| Phylogeny and molecular evolution of the green algae F Leliaert, DR Smith, H Moreau, M Herron, H Verbruggen, CF Delwiche, ... Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 31 (1), 1-46, 2012 | 917 | 2012 |
| Triassic origin and early radiation of multicellular volvocine algae MD Herron, JD Hackett, FO Aylward, RE Michod Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (9), 3254-3258, 2009 | 284 | 2009 |
| Parallel evolutionary dynamics of adaptive diversification in Escherichia coli MD Herron, M Doebeli PLoS Biology 11 (2), e1001490, 2013 | 228 | 2013 |
| Evolution of complexity in the volvocine algae: transitions in individuality through Darwin's eye MD Herron, RE Michod Evolution 62 (2), 436-451, 2008 | 211 | 2008 |
| Does biology need an organism concept? JW Pepper, MD Herron Biological Reviews 83 (4), 621-627, 2008 | 199 | 2008 |
| Experimental evolution of an alternating uni-and multicellular life cycle in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii WC Ratcliff, MD Herron, K Howell, JT Pentz, F Rosenzweig, M Travisano Nature Communications 4, 2742, 2013 | 183 | 2013 |
| Sciurid phylogeny and the paraphyly of Holarctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus) MD Herron, TA Castoe, CL Parkinson Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31 (3), 1015-1030, 2004 | 165 | 2004 |
| On the paradigm of altruistic suicide in the unicellular world AM Nedelcu, WW Driscoll, PM Durand, MD Herron, A Rashidi Evolution 65 (1), 3-20, 2010 | 151 | 2010 |
| De novo origins of multicellularity in response to predation MD Herron, JM Borin, JC Boswell, J Walker, ICK Chen, CA Knox, M Boyd, ... Scientific Reports 9 (1), 1-9, 2019 | 126 | 2019 |
| Comparative mitochondrial genomics of snakes: extraordinary substitution rate dynamics and functionality of the duplicate control region ZJ Jiang, TA Castoe, CC Austin, FT Burbrink, MD Herron, JA McGuire, ... BMC Evolutionary Biology 7 (1), 1-14, 2007 | 122 | 2007 |
| Cellular differentiation and individuality in the ‘minor’multicellular taxa MD Herron, A Rashidi, DE Shelton, WW Driscoll Biological Reviews 88 (4), 844-861, 2013 | 93 | 2013 |
| Cooperation and conflict during evolutionary transitions in individuality RE Michod, MD Herron Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19 (5), 1406-1409, 2006 | 85 | 2006 |
| Origins of multicellular complexity: Volvox and the volvocine algae MD Herron Molecular Ecology 25 (6), 1213-1223, 2016 | 66 | 2016 |
| Nascent life cycles and the emergence of higher-level individuality WC Ratcliff, M Herron, PL Conlin, E Libby Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 372 …, 2017 | 48 | 2017 |
| Evolution of developmental programs in Volvox (Chlorophyta) MD Herron, AG Desnitskiy, RE Michod Journal of Phycology 46 (2), 316-324, 2010 | 42 | 2010 |
| Repeated evolution and reversibility of self‐fertilization in the volvocine green algae ER Hanschen, MD Herron, JJ Wiens, H Nozaki, RE Michod Evolution 72 (2), 386-398, 2018 | 37 | 2018 |
| Phylogeny and historical biogeography of African ground squirrels: the role of climate change in the evolution of Xerus MD Herron, JM Waterman, CL Parkinson Molecular Ecology 14 (9), 2773-2788, 2005 | 35 | 2005 |
| Multicellularity drives the evolution of sexual traits ER Hanschen, MD Herron, JJ Wiens, H Nozaki, RE Michod The American Naturalist 192 (3), E93-E105, 2018 | 33 | 2018 |
| Volvocine algae: from simple to complex multicellularity MD Herron, AM Nedelcu Evolutionary Transitions to Multicellular Life, 129-152, 2015 | 21 | 2015 |
| Morphology and reproduction of Volvox capensis (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) from Montana, USA H Nozaki, N Ueki, O Misumi, K Yamamoto, S Yamashita, MD Herron, ... Phycologia 54 (3), 316-320, 2015 | 18 | 2015 |
William C. RatcliffAssociate Professor, Georgia Tech. Director of QBioS.Verified email at biology.gatech.edu
