OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Heredity is 7. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Genomic analysis of differentiation and demography of the formerly conspecific agile (Dipodomys agilis) and Dulzura (D. simulans) kangaroo rats	84
Correction to: Evolution of reproductive parasites with direct fitness benefits	35
Landscape genetics of a sub-alpine toad: climate change predicted to induce upward range shifts via asymmetrical migration corridors	34
Semipermeable species boundaries permit gene flow but prevent a hybrid swarm among sympatric catostomids of a desert ecosystem	33
Correction: Intragenomic rDNA variation—the product of concerted evolution, mutation, or something in between?	25
Shedding light on variation in reproductive success through studies of population genetic structure in a Southeast Pacific Coast mussel	25
Stem cell transcriptional profiles from mouse subspecies reveal cis-regulatory evolution at translation genes	25
Genome-wide local ancestry and the functional consequences of admixture in African and European cattle populations	24
Long-term climatic stability drives accumulation and maintenance of divergent freshwater fish lineages in a temperate biodiversity hotspot	24
AI-informed conservation genomics	22
Effects of mating system and adaptedness on the evolution of fitness and mtDNA copy number in mitonuclear mismatched C. elegans	21
Elevated rates of nondisjunction in a selfish X chromosome that causes female meiotic drive in Drosophila testacea	20
How precise are mutation rate estimates? Comparison of different approaches to estimate de novo mutation rates	20
Heritability and developmental plasticity of growth in an oviparous lizard	19
Dwarfism in Pinus taeda originates from independent somatic mutations co-localized in a shared genomic region	18
Exploring evolutionary mechanisms of genomic divergence in marine intertidal limpets	17
Genetic architecture of dispersal behaviour in the post-harvest pest and model organism Tribolium castaneum	17
Using conservation genetics to prioritise management options for an endangered songbird	17
Genetic variation at innate and adaptive immune genes – contrasting patterns of differentiation and local adaptation in a wild gull	16
Temporal stability of sex ratio distorter prevalence in natural populations of the isopod Armadillidium vulgare	16
Mitochondrially mediated RNA interference, a retrograde signaling system affecting nuclear gene expression	15
Holocene climate changes explain the spatial pattern in genetic diversity in populations of Cyperus papyrus from Southeast Africa wetlands	15
Horizontal transfer of accessory chromosomes in fungi – a regulated process for exchange of genetic material?	14
Different waves of postglacial recolonisation and genomic structure of bank vole populations in NE Poland	14
A wide range of chromosome numbers result from unreduced gamete production in Brassica juncea × B. napus (AABC) interspecific hybrids	14

Too big to purge: persistence of deleterious Mutations in Island populations of the European Barn Owl (Tyto alba)	14
Correction: Meiosis at three loci in autotetraploids: Probabilities of gamete modes and genotypes without and with preferential cross-over formation	14
Weighted kernels improve multi-environment genomic prediction	14
Marsupials have monoallelic MEST expression with a conserved antisense lncRNA but MEST is not imprinted	14
Aneuploidy and ploidy variation conditioned by the B chromosome of maize	14
Local adaptation has a role in reducing vulnerability to climate change in a widespread Amazonian forest lizard	13
Tissue-specific differences of gene expression variance in mutation accumulation lines of mice	13
DNA methylation is associated with codon degeneracy in a species of bumblebee	13
Maternal effects in the model system Daphnia: the ecological past meets the epigenetic future	12
Does chromoanagenesis play a role in the origin of B chromosomes?	12
Genomic prediction of wild-derived powdery mildew resistance for strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) pre-breeding	12
Non-coding DNA dynamics and its roles as a physical barrier in genome safeguarding across early development and evolution	12
Why put all your eggs in one basket? Evolutionary perspectives on the origins of monogenic reproduction	12
Environmentally induced variation in sperm sRNAs is linked to gene expression and transposable elements in zebrafish offspring	12
Tests for associations between sexual dimorphism and patterns of quantitative genetic variation in the water strider, Aquarius remigis	12
Breeder turnover creates allelic variation in groups of gray wolves	11
Mitochondrial genomes reveal mid-Pleistocene population divergence, and post-glacial expansion, in Australasian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus)	11
Robust association tests for quantitative traits on the X chromosome	11
Ecotype variation in the endemic tree Callicarpa subpubescens on small oceanic islands: genetic, phenotypic, and environmental insights	11
Beyond inversions and deletions: the evolutionary and functional insights from translocations, fissions, and fusions in animal genomes	10
Comparative analysis of gene family evolution demonstrates expansion of digestive, immunity and olfactory functions in the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) lineage	10
Multi-population GWAS detects robust marker associations in a newly established six-rowed winter barley breeding program	10
Genetic structure and historical gene flow in Araucaria angustifolia populations across two Brazilian regions	10
Heterogeneous microgeographic genetic structure of the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: biogeographic barriers and environmental factors	10
Egg provisioning explains the penetrance of symbiont-mediated sex allocation distortion in haplodiploids	9
Polyandry and non-random fertilisation maintain long-term genetic diversity in an isolated island population of adders (Vipera berus)	9
mariner elements as a model for analyzing the stress response and somatic mobilization activity of transposable elements	9
Evidence of long-term purging of mutation burden in killer whale Orcinus orca genomes	9
Balancing selection maintains intraspecific diversity in a deep-sea fish	9
Support for Y-compensation of mother’s curse affecting lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster	9
Influence of geographic isolation and the environment on gene flow among phenotypically diverse lizards	9
Heritability and variance components of seed size in wild species: influences of breeding design and the number of genotypes tested	9
Efficiency under epistasis of haplotype-based genomic selection for pure line breeding	9
Infection pattern of male-killing viruses alters phenotypes in the tea tortrix moth Homona magnanima	9
Desert landscape features influencing the microgeographic genetic structure of Nelson’s pocket mouse Chaetodipus nelsoni	9
The relationship between genomic variation and genetic load: insights from small island populations	9
How partial phenotyping to reduce generation intervals can help to increase annual genetic gain in selected honeybee populations	8
Routine mitochondrial recombination drives rapid concerted evolution of duplicated control regions in a wild fish	8
Gene expression and alternative splicing contribute to adaptive divergence of ecotypes	8
Genetic improvement of speed across distance categories in thoroughbred racehorses in Great Britain	8
The genetic origins of species boundaries at subtropical and temperate ecoregions in the North American racers (Coluber constrictor)	8
Maternal inheritance of primary sex ratios in the dark-winged fungus gnat Lycoriella ingenua	8
Ecological divergence despite common mating sites: Genotypes and symbiotypes shed light on cryptic diversity in the black bean aphid species complex	8
Concurrently mapping quantitative trait loci associations from multiple subspecies within hybrid populations	8
Investigating the effects of chimerism on the inference of selection: quantifying genomic targets of purifying, positive, and balancing selection in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)	8
Quantitative genetics of trauma induced mortality in Drosophila melanogaster	8
Genome assembly of Astatotilapia latifasciata uncovers B chromosome–linked chromatin reorganization	8
Chromosomal aberrations and early mortality in a non-mammalian vertebrate: example from pressure-induced triploid Atlantic salmon	7
Transcriptomics and the origin of obligate parthenogenesis	7
Genetic footprints of a rapid and large-scale range expansion: the case of cyclic common vole in Spain	7

A decision-making framework to maximise the evolutionary potential of populations - Genetic and genomic insights from the common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) at its range limits	7
Correction to: Excessive replacement changes drive evolution of global sheep prion protein (PRNP) sequences	7
Population genomics and conservation management of the threatened black-footed tree-rat (Mesembriomys gouldii) in northern Australia	7
Genomic divergence of leopards in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa: potential drivers for local adaptation	7
Genetic diversity and structure in wild Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora A. Froehner) populations in Yangambi (DR Congo) and their relation to forest disturbance	7
Facultative polyandry under heat stress and the evolutionary potential for climate-driven shifts in mating systems	7
Incorporating spatial and genetic competition into breeding pipelines with the R package gencomp	7