Allan Larson

12.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
83 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Allan Larson is a scholar working on Genetics, Global and Planetary Change and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Allan Larson has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Genetics, 47 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 25 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Allan Larson's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (46 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (45 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (17 papers). Allan Larson is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (46 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (45 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (17 papers). Allan Larson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and China. Allan Larson's co-authors include Jonathan B. Losos, James A. Schulte, Jonathan R. Macey, Kevin de Queiroz, Richard E. Glor, Todd R. Jackman, Jason J. Kolbe, Theodore J. Papenfuss, Luke J. Harmon and Lourdes Rodríguez Schettino and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Allan Larson

82 papers receiving 9.4k 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.

Contingency and Determinism in Replicated Adaptive Radiations of Island Lizards

1998 932 citations Jonathan B. Losos, Todd R. Jackman et al. profile →
Genetic variation increases during biological invasion by a Cuban lizard

2004 856 citations Jason J. Kolbe, Richard E. Glor et al. Nature profile →
Tempo and Mode of Evolutionary Radiation in Iguanian Lizards

2003 571 citations James A. Schulte, Allan Larson et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Molecular phylogenetics of moray eels (Muraenidae) demonstrates multiple origins of a shell-crushing jaw (Gymnomuraena, Echidna) and multiple colonizations of the Atlantic Ocean 2010 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Joshua S. Reece, Brian W. Bowen, David G. Smith, Allan Larson	59
2	Molecular phylogenetics of theAnolis onca series: a case history in retrograde evolution revisited 2006 ·Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution ·Kirsten E Nicholson, (unknown), Allan Larson	14
3	Out of Cuba: overwater dispersal and speciation among lizards in theAnolis carolinensissubgroup 2005 ·Molecular Ecology ·Richard E. Glor, Jonathan B. Losos, Allan Larson	125
4	Genetic variation increases during biological invasion by a Cuban lizard breakdown → 2004 ·Nature ·Jason J. Kolbe, Richard E. Glor, Lourdes Rodríguez Schettino, (unknown), Allan Larson, Jonathan B. Losos	856
5	Population structure and history of a phenotypically variable teiid lizard (Ameiva chrysolaema) from Hispaniola: the influence of a geologically complex island 2004 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Matthew E. Gifford, Robert Powell, Allan Larson, Ronald L. Gutberlet	33
6	Niche lability in the evolution of a Caribbean lizard community 2003 ·Nature ·Jonathan B. Losos, Manuel Leal, Richard E. Glor, Kevin de Queiroz, Paul Hertz, Lourdes Rodríguez Schettino, (unknown), Todd R. Jackman, Allan Larson	272
7	PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION IN HISPANIOLAN TRUNK-GROUND ANOLES (ANOLIS CYBOTES GROUP) 2003 ·Evolution ·Richard E. Glor, Jason J. Kolbe, Robert Powell, Allan Larson, Jonathan B. Losos	107
8	Molecular phylogenetic perspective on evolution of lizards of the Anolis grahami series 2002 ·Journal of Experimental Zoology ·Todd R. Jackman, Duncan J. Irschick, Kevin de Queiroz, Jonathan B. Losos, Allan Larson	57
9	Rostral Horn Evolution among Agamid Lizards of the Genus Ceratophora Endemic to Sri Lanka 2002 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·James A. Schulte, Jonathan R. Macey, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Allan Larson	26
10	Molecular Phylogenetics of Western North American Frogs of the Rana boylii Species Group 2001 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Jonathan R. Macey, Jared L. Strasburg, Jennifer A. Brisson, Vance T. Vredenburg, Mark R. Jennings, Allan Larson	113
11	Molecular Phylogenetics and Historical Biogeography among Salamandrids of the “True” Salamander Clade: Rapid Branching of Numerous Highly Divergent Lineages in Mertensiella luschani Associated with the Rise of Anatolia 2001 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·David W. Weisrock, Jonathan R. Macey, İsmail Hakkı Uğurtaş, Allan Larson, Theodore J. Papenfuss	181
12	Testing Hypotheses of Vicariance in the Agamid Lizard Laudakia caucasia from Mountain Ranges on the Northern Iranian Plateau 2000 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Jonathan R. Macey, James A. Schulte, Haji Gholi Kami, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Allan Larson, Theodore J. Papenfuss	19
13	Historical biogeography of tamarins, genusSaguinus: the molecular phylogenetic evidence 1999 ·American Journal of Physical Anthropology ·Susan Cropp, Allan Larson, James M. Cheverud	49
14	Vicariant Patterns of Fragmentation among Gekkonid Lizards of the Genus Teratoscincus Produced by the Indian Collision: A Molecular Phylogenetic Perspective and an Area Cladogram for Central Asia 1999 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Jonathan R. Macey, Yuezhao Wang, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Allan Larson, Theodore J. Papenfuss	109
15	Molecular Phylogenetics, tRNA Evolution, and Historical Biogeography in Anguid Lizards and Related Taxonomic Families 1999 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Jonathan R. Macey, James A. Schulte, Allan Larson, Boris S. Tuniyev, Nikolai L. Orlov, Theodore J. Papenfuss	193
16	Phylogenetic Relationships of Toads in theBufo bufoSpecies Group from the Eastern Escarpment of the Tibetan Plateau: A Case of Vicariance and Dispersal 1998 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Jonathan R. Macey, James A. Schulte, Allan Larson, (unknown), (unknown), Boris S. Tuniyev, Theodore J. Papenfuss	206
17	Molecular Tests of Phylogenetic Taxonomies: A General Procedure and Example Using Four Subfamilies of the Lizard Family Iguanidae 1998 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·James A. Schulte, Jonathan R. Macey, Allan Larson, Theodore J. Papenfuss	84
18	Phylogenetic Relationships among Agamid Lizards of theLaudakia caucasiaSpecies Group: Testing Hypotheses of Biogeographic Fragmentation and an Area Cladogram for the Iranian Plateau 1998 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Jonathan R. Macey, James A. Schulte, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Allan Larson, Nasrullah Rastegar‐Pouyani, (unknown), Theodore J. Papenfuss	227
19	Evolutionary Shifts in Three Major Structural Features of the Mitochondrial Genome Among Iguanian Lizards 1997 ·Journal of Molecular Evolution ·Jonathan R. Macey, Allan Larson, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Theodore J. Papenfuss	206
20	MEASURING GENE FLOW AMONG POPULATIONS HAVING HIGH LEVELS OF GENETIC FRAGMENTATION 1984 ·Genetics ·Allan Larson, David B. Wake, Kay P. Yanev	194

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