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William F. Martin

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Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Protist diversity and phylogenyGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesOrigins and Evolution of LifeChromosomal and Genetic VariationsPhotosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

William F. Martin works in Protist diversity and phylogeny, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Origins and Evolution of Life, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms. Recorded institutional associations include Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.

676Publications
48,108Citations
105H-index

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Selected research works

Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.

  1. Hydrothermal vents and the origin of life

    2008 · 1,597 citations

  2. Endosymbiotic gene transfer: organelle genomes forge eukaryotic chromosomes

    2004 · 1,568 citations

  3. The energetics of genome complexity

    2010 · 1,285 citations

  4. The Genome Sequence of Taurine Cattle: A Window to Ruminant Biology and Evolution

    2009 · 1,284 citations

  5. The hydrogen hypothesis for the first eukaryote

    1998 · 1,280 citations

  6. Evolutionary analysis of Arabidopsis , cyanobacterial, and chloroplast genomes reveals plastid phylogeny and thousands of cyanobacterial genes in the nucleus

    2002 · 1,176 citations

  7. The physiology and habitat of the last universal common ancestor

    2016 · 1,042 citations

  8. Brain energy rescue: an emerging therapeutic concept for neurodegenerative disorders of ageing

    2020 · 993 citations

  9. Isoprenoid biosynthesis: The evolution of two ancient and distinct pathways across genomes

    2000 · 881 citations

  10. Eukaryotic evolution, changes and challenges

    2006 · 876 citations

  11. On the origins of cells: a hypothesis for the evolutionary transitions from abiotic geochemistry to chemoautotrophic prokaryotes, and from prokaryotes to nucleated cells

    2003 · 854 citations

  12. Phylogenomics of the Reproductive Parasite Wolbachia pipientis wMel: A Streamlined Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements

    2004 · 848 citations

  13. Biochemistry and Evolution of Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes

    2012 · 835 citations

  14. Genetics and geography of wild cereal domestication in the near east

    2002 · 832 citations

  15. Gene transfer to the nucleus and the evolution of chloroplasts

    1998 · 771 citations

  16. On the origin of biochemistry at an alkaline hydrothermal vent

    2006 · 769 citations

  17. Gene Transfer from Organelles to the Nucleus: How Much, What Happens, and Why?1

    1998 · 704 citations

  18. Reading the entrails of chickens: molecular timescales of evolution and the illusion of precision

    2003 · 669 citations

  19. Molecular Poltergeists: Mitochondrial DNA Copies (numts) in Sequenced Nuclear Genomes

    2010 · 629 citations

  20. Endosymbiotic theories for eukaryote origin

    2015 · 581 citations

  21. Serpentinization as a source of energy at the origin of life

    2010 · 526 citations

  22. Introns and the origin of nucleus–cytosol compartmentalization

    2006 · 501 citations

  23. Endosymbiotic theory for organelle origins

    2014 · 453 citations

  24. The Origin of Membrane Bioenergetics

    2012 · 447 citations

  25. The rocky roots of the acetyl-CoA pathway

    2004 · 428 citations

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