Mary K. Kuhner

5.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
41 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Mary K. Kuhner is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary K. Kuhner has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Genetics, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Mary K. Kuhner's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (12 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (8 papers). Mary K. Kuhner is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (12 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (8 papers). Mary K. Kuhner collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Argentina. Mary K. Kuhner's co-authors include Joseph Felsenstein, Jon Yamato, Joe Felsenstein, G. Thomson, Sung-Hong Joe, Wendy P. Robinson, Lucian P. Smith, J Barbosa, Stephen S. Rich and Max P. Baur and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Bioinformatics and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Mary K. Kuhner

40 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

A simulation comparison of phylogeny algorithms under equal and unequal evolutionary rates.

1994 630 citations Mary K. Kuhner, Joseph Felsenstein Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →
LAMARC 2.0: maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation of population parameters

2006 551 citations Mary K. Kuhner Bioinformatics profile →
Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Population Growth Rates Based on the Coalescent

1998 525 citations Mary K. Kuhner, Jon Yamato et al. Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mary K. Kuhner United States	19	2.4k	1.3k	742	428	346	41	3.6k
Urban Olsson Sweden	35	1.6k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	1.1k 2.6×	189 0.5×	130	3.8k
Mark Y. Stoeckle United States	30	1.7k 0.7×	2.7k 2.1×	1.7k 2.3×	799 1.9×	145 0.4×	59	5.4k
Manfred Grabherr Sweden	20	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	484 0.7×	418 1.0×	107 0.3×	45	3.1k
Keijo Viiri Finland	17	964 0.4×	1.7k 1.3×	841 1.1×	1.1k 2.6×	102 0.3×	34	3.7k
Derek E. Dimcheff United States	15	978 0.4×	979 0.7×	368 0.5×	255 0.6×	129 0.4×	25	2.3k
Scott K. Davis United States	34	2.0k 0.8×	948 0.7×	813 1.1×	735 1.7×	40 0.1×	92	3.6k
Georgia Tsagkogeorga United Kingdom	19	698 0.3×	1.0k 0.8×	619 0.8×	447 1.0×	99 0.3×	29	2.3k
Christopher Blair United States	19	896 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	480 0.6×	1.1k 2.5×	58 0.2×	48	3.6k
Cathy C. Laurie United States	34	3.4k 1.4×	1.5k 1.2×	503 0.7×	807 1.9×	136 0.4×	63	5.3k
Jeffrey D. Jensen United States	45	3.8k 1.6×	1.9k 1.4×	599 0.8×	785 1.8×	52 0.2×	128	5.9k

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Kuhner, Mary K., et al.. (2025). Distribution of African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana), African forest elephants (L. cyclotis), and their hybrids across Africa based on genetic evidence. Global Ecology and Conservation. 59. e03530–e03530.

Galipeau, Patricia C., Kenji Oman, Thomas G. Paulson, et al.. (2018). NSAID use and somatic exomic mutations in Barrett’s esophagus. Genome Medicine. 10(1). 17–17. 11 indexed citations

Martinez, Pierre, Diego Mallo, Thomas G. Paulson, et al.. (2018). Evolution of Barrett’s esophagus through space and time at single-crypt and whole-biopsy levels. Nature Communications. 9(1). 794–794. 36 indexed citations

Smith, Lucian P., Jon Yamato, & Mary K. Kuhner. (2018). CNValidator: validating somatic copy-number inference. Bioinformatics. 35(15). 2660–2662. 2 indexed citations

Kostadinov, Rumen, Carlo C. Maley, & Mary K. Kuhner. (2016). Bulk Genotyping of Biopsies Can Create Spurious Evidence for Hetereogeneity in Mutation Content. PLoS Computational Biology. 12(4). e1004413–e1004413. 16 indexed citations

Li, Xiaohong, Thomas G. Paulson, Patricia C. Galipeau, et al.. (2015). Assessment of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Risk Using Somatic Chromosome Alterations in Longitudinal Samples in Barrett's Esophagus. Cancer Prevention Research. 8(9). 845–856. 34 indexed citations

Kuhner, Mary K. & Jon Yamato. (2015). Assessing Differences Between Ancestral Recombination Graphs. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 80(5-6). 258–264. 3 indexed citations

Zheng, Chaozhi, Mary K. Kuhner, & E. A. Thompson. (2014). Bayesian Inference of Local Trees Along Chromosomes by the Sequential Markov Coalescent. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 78(5). 279–292. 5 indexed citations

Li, Xiaohong, Patricia C. Galipeau, Thomas G. Paulson, et al.. (2013). Temporal and Spatial Evolution of Somatic Chromosomal Alterations: A Case-Cohort Study of Barrett's Esophagus. Cancer Prevention Research. 7(1). 114–127. 105 indexed citations

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Kostadinov, Rumen, Mary K. Kuhner, Xiaohong Li, et al.. (2013). NSAIDs Modulate Clonal Evolution in Barrett's Esophagus. PLoS Genetics. 9(6). e1003553–e1003553. 56 indexed citations

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Kuhner, Mary K., et al.. (2013). GraphML specializations to codify ancestral recombinant graphs. Frontiers in Genetics. 4. 146–146. 9 indexed citations

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McCracken, Kevin G., Mariana Bulgarella, Kevin P. Johnson, et al.. (2009). Gene Flow in the Face of Countervailing Selection: Adaptation to High-Altitude Hypoxia in the A Hemoglobin Subunit of Yellow-Billed Pintails in the Andes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 26(4). 815–827. 67 indexed citations

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Kuhner, Mary K.. (2008). Coalescent genealogy samplers: windows into population history. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 24(2). 86–93. 218 indexed citations

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Smith, Lucian P. & Mary K. Kuhner. (2008). The limits of fine‐scale mapping. Genetic Epidemiology. 33(4). 344–356. 6 indexed citations

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Kuhner, Mary K., Jon Yamato, & Joseph Felsenstein. (2000). Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Recombination Rates From Population Data. Genetics. 156(3). 1393–1401. 160 indexed citations

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Kuhner, Mary K. & Joseph Felsenstein. (2000). Sampling among haplotype resolutions in a coalescent-based genealogy sampler. Genetic Epidemiology. 19(S1). S15–S21. 15 indexed citations

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Kuhner, Mary K., Debbie A. Lawlor, P D Ennis, & Peter Parham. (1991). Gene conversion in the evolution of the human and chimpanzee MHC class I loci. Tissue Antigens. 38(4). 152–164. 45 indexed citations

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Kuhner, Mary K., et al.. (1990). Gene conversion in the evolution of both the H-2 and Qa class I genes of the murine major histocompatibility complex.. Genetics. 126(4). 1115–1126. 14 indexed citations

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Klitz, William, Mary K. Kuhner, Wendy P. Robinson, Michael S. Esposito, & Glenys Thomson. (1989). Clues to IDDM pathogenesis from genetic and serological traits in multiply affected families. Genetic Epidemiology. 6(1). 117–122. 3 indexed citations

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Thomson, G., Wendy P. Robinson, Mary K. Kuhner, Sung-Hong Joe, & William Klitz. (1989). HLA and insulin gene associations with IDDM. Genetic Epidemiology. 6(1). 155–160. 77 indexed citations

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