Michael Westerman

5.2k total citations
116 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Westerman is a scholar working on Paleontology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Westerman has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Paleontology, 51 papers in Molecular Biology and 44 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Michael Westerman's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (67 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (41 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (32 papers). Michael Westerman is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (67 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (41 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (32 papers). Michael Westerman collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Westerman's co-authors include Carey Krajewski, Mark S. Springer, Robert W. Meredith, Larry Buckley, P. A. Woolley, Les Christidis, Mark J. Blacket, Angela Burk, Jennifer A. Marshall Graves and Axel Janke and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific Reports and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Westerman

114 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael Westerman 1.5k 1.1k 936 907 788 116 2.9k
John A. W. Kirsch 1.2k 0.8× 696 0.6× 567 0.6× 872 1.0× 589 0.7× 61 2.3k
Carey Krajewski 1.1k 0.7× 761 0.7× 727 0.8× 592 0.7× 608 0.8× 58 1.9k
Robin M. D. Beck 2.0k 1.3× 670 0.6× 650 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 1.0k 1.3× 65 3.4k
Todd R. Disotell 748 0.5× 932 0.8× 940 1.0× 680 0.7× 688 0.9× 71 3.3k
Enrique P. Lessa 1.3k 0.9× 565 0.5× 1.5k 1.7× 990 1.1× 1.8k 2.3× 90 3.4k
Anette Gullberg 912 0.6× 1.6k 1.5× 1.3k 1.4× 519 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 32 3.1k
Robert J. Asher 2.2k 1.5× 700 0.6× 593 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 792 1.0× 79 3.2k
Robert W. Meredith 926 0.6× 763 0.7× 581 0.6× 634 0.7× 704 0.9× 45 2.5k
Rutger Vos 739 0.5× 742 0.7× 636 0.7× 864 1.0× 761 1.0× 49 2.6k
Dorothée Huchon 1.1k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 931 1.0× 612 0.7× 1.2k 1.5× 69 3.4k

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All Works

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Baker, Andrew, et al.. (2024). Vicariant speciation resulting from biogeographic barriers in the Australian tropics: The case of the red‐cheeked dunnart (Sminthopsis virginiae). Ecology and Evolution. 14(8). e70215–e70215. 2 indexed citations
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Westerman, Michael, et al.. (2023). On the composition of Antechinomys (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae): how many species?. Australian Journal of Zoology. 70(3). 95–103. 6 indexed citations
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Adams, Mark, et al.. (2023). Hiding in plain sight: two new species of diminutive marsupial (Dasyuridae: Planigale) from the Pilbara, Australia. Zootaxa. 5330(1). 1–46. 5 indexed citations
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Westerman, Michael, et al.. (2021). Molecular relationships of the red-bellied dasyure (Phascolosorex doriae) – a rare marsupial from western New Guinea. Australian Mammalogy. 44(1). 182–184. 1 indexed citations
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Kear, Benjamin P., Ken Aplin, & Michael Westerman. (2016). Bandicoot fossils and DNA elucidate lineage antiquity amongst xeric-adapted Australasian marsupials. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 37537–37537. 10 indexed citations
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Meredith, Robert W., Michael Westerman, & Mark S. Springer. (2009). A phylogeny of Diprotodontia (Marsupialia) based on sequences for five nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 51(3). 554–571. 87 indexed citations
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Meredith, Robert W., Michael Westerman, & Mark S. Springer. (2008). A timescale and phylogeny for “Bandicoots” (Peramelemorphia: Marsupialia) based on sequences for five nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47(1). 1–20. 30 indexed citations
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Pharo, Elizabeth A., Jan‐Fang Cheng, Peter B. Frappell, et al.. (2006). Characterization of two whey protein genes in the Australian dasyurid marsupial, the stripe-faced dunnart <i>(Sminthopsis macroura)</i>. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 115(1). 62–69. 7 indexed citations
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Wheeler, David, Christophe Lefèvre, Jan‐Fang Cheng, et al.. (2004). Sequencing and mapping hemoglobin gene clusters in the Australian model dasyurid marsupial <i>Sminthopsis macroura</i>. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 108(4). 333–341. 13 indexed citations
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Amrine‐Madsen, Heather, Mark Scally, Michael Westerman, et al.. (2003). Nuclear gene sequences provide evidence for the monophyly of australidelphian marsupials. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 28(2). 186–196. 92 indexed citations
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Graves, Jennifer A. Marshall & Michael Westerman. (2002). Marsupial genetics and genomics. Trends in Genetics. 18(10). 517–521. 57 indexed citations
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Janke, Axel, Ola Magnell, Georg Wieczorek, Michael Westerman, & Úlfur Árnason. (2002). Phylogenetic Analysis of 18S rRNA and the Mitochondrial Genomes of the Wombat, Vombatus ursinus, and the Spiny Anteater, Tachyglossus aculeatus: Increased Support for the Marsupionta Hypothesis. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 54(1). 71–80. 69 indexed citations
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Greaves, Ian K., Marta Svartman, Matthew J. Wakefield, et al.. (2001). Chromosomal painting detects non-random chromosome arrangement in dasyurid marsupial sperm. Chromosome Research. 9(3). 251–259. 16 indexed citations
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Krajewski, Carey, Stephen Wroe, & Michael Westerman. (2000). Molecular evidence for the pattern and timing of cladogenesis in dasyurid marsupials. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 130(3). 375–404. 73 indexed citations
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Janke, Axel, Peter J. Waddell, Michael Westerman, et al.. (1998). Conflict Among Individual Mitochondrial Proteins in Resolving the Phylogeny of Eutherian Orders. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 47(3). 307–322. 161 indexed citations
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Burk, Angela, Michael Westerman, & Mark S. Springer. (1998). The Phylogenetic Position of the Musky Rat-Kangaroo and the Evolution of Bipedal Hopping in Kangaroos (Macropodidae: Diprotodontia). Systematic Biology. 47(3). 457–474. 58 indexed citations
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Westerman, Michael, et al.. (1993). The influence of growth medium on the yield of X-ray-induced chromatid exchanges in the presence and absence of aphidicolin. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 285(1). 13–18. 1 indexed citations
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Collet, C. & Michael Westerman. (1987). Interspecies comparison of the highly-repeated DNA of Australasian Luzula (Juncaceae). Genetica. 74(2). 95–103. 11 indexed citations
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Westerman, Michael. (1972). Dose-response of chiasma frequency to X-radiation in Chorthippus brunneus. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 15(1). 55–65. 7 indexed citations

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