Michael Turelli

28.0k total citations · 11 hit papers
107 papers, 19.0k citations indexed

About

Michael Turelli is a scholar working on Genetics, Insect Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Turelli has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 19.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Genetics, 35 papers in Insect Science and 29 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Michael Turelli's work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (41 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (33 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (29 papers). Michael Turelli is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (41 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (33 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (29 papers). Michael Turelli collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Michael Turelli's co-authors include Nick Barton, Richard E. Glor, Dan L. Warren, Ary A. Hoffmann, Jerry A. Coyne, John H. Gillespie, H. Allen Orr, Leonie C. Moyle, H A Orr and Gail M. Simmons and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael Turelli

107 papers receiving 18.4k citations

Hit Papers

ENVIRONMENTAL NICHE EQUIVALENCY VERS... 1984 2026 1998 2012 2008 2010 2011 2001 1989 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. ENVIRONMENTAL NICHE EQUIVALENCY VERSUS CONSERVATISM: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO NICHE EVOLUTION
    2008 2.1k citations Michael Turelli et al. Evolution profile →
  2. ENMTools: a toolbox for comparative studies of environmental niche models
    2010 1.7k citations Michael Turelli et al. profile →
  3. Successful establishment of Wolbachia in Aedes populations to suppress dengue transmission
    2011 1.1k citations Ary A. Hoffmann, Michael Turelli et al. Nature profile →
  4. Theory and speciation
    2001 792 citations Michael Turelli, Nick Barton et al. profile →
  5. EVOLUTIONARY QUANTITATIVE GENETICS: HOW LITTLE DO WE KNOW?
    1989 558 citations Nick Barton, Michael Turelli profile →
  6. Rapid spread of an inherited incompatibility factor in California Drosophila
    1991 511 citations Michael Turelli, Ary A. Hoffmann Nature profile →
  7. Genotype-environment interactions and the maintenance of polygenic variation.
    1989 507 citations Michael Turelli et al. Genetics profile →
  8. Heritable genetic variation via mutation-selection balance: Lerch's zeta meets the abdominal bristle
    1984 475 citations Michael Turelli profile →
  9. Factors affecting the distribution of cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila simulans.
    1990 386 citations Ary A. Hoffmann, Michael Turelli et al. Genetics profile →
  10. ENMTools 1.0: an R package for comparative ecological biogeography
    2021 268 citations Michael Turelli et al. profile →
  11. Revisiting a Key Innovation in Evolutionary Biology: Felsenstein’s “Phylogenies and the Comparative Method”
    2019 230 citations Michael Turelli et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Turelli United States 61 8.4k 6.3k 5.9k 3.4k 3.1k 107 19.0k
Roger K. Butlin United Kingdom 68 8.0k 0.9× 2.4k 0.4× 7.2k 1.2× 4.0k 1.2× 1.2k 0.4× 324 15.7k
Dieter Ebert Switzerland 67 9.4k 1.1× 3.1k 0.5× 3.6k 0.6× 5.7k 1.7× 688 0.2× 280 18.0k
Nick Barton United Kingdom 76 19.3k 2.3× 2.2k 0.3× 9.1k 1.5× 5.2k 1.5× 1.4k 0.5× 251 26.9k
John N. Thompson United States 67 6.6k 0.8× 6.5k 1.0× 13.1k 2.2× 6.6k 1.9× 1.1k 0.4× 166 23.6k
Arnaud Estoup France 69 15.6k 1.9× 5.4k 0.9× 7.1k 1.2× 8.0k 2.3× 1.6k 0.5× 161 23.6k
M. P. Hassell United Kingdom 66 5.7k 0.7× 5.9k 0.9× 7.0k 1.2× 6.7k 2.0× 571 0.2× 139 19.7k
Volker Loeschcke Denmark 66 8.6k 1.0× 3.8k 0.6× 5.0k 0.8× 9.8k 2.9× 1.4k 0.4× 404 18.5k
Franck Courchamp France 64 4.8k 0.6× 3.1k 0.5× 5.4k 0.9× 12.8k 3.8× 4.8k 1.6× 216 23.4k
Alan R. Templeton United States 64 15.4k 1.8× 2.1k 0.3× 7.0k 1.2× 7.2k 2.1× 2.0k 0.6× 235 25.9k
Anthony R. Ives United States 74 4.2k 0.5× 3.7k 0.6× 10.1k 1.7× 8.6k 2.5× 2.9k 0.9× 243 23.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Turelli, Michael, Paul Ginsberg, Daniel R. Matute, & Brandon S. Cooper. (2020). Wolbachia in the Drosophila yakuba Complex: Pervasive Frequency Variation and Weak Cytoplasmic Incompatibility, but No Apparent Effect on Reproductive Isolation. UNC Libraries. 2 indexed citations
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Conner, William R., et al.. (2019). Loss of cytoplasmic incompatibility and minimal fecundity effects explain relatively low Wolbachia frequencies in Drosophila mauritiana. Evolution. 73(6). 1278–1295. 54 indexed citations
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Christensen, Steen, et al.. (2019). Quantitative methods for assessing local and bodywide contributions to Wolbachia titer in maternal germline cells of Drosophila. BMC Microbiology. 19(1). 206–206. 17 indexed citations
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Grimaldi, David A., Paul Ginsberg, Shane F. McEvey, et al.. (2015). Strange Little Flies in the Big City: Exotic Flower-Breeding Drosophilidae (Diptera) in Urban Los Angeles. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0122575–e0122575. 13 indexed citations
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Carrington, Lauren B., et al.. (2011). A Re-Examination of Wolbachia-Induced Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in California Drosophila simulans. PLoS ONE. 6(7). e22565–e22565. 39 indexed citations
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Turelli, Michael. (2009). CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY IN POPULATIONS WITH OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS. Evolution. 64(1). 232–241. 138 indexed citations
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Haygood, Ralph & Michael Turelli. (2008). EVOLUTION OF INCOMPATIBILITY-INDUCING MICROBES IN SUBDIVIDED HOST POPULATIONS. Evolution. 63(2). 432–447. 37 indexed citations
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Weeks, Andrew R., Michael Turelli, William R. Harcombe, K. Tracy Reynolds, & Ary A. Hoffmann. (2007). From Parasite to Mutualist: Rapid Evolution of Wolbachia in Natural Populations of Drosophila. PLoS Biology. 5(5). e114–e114. 336 indexed citations
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Turelli, Michael & Nick Barton. (2004). Polygenic Variation Maintained by Balancing Selection: Pleiotropy, Sex-Dependent Allelic Effects andG×EInteractions. Genetics. 166(2). 1053–1079. 186 indexed citations
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Field, L. M., Anthony A. James, Michael Turelli, & Ary A. Hoffmann. (1999). Microbe‐induced cytoplasmic incompatibility as a mechanism for introducing transgenes into arthropod populations. Insect Molecular Biology. 8(2). 243–255. 139 indexed citations
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Hines, W. G. S. & Michael Turelli. (1997). Multilocus Evolutionarily Stable Strategy Models: Additive Effects. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 187(3). 379–388. 3 indexed citations
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Turelli, Michael & Ary A. Hoffmann. (1995). Cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila simulans: dynamics and parameter estimates from natural populations.. Genetics. 140(4). 1319–1338. 412 indexed citations
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Turelli, Michael & Nick Barton. (1994). Genetic and statistical analyses of strong selection on polygenic traits: what, me normal?. Genetics. 138(3). 913–941. 222 indexed citations
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Barton, N. H. & Michael Turelli. (1991). Natural and sexual selection on many loci.. Genetics. 127(1). 229–255. 266 indexed citations
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Turelli, Michael & Ary A. Hoffmann. (1991). Rapid spread of an inherited incompatibility factor in California Drosophila. Nature. 353(6343). 440–442. 511 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hoffmann, Ary A. & Michael Turelli. (1990). Cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila simulans.. 4 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Ary A., Michael Turelli, & Lawrence G. Harshman. (1990). Factors affecting the distribution of cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila simulans.. Genetics. 126(4). 933–948. 386 indexed citations breakdown →
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Riska, Bruce, Timothy Prout, & Michael Turelli. (1989). Laboratory estimates of heritabilities and genetic correlations in nature.. Genetics. 123(4). 865–871. 146 indexed citations
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Turelli, Michael & Ary A. Hoffmann. (1988). Effects of starvation and experience on the response of Drosophila to alternative resources. Oecologia. 77(4). 497–505. 12 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Ary A. & Michael Turelli. (1988). Unidirectional incompatibility in Drosophila simulans: inheritance, geographic variation and fitness effects.. Genetics. 119(2). 435–444. 193 indexed citations

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