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Breadcrumb Margarida Cardoso Moreira Cardoso Moreira lab Evolutionary Developmental Biology Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Vacancies Members Publications Publications Displaying 1 - 15 of 15Last updated : 29 March 2023 03:29 The molecular evolution of spermatogenesis across mammals Authors (24) Florent Murat Noe Mbengue Sofia Boeg Winge Timo Trefzer Evgeny Leushkin Mari Sepp[...] Tomas Marques-Bonet Frank Grützner Kristian Almstrup Mikkel Heide Schierup Henrik Kaessmann Nature Published 12 January 2023 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details NIMA-related kinase 9 regulates the phosphorylation of the essential myosin light chain in the heart Authors (26) Marion Müller Rose Eghbalian Jes-Niels Boeckel Karen S Frese Jan Haas Elham Kayvanpour[...] Henrik Kaessmann Hugo A Katus Norbert Frey Lars M Steinmetz Benjamin Meder Nature Communications Published 20 October 2022 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details ExoPLOT: Representation of alternative splicing in human tissues and developmental stages with transposed element (TE) involvement Authors (6) Fengjun Zhang Carsten Alexander RaabeMargarida Cardoso Moreira Jürgen Brosius Henrik Kaessmann Jürgen Schmitz Genomics Published 1 July 2022 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details Developmental and evolutionary dynamics of cis-regulatory elements in mouse cerebellar cells Authors (13) Ioannis Sarropoulos Mari Sepp Robert Frömel Kevin Leiss Nils Trost Evgeny Leushkin[...] Peter Giere Lena M KutscherMargarida Cardoso Moreira Stefan M Pfister Henrik Kaessmann Science Published 27 August 2021 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details Alternative splicing during mammalian organ development Authors (4) Pavel V Mazin Philipp KhaitovichMargarida Cardoso Moreira Henrik Kaessmann Nature Genetics Published 1 June 2021 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details Transcriptome and translatome co-evolution in mammals Authors (17) Zhong-Yi Wang Evgeny Leushkin Angélica Liechti Svetlana Ovchinnikova Katharina Mößinger Thoomke Brüning[...] Bernard de Massy Mark E Gill Antoine HFM Peters Simon Anders Henrik Kaessmann Nature Published 24 December 2020 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details Developmental gene expression differences between humans and mammalian models Authors (7)Margarida Cardoso Moreira Ioannis Sarropoulos Britta Velten Matthew Mort David N Cooper Wolfgang Huber Henrik Kaessmann Cell Reports Published 27 October 2020 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details Developmental dynamics of lncRNAs across mammalian organs and species Authors (4) Ioannis Sarropoulos Ray MarinMargarida Cardoso Moreira Henrik Kaessmann Nature Published 25 July 2019 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details Gene expression across mammalian organ development Authors (33)Margarida Cardoso Moreira Jean Halbert Delphine Valloton Britta Velten Chunyan Chen Yi Shao[...] Wolfgang Huber Julie Baker Simon Anders Yong E Zhang Henrik Kaessmann Nature Published 1 July 2019 Crick labsJames TurnerMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details Investigating human placentation and pregnancy using first trimester chorionic villi Authors (10) Roberta L HannibalMargarida Cardoso Moreira Shilpa P Chetty Joanne Lau Zhongxia Qi Eduardo Gonzalez-Maldonado Athena M Cherry Jingwei Yu Mary E Norton Julie C Baker Placenta Published 1 May 2018 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details Survey of global genetic diversity within the Drosophila immune system Authors (6) Angela M Early J Roman ArguelloMargarida Cardoso Moreira Srikanth Gottipati Jennifer K Grenier Andrew G Clark Genetics Published 1 January 2017 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details LTR-mediated retroposition as a mechanism of RNA-based duplication in metazoans Authors (15) Shengjun TanMargarida Cardoso Moreira Wenwen Shi Dan Zhang Jiawei Huang Yanan Mao[...] Liang Leng Zhonghua Liu Xun Huang Manyuan Long Yong E Zhang Genome Research Published 1 December 2016 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details Extensive local adaptation within the chemosensory system following Drosophila melanogaster's global expansion Authors (6) J Roman ArguelloMargarida Cardoso Moreira Jennifer K Grenier Srikanth Gottipati Andrew G Clark Richard Benton Nature Communications Published 13 June 2016 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details Evidence for the fixation of gene duplications by positive selection in Drosophila Authors (6)Margarida Cardoso Moreira J Roman Arguello Srikanth Gottipati LG Harshman Jennifer K Grenier Andrew G Clark Genome Research Published 1 June 2016 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details Global diversity lines - a five-continent reference panel of sequenced Drosophila melanogaster strains Authors (9) Jennifer K Grenier J Roman Arguello Margarida Cardoso Moreira Srikanth Gottipati Jaaved Mohammed Sean R Hackett Rachel Boughton Anthony J Greenberg Andrew G Clark G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics Published 1 April 2015 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
The molecular evolution of spermatogenesis across mammals Authors (24) Florent Murat Noe Mbengue Sofia Boeg Winge Timo Trefzer Evgeny Leushkin Mari Sepp[...] Tomas Marques-Bonet Frank Grützner Kristian Almstrup Mikkel Heide Schierup Henrik Kaessmann Nature Published 12 January 2023 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details
NIMA-related kinase 9 regulates the phosphorylation of the essential myosin light chain in the heart Authors (26) Marion Müller Rose Eghbalian Jes-Niels Boeckel Karen S Frese Jan Haas Elham Kayvanpour[...] Henrik Kaessmann Hugo A Katus Norbert Frey Lars M Steinmetz Benjamin Meder Nature Communications Published 20 October 2022 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details
ExoPLOT: Representation of alternative splicing in human tissues and developmental stages with transposed element (TE) involvement Authors (6) Fengjun Zhang Carsten Alexander RaabeMargarida Cardoso Moreira Jürgen Brosius Henrik Kaessmann Jürgen Schmitz Genomics Published 1 July 2022 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details
Developmental and evolutionary dynamics of cis-regulatory elements in mouse cerebellar cells Authors (13) Ioannis Sarropoulos Mari Sepp Robert Frömel Kevin Leiss Nils Trost Evgeny Leushkin[...] Peter Giere Lena M KutscherMargarida Cardoso Moreira Stefan M Pfister Henrik Kaessmann Science Published 27 August 2021 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details
Alternative splicing during mammalian organ development Authors (4) Pavel V Mazin Philipp KhaitovichMargarida Cardoso Moreira Henrik Kaessmann Nature Genetics Published 1 June 2021 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details
Transcriptome and translatome co-evolution in mammals Authors (17) Zhong-Yi Wang Evgeny Leushkin Angélica Liechti Svetlana Ovchinnikova Katharina Mößinger Thoomke Brüning[...] Bernard de Massy Mark E Gill Antoine HFM Peters Simon Anders Henrik Kaessmann Nature Published 24 December 2020 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details
Developmental gene expression differences between humans and mammalian models Authors (7)Margarida Cardoso Moreira Ioannis Sarropoulos Britta Velten Matthew Mort David N Cooper Wolfgang Huber Henrik Kaessmann Cell Reports Published 27 October 2020 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details
Developmental dynamics of lncRNAs across mammalian organs and species Authors (4) Ioannis Sarropoulos Ray MarinMargarida Cardoso Moreira Henrik Kaessmann Nature Published 25 July 2019 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details
Gene expression across mammalian organ development Authors (33)Margarida Cardoso Moreira Jean Halbert Delphine Valloton Britta Velten Chunyan Chen Yi Shao[...] Wolfgang Huber Julie Baker Simon Anders Yong E Zhang Henrik Kaessmann Nature Published 1 July 2019 Crick labsJames TurnerMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details
Investigating human placentation and pregnancy using first trimester chorionic villi Authors (10) Roberta L HannibalMargarida Cardoso Moreira Shilpa P Chetty Joanne Lau Zhongxia Qi Eduardo Gonzalez-Maldonado Athena M Cherry Jingwei Yu Mary E Norton Julie C Baker Placenta Published 1 May 2018 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details
Survey of global genetic diversity within the Drosophila immune system Authors (6) Angela M Early J Roman ArguelloMargarida Cardoso Moreira Srikanth Gottipati Jennifer K Grenier Andrew G Clark Genetics Published 1 January 2017 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details
LTR-mediated retroposition as a mechanism of RNA-based duplication in metazoans Authors (15) Shengjun TanMargarida Cardoso Moreira Wenwen Shi Dan Zhang Jiawei Huang Yanan Mao[...] Liang Leng Zhonghua Liu Xun Huang Manyuan Long Yong E Zhang Genome Research Published 1 December 2016 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details
Extensive local adaptation within the chemosensory system following Drosophila melanogaster's global expansion Authors (6) J Roman ArguelloMargarida Cardoso Moreira Jennifer K Grenier Srikanth Gottipati Andrew G Clark Richard Benton Nature Communications Published 13 June 2016 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details
Evidence for the fixation of gene duplications by positive selection in Drosophila Authors (6)Margarida Cardoso Moreira J Roman Arguello Srikanth Gottipati LG Harshman Jennifer K Grenier Andrew G Clark Genome Research Published 1 June 2016 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details
Global diversity lines - a five-continent reference panel of sequenced Drosophila melanogaster strains Authors (9) Jennifer K Grenier J Roman Arguello Margarida Cardoso Moreira Srikanth Gottipati Jaaved Mohammed Sean R Hackett Rachel Boughton Anthony J Greenberg Andrew G Clark G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics Published 1 April 2015 Crick labsMargarida Cardoso-MoreiraFull details
