Current Opinion in Genetics & Development

Papers
(The median citation count of Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board54
Adipose tissue endothelial cells: insights into their heterogeneity and functional diversity53
Integrative approaches to study enhancer–promoter communication53
Editorial overview: Conflicts, conflicts everywhere47
Editorial Board44
Editorial Board44
Why is measuring and predicting fitness under genomic conflict so hard?43
The X chromosome in C. elegans sex determination and dosage compensation41
Break-induced replication mechanisms in yeast and mammals41
Epithelial–immune crosstalk in health and disease39
A critical role for X-chromosome architecture in mammalian X-chromosome dosage compensation36
Evolution and ecology of commensal gut protists: recent advances36
Loops, crosstalk, and compartmentalization: it takes many layers to regulate DNA methylation35
Tile by tile: capturing the evolutionary mosaic of human conditions33
DNA end resection during homologous recombination32
R-loops in neurodegeneration31
Editorial Board30
Interplay between N-adenosine RNA methylation and mRNA splicing29
Control of cell fate upon transcription factor–driven cardiac reprogramming28
Mitochondrial metabolism and the continuing search for ultimate regulators of developmental rate28
Therapeutic strategies to target the epitranscriptomic machinery28
Cell–cell interactions between transplanted retinal organoid cells and recipient tissues27
High-throughput approaches to functional characterization of genetic variation in yeast27
Genetic clues to reprogramming power and formation of mouse oocyte27
NAT10 and cytidine acetylation in mRNA: intersecting paths in development and disease27
Toward the dissection of hematopoietic stem cell fates and their determinants27
Exploring the origin of the development: totipotent stem cells27
In vitro models of pre- and post-gastrulation embryonic development27
If you please, draw me a neuron — linking evolutionary tinkering with human neuron evolution26
Using human pluripotent stem cells to dissect trophoblast development25
Recombination-mediated genome rearrangements25
Genome instability in mammalian embryos implications for genome editing, development, and evolution25
Single-cell genomic profiling to study regeneration25
Structural variation in humans and our primate kin in the era of telomere-to-telomere genomes and pangenomics24
Better together: how cooperativity influences transcriptional bursting24
Transposon waves at the water-to-land transition23
Timers, variability, and body-wide coordination: C. elegans as a model system for whole-animal developmental timing23
Molecular genetics of pulmonary hypertension in children23
Adipose tissue-derived lipokines in metabolism22
Dynamic microenvironments shape nuclear organization and gene expression22
How strand exchange protein function benefits from ATP hydrolysis22
Stem-cell-based human and mouse embryo models21
Editorial overview: Drivers, droplets, and deeds of nuclear genome organization21
Genetic disruption of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in neurodevelopmental disorders21
A haystack in the needle: packaging sperm DNA in insects20
The Yin and Yang of replicative aging and rejuvenation20
Nucleosomes in mammalian sperm: conveying paternal epigenetic inheritance or subject to reprogramming between generations?19
Nuclear remodeling during cell fate transitions19
Editorial overview: Multiscale regulation of genome folding in space, time, and across the tree of life19
Enhancers on the edge — how the nuclear envelope controls gene regulatory elements19
Linking phenotype to genotype using comprehensive genomic comparisons19
Modifying gastruloids to dissect mechanisms of tissue-specific induction19
Recipes and ingredients for deep learning models of 3D genome folding19
Digesting the mechanobiology of the intestinal epithelium18
Editorial overview: Recombination — the ends justify the means18
Intestinal epithelial organoids: regeneration and maintenance of the intestinal epithelium18
Human 8-cell embryo-like cells from pluripotent stem cells18
Multi-organelle-mediated mRNA localization in neurons and links to disease17
Editorial overview: Peering into our history through a genetic lens: How advances in genetics are changing our understanding of human evolution17
Shaping inheritance: how distinct reproductive strategies influence DNA methylation memory in plants17
Biological roles of nonsense-mediated RNA decay: insights from the nervous system16
Advances in skeletal genomics research across tissues and cells16
Epigenetic priming in the male germline16
Transposable elements in early human embryo development and embryo models16
Editorial Board16
Evolution of 3D chromatin organization at different scales16
Rewiring cancer: 3D genome determinants of cancer hallmarks16
Meiotic drive of noncentromeric loci in mammalian meiosis II eggs16
What are tethering elements?16
Cancer-associated chromatin variants uncover the oncogenic role of transposable elements15
Maternal genetic factors in the development of congenital heart defects15
Inheritance of epigenetic transcriptional memory15
DNA helicases in homologous recombination repair15
Editorial overview: Epigenetic inheritance: A shortcut to environmental adaptation?15
Deciphering microglia phenotypes in health and disease15
Cell identity conversion in liver regeneration after injury15
Approaches to probe and perturb long noncoding RNA functions in diseases14
Editorial overview: Epitranscriptomics: Exploring a new frontier in health and disease14
Correlation between protein abundance and sequence conservation: what do recent experiments say?14
Editorial Board14
Discrete roles for Rad54 and Rdh54 during homologous recombination14
Editorial overview: Regaining architecture and cell cross-talk upon regeneration14
Architecture of RNA–RNA interactions14
Songbird germline-restricted chromosome as a potential arena of genetic conflicts14
Amending the injured heart by in vivo reprogramming14
Alterations in transcriptional networks in cancer: the role of noncoding somatic driver mutations14
Adipose tissue lipid metabolism: lipolysis13
Editorial overview: The genome in space–time13
Evolution and molecular bases of reproductive isolation13
The stem cell zoo for comparative studies of developmental tempo13
Recent developments in adipose tissue-secreted factors and their target organs13
A new era of understanding in vivo metabolic flux in thermogenic adipocytes13
Principles of genome activation in the early embryo13
Toward a comprehensive view of gene architecture during transcription13
Cellular plasticity in the neural crest and cancer13
Brain organoids: the quest to decipher human-specific features of brain development13
Challenges and potential solutions for studying the genetic and phenotypic architecture of adaptation in microbes13
Evolution of comparative transcriptomics: biological scales, phylogenetic spans, and modeling frameworks13
In vitro models of human hypoblast and mouse primitive endoderm12
Epistasis and evolutionary dependencies in human cancers12
Exploring conditional gene essentiality through systems genetics approaches in yeast12
Bridging spatial and temporal scales of developmental gene regulation12
Dissecting nephron morphogenesis using kidney organoids from human pluripotent stem cells12
Editorial Board12
Genome folding dynamics during the M-to-G1-phase transition12
3D chromosomal architecture in germinal center B cells and its alterations in lymphomagenesis12
Microbial experimental evolution in a massively multiplexed and high-throughput era12
The role of loop extrusion in enhancer-mediated gene activation11
Alternative splicing in addiction11
When 3D genome changes cause disease: the impact of structural variations in congenital disease and cancer11
Editorial Board11
The genetic landscape of cardiovascular left–right patterning defects11
The metabolic baton: conducting the dance of N6-methyladenosine writing and erasing11
In search of conserved principles of planar cell polarization11
An extending ATR–CHK1 circuitry: the replication stress response and beyond11
Chromosome organization in 4D: insights from C. elegans development11
Mechanism of mitotic recombination: insights from C. elegans11
Phase separation and inheritance of repressive chromatin domains11
Jack of all trades versus master of one: how generalist versus specialist strategies of transposable elements relate to their horizontal transfer between lineages11
Editorial Board11
Topical section: embryonic models (2023) for Current Opinion in Genetics & Development11
Proliferation and dissemination of killer meiotic drive loci11
Oncogenic fusion proteins and their role in three-dimensional chromatin structure, phase separation, and cancer11
Polycomb complexes in MLL–AF9-related leukemias11
The role of tissue maturity and mechanical state in controlling cell extrusion11
The role of SAF-A/hnRNP U in regulating chromatin structure11
The power of proximity: mechanisms and biological roles of transvection11
Paternal genome elimination: patterns and mechanisms of drive and silencing11
Reconstitution of reproductive organ system that produces functional oocytes11
Recent advances in stem cell-based blastocyst models10
Principles of long-range gene regulation10
Editorial Board10
Transposon persistence and control in germ cells10
Prospects for precision genetic medicine in congenital heart disease10
R-loop homeostasis in genome dynamics, gene expression and development10
Cellular diversity and developmental hierarchy in the planarian nervous system10
Can we stop one heart from breaking: triumphs and challenges in cardiac reprogramming10
Timing mechanisms: insights from comparative neural differentiation systems10
Spliceosome complex and neurodevelopmental disorders10
Hijacked enhancer–promoter and silencer–promoter loops in cancer10
Decoding N6-methyladenosine’s dynamic role in stem cell fate and early embryo development: insights into RNA–chromatin interactions9
Ex situ-armus: experimental models for combating respiratory dysfunction9
Mitochondrial curation for the next generation9
Pediatric CNS cancer genomics and immunogenomics9
Unlocking regeneration: how partial reprogramming resembles tissue healing9
To splice or not to splice: pseudoexons in neurological disease and opportunities for intervention9
Corneal regeneration: insights in epithelial stem cell heterogeneity and dynamics9
Recent insights into the in vitro culture systems for mammalian embryos9
Quantitative mapping of the mammalian epitranscriptome9
Clinical Perspectives in Epitranscriptomics9
Experimental evolution of drug resistance in human fungal pathogens9
Epigenetic dynamics during germline development: insights from Drosophila and C. elegans8
Modification of the RNA methylome in neurodevelopmental disorders8
Xenotransplantation — a shortcut to construct tissue complexity in organoids8
Chromosomal instability as a source of genomic plasticity8
The WRN helicase: resolving a new target in microsatellite unstable cancers8
Interplay of transposable elements and ageing: epigenetic regulation and potential epitranscriptomic influence8
Evolutionary neurogenomics at single-cell resolution8
Temporal patterning of the vertebrate developing neural tube8
Female meiotic drive in plants: mechanisms and dynamics8
Editorial overview: 3Rs update: a new era in cellular identity and therapeutic plasticity8
Pluripotent stem cell–derived mesenchymal stem cells for therapeutic applications, developmental study, and cancer research8
Transgenerational epigenetic control of constitutive heterochromatin, transposons, and centromeres7
The ribonucleoprotein network of the nucleus: a historical perspective7
NOVA1/2 genes and alternative splicing in neurodevelopment7
Circuit integration by transplanted human neurons7
Factors that determine cell type–specific CTCF binding in health and disease7
Overcoming muscle stem cell aging7
The ever-growing world of gastruloids: autogenous models of mammalian embryogenesis7
Recombination-dependent replication: new perspectives from site-specific fork barriers7
Editorial Board7
Narrative engineering of the liver7
Linking mitochondria metabolism, developmental timing, and human brain evolution7
Insights into multilevel spatial regulation within the root stem cell niche7
Advancements in inner ear development, regeneration, and repair through otic organoids7
Do sex-linked male meiotic drivers contribute to intrinsic hybrid incompatibilities? Recent empirical studies from flies and rodents7
Network models of chromatin structure7
Recent insights into the evolution of mutation rates in yeast7
Concepts, mechanisms and implications of long-term epigenetic inheritance7
Vascular and immune interactions in islets transplantation and 3D islet models7
Mechanisms of regulatory evolution in yeast7
Safeguarding the epigenome through the cell cycle: a multitasking game6
Engineering immune organoids to regenerate host immune system6
A lifelong duty: how Xist maintains the inactive X chromosome6
Extending the spectrum in aortopathy: stenosis to aneurysm6
Early central nervous system development and neuron regeneration6
Editorial Board6
Editorial overview: Early embryonic development models: back to the beginning6
Plasticity of muscle stem cells in homeostasis and aging6
Genomic snowflakes: how the uniqueness of DNA folding allows us to smell the chemical universe6
Deciphering the role of structural variation in human evolution: a functional perspective6
RAD51 paralog function in replicative DNA damage and tolerance6
Adipocyte plasticity in tissue regeneration, repair, and disease6
Decoding the role of tRNA modifications in cancer progression6
Molecular mechanisms of the specialization of human synapses in the neocortex6
Somatic mutation burden in relation to aging and functional life span: implications for cellular reprogramming and rejuvenation6
Rethinking chromatin accessibility: from compaction to dynamic interactions6
A new era in neuromuscular junction research: current advances in self-organized and assembled in vitro models6
Therapeutic index of targeting select chromatin complexes in human cancer patients6
When and why are mitochondria paternally inherited?6
Multi-scale dynamics of heterochromatin repair6
Spatial orchestration of the genome: topological reorganisation during X-chromosome inactivation6
Human trophoblast stem cell-state acquisition from pluripotent stem cells and somatic cells6
Rewiring for movements in meiotic prophase: regulators, roles, and evolutionary pathways5
Evolutionary innovations in the primate dopaminergic system5
It’s all in the combination: decoding the epigenome for cancer research and diagnostics5
Insights into homology search from cryo-EM structures of RecA-DNA recombination intermediates5
RNA editing and immune control: from mechanism to therapy5
Editorial overview: New insights into epithelial dynamics: From tissue homeostasis to morphogenesis5
Human blastoid as an in vitro model of human blastocysts5
How our brains are built: emerging approaches to understand human-specific features5
Revealing epithelial morphogenetic mechanisms through live imaging5
Recombination and restart at blocked replication forks5
Statistical models of the genetic etiology of congenital heart disease5
Editorial overview: Understanding the biology of cancer genomes in the context of DNA, RNA, histone marks, and 3D chromatin organization5
Editorial Board5
Evolutionary dynamics between transposable elements and their host genomes: mechanisms of suppression and escape5
Editorial overview: Fat tissue in focus: Assembled deeply insightful perspectives on state-of-the-art explorations5
Adipocyte gene expression in obesity — insights gained and challenges ahead5
Editorial overview: How to generate and maintain organs–organoids, regeneration, and beyond5
Recent progress in understanding the genomic architecture of sexual conflict5
Transcription-Export complex in neurodevelopmental disorders5
Replication timing and transcriptional control: beyond cause and effect — part IV5
Interplay between Sae2 and Rif2 in the regulation of Mre11-Rad50 activities at DNA ends5
Recent advances in RNA-based therapeutics for neurodevelopmental disorders5
Chromatin and aberrant enhancer activity in KMT2A rearranged acute lymphoblastic leukemia5
RNA in chromatin organization and nuclear architecture5
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