Current Opinion in Genetics & Development

Papers
(The median citation count of Current Opinion in Genetics & Development is 6. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board60
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Integrative approaches to study enhancer–promoter communication51
Editorial overview: Conflicts, conflicts everywhere50
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Why is measuring and predicting fitness under genomic conflict so hard?44
Evolution and ecology of commensal gut protists: recent advances41
A critical role for X-chromosome architecture in mammalian X-chromosome dosage compensation39
Tile by tile: capturing the evolutionary mosaic of human conditions38
Epithelial–immune crosstalk in health and disease37
Adipose tissue endothelial cells: insights into their heterogeneity and functional diversity36
The X chromosome in C. elegans sex determination and dosage compensation34
Loops, crosstalk, and compartmentalization: it takes many layers to regulate DNA methylation33
R-loops in neurodegeneration31
Editorial Board30
Therapeutic strategies to target the epitranscriptomic machinery29
Control of cell fate upon transcription factor–driven cardiac reprogramming28
Exploring the origin of the development: totipotent stem cells28
Genetic clues to reprogramming power and formation of mouse oocyte28
In vitro models of pre- and post-gastrulation embryonic development28
Mitochondrial metabolism and the continuing search for ultimate regulators of developmental rate28
High-throughput approaches to functional characterization of genetic variation in yeast27
Interplay between N-adenosine RNA methylation and mRNA splicing27
NAT10 and cytidine acetylation in mRNA: intersecting paths in development and disease27
Toward the dissection of hematopoietic stem cell fates and their determinants27
Single-cell genomic profiling to study regeneration25
Using human pluripotent stem cells to dissect trophoblast development25
Cell–cell interactions between transplanted retinal organoid cells and recipient tissues23
Genetic disruption of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in neurodevelopmental disorders23
If you please, draw me a neuron — linking evolutionary tinkering with human neuron evolution23
Better together: how cooperativity influences transcriptional bursting23
Transposon waves at the water-to-land transition22
Genome instability in mammalian embryos implications for genome editing, development, and evolution22
Molecular genetics of pulmonary hypertension in children22
Behavioral evolution by diverging cell type composition22
Structural variation in humans and our primate kin in the era of telomere-to-telomere genomes and pangenomics21
Stem-cell-based human and mouse embryo models21
Timers, variability, and body-wide coordination: C. elegans as a model system for whole-animal developmental timing21
Dynamic microenvironments shape nuclear organization and gene expression21
Adipose tissue-derived lipokines in metabolism21
Editorial overview: Drivers, droplets, and deeds of nuclear genome organization20
The Yin and Yang of replicative aging and rejuvenation20
Nuclear remodeling during cell fate transitions19
Enhancers on the edge — how the nuclear envelope controls gene regulatory elements19
A haystack in the needle: packaging sperm DNA in insects19
Editorial Board19
Modifying gastruloids to dissect mechanisms of tissue-specific induction18
Editorial overview: Multiscale regulation of genome folding in space, time, and across the tree of life18
Recipes and ingredients for deep learning models of 3D genome folding17
Human 8-cell embryo-like cells from pluripotent stem cells17
Multi-organelle-mediated mRNA localization in neurons and links to disease17
Intestinal epithelial organoids: regeneration and maintenance of the intestinal epithelium16
Evolution of 3D chromatin organization at different scales16
What are tethering elements?16
Nucleosomes in mammalian sperm: conveying paternal epigenetic inheritance or subject to reprogramming between generations?16
Linking phenotype to genotype using comprehensive genomic comparisons16
Shaping inheritance: how distinct reproductive strategies influence DNA methylation memory in plants16
Epigenetic priming in the male germline16
Digesting the mechanobiology of the intestinal epithelium16
Meiotic drive of noncentromeric loci in mammalian meiosis II eggs16
Editorial overview: Peering into our history through a genetic lens: How advances in genetics are changing our understanding of human evolution16
Editorial Board15
Biological roles of nonsense-mediated RNA decay: insights from the nervous system15
Maternal genetic factors in the development of congenital heart defects15
Advances in skeletal genomics research across tissues and cells15
Editorial overview: Epigenetic inheritance: A shortcut to environmental adaptation?15
Rewiring cancer: 3D genome determinants of cancer hallmarks15
Transposable elements in early human embryo development and embryo models14
Cell identity conversion in liver regeneration after injury14
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Cellular plasticity in the neural crest and cancer14
Deciphering microglia phenotypes in health and disease14
Inheritance of epigenetic transcriptional memory14
Songbird germline-restricted chromosome as a potential arena of genetic conflicts14
Correlation between protein abundance and sequence conservation: what do recent experiments say?14
Architecture of RNA–RNA interactions14
Cancer-associated chromatin variants uncover the oncogenic role of transposable elements14
Approaches to probe and perturb long noncoding RNA functions in diseases14
Editorial overview: Epitranscriptomics: Exploring a new frontier in health and disease14
Alterations in transcriptional networks in cancer: the role of noncoding somatic driver mutations14
Editorial overview: Regaining architecture and cell cross-talk upon regeneration14
Recent developments in adipose tissue-secreted factors and their target organs13
Editorial overview: The genome in space–time13
Mix-and-match between transposable elements and zinc finger proteins fuels genic and regulatory innovation13
Toward a comprehensive view of gene architecture during transcription13
Challenges and potential solutions for studying the genetic and phenotypic architecture of adaptation in microbes13
Principles of genome activation in the early embryo13
Amending the injured heart by in vivo reprogramming13
Adipose tissue lipid metabolism: lipolysis13
The stem cell zoo for comparative studies of developmental tempo13
Brain organoids: the quest to decipher human-specific features of brain development13
A new era of understanding in vivo metabolic flux in thermogenic adipocytes13
Evolutionary genetics meets ecological immunology: insights into the evolution of immune systems13
Evolution and molecular bases of reproductive isolation13
Oncogenic fusion proteins and their role in three-dimensional chromatin structure, phase separation, and cancer12
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In vitro models of human hypoblast and mouse primitive endoderm12
The role of loop extrusion in enhancer-mediated gene activation12
Evolution of comparative transcriptomics: biological scales, phylogenetic spans, and modeling frameworks12
3D chromosomal architecture in germinal center B cells and its alterations in lymphomagenesis12
Exploring conditional gene essentiality through systems genetics approaches in yeast12
Microbial experimental evolution in a massively multiplexed and high-throughput era12
Bridging spatial and temporal scales of developmental gene regulation12
Dissecting nephron morphogenesis using kidney organoids from human pluripotent stem cells12
Phase separation and inheritance of repressive chromatin domains12
Genome folding dynamics during the M-to-G1-phase transition12
Alternative splicing in addiction12
The role of SAF-A/hnRNP U in regulating chromatin structure11
The role of tissue maturity and mechanical state in controlling cell extrusion11
Epistasis and evolutionary dependencies in human cancers11
Reconstitution of reproductive organ system that produces functional oocytes11
Polycomb complexes in MLL–AF9-related leukemias11
Paternal genome elimination: patterns and mechanisms of drive and silencing11
Proliferation and dissemination of killer meiotic drive loci11
Topical section: embryonic models (2023) for Current Opinion in Genetics & Development11
Editorial Board11
Editorial Overview: Developmental mechanisms patterning and evolution (2025)11
Chromosome organization in 4D: insights from C. elegans development11
When 3D genome changes cause disease: the impact of structural variations in congenital disease and cancer11
In search of conserved principles of planar cell polarization11
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Prospects for precision genetic medicine in congenital heart disease10
Cellular diversity and developmental hierarchy in the planarian nervous system10
The genetic landscape of cardiovascular left–right patterning defects10
Recent advances in stem cell-based blastocyst models10
Transposon persistence and control in germ cells10
Jack of all trades versus master of one: how generalist versus specialist strategies of transposable elements relate to their horizontal transfer between lineages10
The metabolic baton: conducting the dance of N6-methyladenosine writing and erasing10
Timing mechanisms: insights from comparative neural differentiation systems10
Can we stop one heart from breaking: triumphs and challenges in cardiac reprogramming10
The power of proximity: mechanisms and biological roles of transvection10
Principles of long-range gene regulation9
R-loop homeostasis in genome dynamics, gene expression and development9
Ex situ-armus: experimental models for combating respiratory dysfunction9
Decoding N6-methyladenosine’s dynamic role in stem cell fate and early embryo development: insights into RNA–chromatin interactions9
Hijacked enhancer–promoter and silencer–promoter loops in cancer9
Editorial Board9
To splice or not to splice: pseudoexons in neurological disease and opportunities for intervention9
Quantitative mapping of the mammalian epitranscriptome9
Spliceosome complex and neurodevelopmental disorders9
Unlocking regeneration: how partial reprogramming resembles tissue healing9
Clinical Perspectives in Epitranscriptomics9
Do sex-linked male meiotic drivers contribute to intrinsic hybrid incompatibilities? Recent empirical studies from flies and rodents8
Pediatric CNS cancer genomics and immunogenomics8
Temporal patterning of the vertebrate developing neural tube8
Chromosomal instability as a source of genomic plasticity8
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Xenotransplantation — a shortcut to construct tissue complexity in organoids8
Experimental evolution of drug resistance in human fungal pathogens8
Mitochondrial curation for the next generation8
Corneal regeneration: insights in epithelial stem cell heterogeneity and dynamics8
The ribonucleoprotein network of the nucleus: a historical perspective8
Modification of the RNA methylome in neurodevelopmental disorders8
Epigenetic dynamics during germline development: insights from Drosophila and C. elegans8
Recent insights into the in vitro culture systems for mammalian embryos8
Female meiotic drive in plants: mechanisms and dynamics8
Overcoming muscle stem cell aging8
Recent insights into the evolution of mutation rates in yeast7
Mechanisms of regulatory evolution in yeast7
Network models of chromatin structure7
Advancements in inner ear development, regeneration, and repair through otic organoids7
Vascular and immune interactions in islets transplantation and 3D islet models7
Narrative engineering of the liver7
The ever-growing world of gastruloids: autogenous models of mammalian embryogenesis7
Epistatic drift in protein evolution7
Interplay of transposable elements and ageing: epigenetic regulation and potential epitranscriptomic influence7
Editorial overview: 3Rs update: a new era in cellular identity and therapeutic plasticity7
Therapeutic index of targeting select chromatin complexes in human cancer patients7
Circuit integration by transplanted human neurons7
Transgenerational epigenetic control of constitutive heterochromatin, transposons, and centromeres7
A new era in neuromuscular junction research: current advances in self-organized and assembled in vitro models7
Extending the spectrum in aortopathy: stenosis to aneurysm7
Evolutionary neurogenomics at single-cell resolution7
Pluripotent stem cell–derived mesenchymal stem cells for therapeutic applications, developmental study, and cancer research7
Insights into multilevel spatial regulation within the root stem cell niche7
Factors that determine cell type–specific CTCF binding in health and disease7
Linking mitochondria metabolism, developmental timing, and human brain evolution7
NOVA1/2 genes and alternative splicing in neurodevelopment7
When and why are mitochondria paternally inherited?7
Rewiring for movements in meiotic prophase: regulators, roles, and evolutionary pathways6
Decoding the role of tRNA modifications in cancer progression6
Somatic mutation burden in relation to aging and functional life span: implications for cellular reprogramming and rejuvenation6
Plasticity of muscle stem cells in homeostasis and aging6
Adipocyte plasticity in tissue regeneration, repair, and disease6
Early central nervous system development and neuron regeneration6
New methodological approaches and insights gained toward understanding the evolved human skeleton6
Editorial overview: Early embryonic development models: back to the beginning6
Genomic snowflakes: how the uniqueness of DNA folding allows us to smell the chemical universe6
Editorial Board6
Molecular mechanisms of the specialization of human synapses in the neocortex6
Concepts, mechanisms and implications of long-term epigenetic inheritance6
Deciphering the role of structural variation in human evolution: a functional perspective6
Human trophoblast stem cell-state acquisition from pluripotent stem cells and somatic cells6
Rethinking chromatin accessibility: from compaction to dynamic interactions6
Safeguarding the epigenome through the cell cycle: a multitasking game6
How our brains are built: emerging approaches to understand human-specific features6
A lifelong duty: how Xist maintains the inactive X chromosome6
Spatial orchestration of the genome: topological reorganisation during X-chromosome inactivation6
Engineering immune organoids to regenerate host immune system6
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