Ellen J. Pritham

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Ellen J. Pritham is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen J. Pritham has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Plant Science, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ellen J. Pritham's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (16 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers). Ellen J. Pritham is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (16 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers). Ellen J. Pritham collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Denmark. Ellen J. Pritham's co-authors include Cédric Feschotte, Jainy Thomas, Sarah Schaack, Susan R. Wessler, David A. Ray, Rachel Cosby, Robert J. Baker, Heidi J. T. Pagán, Jeremy D. Smith and Peter Arensburger and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ellen J. Pritham

24 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

DNA Transposons and the Evolution of Eukaryotic Genomes

2007 840 citations Cédric Feschotte, Ellen J. Pritham Annual Review of Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ellen J. Pritham United States	21	1.7k	1.7k	425	191	184	24	2.4k
A. P. Jason de Koning United States	16	752 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	863 2.0×	174 0.9×	248 1.3×	34	2.1k
Sante Gnerre United States	11	766 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	770 1.8×	128 0.7×	431 2.3×	18	2.4k
Igor V. Sharakhov United States	25	744 0.4×	1.7k 1.0×	823 1.9×	258 1.4×	173 0.9×	112	2.8k
Weidong Bao United States	15	1.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	643 1.5×	246 1.3×	254 1.4×	25	3.0k
Olga Dudchenko United States	15	1.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	726 1.7×	264 1.4×	272 1.5×	31	2.3k
Zhijian Tu United States	31	934 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	550 1.3×	185 1.0×	125 0.7×	104	3.0k
Esther Betrán United States	23	1.4k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	1.5k 3.5×	313 1.6×	158 0.9×	44	3.0k
Richard Cordaux France	33	1.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	1.0k 2.4×	161 0.8×	343 1.9×	73	3.4k
Aurélie Hua‐Van France	24	2.7k 1.6×	2.2k 1.3×	443 1.0×	144 0.8×	137 0.7×	40	3.3k
Josep M. Comeron United States	26	590 0.4×	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 3.1×	256 1.3×	135 0.7×	40	2.7k

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Namasivayam, Sivaranjani, Cheng Sun, Jenna Oberstaller, et al.. (2023). Massive invasion of organellar DNA drives nuclear genome evolution in Toxoplasma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(45). e2308569120–e2308569120. 7 indexed citations

Cosby, Rachel, et al.. (2021). Recurrent evolution of vertebrate transcription factors by transposase capture. Science. 371(6531). 96 indexed citations

Greenhalgh, Robert, Wannes Dermauw, Joris J. Glas, et al.. (2020). Genome streamlining in a minute herbivore that manipulates its host plant. eLife. 9. 34 indexed citations

Hoy, Marjorie A., Robert M. Waterhouse, Ke Wu, et al.. (2016). Genome Sequencing of the Phytoseiid Predatory MiteMetaseiulus occidentalisReveals Completely AtomizedHoxGenes and Superdynamic Intron Evolution. Genome Biology and Evolution. 8(6). 1762–1775. 95 indexed citations

Grabundžija, Ivana, Simon Messing, Jainy Thomas, et al.. (2016). A Helitron transposon reconstructed from bats reveals a novel mechanism of genome shuffling in eukaryotes. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10716–10716. 82 indexed citations

Thomas, Jainy & Ellen J. Pritham. (2015). Helitrons , the Eukaryotic Rolling-circle Transposable Elements. Microbiology Spectrum. 3(4). 74 indexed citations

Thomas, Jainy, Caleb D. Phillips, Robert J. Baker, & Ellen J. Pritham. (2014). Rolling-Circle Transposons Catalyze Genomic Innovation in a Mammalian Lineage. Genome Biology and Evolution. 6(10). 2595–2610. 46 indexed citations

Thomas, Jainy, Komal Vadnagara, & Ellen J. Pritham. (2014). DINE-1, the highest copy number repeats in Drosophila melanogaster are non-autonomous endonuclease-encoding rolling-circle transposable elements (Helentrons). Mobile DNA. 5(1). 18–18. 29 indexed citations

Schaack, Sarah, Eun‐Jin Choi, Michael Lynch, & Ellen J. Pritham. (2010). DNA transposons and the role of recombination in mutation accumulation in Daphnia pulex. Genome biology. 11(4). R46–R46. 26 indexed citations

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Thomas, Jainy, et al.. (2010). The limited distribution of Helitrons to vesper bats supports horizontal transfer. Gene. 474(1-2). 52–58. 24 indexed citations

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Pritham, Ellen J., et al.. (2010). Phantom, a New Subclass ofMutatorDNA Transposons Found in Insect Viruses and Widely Distributed in Animals. Genetics. 185(4). 1507–1517. 36 indexed citations

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Pritham, Ellen J.. (2009). Transposable Elements and Factors Influencing their Success in Eukaryotes. Journal of Heredity. 100(5). 648–655. 87 indexed citations

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Casola, Claudio, et al.. (2009). Evolution of the Schlafen genes, a gene family associated with embryonic lethality, meiotic drive, immune processes and orthopoxvirus virulence. Gene. 447(1). 1–11. 88 indexed citations

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Ray, David A., Cédric Feschotte, Heidi J. T. Pagán, et al.. (2008). Multiple waves of recent DNA transposon activity in the bat, Myotis lucifugus. Genome Research. 18(5). 717–728. 121 indexed citations

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Feschotte, Cédric & Ellen J. Pritham. (2007). DNA Transposons and the Evolution of Eukaryotic Genomes. Annual Review of Genetics. 41(1). 331–368. 840 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pritham, Ellen J. & Cédric Feschotte. (2007). Massive amplification of rolling-circle transposons in the lineage of the bat Myotis lucifugus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(6). 1895–1900. 128 indexed citations

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Pritham, Ellen J., et al.. (2006). Mavericks, a novel class of giant transposable elements widespread in eukaryotes and related to DNA viruses. Gene. 390(1-2). 3–17. 177 indexed citations

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Feschotte, Cédric & Ellen J. Pritham. (2006). Mobile DNA: genomes under the influence. Genome Biology. 7(6). 320–320. 7 indexed citations

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Nagel, Dawn H., Xiaoyu Zhang, Ning Jiang, Ellen J. Pritham, & Susan R. Wessler. (2006). The Transposable Element Landscape of the Model LegumeLotus japonicus. Genetics. 174(4). 2215–2228. 69 indexed citations

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Pritham, Ellen J., Cédric Feschotte, & Susan R. Wessler. (2005). Unexpected Diversity and Differential Success of DNA Transposons in Four Species of Entamoeba Protozoans. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 22(9). 1751–1763. 49 indexed citations

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