James W. Curtsinger

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

James W. Curtsinger is a scholar working on Aging, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, James W. Curtsinger has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Aging, 37 papers in Genetics and 25 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in James W. Curtsinger's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (40 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (24 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (20 papers). James W. Curtsinger is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (40 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (24 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (20 papers). James W. Curtsinger collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Denmark. James W. Curtsinger's co-authors include Aziz A. Khazaeli, Scott D Pletcher, James W. Vaupel, Marc Tatar, Scott D. Pletcher, Daniel Promislow, David R. Townsend, James R. Carey, C C Laurie-Ahlberg and Anatoli I. Yashin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

James W. Curtsinger

89 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Biodemographic Trajectories of Longevity

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Peers

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Aziz A. Khazaeli United States

Laurence D. Mueller United States

James R. Carey United States

Pablo Liedo Mexico

James R. Carey United States

Robert Arking United States

Annette Baudisch Germany

Alexei A. Maklakov Sweden

Éric Le Bourg France

Robin Holliday Australia

Aziz A. Khazaeli United States

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488 ×0.6

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390 ×0.5

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All Works

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Curtsinger, James W.. (2020). Terminal life history: late-life fecundity and survival in experimental populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Biogerontology. 21(6). 721–730. 1 indexed citations

Curtsinger, James W.. (2016). Retired flies, hidden plateaus, and the evolution of senescence in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution. 70(6). 1297–1306. 8 indexed citations

Curtsinger, James W.. (2015). The Retired Fly: Detecting Life History Transition in IndividualDrosophila melanogasterFemales. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 70(12). 1455–1460. 5 indexed citations

Khazaeli, Aziz A. & James W. Curtsinger. (2012). Pleiotropy and Life History Evolution in Drosophila melanogaster: Uncoupling Life Span and Early Fecundity. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 68(5). 546–553. 26 indexed citations

Khazaeli, Aziz A. & James W. Curtsinger. (2010). LIFE HISTORY VARIATION IN AN ARTIFICIALLY SELECTED POPULATION OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER: PLEIOTROPY, SUPERFLIES, AND AGE-SPECIFIC ADAPTATION. Evolution. 64(12). 3409–3416. 21 indexed citations

Khazaeli, Aziz A., Sergey V. Nuzhdin, & James W. Curtsinger. (2007). Genetic variation for life span, resistance to paraquat, and spontaneous activity in unselected populations of Drosophila melanogaster: Implications for transgenic rescue of life span. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 128(9). 486–493. 12 indexed citations

Voorhies, Wayne A. Van, James W. Curtsinger, & Michael R. Rose. (2006). Do longevity mutants always show trade-offs?. Experimental Gerontology. 41(10). 1055–1058. 28 indexed citations

Curtsinger, James W., et al.. (2005). The relationship between life span and adult body size is highly strain-specific in. Experimental Gerontology. 40(5). 377–385. 36 indexed citations

Luckinbill, Leo S., et al.. (2005). Analysis of two components of flight using recombinant inbred lines of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetica. 124(2-3). 235–245. 4 indexed citations

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Voorhies, Wayne A. Van, Aziz A. Khazaeli, & James W. Curtsinger. (2004). Lack of correlation between body mass and metabolic rate in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology. 50(5). 445–453. 29 indexed citations

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Mokhtarzadeh, Ali, et al.. (2004). Age-Related RNA Decline in Adult Drosophila melanogaster. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 59(9). B896–B901. 13 indexed citations

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Voorhies, Wayne A. Van, Aziz A. Khazaeli, & James W. Curtsinger. (2003). Selected Contribution: Long-livedDrosophila melanogasterlines exhibit normal metabolic rates. Journal of Applied Physiology. 95(6). 2605–2613. 46 indexed citations

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Khazaeli, Aziz A. & James W. Curtsinger. (2000). Genetic analysis of extended lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster III. On the relationship between artificially selected and wild stocks. Genetica. 109(3). 245–253. 19 indexed citations

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Pletcher, Scott D & James W. Curtsinger. (1998). MORTALITY PLATEAUS AND THE EVOLUTION OF SENESCENCE: WHY ARE OLD-AGE MORTALITY RATES SO LOW?. Evolution. 52(2). 454–464. 109 indexed citations

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Khazaeli, Aziz A., Scott D Pletcher, & James W. Curtsinger. (1998). The fractionation experiment: reducing heterogeneity to investigate age-specific mortality in Drosophila. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 105(3). 301–317. 41 indexed citations

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Khazaeli, Aziz A., Marc Tatar, Scott D Pletcher, & James W. Curtsinger. (1997). Heat-Induced Longevity Extension in Drosophila. I. Heat Treatment, Mortality, and Thermotolerance. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 52A(1). B48–B52. 144 indexed citations

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Promislow, Daniel, Marc Tatar, Aziz A. Khazaeli, & James W. Curtsinger. (1996). Age-Specific Patterns of Genetic Variance in Drosophila melanogaster. I. Mortality. Genetics. 143(2). 839–848. 155 indexed citations

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Pletcher, Scott D., et al.. (1995). Selection for Increased Longevity in <i>Drosophila melanogaster:</i> A Response to Baret and Lints. Gerontology. 41(2). 65–68. 16 indexed citations

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Zelterman, Daniel, Patricia M. Grambsch, Chap T. Le, Z. Jennie, & James W. Curtsinger. (1994). Piecewise exponential survival curves with smooth transitions. Mathematical Biosciences. 120(2). 233–250. 11 indexed citations

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Curtsinger, James W., P R Donahue, Juan A. Cooper, et al.. (1993). Molecular analysis of the immune response to human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B. I. Mapping of HLA-restricted helper T cell epitopes on gp93. Journal of General Virology. 74(10). 2207–2214. 15 indexed citations

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