| Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences M McFall-Ngai, MG Hadfield, TCG Bosch, HV Carey, T Domazet-Lošo, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (9), 3229-3236, 2013 | 2857 | 2013 |
| Genome-scale approaches to resolving incongruence in molecular phylogenies A Rokas, BL Williams, N King, SB Carroll Nature 425 (6960), 798-804, 2003 | 1708 | 2003 |
| The genome of the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis and the origin of metazoans N King, MJ Westbrook, SL Young, A Kuo, M Abedin, J Chapman, ... Nature 451 (7180), 783-788, 2008 | 1257 | 2008 |
| Early origins and evolution of microRNAs and Piwi-interacting RNAs in animals A Grimson, M Srivastava, B Fahey, BJ Woodcroft, HR Chiang, N King, ... Nature 455 (7217), 1193-1197, 2008 | 856 | 2008 |
| The unicellular ancestry of animal development N King Developmental cell 7 (3), 313-325, 2004 | 564 | 2004 |
| A large and consistent phylogenomic dataset supports sponges as the sister group to all other animals P Simion, H Philippe, D Baurain, M Jager, DJ Richter, A Di Franco, ... Current Biology 27 (7), 958-967, 2017 | 524 | 2017 |
| Evolution of key cell signaling and adhesion protein families predates animal origins N King, CT Hittinger, SB Carroll Science 301 (5631), 361-363, 2003 | 520 | 2003 |
| The origin of animal multicellularity and cell differentiation T Brunet, N King Developmental Cell 43 (2), 124-140, 2017 | 410 | 2017 |
| Early evolution of animal cell signaling and adhesion genes SA Nichols, W Dirks, JS Pearse, N King Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (33), 12451-12456, 2006 | 371 | 2006 |
| Diverse evolutionary paths to cell adhesion M Abedin, N King Trends in cell biology 20 (12), 734-742, 2010 | 312 | 2010 |
| Cell differentiation and morphogenesis in the colony-forming choanoflagellate< i> Salpingoeca rosetta</i> MJ Dayel, RA Alegado, SR Fairclough, TC Levin, SA Nichols, ... Developmental biology 357 (1), 73-82, 2011 | 303 | 2011 |
| Premetazoan genome evolution and the regulation of cell differentiation in the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta SR Fairclough, Z Chen, E Kramer, Q Zeng, S Young, HM Robertson, ... Genome Biology 14 (2), R15, 2013 | 287 | 2013 |
| The premetazoan ancestry of cadherins M Abedin, N King Science 319 (5865), 946-948, 2008 | 284 | 2008 |
| A bacterial sulfonolipid triggers multicellular development in the closest living relatives of animals RA Alegado, LW Brown, S Cao, RK Dermenjian, R Zuzow, SR Fairclough, ... elife 1, 2012 | 267 | 2012 |
| Ancient origin of the integrin-mediated adhesion and signaling machinery A Sebé-Pedrós, AJ Roger, FB Lang, N King, I Ruiz-Trillo Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (22), 10142-10147, 2010 | 266 | 2010 |
| A receptor tyrosine kinase from choanoflagellates: molecular insights into early animal evolution N King, SB Carroll Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (26), 15032-15037, 2001 | 258 | 2001 |
| The origins of multicellularity: a multi-taxon genome initiative I Ruiz-Trillo, G Burger, PWH Holland, N King, BF Lang, AJ Roger, ... TRENDS in Genetics 23 (3), 113-118, 2007 | 228 | 2007 |
| Origin of metazoan cadherin diversity and the antiquity of the classical cadherin/β-catenin complex SA Nichols, BW Roberts, DJ Richter, SR Fairclough, N King Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (32), 13046-13051, 2012 | 218 | 2012 |
| Gene family innovation, conservation and loss on the animal stem lineage DJ Richter, P Fozouni, M Eisen, N King eLife 7, e34226, 2018 | 206 | 2018 |
| The Genomic and Cellular Foundations of Animal Origins DJ Richter, N King Annual review of genetics 47, 509-537, 2013 | 205 | 2013 |
