Frank Grützner

11.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
93 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Frank Grützner is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Grützner has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Genetics, 50 papers in Molecular Biology and 45 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Frank Grützner's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (45 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (38 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (13 papers). Frank Grützner is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (45 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (38 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (13 papers). Frank Grützner collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frank Grützner's co-authors include Henrik Kaessmann, Angélica Liechti, Anamaria Necşulea, Magali Soumillon, Jennifer A. Marshall Graves, Ulrich Zeller, Tasman Daish, Enkhjargal Tsend‐Ayush, Willem Rens and Maria Warnefors and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Frank Grützner

90 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

The evolution of gene expression levels in mammalian organs 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2014 2014 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. The evolution of gene expression levels in mammalian organs
    2011 844 citations Angélica Liechti, Frank Grützner et al. Nature profile →
  2. The evolution of lncRNA repertoires and expression patterns in tetrapods
    2014 749 citations Angélica Liechti, Tasman Daish et al. Nature profile →
  3. Origins and functional evolution of Y chromosomes across mammals
    2014 365 citations Angélica Liechti, Paul D. Waters et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frank Grützner Australia 32 3.0k 2.5k 1.6k 894 375 93 5.0k
Henrik Kaessmann Switzerland 42 5.9k 2.0× 3.8k 1.5× 2.0k 1.3× 1.7k 2.0× 540 1.4× 67 9.4k
Kim C. Worley United States 29 2.5k 0.8× 1.8k 0.7× 620 0.4× 224 0.3× 325 0.9× 72 4.1k
Wesley C. Warren United States 41 2.9k 1.0× 3.0k 1.2× 1.5k 0.9× 347 0.4× 600 1.6× 155 6.5k
Stephen Richards United States 26 4.6k 1.5× 3.1k 1.3× 1.0k 0.7× 655 0.7× 357 1.0× 66 7.1k
Paul Lasko Canada 51 7.2k 2.4× 1.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 484 0.5× 159 0.4× 125 8.8k
Allan Force United States 14 4.9k 1.6× 2.2k 0.9× 2.2k 1.4× 202 0.2× 404 1.1× 15 6.8k
Kateryna D. Makova United States 42 3.0k 1.0× 2.0k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 315 0.4× 258 0.7× 109 4.7k
Ines Hellmann Germany 26 3.9k 1.3× 2.3k 0.9× 775 0.5× 504 0.6× 242 0.6× 34 5.5k
Anamaria Necşulea France 18 2.4k 0.8× 855 0.3× 457 0.3× 1.0k 1.2× 104 0.3× 28 3.1k
Angélica Liechti Switzerland 11 2.0k 0.6× 958 0.4× 526 0.3× 948 1.1× 141 0.4× 13 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Grützner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Grützner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Grützner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frank Grützner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frank Grützner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Frank Grützner. Frank Grützner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhou, Yang, Xuemei Li, Gregory Gedman, et al.. (2025). Chromosome-level echidna genome illuminates evolution of multiple sex chromosome system in monotremes. GigaScience. 14. 4 indexed citations
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Qu, Zhipeng, et al.. (2024). Pseudogenization of NK3 homeobox 2 ( Nkx3.2 ) in monotremes provides insight into unique gastric anatomy and physiology. Open Biology. 14(7). 240071–240071. 3 indexed citations
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Takii, Ryosuke, et al.. (2024). HSF1 is required for cellular adaptation to daily temperature fluctuations. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 21361–21361. 1 indexed citations
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Patel, Hardip R., Shafagh A. Waters, Alexandra Livernois, et al.. (2024). Incomplete transcriptional dosage compensation of chicken and platypus sex chromosomes is balanced by post-transcriptional compensation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(32). e2322360121–e2322360121. 5 indexed citations
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Takakura, Kenichiro, Yang Zhou, Guojie Zhang, et al.. (2024). Color vision evolution in egg-laying mammals: insights from visual photoreceptors and daily activities of Australian echidnas. Zoological Letters. 10(1). 2–2. 1 indexed citations
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Ankeny, Rachel A., et al.. (2022). EchidnaCSI: Engaging the public in research and conservation of the short-beaked echidna. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(5). 9 indexed citations
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Královičová, Jana, Reuben J. Pengelly, Pavel Abaffy, et al.. (2021). Restriction of an intron sizeen routeto endothermy. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(5). 2460–2487. 7 indexed citations
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Waters, Paul D., Hardip R. Patel, Aurora Ruiz‐Herrera, et al.. (2021). Microchromosomes are building blocks of bird, reptile, and mammal chromosomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(45). 93 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhongyi, Evgeny Leushkin, Angélica Liechti, et al.. (2020). Transcriptome and translatome co-evolution in mammals. Nature. 588(7839). 642–647. 109 indexed citations
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Deakin, Janine E., Sally Potter, Rachel J. O’Neill, et al.. (2019). Chromosomics: Bridging the Gap between Genomes and Chromosomes. Genes. 10(8). 627–627. 76 indexed citations
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Daish, Tasman & Frank Grützner. (2019). Evolution and meiotic organization of heteromorphic sex chromosomes. Current topics in developmental biology. 134. 1–48. 9 indexed citations
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Martin, Hilary C., Elizabeth M. Batty, Julie Hussin, et al.. (2018). Insights into Platypus Population Structure and History from Whole-Genome Sequencing. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 35(5). 1238–1252. 23 indexed citations
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Guenin, Sophie‐Pénélope, et al.. (2018). Characterization of the Mel1c melatoninergic receptor in platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). PLoS ONE. 13(3). e0191904–e0191904. 23 indexed citations
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Daish, Tasman & Frank Grützner. (2009). Location, Location, Location! Monotremes Provide Unique Insights into the Evolution of Sex Chromosome Silencing in Mammals. DNA and Cell Biology. 28(2). 91–100. 7 indexed citations
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Grützner, Frank, Brett Nixon, & R. C. Jones. (2008). Reproductive Biology in Egg-Laying Mammals. Sexual Development. 2(3). 115–127. 18 indexed citations
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Veyrunes, Frédéric, Paul D. Waters, Pat Miethke, et al.. (2008). Bird-like sex chromosomes of platypus imply recent origin of mammal sex chromosomes. Genome Research. 18(6). 965–973. 235 indexed citations
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Rens, Willem, et al.. (2004). Resolution and evolution of the duck-billed platypus karyotype with an X 1 Y 1 X 2 Y 2 X 3 Y 3 X 4 Y 4 X 5 Y 5 male sex chromosome constitution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(46). 16257–16261. 120 indexed citations
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Tsend‐Ayush, Enkhjargal, et al.. (2003). Plasticity of human chromosome 3 during primate evolution. Genomics. 83(2). 193–202. 22 indexed citations
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Grützner, Frank, Hugues Roest Crollius, G. Lütjens, et al.. (2002). Four-Hundred Million Years of Conserved Synteny of Human Xp and Xq Genes on Three Tetraodon Chromosomes. Genome Research. 12(9). 1316–1322. 22 indexed citations

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