Ellen M. Prager

7.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
44 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Ellen M. Prager is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen M. Prager has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Ellen M. Prager's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (9 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (8 papers). Ellen M. Prager is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (9 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (8 papers). Ellen M. Prager collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Ellen M. Prager's co-authors include Allan C. Wilson, Allan C. Wilson, Wesley M. Brown, Alice Wang, Richard D. Sage, Alan C. Wilson, Rob DeSalle, Mark Stoneking, Stephen R. Palumbi and Rebecca L. Cann and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ellen M. Prager

44 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Mitochondrial DNA sequences of primates: Tempo and mode of evolution

1982 1.3k citations Wesley M. Brown, Ellen M. Prager et al. Journal of Molecular Evolution profile →
Mitochondrial DNA and two perspectives on evolutionary genetics

1985 986 citations Allan C. Wilson, Ellen M. Prager et al. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society profile →
The Antigenic Structure of Proteins: A Reappraisal

1984 787 citations Ellen M. Prager, Allan C. Wilson et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ellen M. Prager United States	32	3.2k	2.7k	1.3k	871	638	44	6.3k
Allan C. Wilson United States	37	3.4k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	668 0.5×	276 0.3×	787 1.2×	61	5.8k
Naoyuki Takahata Japan	53	3.5k 1.1×	4.4k 1.6×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.9×	126	8.5k
Emanuel Margoliash United States	21	3.1k 1.0×	983 0.4×	706 0.5×	337 0.4×	429 0.7×	39	4.9k
Tomoko Ohta Japan	43	4.3k 1.3×	6.3k 2.3×	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	644 1.0×	97	10.0k
Michael Knapp New Zealand	32	2.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	2.2k 1.7×	355 0.4×	336 0.5×	78	4.8k
Andrew J.H. Smith United Kingdom	13	9.6k 3.0×	3.2k 1.2×	822 0.6×	211 0.2×	828 1.3×	14	12.6k
John M. Burns United States	28	2.2k 0.7×	2.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	2.6k 2.9×	185 0.3×	93	6.8k
Yoko Satta Japan	43	2.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	485 0.4×	826 0.9×	1.3k 2.0×	138	5.7k
Alan T. Bankier United Kingdom	32	8.5k 2.6×	2.7k 1.0×	776 0.6×	241 0.3×	767 1.2×	54	14.8k
Johannes A. Lenstra Netherlands	49	2.4k 0.7×	4.2k 1.6×	885 0.7×	263 0.3×	412 0.6×	176	7.8k

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Hollibaugh, James T., et al.. (2001). Stratification of microbial assemblages in Mono Lake, California, and response to a mixing event. Hydrobiologia. 466(1-3). 45–60. 43 indexed citations

Prager, Ellen M., et al.. (1997). New assays for Y Chromosome and p53 pseudogene clines among East Holstein house mice. Mammalian Genome. 8(4). 279–281. 23 indexed citations

Prager, Ellen M., Richard D. Sage, Ulf Gyllensten, et al.. (1993). Mitochondrial DNA sequence diversity and the colonization of Scandinavia by house mice from East Holstein. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 50(2). 85–122. 122 indexed citations

Prager, Ellen M. & Allan C. Wilson. (1993). [11] Information content of immunological distances. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 224. 140–152. 8 indexed citations

Dautigny, André, et al.. (1991). cDNA and amino acid sequences of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) lysozymes and their implications for the evolution of lysozyme and lactalbumin. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 32(2). 187–198. 91 indexed citations

Sage, Richard D., Ellen M. Prager, H Tichy, & Allan C. Wilson. (1990). Mitochondrial DNA variation in house mice, Mus domesticus (Rutty). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 41(1-3). 105–123. 21 indexed citations

Jollès, P., Ellen M. Prager, Emad S. Alnemri, Ibrahim M. Ibrahimi, & Allan C. Wilson. (1990). Amino acid sequences of stomach and nonstomach lysozymes of ruminants. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 30(4). 370–382. 44 indexed citations

Jollès, P., Barbara H. Bowman, Ellen M. Prager, Caro‐Beth Stewart, & Allan C. Wilson. (1989). Episodic evolution in the stomach lysozymes of ruminants. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 28(6). 528–535. 63 indexed citations

Prager, Ellen M. & Allan C. Wilson. (1988). Ancient origin of lactalbumin from lysozyme: Analysis of DNA and amino acid sequences. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 27(4). 326–335. 209 indexed citations

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Wilson, Allan C., Howard Ochman, & Ellen M. Prager. (1988). Molecular Time Scale for Evolution. 1. 49–62. 4 indexed citations

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DeSalle, Rob, et al.. (1987). Tempo and mode of sequence evolution in mitochondrial DNA of HawaiianDrosophila. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 26(1-2). 157–164. 426 indexed citations

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Ritte, Uzi, et al.. (1983). UnusuaJ type of mitochondria] DNA in mice lacking a maternally transmitted antigen. Nucleic Acids Research. 11(9). 2917–2926. 29 indexed citations

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Brown, Wesley M., Ellen M. Prager, Alice Wang, & Allan C. Wilson. (1982). Mitochondrial DNA sequences of primates: Tempo and mode of evolution. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 18(4). 225–239. 1260 indexed citations breakdown →

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Prager, Ellen M., Alex C. C. Wilson, Jerold M. Lowenstein, & Vincent M. Sarich. (1980). Mammoth Albumin. Science. 209(4453). 287–289. 38 indexed citations

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Prager, Ellen M., D. P. Fowler, & Allan C. Wilson. (1976). RATES OF EVOLUTION IN CONIFERS (PINACEAE). Evolution. 30(4). 637–649. 66 indexed citations

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Prager, Ellen M., Allan C. Wilson, David T. Osuga, & Robert E. Feeney. (1976). Evolution of flightless land birds on southern continents: Transferrin comparison shows monophyletic origin of ratites. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 8(3). 283–294. 60 indexed citations

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Ho, Charles, Ellen M. Prager, Allan C. Wilson, David T. Osuga, & Robert E. Feeney. (1976). Penguin evolution: Protein comparisons demonstrate phylogenetic relationship to flying aquatic birds. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 8(3). 271–282. 50 indexed citations

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Prager, Ellen M., Alan H. Brush, Richard A. Nolan, Mikiye Nakanishi, & Allan C. Wilson. (1974). Slow evolution of transferrin and albumin in birds according to micro-complement fixation analysis. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 3(4). 243–262. 84 indexed citations

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Prager, Ellen M., et al.. (1973). Quantitative Immunological and Electrophoretic Comparison of Primate Lysozymes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 248(8). 2824–2828. 26 indexed citations

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Prager, Ellen M. & Allan C. Wilson. (1972). Comparison of multiple duck lysozymes. Biochemical Genetics. 7(3-4). 269–272. 8 indexed citations

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