Antonis Rokas

30.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
263 papers, 15.8k citations indexed

About

Antonis Rokas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Antonis Rokas has authored 263 papers receiving a total of 15.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Molecular Biology, 70 papers in Plant Science and 54 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Antonis Rokas's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (65 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (49 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (39 papers). Antonis Rokas is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (65 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (49 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (39 papers). Antonis Rokas collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Brazil. Antonis Rokas's co-authors include Sean B. Carroll, Chris Todd Hittinger, Leonidas Salichos, Xing‐Xing Shen, Nicole King, Jacob L. Steenwyk, Jason C. Slot, Barry L. Williams, Peter W. H. Holland and Jennifer H. Wisecaver and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Antonis Rokas

249 papers receiving 15.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Genome-scale approaches to resolving incongruence in molecular phylogenies

2003 1.2k citations Antonis Rokas et al. profile →
Rare genomic changes as a tool for phylogenetics

2000 519 citations Antonis Rokas et al. profile →
Inferring ancient divergences requires genes with strong phylogenetic signals

2013 481 citations Antonis Rokas et al. profile →
Contentious relationships in phylogenomic studies can be driven by a handful of genes

2017 328 citations Xing‐Xing Shen, Chris Todd Hittinger et al. profile →
ClipKIT: A multiple sequence alignment trimming software for accurate phylogenomic inference

2020 327 citations Jacob L. Steenwyk, Yuanning Li et al. profile →
A genome-scale phylogeny of the kingdom Fungi

2021 180 citations Yuanning Li, Jacob L. Steenwyk et al. profile →
Evolution of the human pathogenic lifestyle in fungi

2022 130 citations Antonis Rokas profile →
Incongruence in the phylogenomics era

2023 110 citations Jacob L. Steenwyk, Yuanning Li et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Antonis Rokas

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Genomic, transcriptomic, and ecological diversity of Penicillium species in cheese rind microbiomes 2024 ·Fungal Genetics and Biology ·(unknown), Megan N. Biango‐Daniels, Jacob L. Steenwyk, Antonis Rokas, (unknown), (unknown), Benjamin E. Wolfe	3
2	Predicting fungal secondary metabolite activity from biosynthetic gene cluster data using machine learning 2024 ·Microbiology Spectrum ·(unknown), Allison S. Walker, Antonis Rokas	18
3	Convergent reductive evolution in bee-associated lactic acid bacteria 2024 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Ana Pontes, Marie‐Claire Harrison, Antonis Rokas, Carla Gonçalves	2
4	A comprehensive map of hotspots of de novo telomere addition in Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2023 ·Genetics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Brandt F. Eichman, Antonis Rokas, Mary Lauren Benton, Katherine L. Friedman	0
5	Evolution and codon usage bias of mitochondrial and nuclear genomes in Aspergillus section Flavi 2022 ·G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·(unknown), (unknown), Abigail L. LaBella, Antonis Rokas	10
6	Rooting the Animal Tree of Life 2021 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Yuanning Li, Xing‐Xing Shen, Benjamin Evans, Casey W. Dunn, Antonis Rokas	99
7	Repeated horizontal gene transfer of GAL actose metabolism genes violates Dollo’s law of irreversible loss 2020 ·Genetics ·Max A. B. Haase, Jacek Kominek, Dana A. Opulente, Xing‐Xing Shen, Abigail L. LaBella, Xiaofan Zhou, Jeremy DeVirgilio, Amanda Beth Hulfachor, Cletus P. Kurtzman, Antonis Rokas, Chris Todd Hittinger	14
8	Variation Among Biosynthetic Gene Clusters, Secondary Metabolite Profiles, and Cards of Virulence Across Aspergillus Species 2020 ·Genetics ·Jacob L. Steenwyk, Matthew E. Mead, Sonja L. Knowles, Huzefa A. Raja, Christopher D. Roberts, Oliver Bader, Jos Houbraken, Gustavo H. Goldman, Nicholas H. Oberlies, Antonis Rokas	43
9	The Impact of Natural Selection on the Evolution and Function of Placentally Expressed Galectins 2019 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Zackery A. Ely, (unknown), Gregory Sliwoski, Amandeep K. Sangha, Xing‐Xing Shen, Abigail L. LaBella, Jens Meiler, John A. Capra, Antonis Rokas	7
10	Rapid Phenotypic and Metabolomic Domestication of Wild Penicillium Molds on Cheese 2019 ·mBio ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jacob L. Steenwyk, Megan N. Biango‐Daniels, Erik K. Kastman, Antonis Rokas, Albert Robbat, Benjamin E. Wolfe	43
11	Examination of Signatures of Recent Positive Selection on Genes Involved in Human Sialic Acid Biology 2018 ·G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·(unknown), David M. Aronoff, John A. Capra, Patrick Abbot, Antonis Rokas	7
12	Gene Essentiality Analyzed by In Vivo Transposon Mutagenesis and Machine Learning in a Stable Haploid Isolate of Candida albicans 2018 ·mBio ·E. Segal, (unknown), (unknown), Bhawna Yadav, (unknown), Jacob L. Steenwyk, Yael Silberberg, (unknown), Antonis Rokas, Neil A. R. Gow, Reinhard Kunze, Roded Sharan, Judith Berman	101
13	Systematic Dissection of the Evolutionarily Conserved WetA Developmental Regulator across a Genus of Filamentous Fungi 2018 ·mBio ·(unknown), Matthew E. Mead, (unknown), (unknown), Sunchang Kim, Antonis Rokas, Jae‐Hyuk Yu	60
14	An LaeA- and BrlA-Dependent Cellular Network Governs Tissue-Specific Secondary Metabolism in the Human Pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus 2018 ·mSphere ·Abigail Lind, Fang Yun Lim, Alexandra A. Soukup, Nancy P. Keller, Antonis Rokas	44
15	Extensive Copy Number Variation in Fermentation-Related Genes Among Saccharomyces cerevisiae Wine Strains 2017 ·G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·Jacob L. Steenwyk, Antonis Rokas	47
16	Reconstructing the Backbone of the Saccharomycotina Yeast Phylogeny Using Genome-Scale Data 2016 ·G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·Xing‐Xing Shen, Xiaofan Zhou, Jacek Kominek, Cletus P. Kurtzman, Chris Todd Hittinger, Antonis Rokas	149
17	In Silico Whole Genome Sequencer and Analyzer (iWGS): a Computational Pipeline to Guide the Design and Analysis of de novo Genome Sequencing Studies 2016 ·G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·Xiaofan Zhou, David Peris, Jacek Kominek, Cletus P. Kurtzman, Chris Todd Hittinger, Antonis Rokas	25
18	Blood meal-induced changes to antennal transcriptome profiles reveal shifts in odor sensitivities in Anopheles gambiae 2013 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·David C. Rinker, R. Jason Pitts, Xiaofan Zhou, Eunho Suh, Antonis Rokas, Laurence J. Zwiebel	116
19	Physical linkage of metabolic genes in fungi is an adaptation against the accumulation of toxic intermediate compounds 2013 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kriston L. McGary, Jason C. Slot, Antonis Rokas	72
20	Dynamics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa genome evolution 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kalai Mathee, Giri Narasimhan, Camilo Valdes, Xiaoyun Qiu, (unknown), Michael Koehrsen, Antonis Rokas, Chandri Yandava, Reinhard Engels, Erliang Zeng, (unknown), Melissa Doud, Roger S. Smith, Philip Montgomery, Jared White, Paul A. Godfrey, Chinnappa D. Kodira, Bruce W. Birren, James E. Galagan, Stephen Lory	375

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