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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Genomic methods reveal independent demographic histories despite strong morphological conservatism in fish species	243
Landscape genetics of a sub-alpine toad: climate change predicted to induce upward range shifts via asymmetrical migration corridors	68
A strategic sampling design revealed the local genetic structure of cold-water fluvial sculpin: a focus on groundwater-dependent water temperature heterogeneity	45
Correction to: Evolution of reproductive parasites with direct fitness benefits	43
Major QTL confer race-nonspecific resistance in the co-evolved Cronartium quercuum f. sp. fusiforme–Pinus taeda pathosystem	42
Performance of Bayesian and BLUP alphabets for genomic prediction: analysis, comparison and results	37
Correction: Intragenomic rDNA variation—the product of concerted evolution, mutation, or something in between?	36
Long-term climatic stability drives accumulation and maintenance of divergent freshwater fish lineages in a temperate biodiversity hotspot	36
Genome-wide local ancestry and the functional consequences of admixture in African and European cattle populations	31
Stem cell transcriptional profiles from mouse subspecies reveal cis-regulatory evolution at translation genes	28
Gene conversion: a non-Mendelian process integral to meiotic recombination	26
Shedding light on variation in reproductive success through studies of population genetic structure in a Southeast Pacific Coast mussel	26
The genetic architecture underlying body-size traits plasticity over different temperatures and developmental stages in Caenorhabditis elegans	25
AI-informed conservation genomics	24
Genetic architecture of dispersal behaviour in the post-harvest pest and model organism Tribolium castaneum	23
Heritability and developmental plasticity of growth in an oviparous lizard	23
Temporal stability of sex ratio distorter prevalence in natural populations of the isopod Armadillidium vulgare	22
Using conservation genetics to prioritise management options for an endangered songbird	20
Evolutionary transition to XY sex chromosomes associated with Y-linked duplication of a male hormone gene in a terrestrial isopod	19
Genetic variation at innate and adaptive immune genes – contrasting patterns of differentiation and local adaptation in a wild gull	19
Distinct genetic architectures underlie divergent thorax, leg, and wing pigmentation between Drosophila elegans and D. gunungcola	19
Revisiting a GWAS peak in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals possible confounding by genetic heterogeneity	18
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
Mitochondrially mediated RNA interference, a retrograde signaling system affecting nuclear gene expression	17

Correction to: New molecular evidence on genome relationships and chromosome identification in fescue (Festuca) and ryegrass (Lolium)	17
Horizontal transfer of accessory chromosomes in fungi – a regulated process for exchange of genetic material?	17
Too big to purge: persistence of deleterious Mutations in Island populations of the European Barn Owl (Tyto alba)	15
Covariance between nonrelatives in maize	15
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
Aneuploidy and ploidy variation conditioned by the B chromosome of maize	15
Different waves of postglacial recolonisation and genomic structure of bank vole populations in NE Poland	14
Tests for associations between sexual dimorphism and patterns of quantitative genetic variation in the water strider, Aquarius remigis	14
Correction: Meiosis at three loci in autotetraploids: Probabilities of gamete modes and genotypes without and with preferential cross-over formation	14
Mitochondrial genomes reveal mid-Pleistocene population divergence, and post-glacial expansion, in Australasian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus)	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	13
Robust association tests for quantitative traits on the X chromosome	13
Out of patterns, the euchromatic B chromosome of the grasshopper Abracris flavolineata is not enriched in high-copy repeats	13
Recent innovations and in-depth aspects of post-genome wide association study (Post-GWAS) to understand the genetic basis of complex phenotypes	13
Dynamics of sex-biased gene expression during development in the stick insect Timema californicum	13
Multi-population GWAS detects robust marker associations in a newly established six-rowed winter barley breeding program	13
Environmentally induced variation in sperm sRNAs is linked to gene expression and transposable elements in zebrafish offspring	13
Local adaptation has a role in reducing vulnerability to climate change in a widespread Amazonian forest lizard	13
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
Why put all your eggs in one basket? Evolutionary perspectives on the origins of monogenic reproduction	13
The evolutionary significance of meiotic drive	12
Population structure and inbreeding in wild house mice (Mus musculus) at different geographic scales	12
Genome-wide analysis reveals associations between climate and regional patterns of adaptive divergence and dispersal in American pikas	12
Heterogeneous microgeographic genetic structure of the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: biogeographic barriers and environmental factors	12
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of checkpoint genes on the tumour side of the immunological synapse	11
Ecotype variation in the endemic tree Callicarpa subpubescens on small oceanic islands: genetic, phenotypic, and environmental insights	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
Infection pattern of male-killing viruses alters phenotypes in the tea tortrix moth Homona magnanima	10
Reverse genetic approaches for breeding nutrient-rich and climate-resilient cereal and food legume crops	10
Heritability and variance components of seed size in wild species: influences of breeding design and the number of genotypes tested	10
Support for Y-compensation of mother’s curse affecting lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster	10
Egg provisioning explains the penetrance of symbiont-mediated sex allocation distortion in haplodiploids	10
Desert landscape features influencing the microgeographic genetic structure of Nelson’s pocket mouse Chaetodipus nelsoni	10
How partial phenotyping to reduce generation intervals can help to increase annual genetic gain in selected honeybee populations	9
Genetic improvement of speed across distance categories in thoroughbred racehorses in Great Britain	9
Ecological divergence despite common mating sites: Genotypes and symbiotypes shed light on cryptic diversity in the black bean aphid species complex	9
Contrasting genetic trajectories of endangered and expanding red fox populations in the western U.S	9
Evidence of spatial genetic structure in a snow leopard population from Gansu, China	9
Fitness consequences of hybridization in a predominantly selfing species: insights into the role of dominance and epistatic incompatibilities	9
The genetic origins of species boundaries at subtropical and temperate ecoregions in the North American racers (Coluber constrictor)	9
Gene expression and alternative splicing contribute to adaptive divergence of ecotypes	9
The transcriptomic signature of obligate parthenogenesis	8
Concurrently mapping quantitative trait loci associations from multiple subspecies within hybrid populations	8
Reduced within-population quantitative genetic variation is associated with climate harshness in maritime pine	8
First large-scale genomic prediction in the honey bee	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
Excessive replacement changes drive evolution of global sheep prion protein (PRNP) sequences	8
Correction to: Excessive replacement changes drive evolution of global sheep prion protein (PRNP) sequences	8
Transcriptomics and the origin of obligate parthenogenesis	8
Incorporating spatial and genetic competition into breeding pipelines with the R package gencomp	8
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	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