Gregory A. Wray

21.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
167 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Gregory A. Wray is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Gregory A. Wray has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Molecular Biology, 48 papers in Oceanography and 35 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Gregory A. Wray's work include Marine and coastal plant biology (37 papers), Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry (33 papers) and Echinoderm biology and ecology (33 papers). Gregory A. Wray is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal plant biology (37 papers), Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry (33 papers) and Echinoderm biology and ecology (33 papers). Gregory A. Wray collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Gregory A. Wray's co-authors include Rudolf A. Raff, Matthew V. Rockman, Ehab Abouheif, Christopher J. Lowe, Courtney C. Babbitt, Alexandra E. Bely, Jeffrey S. Levinton, Leo H. Shapiro, Olivier Fédrigo and Ralph Haygood and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Gregory A. Wray

165 papers receiving 10.9k 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.

The evolutionary significance of cis-regulatory mutations

2007 1.1k citations Gregory A. Wray profile →
Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe

2006 937 citations Courtney C. Babbitt, Gregory A. Wray et al. profile →
The Evolution of Transcriptional Regulation in Eukaryotes

2003 872 citations Gregory A. Wray Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →
Does evolutionary theory need a rethink?

2014 502 citations Gregory A. Wray, Hopi E. Hoekstra et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A human-specific enhancer fine-tunes radial glia potency and corticogenesis 2025 ·Nature ·Jing Liu, (unknown), Hanzhi Zhao, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Camila Manso Musso, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), André M. M. Sousa, Gregory A. Wray, Ewoud R.E. Schmidt, Debra L. Silver	3
2	Lepidopteran scale cells derive from sensory organ precursors through a canonical lineage 2025 ·Development ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alejandro Berrío, Nipam H. Patel, Arnaud Martin, W. Owen McMillan, Gregory A. Wray, Joseph J. Hanly	2
3	An RNA interference approach for functional studies in the sea urchin and its use in analysis of nodal signaling gradients 2024 ·Developmental Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alejandro Berrío, Gregory A. Wray, David R. McClay	1
4	Contrasting the development of larval and adult body plans during the evolution of biphasic lifecycles in sea urchins 2024 ·Development ·(unknown), (unknown), Alejandro Berrío, Maria Byrne, David R. McClay, Gregory A. Wray	2
5	Near-Chromosomal-Level Genome Assembly of the Sea Urchin Echinometra lucunter, a Model for Speciation in the Sea 2023 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), H. A. Lessios, Gregory A. Wray, W. Owen McMillan, Carlos Prada	3
6	Evolutionary Changes in the Chromatin Landscape Contribute to Reorganization of a Developmental Gene Network During Rapid Life History Evolution in Sea Urchins 2022 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), Maria Byrne, Gregory A. Wray	7
7	Developmental single-cell transcriptomics in the Lytechinus variegatus sea urchin embryo 2021 ·Development ·(unknown), Laura Greenstreet, Anton Afanassiev, Alejandro Berrío, Gregory A. Wray, Geoffrey Schiebinger, David R. McClay	41
8	Microbiome reduction and endosymbiont gain from a switch in sea urchin life history 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Brittany A. Leigh, Dione J. Deaker, (unknown), Gregory A. Wray, Seth R. Bordenstein, Maria Byrne, Adam M. Reitzel	24
9	Positive selection within the genomes of SARS-CoV-2 and other Coronaviruses independent of impact on protein function 2020 ·PeerJ ·Alejandro Berrío, Valerie Gartner, Gregory A. Wray	34
10	Evaluating Chromatin Accessibility Differences Across Multiple Primate Species Using a Joint Modeling Approach 2019 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Lee Edsall, Alejandro Berrío, William H. Majoros, Devjanee Swain-Lenz, (unknown), Yoichiro Shibata, Alexias Safi, Gregory A. Wray, Gregory E. Crawford, Andrew S. Allen	9
11	Comparative Analyses of Chromatin Landscape in White Adipose Tissue Suggest Humans May Have Less Beigeing Potential than Other Primates 2019 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Devjanee Swain-Lenz, Alejandro Berrío, Alexias Safi, Gregory E. Crawford, Gregory A. Wray	17
12	Evolutionary Divergence of Gene and Protein Expression in the Brains of Humans and Chimpanzees 2015 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Amy L. Bauernfeind, Erik J. Soderblom, (unknown), M. Arthur Moseley, John J. Ely, Patrick R. Hof, Chet C. Sherwood, Gregory A. Wray, Courtney C. Babbitt	31
13	Does evolutionary theory need a rethink? - COUNTERPOINT No, all is well 2014 ·Nature ·Gregory A. Wray, Hopi E. Hoekstra, Douglas J. Futuyma, Richard E. Lenski, Trudy F. C. Mackay, Dolph Schluter, Joan E. Strassmann	37
14	Genomic Features That Predict Allelic Imbalance in Humans Suggest Patterns of Constraint on Gene Expression Variation 2009 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Jenny Tung, Olivier Fédrigo, Ralph Haygood, Sayan Mukherjee, Gregory A. Wray	8
15	Ontogeny in the fossil record: diversification of body plans and the evolution of “aberrant” symmetry in Paleozoic echinoderms 2007 ·Paleobiology ·Colin D. Sumrall, Gregory A. Wray	81
16	Population Genetic and Phylogenetic Evidence for Positive Selection on Regulatory Mutations at the Factor VII Locus in HumansSequence data from this article have been deposited with the EMBL/GenBank Data Libraries under accession nos. AY493422, AY493423, AY493424, AY493425, AY493426, AY493427, AY493428, AY493429, AY493430, AY493431, AY493432, AY493433. 2004 ·Genetics ·Matthew W. Hahn, Matthew V. Rockman, Nicole Soranzo, David B. Goldstein, Gregory A. Wray	44
17	Development of sea urchins, ascidians, and other invertebrate deuterostomes : experimental approaches 2004 ·Elsevier eBooks ·Charles A. Ettensohn, Gregory A. Wray, Gary M. Wessel	35
18	Transcriptional regulation and the evolution of development 2003 ·The International Journal of Developmental Biology ·Gregory A. Wray	70
19	BODY BUILDERS OF THE SEA 1998 ·Natural history ·Gregory A. Wray, Rudolf A. Raff	2
20	The evolution of larval morphology during the post-Paleozoic radiation of echinoids 1992 ·Paleobiology ·Gregory A. Wray	70

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