John H. Postlethwait
Impact in
- Physiology top 0.05%
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
- Cell Biology top 0.05%
- Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
Papers in
- Cell Biology 67
- Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications 53
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- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation 130
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 35
- Co-authors
- Angel Amores (37 shared papers)Yi‐Lin Yan (19 shared papers)Yi‐Lin Yan (54 shared papers)Allan G. Force (4 shared papers)William A. Cresko (19 shared papers)Julian Catchen (16 shared papers)F. Bryan Pickett (1 shared paper)Michael F. Lynch (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Developmental Biology (33 papers)Developmental Dynamics (16 papers)The American Journal of Human Genetics (15 papers)Genetics (15 papers)Development (14 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesGermanyFrance
In The Last Decade
John H. Postlethwait
375 papers receiving 33.9k citations
John H. Postlethwait's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 190
- Physiology 2.7k
- Cell Biology 5.8k
- Genetics 7.6k
- Molecular Biology 14.1k
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2.2k
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 4015 |
| 2 | Preservation of Duplicate Genes by Complementary, Degenerative Mutations Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 2905 |
| 3 | Stacks: Building and Genotyping Loci De Novo From Short-Read Sequences Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 1601 |
| 4 | Zebrafish hox Clusters and Vertebrate Genome Evolution Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 1459 |
| 5 | Structure of the zebrafish snail1 gene and its expression in wild-type, spadetail and no tail mutant embryos Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 820 |
| 6 | Vertebrate genome evolution and the zebrafish gene map Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 694 |
| 7 | The African coelacanth genome provides insights into tetrapod evolution Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 558 |
| 8 | The spotted gar genome illuminates vertebrate evolution and facilitates human-teleost comparisons Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 475 |
| 9 | 1998 | 441 | |
| 10 | 1995 | 418 | |
| 11 | 2001 | 380 | |
| 12 | 2004 | 343 | |
| 13 | 2005 | 337 | |
| 14 | 1994 | 320 | |
| 15 | 2011 | 305 | |
| 16 | 2004 | 301 | |
| 17 | 2005 | 292 | |
| 18 | 2008 | 290 | |
| 19 | 2001 | 279 | |
| 20 | 2014 | 277 |
About John H. Postlethwait
John H. Postlethwait is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology, having authored 383 papers that have together received 34.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (130 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (57 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (53 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (35 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (31 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (28 papers), Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (23 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (2.7k citations), Cell Biology (5.8k citations), Genetics (7.6k citations), Molecular Biology (14.1k citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.2k citations). John H. Postlethwait has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Frequent co-authors include Angel Amores, Yi‐Lin Yan, Yi‐Lin Yan, Allan G. Force, William A. Cresko, Julian Catchen, F. Bryan Pickett, Michael F. Lynch, Paul A. Hohenlohe and Bernard Thisse. Their work appears in journals such as Developmental Biology, Developmental Dynamics, The American Journal of Human Genetics, Genetics and Development.
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