Aaron A. Comeault

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

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Aaron A. Comeault is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron A. Comeault has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Genetics, 20 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 12 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Aaron A. Comeault's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (16 papers), Plant and animal studies (13 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (11 papers). Aaron A. Comeault is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (16 papers), Plant and animal studies (13 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (11 papers). Aaron A. Comeault collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Aaron A. Comeault's co-authors include Patrik Nosil, Brice P. Noonan, Timothy E. Farkas, Daniel R. Matute, Jeffrey L. Feder, Thomas L. Parchman, Víctor Soria‐Carrasco, C. Alex Buerkle, Scott P. Egan and Tanja Schwander and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Aaron A. Comeault

33 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Stick Insect Genomes Reveal Natural Selection’s Role in Parallel Speciation

2014 305 citations Víctor Soria‐Carrasco, Zachariah Gompert et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aaron A. Comeault United States	18	958	666	297	280	227	35	1.5k
Catherine R. Linnen United States	21	806 0.8×	649 1.0×	301 1.0×	362 1.3×	255 1.1×	38	1.5k
Steven M. Bogdanowicz United States	21	833 0.9×	530 0.8×	222 0.7×	492 1.8×	317 1.4×	42	1.5k
Timothy E. Farkas United States	15	806 0.8×	614 0.9×	197 0.7×	335 1.2×	219 1.0×	28	1.4k
Jesús Mavárez France	20	1.1k 1.1×	856 1.3×	284 1.0×	392 1.4×	144 0.6×	32	1.7k
Erica L. Larson United States	20	1.4k 1.4×	686 1.0×	501 1.7×	420 1.5×	195 0.9×	41	2.0k
Tami Cruickshank United States	7	1.2k 1.3×	783 1.2×	427 1.4×	527 1.9×	162 0.7×	9	2.0k
Paul Z. Goldstein United States	14	494 0.5×	499 0.7×	357 1.2×	379 1.4×	258 1.1×	49	1.2k
Claire Mérot Canada	19	1.0k 1.1×	398 0.6×	537 1.8×	327 1.2×	127 0.6×	36	1.5k
Ryan C. Garrick United States	20	769 0.8×	498 0.7×	309 1.0×	510 1.8×	177 0.8×	60	1.4k
Barbara Feldmeyer Germany	24	1.0k 1.1×	759 1.1×	240 0.8×	425 1.5×	538 2.4×	77	1.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Comeault, Aaron A., et al.. (2025). Phylogenetic and functional diversity among Drosophila -associated metagenome-assembled genomes. mSystems. 10(7). e0002725–e0002725.

Comeault, Aaron A., Michael F. Fay, Simon Creer, et al.. (2025). Plastic responses to past environments shape adaptation to novel selection pressures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(5). e2409541122–e2409541122. 3 indexed citations

Dittrich, C., Franz Hoelzl, Steve Smith, et al.. (2024). Genome Assembly of the Dyeing Poison Frog Provides Insights into the Dynamics of Transposable Element and Genome-Size Evolution. Genome Biology and Evolution. 16(6). 4 indexed citations

Papadopulos, Alexander S. T., Andrew J. Helmstetter, Owen G. Osborne, et al.. (2021). Rapid Parallel Adaptation to Anthropogenic Heavy Metal Pollution. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(9). 3724–3736. 27 indexed citations

Comeault, Aaron A., Andreas F. Kautt, & Daniel R. Matute. (2021). Genomic signatures of admixture and selection are shared among populations of Zaprionus indianus across the western hemisphere. Molecular Ecology. 30(23). 6193–6210. 5 indexed citations

Suvorov, Anton, Bernard Kim, Jeremy Wang, et al.. (2021). Widespread introgression across a phylogeny of 155 Drosophila genomes. Current Biology. 32(1). 111–123.e5. 138 indexed citations

Comeault, Aaron A. & Daniel R. Matute. (2020). Temperature-Dependent Competitive Outcomes between the Fruit Flies Drosophila santomea and Drosophila yakuba. The American Naturalist. 197(3). 312–323. 20 indexed citations

Comeault, Aaron A., Jeremy Wang, Silas Tittes, et al.. (2020). Genetic Diversity and Thermal Performance in Invasive and Native Populations of African Fig Flies. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37(7). 1893–1906. 25 indexed citations

Matute, Daniel R., Aarti Venkat, & Aaron A. Comeault. (2020). Correlated evolution of male and female reproductive traits drive a cascading effect of reinforcement in Drosophila yakuba. UNC Libraries.

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Williams, Rachel C., Marina B. Blanco, Jelmer W. Poelstra, et al.. (2019). Conservation genomic analysis reveals ancient introgression and declining levels of genetic diversity in Madagascar’s hibernating dwarf lemurs. Heredity. 124(1). 236–251. 10 indexed citations

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Cooper, Brandon S., et al.. (2018). A Maladaptive Combination of Traits Contributes to the Maintenance of a Drosophila Hybrid Zone. Current Biology. 28(18). 2940–2947.e6. 32 indexed citations

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Comeault, Aaron A.. (2018). The genomic and ecological context of hybridization affects the probability that symmetrical incompatibilities drive hybrid speciation. Ecology and Evolution. 8(5). 2926–2937. 11 indexed citations

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Turissini, David A., et al.. (2017). The ability of Drosophila hybrids to locate food declines with parental divergence. Evolution. 71(4). 960–973. 17 indexed citations

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Riesch, Rüdiger, Moritz Muschick, Dorothea Lindtke, et al.. (2017). Transitions between phases of genomic differentiation during stick-insect speciation. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1(4). 82–82. 131 indexed citations

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Riesch, Rüdiger, Moritz Muschick, Dorothea Lindtke, et al.. (2017). Data from: Transitions between phases of genomic differentiation during stick-insect speciation. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations

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Comeault, Aaron A., Clarissa F. de Carvalho, Stuart R. Dennis, Víctor Soria‐Carrasco, & Patrik Nosil. (2016). Color phenotypes are under similar genetic control in two distantly related species of Timema stick insect. Evolution. 70(6). 1283–1296. 26 indexed citations

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Soria‐Carrasco, Víctor, Zachariah Gompert, Aaron A. Comeault, et al.. (2014). Stick Insect Genomes Reveal Natural Selection’s Role in Parallel Speciation. Science. 344(6185). 738–742. 305 indexed citations breakdown →

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Comeault, Aaron A., Víctor Soria‐Carrasco, Zach Gompert, et al.. (2014). Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Phenotypic Traits Subject to a Range of Intensities of Natural Selection inTimema cristinae. The American Naturalist. 183(5). 711–727. 43 indexed citations

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Comeault, Aaron A., Tanja Schwander, C. Alex Buerkle, et al.. (2012). De novo characterization of the Timema cristinae transcriptome facilitates marker discovery and inference of genetic divergence. Molecular Ecology Resources. 12(3). 549–561. 13 indexed citations

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Comeault, Aaron A. & Brice P. Noonan. (2011). Spatial variation in the fitness of divergent aposematic phenotypes of the poison frog, Dendrobates tinctorius. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 24(6). 1374–1379. 42 indexed citations

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