James R. Walters

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

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James R. Walters is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, James R. Walters has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Genetics, 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 13 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in James R. Walters's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (15 papers), Plant and animal studies (15 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (11 papers). James R. Walters is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (15 papers), Plant and animal studies (15 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (11 papers). James R. Walters collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. James R. Walters's co-authors include Chris D. Jiggins, R. G. Harrison, Liuqi Gu, Simon H. Martin, Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra, James Mallet, Andrea Manica, Fraser Simpson, Mark Blaxter and Camilo Salazar and has published in prestigious journals such as Current Biology, Genetics and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

James R. Walters

43 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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Genome-wide evidence for speciation with gene flow in Heliconius butterflies

2013 468 citations Simon H. Martin, Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra et al. profile →

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John E. Pool United States

Marta L. Wayne United States

Alan O. Bergland United States

Colin D. Meiklejohn United States

Siu Fai Lee Australia

José M. Ranz United States

Chau‐Ti Ting Taiwan

Louis van de Zande Netherlands

Richard M. Kliman United States

Tim Connallon Australia

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Xu, Yang, Shanshan Wang, Yongjian Liu, et al.. (2023). The Prmt5-Vasa module is essential for spermatogenesis in Bombyx mori. PLoS Genetics. 19(1). e1010600–e1010600. 13 indexed citations

Riddle, Nicole C., Peggy R. Biga, Anne M. Bronikowski, et al.. (2023). Comparative analysis of animal lifespan. GeroScience. 46(1). 171–181. 6 indexed citations

Tsuchiya, Dai, Fengli Guo, Jennifer M. Gardner, et al.. (2023). A molecular cell biology toolkit for the study of meiosis in the silkworm Bombyx mori. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 13(5). 2 indexed citations

Bronikowski, Anne M., Richard P. Meisel, Peggy R. Biga, et al.. (2022). Sex‐specific aging in animals: Perspective and future directions. Aging Cell. 21(2). e13542–e13542. 51 indexed citations

Yang, Dehong, Jun Xu, Kai Chen, et al.. (2022). BmPMFBP1 regulates the development of eupyrene sperm in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. PLoS Genetics. 18(3). e1010131–e1010131. 19 indexed citations

Voleníková, Anna, Petr Nguyen, Hana Sehadová, et al.. (2022). Genome sequence and silkomics of the spindle ermine moth, Yponomeuta cagnagella, representing the early diverging lineage of the ditrysian Lepidoptera. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1281–1281. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Kai, Ye Yu, Dehong Yang, et al.. (2021). Correction: Gtsf1 is essential for proper female sex determination and transposon silencing in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. PLoS Genetics. 17(5). e1009572–e1009572. 11 indexed citations

Mongue, Andrew J., et al.. (2021). Support for faster and more adaptive Z chromosome evolution in two divergent lepidopteran lineages ^*. Evolution. 76(2). 332–345. 26 indexed citations

Karr, Timothy L., et al.. (2019). Evolutionary Proteomics Reveals Distinct Patterns of Complexity and Divergence between Lepidopteran Sperm Morphs. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11(7). 1838–1846. 11 indexed citations

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Mongue, Andrew J., Petr Nguyen, Anna Voleníková, & James R. Walters. (2017). Neo-sex Chromosomes in the Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 7(10). 3281–3294. 50 indexed citations

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Gu, Liuqi, James R. Walters, & Douglas C. Knipple. (2017). Conserved Patterns of Sex Chromosome Dosage Compensation in the Lepidoptera (WZ/ZZ): Insights from a Moth Neo-Z Chromosome. Genome Biology and Evolution. 9(3). 802–816. 28 indexed citations

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Zhao, Qian, et al.. (2015). Characterisation of the Manduca sexta sperm proteome: Genetic novelty underlying sperm composition in Lepidoptera. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 62. 183–193. 24 indexed citations

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Cullen, Darron A., et al.. (2015). Pollen feeding proteomics: Salivary proteins of the passion flower butterfly, Heliconius melpomene. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 63. 7–13. 25 indexed citations

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Karr, Timothy L. & James R. Walters. (2015). Panning for sperm gold: Isolation and purification of apyrene and eupyrene sperm from lepidopterans. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 63. 152–158. 9 indexed citations

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Martin, Simon H., Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra, Nicola J. Nadeau, et al.. (2013). Genome-wide evidence for speciation with gene flow in Heliconius butterflies. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 32 indexed citations

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Briscoe, Adriana D., Aide Macias-Muñoz, Krzysztof M. Kozak, et al.. (2013). Female Behaviour Drives Expression and Evolution of Gustatory Receptors in Butterflies. PLoS Genetics. 9(7). e1003620–e1003620. 135 indexed citations

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Walters, James R. & R. G. Harrison. (2010). Combined EST and Proteomic Analysis Identifies Rapidly Evolving Seminal Fluid Proteins in Heliconius Butterflies. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 27(9). 2000–2013. 77 indexed citations

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Walters, James R. & R. G. Harrison. (2008). EST analysis of male accessory glands from Heliconius butterflies with divergent mating systems. BMC Genomics. 9(1). 592–592. 33 indexed citations

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Wright, Timothy F., et al.. (2004). Microsatellite variation among divergent populations of stalk-eyed flies, genus Cyrtodiopsis. Genetics Research. 84(1). 27–40. 38 indexed citations

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Walters, James R. & R. Sellwood. (1982). Aspects of genetic resistance to K88 E. Coli in pigs. 362–367. 13 indexed citations

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