OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Heredity is 9. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Multi-parent populations in crops: a toolbox integrating genomics and genetic mapping with breeding	122
Seed germination and vigor: ensuring crop sustainability in a changing climate	98
Reinventing quantitative genetics for plant breeding: something old, something new, something borrowed, something BLUE	92
Phenology and related traits for wheat adaptation	88
The influence of a priori grouping on inference of genetic clusters: simulation study and literature review of the DAPC method	72
Nonlinear kernels, dominance, and envirotyping data increase the accuracy of genome-based prediction in multi-environment trials	71
Advances in deciphering the genetic basis of insect cuticular hydrocarbon biosynthesis and variation	57
An evaluation of inbreeding measures using a whole-genome sequenced cattle pedigree	43
DNA methylation mediates differentiation in thermal responses of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) derived from different tidal levels	37
Evolution of multiple sex-chromosomes associated with dynamic genome reshuffling in Leptidea wood-white butterflies	33
Salinity stress tolerance and omics approaches: revisiting the progress and achievements in major cereal crops	33
Applying genomic resources to accelerate wheat biofortification	32
Genome-wide association study reveals the genetic determinism of growth traits in a Gushi-Anka F2 chicken population	31
The population genomics of adaptive loss of function	30
Pedigree-based and phylogenetic methods support surprising patterns of mutation rate and spectrum in the gray mouse lemur	30
A major quantitative trait locus affecting resistance to Tilapia lake virus in farmed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)	28
Inheritance through the cytoplasm	28
Tribolium beetles as a model system in evolution and ecology	27
Varietal variation and chromosome behaviour during meiosis in Solanum tuberosum	27
Rearing environment affects the genetic architecture and plasticity of DNA methylation in Chinook salmon	26
High dynamism for neo-sex chromosomes: satellite DNAs reveal complex evolution in a grasshopper	25
House mouse Mus musculus dispersal in East Eurasia inferred from 98 newly determined complete mitochondrial genome sequences	24
Optimizing whole-genomic prediction for autotetraploid blueberry breeding	24
High-value pleiotropic genes for developing multiple stress-tolerant biofortified crops for 21st-century challenges	23
Considering mutational meltdown as a potential SARS-CoV-2 treatment strategy	23

Sex determination through X–Y heterogamety in Salix nigra	22
Evolution of novel genes in three-spined stickleback populations	22
Inferring number of populations and changes in connectivity under the n-island model	20
Long-term exhaustion of the inbreeding load in Drosophila melanogaster	20
Progenitor species hold untapped diversity for potential climate-responsive traits for use in wheat breeding and crop improvement	19
Multi-level patterns of genetic structure and isolation by distance in the widespread plant Mimulus guttatus	19
Genetic diversity and selection signatures in maize landraces compared across 50 years of in situ and ex situ conservation	18
Inbred lab mice are not isogenic: genetic variation within inbred strains used to infer the mutation rate per nucleotide site	18
Region-level epimutation rates in Arabidopsis thaliana	18
Efficient weighting methods for genomic best linear-unbiased prediction (BLUP) adapted to the genetic architectures of quantitative traits	18
A duplication of the Anti-Müllerian hormone gene is associated with genetic sex determination of different Oreochromis niloticus strains	17
Physical and ecological isolation contribute to maintain genetic differentiation between fire salamander subspecies	17
How the west was won: genetic reconstruction of rapid wolf recolonization into Germany’s anthropogenic landscapes	16
Genetic variation for upper thermal tolerance diminishes within and between populations with increasing acclimation temperature in Atlantic salmon	16
An alternative route of bacterial infection associated with a novel resistance locus in the Daphnia–Pasteuria host–parasite system	16
Quantitative genetic architecture of adaptive phenology traits in the deciduous tree, Populus trichocarpa (Torr. and Gray)	15
Performance of Bayesian and BLUP alphabets for genomic prediction: analysis, comparison and results	15
Multi-locus genome-wide association studies (ML-GWAS) reveal novel genomic regions associated with seedling and adult plant stage leaf rust resistance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	15
Spatiotemporal adaptive evolution of an MHC immune gene in a frog-fungus disease system	14
Genetic consequences of social structure in the golden-crowned sifaka	14
Sex-specific responses to cold in a very cold-tolerant, northern Drosophila species	14
Genomic insight into the developmental history of southern highbush blueberry populations	14
A guide for kernel generalized regression methods for genomic-enabled prediction	13
Genome-wide SNPs detect no evidence of genetic population structure for reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) in southern Mozambique	13
Temporal and genomic analysis of additive genetic variance in breeding programmes	13
Dynamics of sex-biased gene expression during development in the stick insect Timema californicum	13
Weak founder effects but significant spatial genetic imprint of recent contraction and expansion of European beech populations	13
Genomic prediction applied to multiple traits and environments in second season maize hybrids	12
High elevation increases the risk of Y chromosome loss in Alpine skink populations with sex reversal	12
Gene conversion: a non-Mendelian process integral to meiotic recombination	12
Trade-offs in the genetic control of functional and nutritional quality traits in UK winter wheat	12
Repetitive genomic regions and the inference of demographic history	12
Population genomics and conservation management of a declining tropical rodent	12
Population structure and inbreeding in wild house mice (Mus musculus) at different geographic scales	12
On the origin of the widespread self-compatible allotetraploid Capsella bursa-pastoris (Brassicaceae)	12
Development and characterization of nitrogen and phosphorus use efficiency responsive genic and miRNA derived SSR markers in wheat	11
The effects of drift and selection on latitudinal genetic variation in Scandinavian common toads (Bufo bufo) following postglacial recolonisation	11
Epigenetic responses of hare barley (Hordeum murinum subsp. leporinum) to climate change: an experimental, trait-based approach	11
Habitat fragmentation differentially shapes neutral and immune gene variation in a tropical bird species	11
Evolution at two time frames: ancient structural variants involved in post-glacial divergence of the European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)	11
Physical geography, isolation by distance and environmental variables shape genomic variation of wild barley (Hordeum vulgare L. ssp. spontaneum) in the Southern Levant	11
Evolution of chaperome gene expression and regulatory elements in the antarctic notothenioid fishes	11
Variable levels of introgression between the endangered Podarcis carbonelli and highly divergent congeneric species	11
Pathogen-associated selection on innate immunity genes (TLR4, TLR7) in a neotropical rodent in landscapes differing in anthropogenic disturbance	11
Environmentally induced phenotypic plasticity and DNA methylation changes in a wild potato growing in two contrasting Andean experimental gardens	11
Recent introgression between Taiga Bean Goose and Tundra Bean Goose results in a largely homogeneous landscape of genetic differentiation	11
Species-specific effects of thermal stress on the expression of genetic variation across a diverse group of plant and animal taxa under experimental conditions	11
Recent innovations and in-depth aspects of post-genome wide association study (Post-GWAS) to understand the genetic basis of complex phenotypes	11
Out of patterns, the euchromatic B chromosome of the grasshopper Abracris flavolineata is not enriched in high-copy repeats	10
Mitochondrial genomes from modern and ancient Turano-Mongolian cattle reveal an ancient diversity of taurine maternal lineages in East Asia	10

Additive genetic variation in Pinus radiata bark chemistry and the chemical traits associated with variation in mammalian bark stripping	10
From micro- to macroevolution: insights from a Neotropical bromeliad with high population genetic structure adapted to rock outcrops	10
The transcriptomic signature of obligate parthenogenesis	10
Genetic architecture of individual variation in recombination rate on the X chromosome in cattle	10
A strategic sampling design revealed the local genetic structure of cold-water fluvial sculpin: a focus on groundwater-dependent water temperature heterogeneity	10
Targeted conservation genetics of the endangered chimpanzee	10
The recombination landscape and multiple QTL mapping in a Solanum tuberosum cv. ‘Atlantic’-derived F1 population	10
Short-term effects of controlled mating and selection on the genetic variance of honeybee populations	10
Variation in mitochondrial DNA affects locomotor activity and sleep in Drosophila melanogaster	9
Single-step genomic prediction of Eucalyptus dunnii using different identity-by-descent and identity-by-state relationship matrices	9
Rank-invariant estimation of inbreeding coefficients	9
Fitness consequences of hybridization in a predominantly selfing species: insights into the role of dominance and epistatic incompatibilities	9
Neighbor GWAS: incorporating neighbor genotypic identity into genome-wide association studies of field herbivory	9
Major QTL confer race-nonspecific resistance in the co-evolved Cronartium quercuum f. sp. fusiforme–Pinus taeda pathosystem	9
DNA methylation is associated with codon degeneracy in a species of bumblebee	9
Stresses affect inbreeding depression in complex ways: disentangling stress-specific genetic effects from effects of initial size in plants	9
Genetic purging in captive endangered ungulates with extremely low effective population sizes	9
Widespread coexistence of self-compatible and self-incompatible phenotypes in a diallelic self-incompatibility system in Ligustrum vulgare (Oleaceae)	9
Gamete-level immunogenetic incompatibility in humans–towards deeper understanding of fertilization and infertility?	9
Improving lodgepole pine genomic evaluation using spatial correlation structure and SNP selection with single-step GBLUP	9
Infection dynamics, dispersal, and adaptation: understanding the lack of recovery in a remnant frog population following a disease outbreak	9
QTL-seq for the identification of candidate genes for days to flowering and leaf shape in pigeonpea	9