Science Team > Debashish Bhattacharya Debashish Bhattacharya
The University of Iowa
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INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
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YEAR(s)FIELD OF STUDYMENTORDalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
BSc (Hons)1981BiologyC.M. BoydDalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
MES1984Environmental StudiesA.R.O. ChapmanSimon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
PhD1989BiologyL.D. DruehlMarine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Post-doc1988-1991Molecular evolutionM.L. SoginUniversity of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Post-doc1991-1994Molecular evolutionM. Melkonian Positions and Employment
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Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa
2006-
Adjunct Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
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Faculty, University of Iowa, Interdisciplinary PhD program in Human Toxicology
2005-
Director, University of Iowa, Interdisciplinary PhD program in Genetics
2004-
Faculty, University of Iowa, Interdisciplinary PhD program in Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences
2003-2007
Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa
1997-
Faculty, University of Iowa, Interdisciplinary PhD program in Genetics
1997-2003
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa
1994-1997
Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute, Göttingen , Germany
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Organizer, NSF-funded workshop, Where to Next with the Tree of Life? Washington , DC
Lead organizer, Discussion session on genomics approaches in HAB research, The Fourth
Symposium on Harmful Algae in the U.S., Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Organizing Committee, US-European Commission Workshop on Cyberinfrastructure Resources
for Genome-Enabled Research on Microbial Life and the Marine Environment, Washington, DC
Co-Organizer, NSF-funded symposium, Borrowed Chloroplasts: Secondary Endosymbiosis and
the Chromalveolates, Botanical Society of America Meeting, Chicago, IL
Chair, Advisory Board, CCMP – Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine
Phytoplankton, Bigelow, Maine
Member, Advisory Board, Heterokont Tree of Life Research Group
Member, American Society of Microbiology
Member, Time Tree Consortium, http://www.timetree.net/consortium.php
Participant, NESCent Working Group, Fossil and Molecular Estimates of Divergence Times for the Tree of Life: Database and Synthesis
Member, Advisory Board, CCMP – Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton, Bigelow, Maine
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Organizer, NSF-funded workshop - Frontiers in genomics: insights into protist evolutionary
biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Co-Organizer, NSF-funded symposium - Genome Evolution in Microbial Eukaryotes, Annual
Meeting of the Society of Protozoologists, Bryant College, Rhode Island
Editorial Board, Botanica Marina
Associate Editor, Journal of Molecular Evolution
Associate Editor, Journal of Phycology
Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellow, Department of Botany, University of Cologne, Germany
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Postdoctoral Fellow
Alfred P. Sloan Post-Doctoral Fellow, Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, MA
Peer-reviewed publications (grouped by major area of research).
Molecular Evolution of Microbial Eukaryotes
Bhattacharya, D., J.M. Archibald, A.P.M. Weber, and A. Reyes-Prieto. 2007. How do endosymbionts become organelles? Understanding early events in plastid evolution. BioEssays: in press.
Reyes-Prieto, A., and D. Bhattacharya. 2007. Phylogeny of nuclear encoded plastid targeted proteins suggests an early divergence of glaucophytes within Plantae. Mol. Biol. Evol. Sept. 6; [Epub ahead of print].
Bhattacharya, D., and T. Nosenko. Accepted. Endosymbiotic and horizontal gene transfer in chromalveolates. J. Phycol.
Reyes-Prieto, A., H.S. Yoon, and D. Bhattacharya. Provisionally accepted. Marine protist (algal) genomics and evolution. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences.
Tyra, H.M., Linka, M., Weber, A.P.M., and D. Bhattacharya. Host origin of plastid solute transporters in the first photosynthetic eukaryotes. Genome Biol. 2007 Oct 5;8(10):R212
Yoon, H.S., J. Grant, Y.I. Tekle, M. Wu, B.C. Chaon, J.C. Cole, J.M. Logsdon, D.J. Patterson, D. Bhattacharya, and L.A. Katz. Provisionally accepted. Broadly sampled multigene trees of eukaryotes. BMC Evol. Biol.
Nosenko, T., and D. Bhattacharya. 2007. Horizontal gene transfer in chromalveolates. BMC Evol. Biol. 2007 Sept. 25;7(1):173.
Reyes-Prieto, A., A. Weber, and D. Bhattacharya. 2007. The origin and establishment of the plastid in algae and plants. Annu. Rev. Genet. Jun 28; [Epub ahead of print].
Hackett, J.D., H.S. Yoon, S. Li, A. Reyes-Prieto, S.E. Ruemmele, and D. Bhattacharya. 2007. Phylogenomic analysis supports the monophyly of cryptophytes and haptophytes and the association of 'Rhizaria' with chromalveolates. Mol. Biol. Evol. 24: 1702-1713.
Hackett, J.D., H.S. Yoon, N.J. Butterfield, M.J. Sanderson, and D. Bhattacharya. 2007. Plastid endosymbiosis: origins and timing of events. In: Evolution of Aquatic Photoautotrophs, Eds. Falkowski, P., and A. Knoll, Elsevier.
Nosenko, T., B. Boese, and D. Bhattacharya. 2007. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis analysis of genome size and structure in Pavlova gyrans and Diacronema sp. (Haptophyta). J. Phycol. 43: 763-767.
Reyes Prieto, A., and D. Bhattacharya. 2007. Phylogeny of Calvin cycle enzymes supports Plantae monophyly. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 45:384-391.
Zhang, H., S. Lin, and D. Bhattacharya. 2007. A three-gene dinoflagellate phylogeny suggests a basal position for Amphidinium, Katodinium, and Heterocapsa. J. Mol. Evol. Sept. 26; [Epub ahead of print].
Hackett, J.D., H.S. Yoon, and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. The genomes of dinoflagellates. In: Genome Evolution in Eukaryotic Microbes, (Eds.) L.A. Katz and D. Bhattacharya. Oxford University Press.
Reyes-Prieto, A., J.D. Hackett, M.F. Bonaldo, M.B. Soares, and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. Cyanobacterial contribution to algal nuclear genomes is primarily limited to plastid functions. Curr. Biol. 16:2320-2325. (with accompanying commentary)
Parfrey, L.W., E. Barbero, E. Lasser, M.S. Dunthorn, D. Bhattacharya, D.J. Patterson, and L.A. Katz. 2006. Evaluating support for the current classification of eukaryotic diversity. PLoS Genetics. 2:e220.
Yoon, H.S., C. Ciniglia, M. Wu, J. Comeron, G. Pinto, A. Pollio, and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. Establishment of endolithic populations of extremophilic Cyanidiales (Rhodophyta). BMC Evol. Biol. 6:78.
Bhattacharya, D., and J.M. Archibald 2006. The difference between organelles and endosymbionts: Response to Theissen and Martin. Curr. Biol. 16:R1017-R1018.
Yoon, H.S., A. Reyes-Prieto, M. Melkonian, and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. Minimal plastid genome evolution in the Paulinella endosymbiont. Curr. Biol. 16:R670-R672. (with accompanying commentary)
Yoon, H.S., J.D. Hackett, and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. A genomic and phylogenetic perspective on endosymbiosis and algal origin. J App Phycol 18: 475–481.
Nosenko, T., K.L. Lidie, F.M. Van Dolah, E. Lindquist, J.-F. Cheng, US Department of Energy–Joint Genome Institute, and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. Chimeric plastid proteome in the Florida “Red Tide” dinoflagellate Karenia brevis. Mol. Biol. Evol. 23:2026-2038.
Lin, S., H. Zhang, Y. Hou, and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. Development of a dinoflagellate-oriented PCR primer set leads to the detection of picoplanktonic dinoflagellates from Long Island Sound. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:5626-5630.
Reyes-Prieto, A., H.S. Yoon and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. Phylogenomics and its growing impact on algal phylogeny and evolution. Algae 21:1-10.
Yoon, H.S., K.M. Müller, R.G. Sheath, F.D. Ott, and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. Defining the major lineages of red algae (Rhodophyta). J. Phycol. 42:482-492.
Weber, A., M. Linka, and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. Single, ancient origin of a plastid metabolite translocator family in Plantae from an endomembrane-derived ancestor. Eukaryot. Cell. 5:609-612.
Li, S., T. Nosenko, J.D. Hackett, and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. Phylogenomic analysis provides evidence for the endosymbiotic transfer of red algal genes in chromalveolates. Mol. Biol. Evol. 23:663-674.27.
Bhattacharya, D., and L. Katz. 2005. Workshop report – Frontiers in genomics: insights into protist evolutionary biology. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 52:170-172.
Hackett, J.D., T.E. Scheetz, H.S. Yoon, M.B. Soares, M.F. Bonaldo, T.L. Casavant, and D. Bhattacharya. 2005. Insights into a dinoflagellate genome through expressed sequence tag analysis. BMC Genomics 6:80.
Yoon, H.S., J.D. Hackett, F.M. Van Dolah, T. Nosenko, K.L. Lidie, and D. Bhattacharya. 2005. Tertiary endosymbiosis driven genome evolution in dinoflagellate algae. Mol. Biol. Evol. 22:1299-1308.
Zhang, H., D. Bhattacharya, and S. Lin. 2005. Phylogeny of dinoflagellates based on mitochondrial cytochrome b and nuclear small subunit rDNA sequence comparisons. J. Phycol. 41:411-420.
Bhattacharya, D., H.S. Yoon, and J.D. Hackett. 2004. Chromalveolates unite: endosymbiosis connects the dots. BioEssays 26:50-60.
Ciniglia, C., H.S. Yoon, A. Pollio, G. Pinto, and D. Bhattacharya. 2004. Hidden biodiversity of the extremophilic Cyanidiales red algae. Mol. Ecol. 13:1827-1838.
Hackett, J.D., D.M. Anderson, D. Erdner, and D. Bhattacharya. 2004. Dinoflagellates: a remarkable evolutionary experiment. Am. J. Bot. 91:1523-1534.
Hackett, J.D., H.S. Yoon, M.B. Soares, M.F. Bonaldo, T.L. Casavant, T.E. Scheetz, T. Nosenko, and D. Bhattacharya. 2004. Migration of the plastid genome to the nucleus in a peridinin dinoflagellate. Curr. Biol. 14:213-218.
Hagopian, J.C., M. Reis, J.P. Kitajima, D. Bhattacharya, and M.C. de Oliveira. 2004. Comparative analysis of the complete plastid genome sequence of the red alga Gracilaria tenuistipitata var. liui: insights on the evolution of rhodoplasts and their relationship to other plastids. J. Mol. Evol. 59:464-477.
Yoon, H.S., J.D. Hackett, C. Ciniglia, G. Pinto, and D. Bhattacharya, D. 2004. A molecular timeline for the origin of photosynthetic eukaryotes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 21:809-818.
Hackett, J.D., L. Maranda, H.S. Yoon, and D. Bhattacharya. 2003. Phylogenetic evidence for the cryptophyte origin of the plastid of Dinophysis (Dinophysiales, Dinophyceae). J. Phycol. 39:440-448.
Pinto, G., Albertano, P., Ciniglia, C., Cozzolino, S., Pollio, A., Yoon, H.S., and D. Bhattacharya. 2003. Comparative approaches to the taxonomy of the genus Galdieria Merola (Cyanidiales, Rhodophyta). Crypt. Algol. 24:13-32.
Baldauf, S., D. Bhattacharya, J. Cockrill, P. Hugenholtz, J. Pawlowski, and A.G. Simpson. 2003. The tree of life, an overview. Proc. of the Tree of Life Symposium, American Museum of Natural History.
Delwiche, C.F., R.A. Andersen, D. Bhattacharya, and R.M. McCourt. 2003. Algal evolution and the early radiation of green plants. Proc. of the Tree of Life Symposium, American Museum of Natural History.
Yoon, H.S., J. Hackett, and D. Bhattacharya. 2002. A single origin of the peridinin-, and fucoxanthin-containing plastids in dinoflagellates through tertiary endosymbiosis. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 99:11724-11729.
Yoon, H.S., J. Hackett, G. Pinto, and D. Bhattacharya. 2002. The single, ancient origin of chromist plastids. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 99:15507-15512.
Müller, K.M., M.C. Oliveira, R. Sheath, and D. Bhattacharya. 2001. Ribosomal DNA phylogeny of the Bangiophycidae (Rhodophyta) and the origin of secondary plastids. Am J. Bot. 88:1390-1400.
Friedl, T., and D. Bhattacharya. 2001. Origin and evolution of eukaryotic lichen algae. In: Origin, evolution and versatility of microorganisms, (Ed.) J. Seckbach, Kluwer, Dordrecht.
Yoon, H.S, J.Y. Lee, S.M. Boo, and D. Bhattacharya. 2001. Phylogeny of Alariaceae, Laminariaceae, and Lessoniaceae (Phaeophyta) based on plastid-encoded RuBisCo spacer and nuclear-encoded ITS sequence comparisons. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 21:231-243.
Stibitz, T., P. Keeling, and D. Bhattacharya. 2000. Symbiotic origin of a novel actin gene in the cryptophyte Pyrenomonas helgolandii. Mol. Biol. Evol. 17:1731-1738.
Bhattacharya, D. 2000. A molecular phylogenetic perspective on the primary and secondary endosymbiotic origins of algal plastids. Algae 15:1-5.
Oliveira, M., and D. Bhattacharya. 2000. Phylogeny of the Bangiophycidae (Rhodophyta) and the secondary endosymbiotic origin of algal plastids. Am. J. Bot. 87:482-492.
Bhattacharya, D. 2000. A molecular phylogenetic perspective on the primary and secondary endosymbiotic origins of algal plastids. Proc. Ann. Meeting Korean Soc. Phycology.
Bhattacharya, D., H.A. Schmidt, and T. Friedl. 1999. The phylogeny of thermophiles and hyperthermophiles and the three domains of life. In: Origin, evolution and versatility of microorganisms (phylogeny, structure, physiology and extreme environments), (Ed.) J. Seckbach, Kluwer, Dordrecht.
Bhattacharya, D., and L. Medlin. 1998. Algal phylogeny and the origin of land plants. Plant Physiol. 116: 9-15.
Bhattacharya, D. 1997. An introduction to algal phylogeny and phylogenetic methods. In: Origins of algae and their plastids, (Ed.) D. Bhattacharya, Springer-Verlag, Wien, pp. 1-11.
Bhattacharya, D., and H. Schmidt. 1997. Division Glaucocystophyta. In: Origins of algae and their plastids, (Ed.) D. Bhattacharya, Springer-Verlag, Wien, pp. 139-147.
Bhattacharya, D., and L. Medlin. 1995. The phylogeny of plastids: A review based on comparisons of small subunit ribosomal RNA coding regions. J. Phycol. 31:489-498.
Bhattacharya, D., Helmchen, T., and M. Melkonian. 1995. Molecular evolutionary analyses of nuclear-encoded small subunit ribosomal RNA identify an independent rhizopod lineage containing the Euglyphidae and the Chlorarachniophyta. J. Euk. Microbiol. 42:65-69.
Helmchen, T., D. Bhattacharya, and M. Melkonian. 1995. Analyses of ribosomal RNA sequences from glaucocystophyte cyanelles provide new insights into the evolutionary relationships of plastids. J. Mol. Evol. 41:203-210.
Bhattacharya, D., T. Helmchen, C. Bibeau, and M. Melkonian. 1995. Comparisons of small subunit ribosomal RNAs reveal the evolutionary position of the Glaucocystophyta. Mol. Biol. Evol. 12:415-420.
Surek, B., U. Beemelmenns, M. Melkonian, and D. Bhattacharya. 1994. Ribosomal RNA sequence comparisons demonstrate an evolutionary relationship between Zygnematales and charophytes. Plant Syst. Evol. 191:171-181.
Steinkötter, J., D. Bhattacharya, I. Semmelroth, C. Bibeau, and M. Melkonian. 1994. Prasinophytes form independent lineages within the Chlorophyta: Evidence from ribosomal RNA sequence comparisons. J. Phycol. 30:340-345.
Bhattacharya, D., L. Medlin, P.O. Wainright, E.V. Ariztia, C. Bibeau, S.K. Stickel, and M.L. Sogin. 1992. Algae containing chlorophylls a+c are polyphyletic: Molecular evolutionary analysis of the Chromophyta. Evolution 46:1801-1817.
Bhattacharya, D., C. Mayes, and L.D. Druehl. 1991. Restriction endonuclease analysis of ribosomal DNA sequence variation in Laminaria (Phaeophyta). J. Phycol. 27:624-628.
Bhattacharya, D., H.J. Elwood, L.J. Goff, and M.L. Sogin. 1990. The phylogeny of Gracilaria lemaneiformis (Rhodophyta) based on the sequence analysis of its small subunit ribosomal RNA coding region. J. Phycol. 26:181-186.
Bhattacharya, D., D.L. Baillie, and L.D. Druehl. 1990. Population analysis of the kelp Costaria costata (Phaeophyta) using a polymorphic ribosomal DNA probe. Pl. Syst. Evol. 170:177-191.
Bhattacharya, D., and L.D. Druehl. 1990. Restriction enzyme analysis of variation and taxonomy in the kelp genus Laminaria. Proc. Int. Seaweed Symp. 13:105-110.
Bhattacharya, D., and L.D. Druehl. 1989. Morphological and DNA sequence variation in the kelp Costaria costata (Phaeophyta). Mar. Biol. 102:15-23.
Bhattacharya, D., and L.D. Druehl. 1988. Phylogenetic comparison of the small-subunit ribosomal DNA sequence of Costaria costata (Phaeophyta) with those of other algae, vascular plants and oomycetes. J. Phycol. 24:539-543.
Bhattacharya, D., and L.D. Druehl. 1987. Molecular genetic analysis of variation in Costaria costata (Turner) Saunders. Proc. Int. Seaweed Symp. 12:63-67.
Bhattacharya, D. 1985. The demography of fronds of Chondrus crispus. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 91:217-231.
Ribozyme Evolution
Haugen, P., D. Bhattacharya, J.D. Palmer, S. Turner, L.A. Lewis, and K.M. Pryer. 2007. Cyanobacterial ribosomal RNA genes with multiple, endonuclease-encoding group I introns. BMC Evol. Biol. Sep 8;159 [Epub ahead of print]
Reeb, V., P. Haugen, D. Bhattacharya, and F. Lutzoni. 2007. A phylogeographic study of homing-endonuclease and group I intron found in the lichen-forming fungus Pleopsidium (Ascomycota). J. Mol. Evol. 64:285-298.
Bhattacharya, D., V. Reeb, D. Simon, F. Lutzoni. 2005. Phylogenetic analyses suggest reverse splicing spread of group I introns in fungal ribosomal DNA. BMC Evol Biol. 5:68.
Haugen, P., D. Simon, and D. Bhattacharya. 2005. The natural history of group I introns. Trends Genet. 21:111-119.
Simon, D., J. Moline, G. Helms, T. Friedl, and D. Bhattacharya. 2005. Divergent histories of lichen rDNA group I introns. J. Mol. Evol. 60:434-446.
Simon, D. and D. Bhattacharya. 2005. Ribosomal DNA heterogeneity in the lichens Physcia aipolia and Physcia stellaris. Curr. Genet. 47:389-399.
Haugen, P., and D. Bhattacharya. 2004. The spread of LAGLIDADG homing endonuclease genes in rDNA. Nucleic Acids Res. 32:2049-2057.
Haugen, P., H.J. Runge, and D. Bhattacharya. 2004. Long-term evolution of the S788 fungal nuclear small subunit rRNA group I introns. RNA 10:1084-1096.
Haugen, P., V. Reeb, F. Lutzoni, and D. Bhattacharya. 2004. The evolution of homing endonuclease genes and group I introns in nuclear rDNA. Mol. Biol. Evol. 21:129-140.
Bhattacharya, D., D. Simon, J. Huang, J.J. Cannone, and R.R. Gutell. 2003. The exon context and distribution of rRNA introns. BMC Evol. Biol. 3:7.
Simon, D., D. Fewer, T. Friedl, and D. Bhattacharya. 2003. Phylogeny and self-splicing ability of the tRNA-Leu group I intron. J. Mol. Evol. 57:710-720.
Bhattacharya, D., T. Friedl, and G. Helms. 2002. Vertical evolution and intragenic spread of lichen-fungal group I introns. J. Mol. Evol. 55:74-84.
Bhattacharya, D., J.J. Cannone, and R.R. Gutell. 2001. Group I intron lateral transfer between red and brown algal ribosomal RNA. Curr. Genet. 40:82-90.
Bhattacharya, D., and M. Oliveira. 2000. The SSU rDNA coding region of a filose amoeba contains a group I intron lacking the universally conserved G at the 3'-terminus. J. Euk. Microbiol. 47:585-589.
Bhattacharya, D., F. Lutzoni, V. Reeb, D. Simon, F. Fernandez. 2000. Widespread occurrence of spliceosomal introns in the rDNA genes of ascomycetes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 17:1971-1984.
Friedl, T., A. Besendahl, P. Pfeiffer, and D. Bhattacharya. 2000. The distribution of group I introns in lichen algae suggests that lichenization facilitates intron lateral transfer. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 14:342-352.
Besendahl, A., Y.-L. Qiu, J. Lee, J.D. Palmer, and D. Bhattacharya. 2000. The cyanobacterial origin and vertical transmission of the plastid tRNALeu group-I intron. Curr. Genet. 37:12-23.
Besendahl A., and D. Bhattacharya. 1999. Evolutionary analyses of small subunit rDNA coding regions and the 1506 group I introns of the Zygnematales (Charophyceae, Streptophyta). J. Phycol. 35:560-569.
Bhattacharya, D. 1998. The origin and evolution of protist group I introns. Protist 149: 113-122.
Bhattacharya, D., T. Friedl, and S. Damberger. 1996. Nuclear-encoded rDNA group I introns: Origin and evolutionary relationships of insertion site lineages in the green algae/charophytes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 13:978-989.
Bhattacharya, D., S. Damberger, B. Surek, and M. Melkonian. 1996. Primary and secondary structure analyses of the rDNA group I introns of the Zygnematales (Charophyta). Curr. Genet. 29:282-286.
Bhattacharya, D., B. Surek, M. Ruesing, and M. Melkonian. 1994. Group I introns are inherited through common ancestry in the nuclear-encoded rRNA of Zygnematales (Charophyceae). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 91:9916-9920.
Other Topics in Molecular Evolution
Williford, A., B. Stay, and D. Bhattacharya. 2004. Evolution of a novel function: nutritive milk in the viviparous cockroach Diploptera punctata. Evol. Dev. 6:67-77.
Hartmann, S., J.D. Nason, and D. Bhattacharya. 2002. Phylogenetic origins of Lophocereus (Cactaceae) and the senita cactus – senita moth pollination mutualism. Am. J. Bot. 89:1085-1092.
Hartmann, S., J. Nason, and D. Bhattacharya. 2001. Extensive genic variation in rDNA paralogs in the columnar cactus Lophocereus. J. Mol. Evol. 53:124-134.
Bhattacharya, D., J. Aubry, E. Twait, S. Jurk. 2000. Actin gene duplications and the origin of land plants. J. Phycol. 36:813-820.
Karabinos, A, and D. Bhattacharya. 2000. Molecular evolution of calmodulin and calmodulin-like genes in the cephalochordate Branchiostoma. J. Mol. Evol. 51:141-148.
Albert, S., D. Bhattacharya, J. Klaudiny, J. Schmitzova, and J. Simuth. 1999. Molecular evolution of a family of proteins that is a major component of bee royal jelly. J. Mol. Evol. 49:290-297.
An, S.S, B. Möpps, K. Weber, and D. Bhattacharya. 1999. The origin and evolution of green algal and plant actins. Mol. Biol. Evol. 16:275-285.
Karabinos, A., D. Bhattacharya, H.D. Kratzin, and N. Hilschmann. 1998. Origin of the NEFA and Nuc signal sequences. J. Mol. Evol. 46: 327-333.
Bhattacharya, D., S.S. An, K. Weber, and W. Berning-Koch. 1998. Actin phylogeny identifies Mesostigma viride as a flagellate ancestor of the land plants. J. Mol. Evol. 47:544-550.
Bhattacharya, D., and K. Weber. 1997. The actin gene of the glaucocystophyte Cyanophora paradoxa: analysis of the coding region and introns and an actin phylogeny of eukaryotes Curr. Genet. 31:439-446.
Bhattacharya, D. 1996. Analysis of the distribution of bootstrap tree lengths using the maximum parsimony method. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 6:339-350.
Karabinos, A., D. Bhattacharya, H.D. Kratzin, S. Barnikol-Watanabe, and N. Hilschmann. 1996. The divergent domains of the NEFA and nucleobindin proteins are derived from an EF-Hand ancestor. Mol. Biol. Evol. 13:990-998.
Bhattacharya, D., and J. Ehlting. 1995. Actin coding regions: Gene family evolution and use as a phylogenetic marker. Archiv Protistenknde. 145:155-164.
Bhattacharya, D., and S.K. Stickel. 1994. Sequence analysis of duplicated actin genes in Lagenidium giganteum and Pythium irregulare (Oomycota). J. Mol. Evol. 39:56-61.
Bhattacharya, D., S.K. Stickel, and M.L. Sogin. 1993. Isolation and molecular phylogenetic analysis of actin coding regions from the prymnesiophyte alga, Emiliania huxleyi, using reverse transcriptase and PCR methods. Mol. Biol. Evol. 10:689-703.
Bhattacharya, D., J. Steinkötter, and M. Melkonian. 1993. Molecular cloning and evolutionary analysis of the calcium-modulated contractile protein, centrin, in green algae and land plants. Pl. Mol. Biol. 23:1243-1254.
Bhattacharya, D., S.K. Stickel, and M.L. Sogin. 1991. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of actin genic regions from Achlya bisexualis (Oomycota) and Costaria costata (Chromophyta). J. Mol. Evol. 33:525-536.
Edited Volumes
Katz, L.A., and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. Genomics and evolution of microbial eukaryotes. Oxford University Press, New York.
Bhattacharya, D. 1997. Origins of algae and their plastids. Springer, Vienna.
Other Forms of Publication
Virtual review:
Bhattacharya, D. 2007. Origin and molecular evolution of the plastid. In: Understanding chloroplasts, Organizer J.K. Hoober. Henry Stewart Talks.
Invited Seminars (limited to 2007)
Algal genomics and phylogenomics: windows into endosymbiosis and eukaryotic evolution. April 16, 2007. European Marine Genomics Exploratory Workshop, Keynote Speaker, Roscoff, France.
Evolution of photosynthetic eukaryotes: life at both extremes. Montana State University, June 1, 2007, Bozeman, Montana.
Taxon breadth or phylogenetic marker breadth: two attempts at reconstructing the eukaryotic tree of life. Invited Lecture. Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution/Canadian Institute of Advanced Research, June 24-28, 2007, Halifax, Canada.
Endosymbiotic gene transfer and plastid origin in chromalveolate protists. Speaker and co-organizer, NSF Funded Mini-Symposium on chromalveolate evolution, Botanical Society of America Meeting, July 7-11, 2007, Chicago, IL.
Unraveling the evolutionary history of eukaryotic photosynthesis through genomic and phylogenomic analyses of algae. European Phycological Congress (EPC-4), Keynote Speaker. July 26, 2007, Oviedo, Spain.
From genomes to the environment: a coordinated effort to improve our understanding of Alexandrium and the formation of red tides. Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, August 9, 2007, Woods Hole, MA.
Using Comparative genomic approaches to unravel the complex evolutionary history of chromalveolates. German Botanical Society Annual Meeting, Invited Lecture, September 3-7, Hamburg, Germany.
The need for a microbial genome database to spur evolutionary and applied research. US-EC Workshop on Cyberinfrastructure Resources for Genome-Enabled Research on Microbial Life and the Marine Environment. Washington, DC, September 9-11, 2007.
Using comparative genomics to unravel the tangled evolutionary history of photosynthesis in microbial eukaryotes. Invited Speaker, 15th Annual International Meeting on Microbial Genomics, September 16-20, 2007, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Understanding red tides using genomic methods. Featured Speaker, University of Iowa Biology Department Annual Retreat, November 10, 2007, Dubuque, IA.
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