Publications
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Statistical analysis of iron geochemical data suggests limited late Proterozoic oxygenation Nature
Sperling, EA, Wolock, CJ, Morgan, AS, Gill, BC, Kunzmann, M, Halverson, GP, Macdonald, FA, Knoll, AH, Johnston, DT
2015; 523: 451-451
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Biotic replacement and mass extinction of the Ediacara biota Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B
Darroch, SAF, Sperling, EA, Boag, TH, Racicot, RA, Mason, SJ, Morgan, AS, Tweedt, S, Myrow, P., Johnston, DT, Erwin, DH, Laflamme, M.
2015; 282: 2015103
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Sedimentology, chemostratigraphy, and stromatolites of lower Paleoproterozoic carbonates, Turee Creek Group, Western Australia Precambrian Research
Martindale, RC, Strauss, JV, Sperling, EA, Johnson, JE, Van Kranendonk, MJ, Flannery, D., French, K., Lepot, K., Mazumder, R, Rice, MS, Schrag, DP, Summons, R, Walter, M, Abelson, J, Knoll, AH
2015; 266: 194-211
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Oxygen and animals in Earth history Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
Knoll, AH, Sperling, EA
2014; 111: 3907-3908
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Redox heterogeneity of subsurface waters in the Mesoproterozoic ocean Geobiology
Sperling, EA, Rooney, AD, Hays, L, Sergeev, VN, Sergeeva, ND, Selby, D, Johnston, DT, Knoll, AH
2014; 12: 373-386
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Oxygen, ecology, and the Cambrian radiation of animals Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
Sperling, EA, Frieder, CA, Raman, AV, Girguis, PR, Levin, LA, Knoll, AH
2013; 110: 13446-13451
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Tackling the 99%: Can we begin to understand the paleoecology of the small and soft-bodied animal majority? The Paleontological Society Papers
Sperling, EA
2013; 19: 77-86
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The stratigraphic relationship between the Shuram carbon isotope excursion, the oxygenation of Neoproterozoic oceans, and the first appearance of the Ediacara biota and bilaterian trace fossils in northwestern Canada Chemical Geology
Macdonald, FA, Halverson, GP, Strauss, JV, Sperling, EA, Johnston, DT, Petach, T, Schrag, DP, Narbonne, G, Higgins, JA
2013; 362: 250-272
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miRNAs: small genes with big potential in metazoan phylogenetic Molecular Biology and Evolution
Tarver, JE, Sperling, EA, Nailor, A, Heimberg, AM, Robinson, JM, King, BL, Pisani, D, Donoghue, PCJ, Peterson, KJ
2013; 30: 2369-2382
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A basin redox transect at the dawn of animal life Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Sperling, EA, Halverson, GP, Knoll, AH, Macdonald, FA, Johnston, DT
2013; 371-372: 143-155
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Paleoredox and pyritization of soft-bodied fossils in the Ordovician Frankfort Shale of New York American Journal of Science
Farrell, UC, Briggs, DEG, Hammerlund, EU, Sperling, EA, Gaines, RR
2013; 313: 452-489
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The identification of microRNAs in calcisponges: Independent evolution of microRNAs in basal metazoans Journal of Experimental Biology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution
Robinson, JM, Sperling, EA, Bergum, B, Adamski, M, Nichols, SA, Adamska, M, Peterson, KJ
2013; 320: 84-93
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Reconstruction of Family-level phylogenetic relationships within Demospongiae (Porifera) using nuclear encoded housekeeping genes PloS One
Hill, MS, and 31 authors (including Sperling, EA)
2013; 8: e50437
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the verongid demosponge Aplysina cauliformis: implications for DNA barcoding in demosponges Hydrobiologia
Sperling, EA, Rosengarten, RD, Moreno, MA, Dellaporta, SL
2012; 687: 61-69
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Early Neoproterozoic basin formation in Yukon, Canada: Implications for the make-up and break-up of Rodinia Geoscience Canada
Macdonald, FA, Halverson, GP, Strauss, JV, Smith, EF, Cox, G, Sperling, EA, Roots, CF
2012; 39: 77-99
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MicroRNAs support a turtle + lizard clade Biology Letters
Lyson, TR, Sperling, EA, Gauthier, JA, Heimberg, AM, King, BL, Peterson, KJ
2012; 8: 104-107
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A molecular paleobiological hypothesis for the origin of aplacophoran mollusks and their derivation from chiton-like ancestors Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B
Vinther, J, Sperling, EA, Briggs, DEG, Peterson, KJ
2012; 279: 1259-1268
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The Cambrian conundrum: Early divergence and later ecological success in the early history of animals Science
Erwin, DH, Laflamme, M, Tweedt, SM, Sperling, EA, Pisani, D, Peterson, KJ
2011; 334: 1091-1097
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Molecular paleobiological insights into the origin of the Brachiopoda Evolution and Development
Sperling, EA, Pisani, D, Peterson, KJ
2011; 13: 290-303
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Rangeomorphs, Thectardis (Porifera?) and dissolved organic carbon in the Ediacaran ocean Geobiology
Sperling, EA, Laflamme, M, Peterson, KJ
2011; 9: 24-33
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A placozoan affinity for Dickinsonia and the late Precambrian evolution of metazoan feeding modes Evolution and Development
Sperling, EA, Vinther, J
2010; 12: 201-209
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Where's the glass? Biomarkers, molecular clocks and microRNAs indicate a near 200-million year missing fossil record of siliceous spicules Geobiology
Sperling, EA, Robinson, J, Pisani, D, Peterson, KJ
2010; 8: 24-36
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Phylogenetic-signal dissection of nuclear housekeeping genes supports the paraphyly of Porifera and the monophyly of Eumetazoa Molecular Biology and Evolution
Sperling, EA, Peterson, KJ, Pisani, D
2009; 26: 2261-2274
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MicroRNAs resolve an apparent conflict between annelid systematics and their fossil record Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B
Sperling, EA, Vinther, J, Moy, VM, Wheeler, BM, Semon, M, Briggs, DEG, Peterson, KJ
2009; 276: 4315-4322
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The deep evolution of metazoan microRNAs Evolution and Development
Wheeler, BM, Heimberg, AM, Moy, VM, Sperling, EA, Holstein, TW, Heber, S, Peterson, KJ
2009; 11: 51-69
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The mitochondrial genome of the hexactinellid sponge Aphrocallistes vastus: evidence for programmed translational frameshifting BMC Genomics
Rosengarten, RD, Sperling, EA, Moreno, MA, Leys, SP, Dellaporta, SL
2008; 9: 33
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Poriferan paraphyly and its implications for Precambrian paleobiology Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Sperling, EA, Pisani, D., Peterson, KJ
2007; 286: 355-368
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Poriferan ANTP genes: primitively simple or secondarily reduced? Evolution and Development
Peterson, KJ, Sperling, EA
2007; 9: 405-408
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The Permian-Triassic boundary at Quinn River Crossing, Northwestern Nevada and implications for the cause of the Early Triassic chert gap on the western Pangean margin Geological Society of America Bulletin
Sperling, EA, Ingle, JC, Jr.
2006; 118: 733-746
sperling_and_ingle_gsa_bulletin_2006.pdf
