Hendrik‐Jan Megens

11.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Hendrik‐Jan Megens is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hendrik‐Jan Megens has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Genetics, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 24 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Hendrik‐Jan Megens's work include Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (70 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (48 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (39 papers). Hendrik‐Jan Megens is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (70 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (48 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (39 papers). Hendrik‐Jan Megens collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Hendrik‐Jan Megens's co-authors include Martien A. M. Groenen, R.P.M.A. Crooijmans, Mirte Bosse, Ole Madsen, Laurent Frantz, Yogesh Paudel, Lawrence B. Schook, Alan Archibald, Addie Vereijken and Martijn F. L. Derks and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Hendrik‐Jan Megens

112 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Strong signatures of selection in the domestic pig genome

2012 459 citations Hendrik‐Jan Megens, Martien A. M. Groenen et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hendrik‐Jan Megens Netherlands	40	4.0k	1.2k	948	743	694	112	5.2k
Carl‐Johan Rubin Sweden	32	2.9k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	766 0.8×	474 0.6×	405 0.6×	73	4.6k
R.P.M.A. Crooijmans Netherlands	47	5.6k 1.4×	2.1k 1.7×	1.9k 2.0×	1.5k 2.1×	694 1.0×	211	7.6k
Herman W. Raadsma Australia	37	2.9k 0.7×	633 0.5×	586 0.6×	526 0.7×	533 0.8×	117	4.5k
James Kijas Australia	39	3.8k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	432 0.5×	417 0.6×	859 1.2×	98	4.7k
Johannes A. Lenstra Netherlands	49	4.2k 1.1×	2.4k 2.0×	1.6k 1.7×	766 1.0×	617 0.9×	176	7.8k
Michèle Tixier‐Boichard France	34	2.5k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	2.0k 2.2×	611 0.8×	171 0.2×	120	4.8k
David E. MacHugh Ireland	44	4.2k 1.0×	1.8k 1.6×	569 0.6×	266 0.4×	833 1.2×	151	6.8k
Olivier Hanotte United Kingdom	49	4.9k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	1.6k 1.7×	411 0.6×	590 0.9×	245	8.1k
Elisabetta Giuffra Italy	27	1.5k 0.4×	928 0.8×	507 0.5×	335 0.5×	314 0.5×	58	2.7k
Bertrand Bed’Hom France	29	1.8k 0.4×	1.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	459 0.6×	176 0.3×	91	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hendrik‐Jan Megens

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Liu, Langqing, Hendrik‐Jan Megens, R.P.M.A. Crooijmans, et al.. (2022). The Visayan Warty Pig (Sus cebifrons) Genome Provides Insight Into Chromosome Evolution and Sensory Adaptation in Pigs. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(6). 5 indexed citations

Bastiaansen, J.W.M., Langqing Liu, Imron Imron, et al.. (2022). Genomic analysis of a Nile tilapia strain selected for salinity tolerance shows signatures of selection and hybridization with blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus). Aquaculture. 560. 738527–738527. 13 indexed citations

Derks, Martijn F. L., Benjamin J. Wood, R.P.M.A. Crooijmans, et al.. (2022). A new haplotype-resolved turkey genome to enable turkey genetics and genomics research. GigaScience. 12. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Langqing, et al.. (2020). Genetic consequences of long‐term small effective population size in the critically endangered pygmy hog. Evolutionary Applications. 14(3). 710–720. 24 indexed citations

Hooft, Pim van, Hendrik‐Jan Megens, R.P.M.A. Crooijmans, et al.. (2020). Fragmentation and Translocation Distort the Genetic Landscape of Ungulates: Red Deer in the Netherlands. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. 13 indexed citations

Liu, Langqing, Mirte Bosse, Hendrik‐Jan Megens, et al.. (2019). Genomic analysis on pygmy hog reveals extensive interbreeding during wild boar expansion. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1992–1992. 31 indexed citations

Derks, Martijn F. L., B. Harlizius, Marcos S. Lopes, et al.. (2019). Detection of a Frameshift Deletion in the SPTBN4 Gene Leads to Prevention of Severe Myopathy and Postnatal Mortality in Pigs. Frontiers in Genetics. 10. 1226–1226. 6 indexed citations

Wu, Zhou, Martijn F. L. Derks, Bert Dibbits, et al.. (2018). A Novel Loss-of-Function Variant in Transmembrane Protein 263 (TMEM263) of Autosomal Dwarfism in Chicken. Frontiers in Genetics. 9. 193–193. 17 indexed citations

Upadhyay, Maulik, Johannes A. Lenstra, David E. MacHugh, et al.. (2016). Genetic origin, admixture and population history of aurochs (Bos primigenius) and primitive European cattle. Heredity. 118(2). 169–176. 79 indexed citations

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Megens, Hendrik‐Jan, et al.. (2015). Evidence for adaptation of porcine Toll-like receptors. Immunogenetics. 68(3). 179–189. 8 indexed citations

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Megens, Hendrik‐Jan, et al.. (2015). Adaptive Evolution of Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs) in the Family Suidae. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0124069–e0124069. 17 indexed citations

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Bosse, Mirte, Marcos S. Lopes, Ole Madsen, et al.. (2015). Artificial selection on introduced Asian haplotypes shaped the genetic architecture in European commercial pigs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 282(1821). 20152019–20152019. 26 indexed citations

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Kraus, R.H., Hindrik H. D. Kerstens, Pim van Hooft, et al.. (2012). Widespread horizontal genomic exchange does not erode species barriers among sympatric ducks. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12(1). 45–45. 44 indexed citations

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Aslam, Muhammad Luqman, J.W.M. Bastiaansen, Martin Elferink, et al.. (2012). Whole genome SNP discovery and analysis of genetic diversity in Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). BMC Genomics. 13(1). 391–391. 62 indexed citations

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Goedbloed, Daniël J., Hendrik‐Jan Megens, Pim van Hooft, et al.. (2012). Genome‐wide single nucleotide polymorphism analysis reveals recent genetic introgression from domestic pigs into Northwest European wild boar populations. Molecular Ecology. 22(3). 856–866. 100 indexed citations

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Eyto, Elvira de, Philip McGinnity, Jisca Huisman, et al.. (2011). Varying disease‐mediated selection at different life‐history stages of Atlantic salmon in fresh water. Evolutionary Applications. 4(6). 749–762. 15 indexed citations

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Dana, N., Hendrik‐Jan Megens, R.P.M.A. Crooijmans, et al.. (2010). East Asian contributions to Dutch traditional and western commercial chickens inferred from mtDNA analysis. Animal Genetics. 42(2). 125–133. 30 indexed citations

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Yeates, Sarah E., Sigurd Einum, Ian Fleming, et al.. (2008). Atlantic salmon eggs favour sperm in competition that have similar major histocompatibility alleles. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 276(1656). 559–566. 72 indexed citations

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Megens, Hendrik‐Jan, et al.. (2008). Biodiversity of pig breeds from China and Europe estimated from pooled DNA samples: differences in microsatellite variation between two areas of domestication. Genetics Selection Evolution. 40(1). 103–28. 117 indexed citations

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Groenen, Martien A. M., Per Wahlberg, Mario Foglio, et al.. (2008). A high-density SNP-based linkage map of the chicken genome reveals sequence features correlated with recombination rate. Genome Research. 19(3). 510–519. 221 indexed citations

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