Avraham A. Levy

13.9k citations

105 papers · 9.3k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

Plant Science top 0.05%
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
Molecular Biology top 1%
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Papers in

Plant Science 89
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations 51
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology 26
- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics 21
- Plant Virus Research Studies 17
- Plant Molecular Biology Research 9
Molecular Biology 59
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration 26
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 22
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms 8

Co-authors: Moshe Feldman Khalil Kashkush Hakan Özkan Cathy Melamed‐Bessudo Vera Gorbunova Naama Barkai Virginia Walbot Eitan Rubin
Journals: Genetics (12 papers)The Plant Journal (11 papers)The Plant Cell (10 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (7 papers)Euphytica (4 papers)
Partner nations: Israel United States China

In The Last Decade

Avraham A. Levy

103 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Evolution and origin of bread wheat 2022 · 128 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 The Plant Cell
2002 Nature Genetics
2001 The Plant Cell
2001 The Plant Cell

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1	36‐year study reveals stability of a wild wheat population across microhabitats Molecular Ecology ·Tal Dahan‐Meir, Thomas James Ellis, Fabrizio Mafessoni, Hanan Sela, Ori Rudich, J. Manisterski, Naomi Avivi‐Ragolsky, Amir Raz, Moshe Feldman, Y. Anikster, Magnus Nordborg, Avraham A. Levy	2024	0
2	Redistribution of Meiotic Crossovers Along Wheat Chromosomes by Virus-Induced Gene Silencing Frontiers in Plant Science ·Amir Raz, Tal Dahan‐Meir, Cathy Melamed‐Bessudo, Dena Leshkowitz, Avraham A. Levy	2021	15
3	Homoeologous exchanges occur through intragenic recombination generating novel transcripts and proteins in wheat and other polyploids Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Zhibin Zhang, Xiaowan Gou, Hongwei Xun, Yao Bian, Xintong Ma, Juzuo Li, Ning Li, Lei Gong, Moshe Feldman, Liu B, Avraham A. Levy	2020	57
4	Genomic features shaping the landscape of meiotic double-strand-break hotspots in maize Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yan He, Minghui Wang, Stefanie Dukowic‐Schulze, Adele Zhou, Choon-Lin Tiang, Shay Shilo, Gaganpreet Sidhu, Steven R. Eichten, Peter J. Bradbury, Nathan M. Springer, Edward S. Buckler, Avraham A. Levy, Qi Sun, Jarosław Pillardy, Penny M. A. Kianian, Shahryar F. Kianian, Changbin Chen, Wojciech P. Pawlowski	2017	82
5	Heterosis as a consequence of regulatory incompatibility BMC Biology ·Rebecca H. Herbst, Dana Bar-Zvi, Sharon Reikhav, Ilya Soifer, Michal Breker, Ghil Jona, Eyal Shimoni, Maya Schuldiner, Avraham A. Levy, Naama Barkai	2017	27
6	Durum wheat evolution - a genomic analysis. Yuval Ben-Abu, Oren Tzfadia, Y. Maoz, David E. Kachanovsky, Cathy Melamed‐Bessudo, Max Feldman, Avraham A. Levy	2014	2
7	A Yeast Hybrid Provides Insight into the Evolution of Gene Expression Regulation Science ·Itay Tirosh, Sharon Reikhav, Avraham A. Levy, Naama Barkai	2009	303
8	Functional characterization of LePT4: a phosphate transporter in tomato with mycorrhiza-enhanced expression Journal of Experimental Botany ·Guohua Xu, Véronique Chagué, Cathy Melamed‐Bessudo, Y. Kapulnik, Ajay Jain, Kashchandra G. Raghothama, Avraham A. Levy, A. Silber	2007	74
9	High-frequency gene targeting in Arabidopsis plants expressing the yeast RAD54 gene Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hezi Shaked, Cathy Melamed‐Bessudo, Avraham A. Levy	2005	121
10	The role of AtMSH2 in homologous recombination in Arabidopsis thaliana EMBO Reports ·Eyal Emmanuel, Elizabeth Yehuda, Cathy Melamed‐Bessudo, Naomi Avivi‐Ragolsky, Avraham A. Levy	2005	69
11	Tomato fruit cuticular waxes and their effects on transpiration barrier properties: functional characterization of a mutant deficient in a very-long-chain fatty acid -ketoacyl-CoA synthase Journal of Experimental Botany ·Gerd Vogg, Stephanie Fischer, Jana Leide, Eyal Emmanuel, Reinhard Jetter, Avraham A. Levy, Markus Riederer	2004	294
12	Tomato mutants as tools for functional genomics Current Opinion in Plant Biology ·Eyal Emmanuel, Avraham A. Levy	2002	110
13	Transcriptional activation of retrotransposons alters the expression of adjacent genes in wheat Nature Genetics ·Khalil Kashkush, Moshe Feldman, Avraham A. Levy Hit paper breakdown →	2002	533
14	Structure and Evolution of the hAT Transposon Superfamily Genetics ·Eitan Rubin, Lithwick Gila, Avraham A. Levy	2001	132
15	Identification of a novel genetically controlled step in mycorrhizal colonization: plant resistance to infection by fungal spores but not extra‐radical hyphae The Plant Journal ·Rakefet David‐Schwartz, Hana Badani, Smadar Wininger, Avraham A. Levy, Gad Galili, Yoram Kapulnik	2001	68
16	Abortive Gap Repair: Underlying Mechanism for Ds element Formation Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Eitan Rubin, Avraham A. Levy	1997	97
17	Circularized Ac/Ds Transposons: Formation, Structure and Fate Genetics ·Vera Gorbunova, Avraham A. Levy	1997	24
18	The Maize Transposable Element Ac Induces Recombination Between the Donor Site and an Homologous Ectopic Sequence Genetics ·Gil Shalev, Avraham A. Levy	1997	55
19	Molecular analysis of the loss of somatic instability in the bz2::mu1 allele of maize Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Avraham A. Levy, Virginia Walbot	1991	21
20	Developmental and genetic aspects of Mutator excision in maize Developmental Genetics ·Avraham A. Levy, Anne Britt, Kenneth R. Luehrsen, Vicki L. Chandler, Christine Warren, Virginia Walbot	1989	24

About Avraham A. Levy

Avraham A. Levy is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Biotechnology and Genetics, having authored 105 papers that have together received 9.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (51 papers), Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (26 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (26 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (22 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (21 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (17 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (7.7k citations), Molecular Biology (5.0k citations), Genetics (1.5k citations), Horticulture (33 citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (573 citations). Avraham A. Levy has collaborated with scholars based in Israel, United States and China. Frequent co-authors include Moshe Feldman, Khalil Kashkush, Hakan Özkan, Cathy Melamed‐Bessudo, Vera Gorbunova, Naama Barkai, Virginia Walbot, Eitan Rubin, Shdema Filler‐Hayut and Sharon Reikhav. Their work appears in journals such as Genetics, The Plant Journal, The Plant Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Euphytica.

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