Adam Eyre‐Walker

18.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
142 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Adam Eyre‐Walker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Adam Eyre‐Walker has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Molecular Biology, 87 papers in Genetics and 19 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Adam Eyre‐Walker's work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (71 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (66 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (45 papers). Adam Eyre‐Walker is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (71 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (66 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (45 papers). Adam Eyre‐Walker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Adam Eyre‐Walker's co-authors include Peter D. Keightley, Nick G.C. Smith, Nina Stoletzki, Alan Hodgkinson, Gwenaël Piganeau, Laurence D. Hurst, Megan Woolfit, Hiroshi Akashi, Robert Lanfear and Jane Charlesworth and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Adam Eyre‐Walker

141 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Hit Papers

The distribution of fitness effects of new mutations 2002 2026 2010 2018 2007 2002 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. The distribution of fitness effects of new mutations
    2007 967 citations Adam Eyre‐Walker, Peter D. Keightley profile →
  2. Adaptive protein evolution in Drosophila
    2002 521 citations Nick G.C. Smith, Adam Eyre‐Walker profile →

Peers

Adam Eyre‐Walker
Peter D. Keightley United Kingdom
Molly Przeworski United States
Dmitri A. Petrov United States
Matthew W. Hahn United States
Laurence D. Hurst United Kingdom
Graham Coop United States
Richard R. Hudson United States
Chung‐I Wu United States
Wolfgang Stephan Germany
Alexey S. Kondrashov United States
Peter D. Keightley United Kingdom
Adam Eyre‐Walker
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Fields of papers citing papers by Adam Eyre‐Walker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adam Eyre‐Walker

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Eyre‐Walker, Adam, et al.. (2025). Estimates of the Mutation Rate per Year Can Explain Why the Molecular Clock Depends on Generation Time. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42(4). 1 indexed citations
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Clark, Alice M., et al.. (2023). What Determines Levels of Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity in Birds?. Genome Biology and Evolution. 15(5). 5 indexed citations
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Eyre‐Walker, Adam, et al.. (2022). Factors That Affect the Rates of Adaptive and Nonadaptive Evolution at the Gene Level in Humans and Chimpanzees. Genome Biology and Evolution. 14(2). 2 indexed citations
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Bousios, Alexandros, et al.. (2022). Patterns of selection in the evolution of a transposable element. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 12(5). 3 indexed citations
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Eyre‐Walker, Adam, et al.. (2022). Strong evidence for the adaptive walk model of gene evolution in Drosophila and Arabidopsis. PLoS Biology. 20(9). e3001775–e3001775. 16 indexed citations
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Bodmer, Walter F., R. A. Bailey, Brian Charlesworth, et al.. (2021). The outstanding scientist, R.A. Fisher: his views on eugenics and race. Heredity. 126(4). 565–576. 14 indexed citations
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James, Jennifer & Adam Eyre‐Walker. (2020). Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Diversity in Mammals: A Correlation between the Effective and Census Population Sizes. Genome Biology and Evolution. 12(12). 2441–2449. 13 indexed citations
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Castellano, David, Adam Eyre‐Walker, & Kasper Munch. (2019). Impact of Mutation Rate and Selection at Linked Sites on DNA Variation across the Genomes of Humans and Other Homininae. Genome Biology and Evolution. 12(1). 3550–3561. 17 indexed citations
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Eyre‐Walker, Adam. (2017). Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy: Are Mito-nuclear Interactions Likely To Be a Problem?. Genetics. 205(4). 1365–1372. 56 indexed citations
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Gossmann, Toni I., Peter D. Keightley, & Adam Eyre‐Walker. (2012). The Effect of Variation in the Effective Population Size on the Rate of Adaptive Molecular Evolution in Eukaryotes. Genome Biology and Evolution. 4(5). 658–667. 128 indexed citations
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Eyre‐Walker, Adam & Peter D. Keightley. (2009). Estimating the Rate of Adaptive Molecular Evolution in the Presence of Slightly Deleterious Mutations and Population Size Change. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 26(9). 2097–2108. 305 indexed citations
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Dai, Hongzheng, Ying Chen, Sidi Chen, et al.. (2008). The evolution of courtship behaviors through the origination of a new gene in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(21). 7478–7483. 60 indexed citations
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Welch, John J., Adam Eyre‐Walker, & David Waxman. (2008). Divergence and Polymorphism Under the Nearly Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 67(4). 418–426. 55 indexed citations
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Eyre‐Walker, Adam, Megan Woolfit, & Ted Phelps. (2006). The Distribution of Fitness Effects of New Deleterious Amino Acid Mutations in Humans. Genetics. 173(2). 891–900. 283 indexed citations
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Stoletzki, Nina & Adam Eyre‐Walker. (2006). Synonymous Codon Usage in Escherichia coli: Selection for Translational Accuracy. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24(2). 374–381. 262 indexed citations
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Eyre‐Walker, Adam, et al.. (2005). Variation in synonymous codon use and DNA polymorphism within the Drosophila genome. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 19(1). 1–11. 29 indexed citations
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Belle, Elise M. S., Gwenaël Piganeau, M. Gardner, & Adam Eyre‐Walker. (2005). An investigation of the variation in the transition bias among various animal mitochondrial DNA. Gene. 355. 58–66. 46 indexed citations
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Eyre‐Walker, Adam, et al.. (2004). The Genomic Rate of Adaptive Amino Acid Substitution in Drosophila. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 21(7). 1350–1360. 171 indexed citations
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Smith, Nick G.C. & Adam Eyre‐Walker. (2002). The Compositional Evolution of the Murid Genome. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 55(2). 197–201. 19 indexed citations
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Eyre‐Walker, Adam, Peter D. Keightley, Nick G.C. Smith, & Daniel J. Gaffney. (2002). Quantifying the Slightly Deleterious Mutation Model of Molecular Evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 19(12). 2142–2149. 161 indexed citations

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