OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Heredity is 8. 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.)

Article	Citations
Correction to: Evolution of reproductive parasites with direct fitness benefits	312
Landscape genetics of a sub-alpine toad: climate change predicted to induce upward range shifts via asymmetrical migration corridors	86
Genomic analysis of differentiation and demography of the formerly conspecific agile (Dipodomys agilis) and Dulzura (D. simulans) kangaroo rats	53
Performance of Bayesian and BLUP alphabets for genomic prediction: analysis, comparison and results	51
Correction: Intragenomic rDNA variation—the product of concerted evolution, mutation, or something in between?	50
Long-term climatic stability drives accumulation and maintenance of divergent freshwater fish lineages in a temperate biodiversity hotspot	42
Genome-wide local ancestry and the functional consequences of admixture in African and European cattle populations	40
Stem cell transcriptional profiles from mouse subspecies reveal cis-regulatory evolution at translation genes	34
AI-informed conservation genomics	27
The genetic architecture underlying body-size traits plasticity over different temperatures and developmental stages in Caenorhabditis elegans	27
Shedding light on variation in reproductive success through studies of population genetic structure in a Southeast Pacific Coast mussel	26
Gene conversion: a non-Mendelian process integral to meiotic recombination	26
Exploring evolutionary mechanisms of genomic divergence in marine intertidal limpets	24
Effects of mating system and adaptedness on the evolution of fitness and mtDNA copy number in mitonuclear mismatched C. elegans	24
Genetic variation at innate and adaptive immune genes – contrasting patterns of differentiation and local adaptation in a wild gull	21
Using conservation genetics to prioritise management options for an endangered songbird	21
Temporal stability of sex ratio distorter prevalence in natural populations of the isopod Armadillidium vulgare	21
Heritability and developmental plasticity of growth in an oviparous lizard	20
Genetic architecture of dispersal behaviour in the post-harvest pest and model organism Tribolium castaneum	19
Horizontal transfer of accessory chromosomes in fungi – a regulated process for exchange of genetic material?	17
Covariance between nonrelatives in maize	17
Holocene climate changes explain the spatial pattern in genetic diversity in populations of Cyperus papyrus from Southeast Africa wetlands	17
Marsupials have monoallelic MEST expression with a conserved antisense lncRNA but MEST is not imprinted	17
Too big to purge: persistence of deleterious Mutations in Island populations of the European Barn Owl (Tyto alba)	16
Aneuploidy and ploidy variation conditioned by the B chromosome of maize	16

Mitochondrially mediated RNA interference, a retrograde signaling system affecting nuclear gene expression	16
Weighted kernels improve multi-environment genomic prediction	15
A wide range of chromosome numbers result from unreduced gamete production in Brassica juncea × B. napus (AABC) interspecific hybrids	15
Different waves of postglacial recolonisation and genomic structure of bank vole populations in NE Poland	15
Correction to: New molecular evidence on genome relationships and chromosome identification in fescue (Festuca) and ryegrass (Lolium)	15
Correction: Meiosis at three loci in autotetraploids: Probabilities of gamete modes and genotypes without and with preferential cross-over formation	15
Local adaptation has a role in reducing vulnerability to climate change in a widespread Amazonian forest lizard	14
Tests for associations between sexual dimorphism and patterns of quantitative genetic variation in the water strider, Aquarius remigis	14
Environmentally induced variation in sperm sRNAs is linked to gene expression and transposable elements in zebrafish offspring	14
Maternal effects in the model system Daphnia: the ecological past meets the epigenetic future	14
Does chromoanagenesis play a role in the origin of B chromosomes?	13
Salinity stress tolerance and omics approaches: revisiting the progress and achievements in major cereal crops	13
Heterogeneous microgeographic genetic structure of the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: biogeographic barriers and environmental factors	13
DNA methylation is associated with codon degeneracy in a species of bumblebee	13
Why put all your eggs in one basket? Evolutionary perspectives on the origins of monogenic reproduction	13
Ecotype variation in the endemic tree Callicarpa subpubescens on small oceanic islands: genetic, phenotypic, and environmental insights	13
Mitochondrial genomes reveal mid-Pleistocene population divergence, and post-glacial expansion, in Australasian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus)	13
Robust association tests for quantitative traits on the X chromosome	13
Dynamics of sex-biased gene expression during development in the stick insect Timema californicum	13
Breeder turnover creates allelic variation in groups of gray wolves	12
Comparative analysis of gene family evolution demonstrates expansion of digestive, immunity and olfactory functions in the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) lineage	12
Population structure and inbreeding in wild house mice (Mus musculus) at different geographic scales	12
Beyond inversions and deletions: the evolutionary and functional insights from translocations, fissions, and fusions in animal genomes	12
Multi-population GWAS detects robust marker associations in a newly established six-rowed winter barley breeding program	12
The evolutionary significance of meiotic drive	12
Heritability and variance components of seed size in wild species: influences of breeding design and the number of genotypes tested	12
Infection pattern of male-killing viruses alters phenotypes in the tea tortrix moth Homona magnanima	11
Polyandry and non-random fertilisation maintain long-term genetic diversity in an isolated island population of adders (Vipera berus)	11
Influence of geographic isolation and the environment on gene flow among phenotypically diverse lizards	11
Reverse genetic approaches for breeding nutrient-rich and climate-resilient cereal and food legume crops	11
Egg provisioning explains the penetrance of symbiont-mediated sex allocation distortion in haplodiploids	11
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of checkpoint genes on the tumour side of the immunological synapse	11
Genetic structure and historical gene flow in Araucaria angustifolia populations across two Brazilian regions	11
Evidence of long-term purging of mutation burden in killer whale Orcinus orca genomes	11
The genetic origins of species boundaries at subtropical and temperate ecoregions in the North American racers (Coluber constrictor)	10
Desert landscape features influencing the microgeographic genetic structure of Nelson’s pocket mouse Chaetodipus nelsoni	10
Gene expression and alternative splicing contribute to adaptive divergence of ecotypes	10
Contrasting genetic trajectories of endangered and expanding red fox populations in the western U.S	10
Facultative polyandry under heat stress and the evolutionary potential for climate-driven shifts in mating systems	10
Evidence of spatial genetic structure in a snow leopard population from Gansu, China	10
Support for Y-compensation of mother’s curse affecting lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster	10
How partial phenotyping to reduce generation intervals can help to increase annual genetic gain in selected honeybee populations	10
Genetic improvement of speed across distance categories in thoroughbred racehorses in Great Britain	10
Ecological divergence despite common mating sites: Genotypes and symbiotypes shed light on cryptic diversity in the black bean aphid species complex	9
Chromosomal aberrations and early mortality in a non-mammalian vertebrate: example from pressure-induced triploid Atlantic salmon	9
Transcriptomics and the origin of obligate parthenogenesis	9
Investigating the effects of chimerism on the inference of selection: quantifying genomic targets of purifying, positive, and balancing selection in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)	9
Population genomics and conservation management of the threatened black-footed tree-rat (Mesembriomys gouldii) in northern Australia	9
Correction to: Excessive replacement changes drive evolution of global sheep prion protein (PRNP) sequences	9
Concurrently mapping quantitative trait loci associations from multiple subspecies within hybrid populations	9

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	9
Incorporating spatial and genetic competition into breeding pipelines with the R package gencomp	9
Efficiency of mapping epistatic quantitative trait loci	8
Physical geography, isolation by distance and environmental variables shape genomic variation of wild barley (Hordeum vulgare L. ssp. spontaneum) in the Southern Levant	8
Population genetic diversity and environmental adaptation of Tamarix hispida in the Tarim Basin, arid Northwestern China	8
Genetic footprints of a rapid and large-scale range expansion: the case of cyclic common vole in Spain	8
Introgressive hybridisation between domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) and endemic Corsican wild boars (S. s. meridionalis): effects of human-mediated interventions	8
The transcriptomic signature of obligate parthenogenesis	8
First large-scale genomic prediction in the honey bee	8
Reduced within-population quantitative genetic variation is associated with climate harshness in maritime pine	8
Genetic constraints in genes exhibiting splicing plasticity in facultative diapause	8
Forest tree breeding using genomic Markov causal models: a new approach to genomic tree breeding improvement	8
Genetic diversity and structure in wild Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora A. Froehner) populations in Yangambi (DR Congo) and their relation to forest disturbance	8
Excessive replacement changes drive evolution of global sheep prion protein (PRNP) sequences	8
Differential effects of steroid hormones on levels of broad-sense heritability in a wild bird: possible mechanism of environment × genetic variance interaction?	8