Michelle M. Leger

1.2k total citations
18 papers, 536 citations indexed

About

Michelle M. Leger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michelle M. Leger has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 536 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Michelle M. Leger's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (10 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers). Michelle M. Leger is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (10 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers). Michelle M. Leger collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Spain and Czechia. Michelle M. Leger's co-authors include Andrew J. Roger, Courtney W. Stairs, Iñaki Ruiz‐Trillo, Laura Eme, Jeremy G. Wideman, Maureen A. O’Malley, Michael W. Gray, Laura Hug, Akinori Yabuki and Čestmı́r Vlček and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Michelle M. Leger

16 papers receiving 530 citations

Peers

Michelle M. Leger

ECOLO

PARAS

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Tomáš Pánek Czechia

Alexander K. Tice United States

Ryan M.R. Gawryluk Canada

Vladimír Klimeš Czechia

Sebastian Cristian Treitli Czechia

Goro Tanifuji Japan

Eric D. Salomaki United States

Lauren M. Stefaniak United States

Varsha Mathur Canada

Vojtěch Žárský Czechia

Tomáš Pánek Czechia

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375 ×2.4

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78 ×1.3

PARAS

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54 ×1.4

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Countries citing papers authored by Michelle M. Leger

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michelle M. Leger

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18 of 18 papers shown

Chivu, Alexandra G., Benjamin Basso, Abderhman Abuhashem, et al.. (2025). Evolution of promoter-proximal pausing enabled a new layer of transcription control. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 33(2). 282–292.

Leger, Michelle M. & Ryan M.R. Gawryluk. (2024). Evolution: A gene-rich mitochondrial genome sheds light on the last eukaryotic common ancestor. Current Biology. 34(16). R776–R779. 2 indexed citations

Muñoz-Gómez, Sergio A., Alastair T. Gardiner, Michelle M. Leger, et al.. (2023). Intracytoplasmic-membrane development in alphaproteobacteria involves the homolog of the mitochondrial crista-developing protein Mic60. Current Biology. 33(6). 1099–1111.e6. 7 indexed citations

Záhonová, Kristína, Zoltán Füssy, Courtney W. Stairs, et al.. (2023). Comparative analysis of mitochondrion-related organelles in anaerobic amoebozoans. Microbial Genomics. 9(11). 1 indexed citations

Riesgo, Ana, Nadiezhda Santodomingo, Vasiliki Koutsouveli, et al.. (2022). Molecular machineries of ciliogenesis, cell survival, and vasculogenesis are differentially expressed during regeneration in explants of the demosponge Halichondria panicea. BMC Genomics. 23(1). 858–858. 8 indexed citations

Malinverni, Roberto, Vanesa Valero, Michelle M. Leger, et al.. (2021). Evolution of a histone variant involved in compartmental regulation of NAD metabolism. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 28(12). 1009–1019. 9 indexed citations

Foster, Rachel, Stuart Ross, Martin Carr, et al.. (2021). Txikispora philomaios n. sp., n. g., a micro‐eukaryotic pathogen of amphipods, reveals parasitism and hidden diversity in Class Filasterea. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 69(2). e12875–e12875. 5 indexed citations

Roger, Andrew J., Edward Susko, & Michelle M. Leger. (2021). Evolution: Reconstructing the Timeline of Eukaryogenesis. Current Biology. 31(4). R193–R196. 15 indexed citations

Leger, Michelle M., et al.. (2021). The origin of animals: an ancestral reconstruction of the unicellular-to-multicellular transition. Open Biology. 11(2). 200359–200359. 70 indexed citations

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Gray, Michael W., Gertraud Burger, Romain Derelle, et al.. (2020). The draft nuclear genome sequence and predicted mitochondrial proteome of Andalucia godoyi, a protist with the most gene-rich and bacteria-like mitochondrial genome. BMC Biology. 18(1). 22–22. 39 indexed citations

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O’Malley, Maureen A., Michelle M. Leger, Jeremy G. Wideman, & Iñaki Ruiz‐Trillo. (2019). Concepts of the last eukaryotic common ancestor. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(3). 338–344. 46 indexed citations

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Leger, Michelle M., Martin Kolísko, Ryoma Kamikawa, et al.. (2017). Organelles that illuminate the origins of Trichomonas hydrogenosomes and Giardia mitosomes. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1(4). 92–92. 71 indexed citations

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Leger, Michelle M., Laura Eme, Laura Hug, & Andrew J. Roger. (2016). Novel Hydrogenosomes in the Microaerophilic JakobidStygiella incarcerata. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33(9). 2318–2336. 36 indexed citations

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Leger, Michelle M., Vojtěch Žárský, Laura Eme, et al.. (2015). An ancestral bacterial division system is widespread in eukaryotic mitochondria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(33). 10239–10246. 50 indexed citations

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Stairs, Courtney W., Michelle M. Leger, & Andrew J. Roger. (2015). Diversity and origins of anaerobic metabolism in mitochondria and related organelles. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 370(1678). 20140326–20140326. 115 indexed citations

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Leger, Michelle M., Ryan M.R. Gawryluk, Michael W. Gray, & Andrew J. Roger. (2013). Evidence for a Hydrogenosomal-Type Anaerobic ATP Generation Pathway in Acanthamoeba castellanii. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e69532–e69532. 25 indexed citations

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Takishita, Kiyotaka, Yoshito Chikaraishi, Michelle M. Leger, et al.. (2012). Lateral transfer of tetrahymanol-synthesizing genes has allowed multiple diverse eukaryote lineages to independently adapt to environments without oxygen. Biology Direct. 7(1). 5–5. 37 indexed citations

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Leger, Michelle M.. (2011). The meiotic pattern and chromatin structure in Caenorhabditis elegans. Open Collections.

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