Leif Andersson

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Leif Andersson is a scholar working on Genetics, Animal Science and Zoology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leif Andersson has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Genetics, 7 papers in Animal Science and Zoology and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Leif Andersson's work include Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (13 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (9 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (6 papers). Leif Andersson is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (13 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (9 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (6 papers). Leif Andersson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and France. Leif Andersson's co-authors include Inger Edfors‐Lilja, L. Andersson‐Eklund, M. Johansson, Merete Fredholm, Chris Haley, Sara Knott, Kjell Andersson, Ingemar Hansson, Jan Håkansson and Kerstin Lundström and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Scientific Reports and Genome Research.

In The Last Decade

Leif Andersson

26 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Genetic Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci for Growth and... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Genetic Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci for Growth and Fatness in Pigs
    1994 568 citations Leif Andersson, Chris Haley et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leif Andersson Sweden 15 869 292 259 245 97 27 1.2k
Sophie Leroux France 20 565 0.7× 307 1.1× 199 0.8× 469 1.9× 33 0.3× 42 1.1k
T.H. Short United States 16 1.3k 1.5× 591 2.0× 219 0.8× 192 0.8× 42 0.4× 28 1.6k
L. Andersson‐Eklund Sweden 13 1.0k 1.2× 227 0.8× 322 1.2× 167 0.7× 20 0.2× 23 1.2k
Wanbo Li China 19 683 0.8× 179 0.6× 147 0.6× 435 1.8× 64 0.7× 53 1.3k
Yves Amigues France 21 1.4k 1.6× 312 1.1× 294 1.1× 681 2.8× 102 1.1× 45 2.0k
A. Eggen France 24 1.4k 1.6× 104 0.4× 459 1.8× 386 1.6× 32 0.3× 79 1.7k
R. M. Thallman United States 25 1.5k 1.7× 642 2.2× 232 0.9× 202 0.8× 146 1.5× 79 1.9k
Giuseppina Schiavo Italy 20 852 1.0× 353 1.2× 94 0.4× 364 1.5× 72 0.7× 92 1.3k
Lena Marklund Sweden 8 644 0.7× 161 0.6× 214 0.8× 206 0.8× 75 0.8× 10 853
H.H. Swalve Germany 22 1.0k 1.2× 476 1.6× 184 0.7× 99 0.4× 46 0.5× 69 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leif Andersson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Leif Andersson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Leif Andersson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Leif Andersson. Leif Andersson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Montandon, Sophie A., Asier Ullate‐Agote, Maya Kummrow, et al.. (2025). Regulatory and disruptive variants in the CLCN2 gene are associated with modified skin color pattern phenotypes in the corn snake. Genome biology. 26(1). 73–73.
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Honaker, Christa F., et al.. (2018). Asymmetries, heterosis, and phenotypic profiles of red junglefowl, White Plymouth Rocks, and F1 and F2 reciprocal crosses. Journal of Applied Genetics. 59(2). 193–201. 12 indexed citations
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Henriksen, Rie, Martin Johnsson, Leif Andersson, Per Jensen, & Dominic Wright. (2016). The domesticated brain: genetics of brain mass and brain structure in an avian species. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 34031–34031. 48 indexed citations
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Andersson, Leif. (2011). How selective sweeps in domestic animals provide new insight into biological mechanisms. Journal of Internal Medicine. 271(1). 1–14. 45 indexed citations
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Gunnarsson, Ulrika, Susanne Kerje, Bertrand Bed’Hom, et al.. (2011). The Dark brown plumage color in chickens is caused by an 8.3‐kb deletion upstream of SOX10. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 24(2). 268–274. 73 indexed citations
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Wright, I. A., Susanne Kerje, K. Lundström, et al.. (2006). Quantitative trait loci analysis of egg and meat production traits in a red junglefowl × White Leghorn cross. Animal Genetics. 37(6). 529–534. 41 indexed citations
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Fang, Meiying, Femke van den Berg, Alain Ducos, & Leif Andersson. (2006). Mitochondrial haplotypes of European wild boars with 2n = 36 are closely related to those of European domestic pigs with 2n = 38. Animal Genetics. 37(5). 459–464. 34 indexed citations
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Jensen, Per & Leif Andersson. (2005). Genomics Meets Ethology: A New Route to Understanding Domestication, Behavior, and Sustainability in Animal Breeding. AMBIO. 34(4). 320–320. 28 indexed citations
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Jensen, Per & Leif Andersson. (2005). Genomics Meets Ethology: A New Route to Understanding Domestication, Behavior, and Sustainability in Animal Breeding. AMBIO. 34(4). 320–324. 25 indexed citations
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Jiang, Siwen, Lina Jacobsson, Susanne Kerje, Leif Andersson, & Yuanzhu Xiong. (2002). [Studies of relationship between the melanocortin-3 receptor gene and body weight in chicken for high and low weight lines' intercross].. PubMed. 29(4). 322–5. 8 indexed citations
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Gustafsson, Anna, James Kijas, Anders Alderborn, et al.. (2001). SCREENING AND SCANNING OF SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS IN THE PIG MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR GENE (MC1R) BY PYROSEQUENCING. Animal Biotechnology. 12(2). 145–153. 12 indexed citations
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Edfors‐Lilja, Inger, Eva Wattrang, Leif Andersson, & Caroline Fossum. (2000). Mapping quantitative trait loci for stress induced alterations in porcine leukocyte numbers and functions. Animal Genetics. 31(3). 186–193. 37 indexed citations
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Giuffra, Elisabetta, G. R. Evans, Anna Törnsten, et al.. (1999). The Belt mutation in pigs is an allele at the Dominant white (I/KIT) locus. Mammalian Genome. 10(12). 1132–1136. 68 indexed citations
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Marklund, Lena, Jin‐Tae Jeon, & Leif Andersson. (1998). Xenoduplex Analysis—A Method for Comparative Gene Mapping Using Hybrid Panels. Genome Research. 8(4). 399–403. 7 indexed citations
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Andersson‐Eklund, L., et al.. (1998). Mapping of Serum Amylase-1 and Quantitative Trait Loci for Milk Production Traits to Cattle Chromosome 4. Journal of Dairy Science. 81(5). 1454–1461. 28 indexed citations
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Georges, Michel & Leif Andersson. (1996). Livestock genomics comes of age.. Genome Research. 6(10). 907–921. 61 indexed citations
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Andersson, Leif, Chris Haley, Hans Ellegren, et al.. (1994). Genetic Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci for Growth and Fatness in Pigs. Science. 263(5154). 1771–1774. 568 indexed citations breakdown →
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Haley, Chris, Merete Fredholm, Wouter Coppieters, et al.. (1993). Linkage mapping in the domestic pig (Sus scrofa).. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 7 indexed citations
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Thomsen, Preben D., et al.. (1993). Assignment of the dipeptidylpeptidase IV (DPP4) gene to pig Chromosome 15q21. Mammalian Genome. 4(10). 604–607. 18 indexed citations
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Haley, Chris, Alan Archibald, Leif Andersson, et al.. (1990). Proceedings of 4th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production XIII. 4 indexed citations

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