OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Molecular Evolution is 5. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Cofactors are Remnants of Life’s Origin and Early Evolution	64
Codon Usage Bias: An Endless Tale	58
Constructive Neutral Evolution 20 Years Later	47
The Origins and Functions of De Novo Genes: Against All Odds?	35
Water and Life: The Medium is the Message	33
Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction: From Chemical Paleogenetics to Maximum Likelihood Algorithms and Beyond	31
Revisiting the Design of the Long-Term Evolution Experiment with Escherichia coli	21
Best Practices in Designing, Sequencing, and Identifying Random DNA Barcodes	19
Revisiting the Relationships Between Genomic G + C Content, RNA Secondary Structures, and Optimal Growth Temperature	18
Evolution of the Standard Genetic Code	18
Genome-Wide Investigation of Major Enzyme-Encoding Genes in the Flavonoid Metabolic Pathway in Tartary Buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum)	16
Evolution of DNA Methylation Across Ecdysozoa	16
Adaptation and Exaptation: From Small Molecules to Feathers	15
Crick Wobble and Superwobble in Standard Genetic Code Evolution	15
Extreme Sensitivity of Fitness to Environmental Conditions: Lessons from #1BigBatch	13
Context-Dependent Mutation Dynamics, Not Selection, Explains the Codon Usage Bias of Most Angiosperm Chloroplast Genes	13
The Multiple Paths to Multiple Life	13
Dynamic Molecular Evolution of Mammalian Homeobox Genes: Duplication, Loss, Divergence and Gene Conversion Sculpt PRD Class Repertoires	12
Optimal Evolution of the Standard Genetic Code	12
Loss of Heterozygosity and Its Importance in Evolution	12
Pheromone Gene Diversification and the Evolution of Courtship Glands in Plethodontid Salamanders	12
Fit-Seq2.0: An Improved Software for High-Throughput Fitness Measurements Using Pooled Competition Assays	12
Felsenstein Phylogenetic Likelihood	12
Plant Mitochondria are a Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma	11
Case Studies in the Assessment of Microbial Fitness: Seemingly Subtle Changes Can Have Major Effects on Phenotypic Outcomes	11

Understanding the Origin and Evolution of Tea (Camellia sinensis [L.]): Genomic Advances in Tea	10
Evolution of Superoxide Dismutases and Catalases in Cyanobacteria: Occurrence of the Antioxidant Enzyme Genes before the Rise of Atmospheric Oxygen	10
Evolution of the Cytokinin Dehydrogenase (CKX) Domain	9
An Evolutionary Remedy for an Abominable Physiological Mystery: Benign Hyperglycemia in Birds	9
Identifying Targets of Selection in Laboratory Evolution Experiments	9
Molecular Evolution of Tooth-Related Genes Provides New Insights into Dietary Adaptations of Mammals	9
Best Practices in Microbial Experimental Evolution: Using Reporters and Long-Read Sequencing to Identify Copy Number Variation in Experimental Evolution	8
Expansion and Diversification of the 14-3-3 Gene Family in Camellia sinensis	8
Stem Region of tRNA Genes Favors Transition Substitution Towards Keto Bases in Bacteria	8
The Semi-Enzymatic Origin of Metabolic Pathways: Inferring a Very Early Stage of the Evolution of Life	8
The Evolution of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 during Pandemic and Adaptation to the Host	8
Bayesian Cross-Validation Comparison of Amino Acid Replacement Models: Contrasting Profile Mixtures, Pairwise Exchangeabilities, and Gamma-Distributed Rates-Across-Sites	7
Functional or Vestigial? The Genomics of the Pineal Gland in Xenarthra	7
Origin of the 16S Ribosomal Molecule from Ancestor tRNAs	7
Evolution of Biomineralization Genes in the Prismatic Layer of the Pen Shell Atrina pectinata	7
Correlation Analysis Reveals an Important Role of GC Content in Accumulation of Deletion Mutations in the Coding Region of Angiosperm Plastomes	7
The Possible Role of Prion-Like Viral Protein Domains on the Emergence of Novel Viruses as SARS-CoV-2	7
Molecular Evolution of DNA Topoisomerase III Beta (TOP3B) in Metazoa	6
The Mystery of Cancer Resistance: A Revelation Within Nature	6
Structural Analysis of Monomeric RNA-Dependent Polymerases Revisited	6
The Ancient Origins of Death Domains Support the ‘Original Sin’ Hypothesis for the Evolution of Programmed Cell Death	6
Richard Dickerson, Molecular Clocks, and Rates of Protein Evolution	6
Evolutionary Rates are Correlated Between Buchnera Endosymbionts and the Mitochondrial Genomes of Their Aphid Hosts	6
The Chemosensory Repertoire of the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) Reveals Complementary Genetics of Olfactory and Vomeronasal-Type Receptors	6
Molecular Evolution and Local Root Heterogeneous Expression of the Chenopodium quinoa ARF Genes Provide Insights into the Adaptive Domestication of Crops in Complex Environments	6
Structural Computational Analysis of the Natural History of Class I aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases Suggests their Role in Establishing the Genetic Code	6
Evolutionary History of TOPIIA Topoisomerases in Animals	6
Origin of Sex-Biased Mental Disorders: An Evolutionary Perspective	6
Directed Evolution. The Legacy of a Nobel Prize	6
Decoding ‘Unnecessary Complexity’: A Law of Complexity and a Concept of Hidden Variation Behind “Missing Heritability” in Precision Medicine	5
Non-random Codon Usage of Synonymous and Non-synonymous Mutations in the Human HLA-A Gene	5
Embracing Complexity: Yeast Evolution Experiments Featuring Standing Genetic Variation	5
Domain Evolution of Vertebrate Blood Coagulation Cascade Proteins	5
Collaborative Expression: Transcriptomics of Conus virgo Suggests Contribution of Multiple Secretory Glands to Venom Production	5
Phylogenetic and Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction of SARS-CoV-2 Reveals Latent Capacity to Bind Human ACE2 Receptor	5
Functional Diversity of the Lepidopteran ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters	5
Transposable Element Diversity Remains High in Gigantic Genomes	5
Site-Specific Amino Acid Distributions Follow a Universal Shape	5