 2021/05

    Kirse, A., Bourlat, S.J., Langen, K., Fonseca, V.G.

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    Metabarcoding Malaise traps and soil eDNA reveals seasonal and local arthropod diversity shifts

    Scientific reports, 1, 11

  • 2021/10

    Elbrecht, V., Bourlat, S.J., Hörren, T., Lindner, A., Mordente, A., Noll, N.W., Schäffler, L., Sorg, M., Zizka, V.

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    Pooling size sorted Malaise trap fractions to maximize taxon recovery with metabarcoding

    PeerJ, 9

  • 2021/03

    Bourlat, S.J., Faust, E., Wennhage, H., Wikström, A., Rigby, K., Vigo, M., Kraly, P., Selander, E., André, C.

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    Wrasse fishery on the Swedish West Coast: towards ecosystem-based management

    4, 78

  • 2021/12

    Bruce, K., Blackman, R.C., Bourlat, S.J., Hellström, M., Bakker, J., Bista, I., Bohmann, K., Bouchez, A., Brys, R., Clark, K., Elbrecht, V., Fazi, S., Fonseca, V.G., Hänfling, B., Leese, F., Mächler, E., Mahon, A.R., Meissner, K., Panksep, K., Pawłowski, J., Yáñez, P.S., Seymour, M., Thalinger, B., Valentini, A., Woodcock, P., Traugott, M., Vasselon, V., Deiner, K.

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    A practical guide to DNA-based methods for biodiversity assessment

  • 2021/03

    Leidenberger, S., Muhammаd, I., Bourlat, S.J.

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    Why are so many Northern European aquatic invertebrates missing in red-listing and how can we improve assessments for those?

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  • 2021/06

    Eriksson, B.K., Yanos, C., Bourlat, S.J., Donadi, S., Fontaine, M.C., Hansen, J.P., Jakubavičiūtė, E., Kiragosyan, K., Maan, M.E., Merilä, J., Austin, Å.N., Olsson, J., Reiss, K., Sundblad, G., Bergström, U., Eklöf, J.S.

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    Habitat segregation of plate phenotypes in a rapidly expanding population of three‐spined stickleback

    Ecosphere, 6, 12

  • 2021/05

    Kirse, A., Bourlat, S.J., Langen, K., Fonseca, V.G.

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    Unearthing the potential of soil eDNA metabarcoding—Towards best practice advice for invertebrate biodiversity assessment

    Frontiers in ecology and evolution, 9

  • 2020

  • 2020/06

    Giebner, H., Langen, K., Bourlat, S.J., Kukowka, S., Mayer, C., Astrin, J.J., Misof, B., Fonseca, V.G.

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    Comparing diversity levels in environmental samples: DNA sequence capture and metabarcoding approaches using 18S and COI genes

    Molecular ecology resources, 5, 20

  • 2020/05

    Eriksson, B.K., Yanos, C., Bourlat, S., Donadi, S., Fontaine, M.C., Hansen, J.P., Jakubavičiūtė, E., Kiragosyan, K., Maan, M.E., Merilä, J., Austin, Å.N., Olsson, J., Reiss, K., Sundblad, G., Bergström, U., Eklöf, J.S.

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    The rise of the three-spined stickleback–eco-evolutionary consequences of a mesopredator release

    bioRxiv

  • 2019

  • 2019/05

    Bernal, R., Bacon, C.D., Balslev, H., Hoorn, C., Bourlat, S.J., Tuomisto, H., Salamanca, S., Van Manen, M.T., Romero, I., Sepulchre, P., Antonelli, A.

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    Could coastal plants in western Amazonia be relicts of past marine incursions?

    Journal of biogeography, 8, 46

  • 2019/09

    Retter, A., Nilsson, R.H., Bourlat, S.J.

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    Exploring the taxonomic composition of two fungal communities on the Swedish west coast through metabarcoding

    Biodiversity Data Journal, 7

  • 2019/06

    Leidenberger, S., Jonsson, A., Bourlat, S.

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    End biodiversity loss through improved tracking of marine threatened invertebrates

  • 2019/11

    Sundberg, P., Obst, M., Bourlat, S.J., Bergkvist, J., Magnusson, M.

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    Utvärdering av ny övervakning av främmande arter: Metodjämförelse mellan traditionell och DNA-baserad identifiering

  • 2017

  • 2017/08

    Holovachov, O., Haenel, Q., Bourlat, S.J., Jondelius, U.

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    Taxonomy assignment approach determines the efficiency of identification of OTUs in marine nematodes

    Royal Society Open Science, 8, 4

  • 2017/10

    Jakubavičiūtė, E., Bergström, U., Eklöf, J., Haenel, Q., Bourlat, S.J.

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    DNA metabarcoding reveals diverse diet of the three-spined stickleback in a coastal ecosystem

    10, 12

  • 2017/06

    Haenel, Q., Holovachov, O., Jondelius, U., Sundberg, P., Bourlat, S.J.

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    NGS-based biodiversity and community structure analysis of meiofaunal eukaryotes in shell sand from Hållö island, Smögen, and soft mud from Gullmarn Fjord, Sweden

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  • 2017/04

    Holovachov, O., Haenel, Q., Bourlat, S.J., Jondelius, U.

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    Taxonomy assignment approach determines the efficiency of identification of metabarcodes in marine nematodes

    arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.05412

  • 2016

  • 2016/07

    Bourlat, S.J., Haenel, Q., Finnman, J., Leray, M.

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    Preparation of Amplicon Libraries for Metabarcoding of Marine Eukaryotes Using Illumina MiSeq: The Dual-PCR Method

    1452

  • 2016/07

    Leray, M., Haenel, Q., Bourlat, S.J.

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    Preparation of Amplicon Libraries for Metabarcoding of Marine Eukaryotes Using Illumina MiSeq: The Adapter Ligation Method

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  • 2016/10

    Hardisty, A., Bacall, F., Beard, N., Balcázar-Vargas, M., Balech, B., Barcza, Z., Bourlat, S.J., De Giovanni, R., de Jong, Y., De Leo, F., Dobor, L., Donvito, G., Fellows, D., Fernàndez-Guerra, A., Ferreira, N.G.C., Fetyukova, Y., Fosso, B., Giddy, J., Goble, C., Güntsch, A., Haines, R., Ernst, V.H., Hettling, H., Hidy, D., Horváth, F., Ittzés, D., Ittzés, P., Jones, A.C., Kottmann, R., Kulawik, R., Leidenberger, S., Lyytikäinen‐Saarenmaa, P., Güntsch, A., Morrison, N., Nenadić, A., de la Hidalga, A.N., Obst, M., Oostermeijer, J.G.B., Paymal, E., Pesole, G., Pinto, S., Poigné, A., Fernandez, F.Q., Santamaría, M., Saarenmaa, H., Sipos, G., Sylla, K., Tähtinen, M., Vicario, S., Vos, R., Williams, A., Yilmaz, Y.

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    BioVeL: a virtual laboratory for data analysis and modelling in biodiversity science and ecology

    BMC ecology, 16, 49

  • 2016/07

    Bourlat, S.J.

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    Marine Genomics: Methods and Protocols

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  • 2015

  • 2015/08

    Leidenberger, S., Obst, M., Kulawik, R., Stelzer, K., Heyer, K., Hardisty, A., Bourlat, S.J.

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    Evaluating the potential of ecological niche modelling as a component in marine non-indigenous species risk assessments

    Marine Pollution Bulletin, 1-2, 97

  • 2015/02

    Leidenberger, S., Giovanni, R.D., Kulawik, R., Williams, A.R., Bourlat, S.J.

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    Mapping present and future potential distribution patterns for a meso‐grazer guild in the Baltic Sea

    Journal of biogeography, 2, 42

  • 2014

  • 2014/11

    Davies, N., Field, D., Amaral-Zettler, L., Barker, K., Bicak, M., Bourlat, S., Coddington, J., Deck, J., Drummond, A., Gilbert, J.A., Glöckner, F.O., Kottmann, R., Meyer, C., Morrison, N., Obst, M., Robbins, R., Schriml, L., Sterk, P., Stones-Havas, S.

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    Report of the 14th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting, Oxford, UK, September 17–21, 2012

    Standards in Genomic Sciences, 9

  • 2013

  • 2013/02

    Nakano, H., Lundin, K., Bourlat, S.J., Telford, M.J., Funch, P., Nyengaard, J.R., Obst, M., Thorndyke, M.C.

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    Xenoturbella bocki exhibits direct development with similarities to Acoelomorpha

    Nature communications, 1, 4

  • 2013/09

    Bourlat, S.J., Borja, A., Gilbert, J., Taylor, M.I., Davies, N., Weisberg, S.B., Griffith, J.F., Lettieri, T., Field, D., Benzie, J., Glöckner, F.O., Rodríguez-Ezpeleta, N., Faith, D.P., Bean, T.P., Obst, M.

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    Genomics in marine monitoring: new opportunities for assessing marine health status

    Marine Pollution Bulletin, 1, 74

  • 2013/07

    Stelzer, K., Heyer, K., Bourlat, S., Obst, M.

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    Application of ecological niche modelling and earth observation for the risk assessment and monitoring of invasive species in the Baltic Sea

  • 2012

  • 2012/00

    Guntsch, A., Cherian, M., Ernest, V.H., Obst, M., Bourlat, S., Williams, A., Jong, Y.D., Hardisty, A.

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    The BioVeL data refinement workflow for occurrence data

  • 2012/00

    Horvath, F., Barcza, Z., Obst, M., Saarenmaa, H., Lyytikäinen-Saarenmaa, P., Vargas, M.B., Gelybo, G., Dobor, L., Kertesz, M., Fenesi, A., Crucz, B., Morrison, N., Bourlat, S., Oostermeijer, G., Ernst, V.H., Yilmaz, P., Hardisty, A.

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    State-of-the-art & trends review on biospheric carbon sequestration, ecosystem functioning and valuatiuon, and invasive species management: BioVeL-Biodiversity Virtual e …

  • 2011

  • 2011/04

    Obst, M., Nakano, H., Bourlat, S.J., Thorndyke, M.C., Telford, M.J., Nyengaard, J.R., Funch, P.

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    Spermatozoon ultrastructure of Xenoturbella bocki (Westblad 1949)

    Acta Zoologica/Acta zoologica, 2, 92

  • 2010

  • 2010/12

    Mwinyi, A., Bailly, X., Bourlat, S.J., Jondelius, U., Littlewood, D.T.J., Podsiadlowski, L.

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    The phylogenetic position of Acoela as revealed by the complete mitochondrial genome of Symsagittifera roscoffensis

    BMC evolutionary biology, 10

  • 2009

  • 2009/08

    Telford, M.J., Bourlat, S.J., Economou, A., Papillon, D., Rota-Stabelli, O.

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    The origins and evolution of the Ecdysozoa

    Animal Evolution. Genomes, Fossils, and Trees

  • 2009/12

    Bourlat, S.J., Rota-Stabelli, O., Lanfear, R., Telford, M.J.

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    The mitochondrial genome structure of Xenoturbella bocki (phylum Xenoturbellida) is ancestral within the deuterostomes

    BMC evolutionary biology, 9

  • 2009/04

    Bourlat, S.J., Hejnol, A.

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    Acoels

    Current Biology, 7, 19

  • 2008

  • 2008/10

    Bourlat, S.J., Nielsen, C., Economou, A.D., Telford, M.J.

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    Testing the new animal phylogeny: a phylum level molecular analysis of the animal kingdom

    Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 1, 49

  • 2008/12

    Obst, M., Nakano, H., Bourlat, S., Thorndike, M., Telford, M., Nyengaard, J., Funch, P.

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    The Spermatozoan Ultrastructure of Xenotubella Suggests a Close Relationship to Enteropneust Hemichordates

    Journal of morphology, 12, 269

  • 2008/00

    Nakano, H., Bourlat, S., Obst, M., Nakano, A., Telford, M., Thorndyke, M.

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    Developmental studies of Xenoturbella

    J MORPHOL, 12, 269

  • 2008/04

    Telford, M.J., Bourlat, S.J., Economou, A., Papillon, D., Rota-Stabelli, O.

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    The evolution of the Ecdysozoa

    Philosophical transactions - Royal Society. Biological sciences, 1496, 363

  • 2008/01

    Bourlat, S.J., Nakano, H., Åkerman, M., Telford, M.J., Thorndyke, M.C., Obst, M.

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    Feeding ecology of Xenoturbella bocki (phylum Xenoturbellida) revealed by genetic barcoding

    Molecular ecology resources, 1, 8

  • 2008/04

    Telford, M.J., Bourlat, S.J., Economou, A., Papillon, D., Rota-Stabelli, O.

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    The evolution of the Ecdysozoa

    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 1496, 363

  • 2006

  • 2006/11

    Webster, B.L., Copley, R.R., Jenner, R.A., Mackenzie‐Dodds, J.A., Bourlat, S.J., Rota‐Stabelli, O., Littlewood, D., Telford, M.J.

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    Mitogenomics and phylogenomics reveal priapulid worms as extant models of the ancestral Ecdysozoan

    Evolution & Development, 6, 8

  • 2006/11

    Bourlat, S.J., Juliusdottir, T., Lowe, C.J., Freeman, R., Aronowicz, J., Kirschner, M., Lander, E.S., Thorndyke, M., Nakano, H., Kohn, A.B., Heyland, A., Moroz, L.L., Copley, R.R., Telford, M.J.

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    Deuterostome phylogeny reveals monophyletic chordates and the new phylum Xenoturbellida

    Nature, 7115, 444

  • 2003

  • 2003/08

    Bourlat, S.J., Nielsen, C., Lockyer, A.E., Littlewood, D.T.J., Telford, M.J.

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    Xenoturbella is a deuterostome that eats molluscs

    Nature, 6951, 424

  • 1998

  • 1998/07

    Gartner, A., Jovanović, A., Jeoung, D., Bourlat, S., Cross, F.R., Ammerer, G.

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    Pheromone-Dependent G1 Cell Cycle Arrest Requires Far1 Phosphorylation, but May Not Involve Inhibition of Cdc28-Cln2 Kinase, In Vivo

    Molecular and cellular biology, 7, 18

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