Gerda Saxer

1.3k total citations
21 papers, 927 citations indexed

About

Gerda Saxer is a scholar working on Genetics, Sociology and Political Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerda Saxer has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 927 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Genetics, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Gerda Saxer's work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (15 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (8 papers) and Plant and animal studies (3 papers). Gerda Saxer is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (15 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (8 papers) and Plant and animal studies (3 papers). Gerda Saxer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Colombia. Gerda Saxer's co-authors include Michael Travisano, Michael Doebeli, Josh Van Buskirk, Yousif Shamoo, Maren Friesen, César A. Arias, Kathryn Beabout, Thomas P. Clements, Joan E. Strassmann and David C. Queller and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Gerda Saxer

21 papers receiving 907 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gerda Saxer United States 16 432 375 202 191 173 21 927
Michel Blot France 15 665 1.5× 764 2.0× 139 0.7× 77 0.4× 43 0.2× 28 1.2k
Sébastien Wielgoss Switzerland 14 626 1.4× 547 1.5× 202 1.0× 42 0.2× 52 0.3× 23 1.1k
Frank Rosenzweig United States 15 497 1.2× 866 2.3× 186 0.9× 14 0.1× 85 0.5× 34 1.3k
Mila Kojadinovic France 12 158 0.4× 313 0.8× 25 0.1× 92 0.5× 43 0.2× 14 649
Filip Husník Canada 22 264 0.6× 760 2.0× 21 0.1× 23 0.1× 224 1.3× 39 1.8k
John E. Dowding New Zealand 13 249 0.6× 214 0.6× 11 0.1× 144 0.8× 75 0.4× 37 1.1k
Deepa Agashe India 19 394 0.9× 364 1.0× 60 0.3× 14 0.1× 221 1.3× 50 1.0k
Michael S. Wollenberg United States 13 159 0.4× 446 1.2× 32 0.2× 44 0.2× 115 0.7× 17 846
Bachar Cheaib United Kingdom 12 123 0.3× 305 0.8× 13 0.1× 54 0.3× 78 0.5× 18 663
Johan Ramsayer France 7 204 0.5× 94 0.3× 80 0.4× 35 0.2× 71 0.4× 8 438

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gerda Saxer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerda Saxer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gerda Saxer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gerda Saxer 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 Gerda Saxer. Gerda Saxer 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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Sritharan, Duluxan, et al.. (2023). Probe-based bacterial single-cell RNA sequencing predicts toxin regulation. Nature Microbiology. 8(5). 934–945. 50 indexed citations
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Beabout, Kathryn, Tim T. Wang, Minny Bhatty, et al.. (2015). Rampant Parasexuality Evolves in a Hospital Pathogen during Antibiotic Selection. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 32(10). 2585–2597. 27 indexed citations
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Saxer, Gerda & Michael Travisano. (2015). Parallelism in adaptive radiations of experimentalEscherichia colipopulations. Evolution. 70(1). 98–110. 1 indexed citations
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Beabout, Kathryn, et al.. (2015). The Ribosomal S10 Protein Is a General Target for Decreased Tigecycline Susceptibility. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 59(9). 5561–5566. 102 indexed citations
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Saxer, Gerda, Eric Merkley, Charles Ansong, et al.. (2014). Mutations in Global Regulators Lead to Metabolic Selection during Adaptation to Complex Environments. PLoS Genetics. 10(12). e1004872–e1004872. 42 indexed citations
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Miller, Corwin, et al.. (2013). Adaptation of Enterococcus faecalis to Daptomycin Reveals an Ordered Progression to Resistance. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 57(11). 5373–5383. 81 indexed citations
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Saxer, Gerda, Paul Havlak, Sara Fox, et al.. (2012). Whole Genome Sequencing of Mutation Accumulation Lines Reveals a Low Mutation Rate in the Social Amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e46759–e46759. 40 indexed citations
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Tian, Xiangjun, et al.. (2012). Amino Acid Repeats Cause Extraordinary Coding Sequence Variation in the Social Amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e46150–e46150. 12 indexed citations
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Walkiewicz, Katarzyna, et al.. (2012). Small changes in enzyme function can lead to surprisingly large fitness effects during adaptive evolution of antibiotic resistance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(52). 21408–21413. 46 indexed citations
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Saxer, Gerda, Michael Doebeli, & Michael Travisano. (2010). The Repeatability of Adaptive Radiation During Long-Term Experimental Evolution of Escherichia coli in a Multiple Nutrient Environment. PLoS ONE. 5(12). e14184–e14184. 33 indexed citations
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Saxer, Gerda, Debra A. Brock, David C. Queller, & Joan E. Strassmann. (2010). Cheating does not explain selective differences at high and low relatedness in a social amoeba. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10(1). 76–76. 13 indexed citations
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Flowers, Jonathan M., Angela Stathos, Gerda Saxer, et al.. (2010). Variation, Sex, and Social Cooperation: Molecular Population Genetics of the Social Amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. PLoS Genetics. 6(7). e1001013–e1001013. 59 indexed citations
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Saxer, Gerda, Michael Doebeli, & Michael Travisano. (2009). Spatial structure leads to ecological breakdown and loss of diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 276(1664). 2065–2070. 34 indexed citations
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Spencer, Christine C., Gerda Saxer, Michael Travisano, & Michael Doebeli. (2007). Seasonal resource oscillations maintain diversity in bacterial microcosms. Evolutionary ecology research. 9(5). 775–787. 23 indexed citations
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Buskirk, Josh Van & Gerda Saxer. (2007). DELAYED COSTS OF AN INDUCED DEFENSE IN TADPOLES? MORPHOLOGY, HOPPING, AND DEVELOPMENT RATE AT METAMORPHOSIS. Evolution. 55(4). 821–829. 6 indexed citations
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Saxer, Gerda, et al.. (2005). Unparallel diversification in bacterial microcosms. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 272(1570). 1393–1398. 31 indexed citations
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Friesen, Maren, Gerda Saxer, Michael Travisano, & Michael Doebeli. (2004). EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR SYMPATRIC ECOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION DUE TO FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT COMPETITION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI. Evolution. 58(2). 245–245. 20 indexed citations
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Friesen, Maren, Gerda Saxer, Michael Travisano, & Michael Doebeli. (2004). EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR SYMPATRIC ECOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION DUE TO FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT COMPETITION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI. Evolution. 58(2). 245–260. 151 indexed citations
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Buskirk, Josh Van & Gerda Saxer. (2001). DELAYED COSTS OF AN INDUCED DEFENSE IN TADPOLES? MORPHOLOGY, HOPPING, AND DEVELOPMENT RATE AT METAMORPHOSIS. Evolution. 55(4). 821–821. 106 indexed citations

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