James O. McInerney

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James O. McInerney

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Microbiology

#912

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#1004

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James O. McInerney's Degrees

PhD Microbiology National University of Ireland
Bachelors Microbiology National University of Ireland

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According to Wikipedia, James O. McInerney is an Irish-born microbiologist, computational evolutionary biologist, professor, and former head of the School of Life Sciences at the University of Nottingham. He is an elected Fellow of the American Society for Microbiology and elected Fellow of the Linnean Society. In June 2020 he was elected president-designate of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution and in 2022 he took up the role of President.

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James O. McInerney's Published Works

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Population Genomics Reveal Recent Speciation and Rapid Evolutionary Adaptation in Polar Bears (2014) (319)
New approaches for unravelling reassortment pathways (2013) (273)
Why prokaryotes have pangenomes (2017) (254)
Endosymbiotic origin and differential loss of eukaryotic genes (2015) (237)
Origins of major archaeal clades correspond to gene acquisitions from bacteria (2014) (229)
Replicational and transcriptional selection on codon usage in Borrelia burgdorferi. (1998) (229)
Acquisition of 1,000 eubacterial genes physiologically transformed a methanogen at the origin of Haloarchaea (2012) (208)
Clann: investigating phylogenetic information through supertree analyses (2005) (200)
Networks: expanding evolutionary thinking. (2013) (192)
Supertrees disentangle the chimerical origin of eukaryotic genomes. (2007) (172)
GCUA: general codon usage analysis (1998) (167)
Combined Analysis of Variation in Core, Accessory and Regulatory Genome Regions Provides a Super-Resolution View into the Evolution of Bacterial Populations (2016) (162)
Metazoan opsin evolution reveals a simple route to animal vision (2012) (162)
Genome phylogenies indicate a meaningful alpha-proteobacterial phylogeny and support a grouping of the mitochondria with the Rickettsiales. (2006) (141)
A method for inferring the rate of evolution of homologous characters that can potentially improve phylogenetic inference, resolve deep divergence and correct systematic biases. (2011) (140)
The Opisthokonta and the Ecdysozoa may not be clades: stronger support for the grouping of plant and animal than for animal and fungi and stronger support for the Coelomata than Ecdysozoa. (2005) (139)
TOPD/FMTS: a new software to compare phylogenetic trees (2007) (135)
Of clades and clans: terms for phylogenetic relationships in unrooted trees. (2007) (129)
Does a tree–like phylogeny only exist at the tips in the prokaryotes? (2004) (129)
The hybrid nature of the Eukaryota and a consilient view of life on Earth (2014) (118)
Heterogeneous Models Place the Root of the Placental Mammal Phylogeny (2013) (115)
The shape of supertrees to come: tree shape related properties of fourteen supertree methods. (2005) (112)
Recovery and phylogenetic analysis of novel archaeal rRNA sequences from a deep-sea deposit feeder (1995) (104)
The prokaryotic tree of life: past, present... and future? (2008) (93)
Planctomycetes and eukaryotes: A case of analogy not homology (2011) (86)
Fatty acid biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Lateral gene transfer, adaptive evolution, and gene duplication (2003) (86)
The public goods hypothesis for the evolution of life on Earth (2011) (86)
Eukaryotic genes of archaebacterial origin are more important than the more numerous eubacterial genes, irrespective of function (2010) (78)
MultiPhyl: a high-throughput phylogenomics webserver using distributed computing (2007) (76)
“Every Gene Is Everywhere but the Environment Selects”: Global Geolocalization of Gene Sharing in Environmental Samples through Network Analysis (2016) (76)
Evolutionary analyses of non-genealogical bonds produced by introgressive descent (2012) (73)
Gene similarity networks provide tools for understanding eukaryote origins and evolution (2013) (65)
DPRml: distributed phylogeny reconstruction by maximum likelihood (2005) (63)
Function-related replacement of bacterial siderophore pathways (2017) (54)
Timing and Reconstruction of the Most Recent Common Ancestor of the Subtype C Clade of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (2004) (52)
EGN: a wizard for construction of gene and genome similarity networks (2013) (52)
An algorithm for detecting directional and non-directional positive selection, neutrality and negative selection in protein coding DNA sequences. (2002) (51)
Molecular evidence for dim-light vision in the last common ancestor of the vertebrates (2006) (46)
CRANN: detecting adaptive evolution in protein-coding DNA sequences (2003) (46)
Some Desiderata for Liberal Supertrees (2004) (45)
A Pluralistic Account of Homology: Adapting the Models to the Data (2013) (44)
The causes of protein evolutionary rate variation. (2006) (43)
Characterization of endospore-forming bacteria associated with entomopathogenic nematodes, Heterorhabditis spp., and description of Paenibacillus nematophilus sp. nov. (2003) (43)
The network of life: genome beginnings and evolution (2009) (41)
Molecular phylogeny of the Drosophila tripunctata and closely related species groups (Diptera: Drosophilidae). (2009) (40)
Evidence for Heterogeneous Selective Pressures in the Evolution of the env Gene in Different Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtypes (2005) (39)
Indications of relationships between poriferan classes using full-length 18s rRNA gene sequences (1999) (39)
Indications of relationships between poriferan classes using full-length 18s rRNA gene sequences (1999) (39)
Translational selection frequently overcomes genetic drift in shaping synonymous codon usage patterns in vertebrates. (2013) (38)
Phylogenetic analysis of Group I marine archaeal rRNA sequences emphasizes the hidden diversity within the primary group Archaea (1997) (36)
Gene prediction using the Self-Organizing Map: automatic generation of multiple gene models (2004) (33)
Bipartite Network Analysis of Gene Sharings in the Microbial World (2018) (33)
Prokaryotic Genome Evolution as Assessed by Multivariate Analysis of Codon Usage Patterns (1997) (32)
Coinfinder: detecting significant associations and dissociations in pangenomes (2019) (32)
Horizontal Gene Transfer as a Source of Conflict and Cooperation in Prokaryotes (2020) (29)
Recurring cluster and operon assembly for Phenylacetate degradation genes (2009) (27)
The ring of life hypothesis for eukaryote origins is supported by multiple kinds of data (2015) (27)
The Human Genome Retains Relics of Its Prokaryotic Ancestry: Human Genes of Archaebacterial and Eubacterial Origin Exhibit Remarkable Differences (2011) (25)
Trees from trees: construction of phylogenetic supertrees using clann. (2009) (25)
Horizontal gene flow from Eubacteria to Archaebacteria and what it means for our understanding of eukaryogenesis (2015) (24)
Gene and genome trees conflict at many levels (2009) (22)
Molecular cloning of an Atlantic salmon nucleoside diphosphate kinase cDNA and its pattern of expression during embryogenesis. (2000) (21)
Gamma Chain Receptor Interleukins: Evidence for Positive Selection Driving the Evolution of Cell-to-Cell Communicators in the Mammalian Immune System (2005) (20)
Evidence of Positive Darwinian Selection in Omp85, a Highly ConservedBacterial Outer Membrane Protein Essential for Cell Viability (2005) (20)
Phylogenetic resolution potential of 18S and 28S rRNA genes within the lithistid Astrophorida (1999) (19)
Phylogenetic resolution potential of 18S and 28S rRNA genes within the lithistid Astrophorida (1999) (19)
Integration of Two Ancestral Chaperone Systems into One: The Evolution of Eukaryotic Molecular Chaperones in Light of Eukaryogenesis (2013) (19)
Mechanisms That Shape Microbial Pangenomes. (2021) (18)
Paradigm for Life (2007) (18)
Eukaryotic genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis? Possible alternative explanations. (2003) (17)
New methods ring changes for the tree of life. (2005) (16)
Distributed Java Platform with Programmable MIMD Capabilities (2002) (16)
Evidence for Selection in the Abundant Accessory Gene Content of a Prokaryote Pangenome (2021) (14)
The molecular phylogeny of a nematode-specific clade of heterotrimeric G-protein alpha-subunit genes. (2006) (14)
The tree of genomes: An empirical comparison of genome-phylogeny reconstruction methods (2008) (14)
Sequence of the gene encoding the 16S rRNA of the beer spoilage organismMegasphaera cerevisiae (1995) (13)
The Molecular Phylogeny of a Nematode-Specific Clade of Heterotrimeric G-Protein α-Subunit Genes (2006) (13)
Formation of chimeric genes with essential functions at the origin of eukaryotes (2018) (13)
Analysis of gene expression in the bovine corpus luteum through generation and characterisation of 960 ESTs. (2004) (13)
Pangenomes and Selection: The Public Goods Hypothesis (2020) (12)
Bacteria and Archaea: Molecular techniques reveal astonishing diversity (2002) (11)
Horizontal gene transfer is less frequent in eukaryotes than prokaryotes but can be important (retrospective on DOI 10.1002/bies.201300095) (2017) (10)
Selection-based model of prokaryote pangenomes (2019) (10)
The role of public goods in planetary evolution (2017) (9)
Gene-gene relationships in an Escherichia coli accessory genome are linked to function and mobility (2021) (9)
Evidence of Positive Darwinian Selection in Putative Meningococcal Vaccine Antigens (2005) (9)
Codon Usage Patterns in Trichomonas vaginalis (1997) (9)
Trichoderma spp. genome and gene structure (1998) (8)
Genetics. Paradigm for life. (2007) (8)
On the desirability of models for inferring genome phylogenies. (2006) (8)
Reply to ‘The population genetics of pangenomes’ (2017) (8)
More than tree dimensions: inter-lineage evolution's ecological importance. (2013) (8)
Trichoderma spp. genome and gene structure (1998) (8)
Increased genome sampling reveals a dynamic relationship between gene duplicability and the structure of the primate protein-protein interaction network. (2012) (7)
Evolution: A four billion year old metabolism (2016) (7)
Goods-thinking vs. tree-thinking (2011) (7)
Gene Fusions Derived by Transcriptional Readthrough are Driven by Segmental Duplication in Human (2019) (7)
Adaptive evolution of the human fatty acid synthase gene: support for the cancer selection and fat utilization hypotheses? (2005) (7)
Microbiology: Mind the gaps in cellular evolution (2017) (6)
Prokaryote pangenomes are dynamic entities. (2022) (6)
Detecting adaptive molecular evolution: additional tools for the parasitologist. (2003) (6)
Building Large Phylogenetic Trees on Coarse-Grained Parallel Machines (2006) (5)
Sequence analysis and evolutionary aspects of piscine alpha-1-microglobulin/bikunin mRNA transcripts. (1995) (4)
Extraction of prokaryotic genomic DNA from marine microbial communities suitable for amplification using the polymerase chain reaction (1995) (4)
CLANN: Software for supertree analysis (2004) (3)
Comparison of DNA extraction techniques from amphiurid species (Ophiuroidea: Echinodermata) suitable for polymerase chain reaction (1995) (3)
CLANN: Software for supertree analysis (2004) (3)
Comparison of DNA extraction techniques from amphiurid species (Ophiuroidea: Echinodermata) suitable for polymerase chain reaction (1995) (3)
Morphology and molecules in lithistid taxonomy: new solutions for old problems (1999) (2)
Distributed computing for DNA analysis (2002) (2)
Pangenome evolution in Escherichia coli is sequence type, not phylogroup, specific (2022) (2)
Gene essentiality evolves across a pangenome (2022) (2)
A high-throughput bioinformatics distributed computing platform (2005) (2)
Distinct evolutionary trajectories in the Escherichia coli pangenome occur within sequence types (2022) (2)
Evidence for selection in a prokaryote pangenome (2020) (2)
Reconstructing and Analysing The Genome of The Last Eukaryote Common Ancestor to Better Understand the Transition from FECA to LECA (2019) (2)
Evolutionary developmental biology: Ghost locus appears (2014) (2)
High Frequency of Dynamic Rearrangements In Crispr loci (2022) (2)
Evolution by Pervasive Gene Fusion in Antibiotic Resistance and Antibiotic Synthesizing Genes (2015) (2)
Codon usage patterns in the Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L (1996) (2)
Codon usage patterns in the Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L (1996) (2)
Eukaryote Genes Are More Likely than Prokaryote Genes to Be Composites (2019) (2)
Re: Spectral analysis of echinoderm small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence data. (2000) (2)
Morphology and molecules in lithistid taxonomy: new solutions for old problems (1999) (2)
A new approach to gene prediction using the self-organizing map (2003) (1)
Some desiderata for meta-analytical supertrees (2004) (1)
Prokaryotic Pangenomes Act as Evolving Ecosystems (2022) (1)
The co-occurrence and co-exclusion of evolving objects in prokaryotes (2019) (1)
Some desiderata for meta-analytical supertrees (2004) (1)
EGN: a wizard for construction of gene and genome similarity networks (2013) (1)
Gene evolution and drug discovery. (2006) (1)
SMBE Satellite Meeting on Reticulated Microbial Evolution 2014—Meeting Report (2014) (1)
Genomic analysis methods (1999) (1)
Genomic analysis methods (1999) (1)
Chapter 10 SOME DESIDERATA FOR LIBERAL SUPERTREES (2004) (0)
FIVE. Traits and Homology (2020) (0)
Reply to ‘The population genetics of pangenomes’ (2017) (0)
Horizontal gene transfer drives extreme physiological change in Haloarchaea (2012) (0)
Research article Increased Genome Sampling Reveals a Dynamic Relationship between Gene Duplicability and the Structure of the Primate Protein-Protein Interaction Network (2012) (0)
On planctomycetes, eukaryotes, and analogy (2011) (0)
New approaches for unravelling reassortment pathways (2013) (0)
A THREE DOMAIN RATHER THAN FIVE KINGDOM CLASSIFICATION In 1987 (2011) (0)
Phylogeny of bacteria inferred from complete genome sequences (2003) (0)
Gene-gene relationships in an Escherichia coli pangenome are linked to function and mobility (2021) (0)
Reconstructing the ancestral eukaryote: lessons from the past (2007) (0)
© 2012 Landes Bioscience. Do not distribute. Goods-thinking vs. tree-thinking Finding a place for mobile genetic elements (2011) (0)
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) Council and Business Meetings, 2010, Lyon, France (2010) (0)
Formation of chimeric genes with essential functions at the origin of eukaryotes (2018) (0)
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Council and Business Meetings, 2013, Chicago, IL (2013) (0)
“Intelligence, Genes, and Success”, Bernie Devlin, Stephen E. Fienberg, Daniel P. Resnick and Kathryn Roeder (eds) (1998) (0)
Contingency, Repeatability and Predictability in the Evolution of a Prokaryotic Pangenome (2023) (0)
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Council and Business Meetings, 2015, Vienna Austria (2015) (0)
4 Evolutionary History of Prokaryotes: Tree or No Tree? (2006) (0)
The impact of taxonomic gene libraries on our knowledge of bacterial diversity: an example using the marine Archaea (2001) (0)
The impact of taxonomic gene libraries on our knowledge of bacterial diversity: an example using the marine Archaea (2001) (0)
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Council and Business Meetings, 2016, Gold Coast Australia. (2017) (0)
Detection of micro-organisms in the environment. (1995) (0)
OP-GBEV190167 2678..2690 (2019) (0)
M olecular B iology and E volution (2013) (0)

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