John Parsch

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

John Parsch is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Parsch has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Genetics, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in John Parsch's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (20 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (15 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (13 papers). John Parsch is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (20 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (15 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (13 papers). John Parsch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Sweden. John Parsch's co-authors include Hans Ellegren, Daniel L. Hartl, Sonja Grath, John F. Baines, Colin D. Meiklejohn, Tina Hambuch, Wolfgang Stephan, José M. Ranz, Stephan Hütter and Sarah S. Saminadin-Peter and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Bioinformatics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

John Parsch

58 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

The evolution of sex-biased genes and sex-biased gene exp... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 200 400 600
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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.

  1. The evolution of sex-biased genes and sex-biased gene expression
    2007 658 citations Hans Ellegren, John Parsch Nature Reviews Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Parsch Germany 30 2.2k 1.4k 964 496 427 59 3.3k
Rama S. Singh Canada 35 2.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 752 1.5× 506 1.2× 112 3.4k
Colin D. Meiklejohn United States 23 1.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 559 0.6× 314 0.6× 422 1.0× 26 2.5k
Virginie Courtier‐Orgogozo France 21 1.5k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 704 0.7× 320 0.6× 554 1.3× 52 2.9k
Cassandra G. Extavour United States 29 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 1.2× 471 0.5× 328 0.7× 254 0.6× 79 2.8k
John M. Belote United States 34 2.2k 1.0× 2.2k 1.6× 1.3k 1.4× 554 1.1× 414 1.0× 62 4.2k
Michael Parisi United States 19 1.2k 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 487 0.5× 277 0.6× 485 1.1× 26 2.4k
John E. Pool United States 27 1.6k 0.7× 776 0.6× 621 0.6× 438 0.9× 401 0.9× 48 2.4k
Julien F. Ayroles United States 26 1.9k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 556 0.6× 382 0.8× 674 1.6× 52 3.2k
Marta L. Wayne United States 20 1.1k 0.5× 748 0.5× 477 0.5× 314 0.6× 308 0.7× 58 2.0k
José M. Ranz United States 18 1.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 450 0.5× 301 0.6× 732 1.7× 42 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Parsch

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Parsch

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Parsch, John, et al.. (2023). Dynamics and stage-specificity of between-population gene expression divergence in the Drosophila melanogaster larval fat body. PLoS Genetics. 19(4). e1010730–e1010730. 4 indexed citations
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Grath, Sonja, et al.. (2021). Natural variation in the transcriptional response ofDrosophila melanogasterto oxidative stress. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 12(1). 9 indexed citations
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Huylmans, Ann Kathrin, et al.. (2017). X-linkage is not a general inhibitor of tissue-specific gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity. 119(1). 27–34. 6 indexed citations
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Catalán, Ana, et al.. (2013). ‘Escaping’ the X chromosome leads to increased gene expression in the male germline of Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity. 112(2). 149–155. 15 indexed citations
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Parsch, John, et al.. (2011). Dissecting gene expression in mosquito. BMC Genomics. 12(1). 297–297. 2 indexed citations
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Saminadin-Peter, Sarah S., et al.. (2011). Selective Sweep of a cis-Regulatory Sequence in a Non-African Population of Drosophila melanogaster. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29(4). 1167–1174. 22 indexed citations
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Parsch, John, et al.. (2010). Fine-Scale Analysis of X Chromosome Inactivation in the Male Germ Line of Drosophila melanogaster. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 28(5). 1561–1563. 26 indexed citations
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Parsch, John, et al.. (2010). On the Utility of Short Intron Sequences as a Reference for the Detection of Positive and Negative Selection in Drosophila. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 27(6). 1226–1234. 80 indexed citations
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Parsch, John. (2009). X Chromosome: Expression and Escape. PLoS Genetics. 5(11). e1000724–e1000724. 5 indexed citations
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Grath, Sonja, John F. Baines, & John Parsch. (2009). Molecular evolution of sex-biased genes in the Drosophila ananassae subgroup. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9(1). 291–291. 21 indexed citations
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Hütter, Stephan, Sarah S. Saminadin-Peter, Wolfgang Stephan, & John Parsch. (2008). Gene expression variation in African and European populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Genome biology. 9(1). R12–R12. 86 indexed citations
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Sawyer, Stanley, John Parsch, Zhi Zhang, & Daniel L. Hartl. (2007). Prevalence of positive selection among nearly neutral amino acid replacements in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(16). 6504–6510. 106 indexed citations
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Rohlfs, Meino, et al.. (2007). Properties of the Kinesin-1 motor DdKif3 from Dictyostelium discoideum. European Journal of Cell Biology. 87(4). 237–249. 6 indexed citations
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Ellegren, Hans & John Parsch. (2007). The evolution of sex-biased genes and sex-biased gene expression. Nature Reviews Genetics. 8(9). 689–698. 658 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Zhi, et al.. (2006). Widespread Adaptive Evolution of Drosophila Genes With Sex-Biased Expression. Genetics. 174(2). 893–900. 141 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhi, Tina Hambuch, & John Parsch. (2004). Molecular Evolution of Sex-Biased Genes in Drosophila. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 21(11). 2130–2139. 143 indexed citations
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Meiklejohn, Colin D., John Parsch, José M. Ranz, & Daniel L. Hartl. (2003). Rapid evolution of male-biased gene expression in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(17). 9894–9899. 249 indexed citations
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Parsch, John, et al.. (2001). Molecular Evolution of the ocnus and janus Genes in the Drosophila melanogaster Species Subgroup. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 18(5). 801–811. 42 indexed citations
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Stephan, Wolfgang, et al.. (1994). Molecular evolution of the metallothionein gene Mtn in the melanogaster species group: results from Drosophila ananassae.. Genetics. 138(1). 135–143. 28 indexed citations

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