C. William Birky

7.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
72 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

C. William Birky is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, C. William Birky has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 19 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in C. William Birky's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (15 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (14 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (13 papers). C. William Birky is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (15 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (14 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (13 papers). C. William Birky collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Iran. C. William Birky's co-authors include Paul A. Fuerst, Takeo Maruyama, James Bruce Walsh, Philip S. Perlman, John J. Gilbert, Timothy G. Barraclough, Austin Burt, Heather Maughan, Jo Ann Banks and Wayne L. Nicholson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

C. William Birky

72 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial and chloroplast genes: mechanisms and evolution.

1995 720 citations C. William Birky profile →
The Inheritance of Genes in Mitochondria and Chloroplasts: Laws, Mechanisms, and Models

2001 584 citations C. William Birky profile →
AN APPROACH TO POPULATION AND EVOLUTIONARY GENETIC THEORY FOR GENES IN MITOCHONDRIA AND CHLOROPLASTS, AND SOME RESULTS

1983 583 citations C. William Birky, Takeo Maruyama et al. Genetics profile →
Organelle gene diversity under migration, mutation, and drift: equilibrium expectations, approach to equilibrium, effects of heteroplasmic cells, and comparison to nuclear genes.

1989 556 citations C. William Birky, Paul A. Fuerst et al. Genetics profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Species Detection and Identification in Sexual Organisms Using Population Genetic Theory and DNA Sequences 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·C. William Birky	63
2	Cryptic Species in Putative Ancient Asexual Darwinulids (Crustacea, Ostracoda) 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Isa Schön, (unknown), Stuart Halse, Alison J. Smith, Koen Martens, C. William Birky	49
3	Using Population Genetic Theory and DNA Sequences for Species Detection and Identification in Asexual Organisms 2010 ·PLoS ONE ·C. William Birky, Joshua Adams, (unknown), (unknown)	110
4	Positively Negative Evidence for Asexuality 2010 ·Journal of Heredity ·C. William Birky	23
5	Giardia Sex? Yes, but how and how much? 2009 ·Trends in Parasitology ·C. William Birky	37
6	Uniparental inheritance of organelle genes 2008 ·Current Biology ·C. William Birky	51
7	Sex: Is Giardia Doing It in the Dark? 2005 ·Current Biology ·C. William Birky	19
8	Accelerated Evolution of Functional Plastid rRNA and Elongation Factor Genes Due to Reduced Protein Synthetic Load After the Loss of Photosynthesis in the Chlorophyte Alga Polytoma 2001 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), Robin R. Gutell, Jamie J. Cannone, (unknown), C. William Birky	20
9	Biased gene conversion, copy number, and apparent mutation rate differences within chloroplast and bacterial genomes. 1992 ·Genetics ·C. William Birky, James Bruce Walsh	58
10	Organelle gene diversity under migration, mutation, and drift: equilibrium expectations, approach to equilibrium, effects of heteroplasmic cells, and comparison to nuclear genes. breakdown → 1989 ·Genetics ·C. William Birky, Paul A. Fuerst, Takeo Maruyama	556
11	Organelle evolution 1989 ·Genome ·C. William Birky	1
12	The origin of mutant cells: mechanisms by whichSaccharomyces cerevisiae produces cells homoplasmic for new mitochondrial mutations 1985 ·Current Genetics ·(unknown), C. William Birky	16
13	Homoplasmic yeast cells contain no selectable “hidden” mitochondrial alleles 1984 ·Current Genetics ·Janet E. Lewis, C. William Birky	2
14	Cytological demonstration of chloroplast DNA behavior during gametogenesis and zygote formation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 1984 ·Current Genetics ·C. William Birky, (unknown), (unknown)	9
15	Mitochondrial Transmission Genetics: Replication, Recombination, and Segregation of Mitochondrial DNA and Its Inheritance in Crosses 1982 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·C. William Birky, (unknown), Rosemary C. Dietrich, (unknown)	25
16	The mechanism of the mixed inheritance of chloroplast genes in Pelargonium 1981 ·Theoretical and Applied Genetics ·R. A. E. Tilney-Bassett, C. William Birky	29
17	Recombination of yeast mitochondrial DNA does not require mitochondrial protein synthesis 1979 ·Current Genetics ·Susan L. Strausberg, C. William Birky	7
18	The Inheritance of Genes in Mitochondria and Chloroplasts 1976 ·BioScience ·C. William Birky	22
19	Genetics and biogenesis of mitochondria and chloroplasts 1975 ·The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University) ·C. William Birky, Philip S. Perlman, Thomas J. Byers	102
20	EFFECTS OF GLUCOSE REPRESSION ON THE TRANSMISSION AND RECOMBINATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL GENES IN YEAST (SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE) 1975 ·Genetics ·C. William Birky	26

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