Hans Ellegren

46.0k total citations · 9 hit papers
333 papers, 29.8k citations indexed

About

Hans Ellegren is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans Ellegren has authored 333 papers receiving a total of 29.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 259 papers in Genetics, 130 papers in Molecular Biology and 82 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Hans Ellegren's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (170 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (102 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (75 papers). Hans Ellegren is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (170 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (102 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (75 papers). Hans Ellegren collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and United Kingdom. Hans Ellegren's co-authors include Anna‐Karin Fridolfsson, Ben C. Sheldon, Leif Andersson, John Parsch, Linnéa Smeds, Linda Hellborg, Craig R. Primmer, Anna Qvarnström, Judith E. Mank and Nicolas Galtier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hans Ellegren

327 papers receiving 28.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Microsatellites: simple sequences with complex evolution

2004 1.7k citations Hans Ellegren profile →
A Simple and Universal Method for Molecular Sexing of Non-Ratite Birds

1999 1.6k citations Hans Ellegren et al. profile →
Y chromosome conserved anchored tagged sequences (YCATS) for the analysis of mammalian male‐specific DNA

2002 731 citations Linda Hellborg, Hans Ellegren Molecular Ecology profile →
The evolution of sex-biased genes and sex-biased gene expression

2007 658 citations Hans Ellegren et al. profile →
Genetic Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci for Growth and Fatness in Pigs

1994 568 citations Hans Ellegren, M. Johansson et al. profile →
Determinants of genetic diversity

2016 557 citations Hans Ellegren et al. profile →
Microsatellite mutations in the germline:

2000 542 citations Hans Ellegren profile →
The genomic landscape of species divergence in Ficedula flycatchers

2012 476 citations Hans Ellegren, Linnéa Smeds et al. profile →
Genome sequencing and population genomics in non-model organisms

2013 475 citations Hans Ellegren Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hans Ellegren

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hans Ellegren. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hans Ellegren 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 Hans Ellegren. Hans Ellegren is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Structural genomic variation in the inbred Scandinavian wolf population contributes to the realized genetic load but is positively affected by immigration 2024 ·Evolutionary Applications ·Linnéa Smeds, (unknown), Hans Ellegren	8
2	Genomic inference of contemporary effective population size in a large island population of collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) 2021 ·Molecular Ecology ·Krystyna Nadachowska‐Brzyska, Ludovic Dutoit, Linnéa Smeds, Marty Kardos, Lars Gustafsson, Hans Ellegren	14
3	Major population splits coincide with episodes of rapid climate change in a forest-dependent bird 2021 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Vera Warmuth, Malcolm D. Burgess, Toni Laaksonen, Andrea Manica, Marko Mägi, Andreas Nord, Craig R. Primmer, Glenn‐Peter Sætre, Wolfgang Winkel, Hans Ellegren	3
4	Footprints of adaptive evolution revealed by whole Z chromosomes haplotypes in flycatchers 2019 ·Molecular Ecology ·Krystyna Nadachowska‐Brzyska, Reto Burri, Hans Ellegren	6
5	GC-biased gene conversion conceals the prediction of the nearly neutral theory in avian genomes 2019 ·Genome biology ·Paulina Bolívar, Laurent Guéguen, Laurent Duret, Hans Ellegren, Carina F. Mugal	32
6	Genomewide patterns of variation in genetic diversity are shared among populations, species and higher‐order taxa 2017 ·Molecular Ecology ·Nagarjun Vijay, Matthias H. Weissensteiner, Reto Burri, Takeshi Kawakami, Hans Ellegren, Jochen B. W. Wolf	63
7	Insights into the genetic architecture of morphological traits in two passerine bird species 2017 ·Heredity ·Catarina N. S. Silva, S. Eryn McFarlane, Ingerid J. Hagen, Lars Rönnegård, A M Billing, Thomas Kvalnes, Petri Kemppainen, Bernt Rønning, Thor Harald Ringsby, (unknown), Anna Qvarnström, Hans Ellegren, Henrik Jensen, Arild Husby	32
8	Temporal Dynamics of Avian Populations during Pleistocene Revealed by Whole-Genome Sequences 2015 ·Current Biology ·Krystyna Nadachowska‐Brzyska, Cai Li, Linnéa Smeds, Guojie Zhang, Hans Ellegren	191
9	Old but Not (So) Degenerated—Slow Evolution of Largely Homomorphic Sex Chromosomes in Ratites 2014 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), Hans Ellegren	27
10	Evolutionary Genomics: A Dinosaur's View of Genome-Size Evolution 2007 ·Current Biology ·Hans Ellegren	5
11	Correction for Götherström et al. , Cattle domestication in the Near East was followed by hybridization with aurochs bulls in Europe 2005 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Anders Götherström, Cecilia Anderung, Linda Hellborg, (unknown), (unknown), Daniel G. Bradley, Hans Ellegren	2
12	Colonization history and non-invasive monitoring of a re-established wolverine (Gulo gulo) population. 2004 ·Conservation Biology ·Øystein Flagstad, (unknown), Arild Landa, Henrik Brøseth, Jens Persson, R.A. Andersen, Peter Segerström, Hans Ellegren	15
13	New Microsatellites from the Pied Flycatcher Ficedula Hypoleuca and the Swallow Hirundo Rustica Genomes 2004 ·Hereditas ·Craig R. Primmer, A. P. Møller, Hans Ellegren	45
14	Inbreeding and Relatedness in Scandinavian Grey Wolves Canis Lupus 2004 ·Hereditas ·Hans Ellegren	44
15	Reduced variation on the chicken Z chromosome and the role of selective sweeps in sex chromosome evolution 2003 ·Genome Research ·(unknown), Matthew T. Webster, Hans Ellegren	1
16	Populasjonsovervåking av jerv ved hjelp av DNA-analyse fra ekskrementer 2003 ·BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)) ·Øystein Flagstad, Henrik Brøseth, (unknown), Hans Ellegren	0
17	Patterns of molecular evolution in avian microsatellites 1998 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Craig R. Primmer, Hans Ellegren	98
18	Flow cytometry for sexing birds - Reply 1997 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Hans Ellegren, (unknown)	1
19	Linkage maps of porcine Chromosomes 3, 6, and 9 based on 31 polymorphic markers 1994 ·Mammalian Genome ·M. Johansson, Hans Ellegren, Linda Marklund, Wouter Coppieters, Leif Andersson	10
20	Autumn migrating Bluethroats Luscinia s. svecica orient in an eastsoutheasterly direction at Gävle, East Sweden 1991 ·Ornis Svecica ·Hans Ellegren, Kjell Wallin	3

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