Jon Slate

20.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
137 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Jon Slate is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jon Slate has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Genetics, 52 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 35 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jon Slate's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (77 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (60 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (46 papers). Jon Slate is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (77 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (60 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (46 papers). Jon Slate collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. Jon Slate's co-authors include Loeske E. B. Kruuk, Tristan Marshall, J. M. Pemberton, Josephine M. Pemberton, David W. Coltman, Tim Clutton‐Brock, F. E. Guinness, T. R. Birkhead, Terry Burke and Jessica Stapley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jon Slate

135 papers receiving 13.6k citations

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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.

Statistical confidence for likelihood‐based paternity inference in natural populations

1998 3.6k citations Jon Slate et al. Molecular Ecology profile →
Nonamplifying alleles at microsatellite loci: a caution for parentage and population studies

1995 602 citations Josephine M. Pemberton, Jon Slate et al. Molecular Ecology profile →
Adaptation genomics: the next generation

2010 485 citations Jessica Stapley, Robert Ekblom et al. profile →
A supergene determines highly divergent male reproductive morphs in the ruff

2015 327 citations Lindsay Farrell, Susan B. McRae et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jon Slate United Kingdom	56	8.8k	5.2k	4.6k	2.2k	1.7k	137	14.1k
Steven T. Kalinowski United States	39	7.8k 0.9×	3.1k 0.6×	4.9k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	85	12.8k
Nicolas Perrin Switzerland	54	6.0k 0.7×	4.5k 0.9×	4.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	186	11.2k
Tristan Marshall United Kingdom	10	5.3k 0.6×	3.5k 0.7×	3.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	12	9.1k
B. Rosemary Grant United States	59	5.9k 0.7×	5.7k 1.1×	4.6k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	856 0.5×	132	12.3k
Michael W. Bruford United Kingdom	63	7.7k 0.9×	3.7k 0.7×	5.9k 1.3×	2.3k 1.0×	994 0.6×	300	14.1k
Bridgett M. vonHoldt United States	29	8.7k 1.0×	2.5k 0.5×	4.1k 0.9×	3.2k 1.4×	3.7k 2.2×	100	13.9k
L. Lacey Knowles United States	52	6.6k 0.8×	3.5k 0.7×	2.6k 0.6×	3.2k 1.4×	1.3k 0.7×	153	10.7k
Josephine M. Pemberton United Kingdom	73	9.4k 1.1×	6.4k 1.2×	8.8k 1.9×	1.3k 0.6×	793 0.5×	260	18.3k
Cock van Oosterhout United Kingdom	44	9.0k 1.0×	3.3k 0.6×	5.5k 1.2×	3.0k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	139	14.6k
Luke J. Harmon United States	49	4.7k 0.5×	5.1k 1.0×	3.1k 0.7×	2.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	114	13.0k

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Rodríguez‐Muñoz, Rolando, Paul Hopwood, Jon Slate, et al.. (2025). Fluctuating selection among years in a wild insect. Evolution. 79(6). 973–982. 2 indexed citations

Morton, Oscar, et al.. (2024). A sex-linked supergene with large effects on sperm traits has little impact on reproductive traits in female zebra finches. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2019). 20232796–20232796. 1 indexed citations

Fox, Graeme, Helen Hipperson, Kathryn H. Maher, et al.. (2024). Revealing the Demographic History of the European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus). Ecology and Evolution. 14(10). e70460–e70460. 2 indexed citations

Ashraf, Bilal, Camillo Bérénos, P. Ellis, et al.. (2022). Using genomic prediction to detect microevolutionary change of a quantitative trait. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1974). 20220330–20220330. 10 indexed citations

Ashraf, Bilal, Camillo Bérénos, P. Ellis, et al.. (2021). Genomic prediction in the wild: A case study in Soay sheep. Molecular Ecology. 31(24). 6541–6555. 14 indexed citations

Silva, Vinicius Henrique da, Veronika N. Laine, Mirte Bosse, et al.. (2019). The Genomic Complexity of a Large Inversion in Great Tits. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11(7). 1870–1881. 12 indexed citations

Bosse, Mirte, Lewis G. Spurgin, Veronika N. Laine, et al.. (2019). Response to Perrier and Charmantier: On the importance of time scales when studying adaptive evolution. Evolution Letters. 3(3). 248–253. 1 indexed citations

Rodríguez‐Muñoz, Rolando, Paul Hopwood, David N. Fisher, et al.. (2019). Older males attract more females but get fewer matings in a wild field cricket. Animal Behaviour. 153. 1–14. 17 indexed citations

Kim, Jun‐Mo, Anna W. Santure, John L. Quinn, et al.. (2018). A high‐density SNP chip for genotyping great tit (Parus major) populations and its application to studying the genetic architecture of exploration behaviour. Molecular Ecology Resources. 18(4). 877–891. 29 indexed citations

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Bosse, Mirte, Lewis G. Spurgin, Veronika N. Laine, et al.. (2017). Recent natural selection causes adaptive evolution of an avian polygenic trait. Science. 358(6361). 365–368. 137 indexed citations

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Johnston, Susan E., Camillo Bérénos, Jon Slate, & Josephine M. Pemberton. (2016). Conserved Genetic Architecture Underlying Individual Recombination Rate Variation in a Wild Population of Soay Sheep ( Ovis aries ). Genetics. 203(1). 583–598. 119 indexed citations

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Gossmann, Toni I., Anna W. Santure, Ben C. Sheldon, Jon Slate, & Kai Zeng. (2014). Highly Variable Recombinational Landscape Modulates Efficacy of Natural Selection in Birds. Genome Biology and Evolution. 6(8). 2061–2075. 32 indexed citations

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Farrell, Lindsay, Terry Burke, Jon Slate, Susan B. McRae, & David B. Lank. (2013). Genetic mapping of the female mimic morph locus in the ruff. BMC Genetics. 14(1). 109–109. 10 indexed citations

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Oers, Kees van, Anna W. Santure, Isabelle De Cauwer, et al.. (2013). Replicated high-density genetic maps of two great tit populations reveal fine-scale genomic departures from sex-equal recombination rates. Heredity. 112(3). 307–316. 50 indexed citations

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Ekblom, Robert, Christopher N. Balakrishnan, Terry Burke, & Jon Slate. (2010). Digital gene expression analysis of the zebra finch genome. BMC Genomics. 11(1). 219–219. 41 indexed citations

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Stapley, Jessica, Claire F. R. Wordley, & Jon Slate. (2010). No Evidence of Genetic Differentiation Between Anoles With Different Dewlap Color Patterns. Journal of Heredity. 102(1). 118–124. 21 indexed citations

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Gratten, Jacob, Alastair J. Wilson, Allan F. McRae, et al.. (2008). A Localized Negative Genetic Correlation Constrains Microevolution of Coat Color in Wild Sheep. Science. 319(5861). 318–320. 91 indexed citations

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Slate, Jon & Josephine M. Pemberton. (2007). Admixture and patterns of linkage disequilibrium in a free‐living vertebrate population. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 20(4). 1415–1427. 39 indexed citations

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Gurney, A L, Jon Slate, Malcolm C. Press, & Julie D. Scholes. (2005). A novel form of resistance in rice to the angiosperm parasite Striga hermonthica. New Phytologist. 169(1). 199–208. 120 indexed citations

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Slate, Jon, Josephine M. Pemberton, & Peter M. Visscher. (1999). Power to detect QTL in a free-living polygynous population. Heredity. 83(3). 327–336. 25 indexed citations

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