Chris D. Jiggins

29.8k citations

221 papers · 14.1k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 69

Impact in

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.02%
- Plant and animal studies
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Genetics top 0.05%
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Papers in

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 137
- Plant and animal studies 122
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction 46
Genetics 159
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy 104
- Genetic diversity and population structure 67
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior 40

Co-authors: James Mallet W. Owen McMillan Camilo Salazar Simon H. Martin John W. Davey Russell E. Naisbit Mauricio Linares Simon W. Baxter
Journals: Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (14 papers)Molecular Ecology (14 papers)Evolution (14 papers)Heredity (11 papers)Journal of Evolutionary Biology (9 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Panama

In The Last Decade

Chris D. Jiggins

208 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Alternative splicing as a source of phenotypic diversity 2022 · 226 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 Nature Reviews Genetics
2014 Molecular Biology and Evolution
2013 Genome Research
2001 Nature
2000 Trends in Ecology & Evolution

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1	The Hypolimnas misippus Genome Supports a Common Origin of the W Chromosome in Lepidoptera Genome Biology and Evolution ·Cong-Jie Gao, Shane McCarthy, Emily A. Hornett, Matthew Gemmell, Jiyoung Park, Ian A. Warren, I. Gordon, Gregory D. D. Hurst, Richard Durbin, Simon H. Martin, Chris D. Jiggins	2024	1
2	A high-quality, chromosome-level genome assembly of the Black Soldier Fly ( Hermetia illucens L.) G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·宋亚琴, Shane McCarthy, Ian A. Warren, Jonathan Wood, James Torrance, Ying Sims, Michael A. Quail, Kerstin Howe, Arthur Schwarzkopf, Richard Durbin, Chris D. Jiggins	2021	57
3	Phenotypic plasticity in chemical defence of butterflies allows usage of diverse host plants Biology Letters ·Youbang Li, 友広八鍬, Søren Bak, W. Owen McMillan, Chris D. Jiggins	2021	14
4	Adaptive Introgression across Semipermeable Species Boundaries between Local Helicoverpa zea and Invasive Helicoverpa armigera Moths Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Wendy A. Valencia‐Montoya, Samia Elfékih, Henry L. North, Joana I. Meier, Ian A. Warren, Wee Tek Tay, Karl Gordon, Alexandre Specht, Silvana V. Paula‐Moraes, Rahul Rane, Tom Walsh, Chris D. Jiggins	2020	66
5	Chemical signals act as the main reproductive barrier between sister and mimetic Heliconius butterflies Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·A. C. Booth, Kathy Darragh, Qing-xin Zhou, Mauricio Linares, Stefan Schulz, W. Owen McMillan, Chris D. Jiggins, Carolina Pardo‐Díaz, Camilo Salazar	2020	29
6	Hybridization and transgressive exploration of colour pattern and wing morphology in Heliconius butterflies Journal of Evolutionary Biology ·Claire Mérot, Vincent Debat, Yann Le Poul, Richard M. Merrill, Russell E. Naisbit, 田口一雄, Chris D. Jiggins, Mathieu Joron	2020	11
7	patternize: An R package for quantifying colour pattern variation Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Steven M. Van Belleghem, Riccardo Papa, Humberto Ortiz‐Zuazaga, Frederik Hendrickx, Chris D. Jiggins, W. Owen McMillan, Brian A. Counterman	2017	86
8	Maintaining mimicry diversity: optimal warning colour patterns differ among microhabitats in Amazonian clearwing butterflies Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Keith R. Willmott, Kadire Zeynep Girgin, Marianne Élias, Chris D. Jiggins	2017	51
9	Evolution of novel mimicry rings facilitated by adaptive introgression in tropical butterflies Molecular Ecology ·勝己平柳, Carolina Pardo‐Díaz, Simon H. Martin, Carlos F. Arias, Mauricio Linares, W. Owen McMillan, Chris D. Jiggins, Camilo Salazar	2017	51
10	Natural Selection and Genetic Diversity in the Butterfly Heliconius melpomene Genetics ·Simon H. Martin, Markus Möst, William J. Palmer, Camilo Salazar, W. Owen McMillan, Francis M. Jiggins, Chris D. Jiggins	2016	65
11	Major Improvements to the Heliconius melpomene Genome Assembly Used to Confirm 10 Chromosome Fusion Events in 6 Million Years of Butterfly Evolution G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·John W. Davey, Mathieu Chouteau, Sarah L. Barker, Luana S. Maroja, Simon W. Baxter, Fraser Simpson, Richard M. Merrill, Т Р Халилулин, James Mallet, Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra, Chris D. Jiggins	2016	102
12	The transcriptome response of Heliconius melpomene larvae to a novel host plant Molecular Ecology ·Quan‐You Yu, Shou‐Min Fang, Ze Zhang, Chris D. Jiggins	2016	36
13	Into the Andes: multiple independent colonizations drive montane diversity in the Neotropical clearwing butterflies Godyridina Molecular Ecology ·Nicolas Chazot, Keith R. Willmott, Fabien L. Condamine, 欣歌, André Victor Lucci Freitas, Gerardo Lamas, Hélène Morlon, Juei-Yang Hsu, Chris D. Jiggins, Mathieu Joron, James Mallet, Sandra Uribe, Marianne Élias	2016	48
14	Multilocus Species Trees Show the Recent Adaptive Radiation of the Mimetic Heliconius Butterflies Systematic Biology ·Krzysztof M. Kozak, Niklas Wahlberg, Lucius Caflisch, Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra, James Mallet, Chris D. Jiggins	2015	155
15	Evaluating the Use of ABBA–BABA Statistics to Locate Introgressed Loci Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Simon H. Martin, John W. Davey, Chris D. Jiggins Hit paper breakdown →	2014	439
16	optix Drives the Repeated Convergent Evolution of Butterfly Wing Pattern Mimicry Science ·Robert D. Reed, Riccardo Papa, Arnaud Martin, Heather M. Hines, Brian A. Counterman, Carolina Pardo‐Díaz, Chris D. Jiggins, Nicola Chamberlain, Marcus R. Kronforst, Rui Chen, Georg Halder, H. Frederik Nijhout, W. Owen McMillan	2011	320
17	Limited performance of DNA barcoding in a diverse community of tropical butterflies Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Marianne Élias, Ryan I. Hill, Keith R. Willmott, Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra, Andrew V. Z. Brower, James Mallet, Chris D. Jiggins	2007	233
18	Synteny and Chromosome Evolution in the Lepidoptera: Evidence From Mapping in Heliconius melpomene Genetics ·Elizabeth G. Pringle, Simon W. Baxter, Claire L. Webster, Alexie Papanicolaou, Siu Fai Lee, Chris D. Jiggins	2007	80
19	The maintenance of species differences across a Heliconius hybrid zone Heredity ·Chris D. Jiggins, W. Owen McMillan, Peter King, James Mallet	1997	11
20	The maintenance of species differences across a Heliconius hybrid zone Heredity ·Chris D. Jiggins, W. Owen McMillan, Peter King, James Mallet	1997	77

About Chris D. Jiggins

Chris D. Jiggins is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science, Ecological Modeling and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 221 papers that have together received 14.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant and animal studies (122 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (104 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (67 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (46 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (40 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (22 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (7.1k citations), Genetics (9.3k citations), Insect Science (2.2k citations), Ecological Modeling (764 citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.6k citations). Chris D. Jiggins has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Panama. Frequent co-authors include James Mallet, W. Owen McMillan, Camilo Salazar, Simon H. Martin, John W. Davey, Russell E. Naisbit, Mauricio Linares, Simon W. Baxter, Eldredge Bermingham and Nicola J. Nadeau. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Molecular Ecology, Evolution, Heredity and Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

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