Montgomery Slatkin

75.2k total citations · 21 hit papers
229 papers, 39.1k citations indexed

About

Montgomery Slatkin is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Montgomery Slatkin has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 39.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 160 papers in Genetics, 50 papers in Molecular Biology and 32 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Montgomery Slatkin's work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (80 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (66 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (50 papers). Montgomery Slatkin is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (80 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (66 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (50 papers). Montgomery Slatkin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Montgomery Slatkin's co-authors include R R Hudson, Laurent Excoffier, Wayne P. Maddison, Nick Barton, Nelson B. Freimer, Raymond B. Huey, Ana M. Valdes, Russell Lande, Éric Durand and Amy Peterson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Montgomery Slatkin

227 papers receiving 36.8k citations

Hit Papers

Gene Flow and the Geograp... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1987 1995 1993 1991 1995 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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  1. Gene Flow and the Geographic Structure of Natural Populations
    1987 3.1k citations Montgomery Slatkin Science profile →
  2. A measure of population subdivision based on microsatellite allele frequencies.
    1995 3.0k citations Montgomery Slatkin Genetics profile →
  3. ISOLATION BY DISTANCE IN EQUILIBRIUM AND NON-EQUILIBRIUM POPULATIONS
    1993 2.1k citations Montgomery Slatkin Evolution profile →
  4. Pairwise comparisons of mitochondrial DNA sequences in stable and exponentially growing populations.
    1991 2.0k citations Montgomery Slatkin et al. Genetics profile →
  5. Maximum-likelihood estimation of molecular haplotype frequencies in a diploid population.
    1995 1.6k citations Laurent Excoffier, Montgomery Slatkin profile →
  6. Estimation of levels of gene flow from DNA sequence data.
    1992 1.4k citations Montgomery Slatkin, Wayne P. Maddison et al. Genetics profile →
  7. Mutational processes of simple-sequence repeat loci in human populations.
    1994 1.3k citations Ana M. Valdes, Montgomery Slatkin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  8. A COMPARISON OF THREE INDIRECT METHODS FOR ESTIMATING AVERAGE LEVELS OF GENE FLOW
    1989 1.1k citations Montgomery Slatkin et al. Evolution profile →
  9. RARE ALLELES AS INDICATORS OF GENE FLOW
    1985 1.1k citations Montgomery Slatkin Evolution profile →
  10. Linkage disequilibrium — understanding the evolutionary past and mapping the medical future
    2008 952 citations Montgomery Slatkin profile →
  11. Cost and Benefits of Lizard Thermoregulation
    1976 890 citations Montgomery Slatkin et al. profile →
  12. Testing for Ancient Admixture between Closely Related Populations
    2011 865 citations Éric Durand, Montgomery Slatkin et al. profile →
  13. Isolation by Distance in Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Populations
    1993 823 citations Montgomery Slatkin Evolution profile →
  14. A cladistic measure of gene flow inferred from the phylogenies of alleles.
    1989 656 citations Montgomery Slatkin, Wayne P. Maddison Genetics profile →
  15. GENE FLOW AND SELECTION IN A CLINE
    1973 619 citations Montgomery Slatkin Genetics profile →
  16. Gene flow and genetic drift in a species subject to frequent local extinctions
    1977 516 citations Montgomery Slatkin Theoretical Population Biology profile →
  17. A Quasi-equilibrium theory of the distribution of rare alleles in a subdivided population
    1986 494 citations Montgomery Slatkin et al. profile →
  18. ECOLOGICAL CAUSES OF SEXUAL DIMORPHISM
    1984 471 citations Montgomery Slatkin Evolution profile →
  19. A NEO‐DARWINIAN COMMENTARY ON MACROEVOLUTION
    1982 443 citations Russell Lande, Montgomery Slatkin et al. Evolution profile →
  20. Hedging one's evolutionary bets
    1974 370 citations Montgomery Slatkin profile →
  21. 40,000-Year-Old Individual from Asia Provides Insight into Early Population Structure in Eurasia
    2017 131 citations Melinda A. Yang, Christoph Theunert 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
Montgomery Slatkin United States 81 24.7k 9.6k 8.9k 8.7k 5.8k 229 39.1k
Alan R. Templeton United States 64 15.4k 0.6× 7.2k 0.8× 7.0k 0.8× 5.8k 0.7× 3.4k 0.6× 235 25.9k
John C. Avise United States 91 21.7k 0.9× 11.8k 1.2× 8.8k 1.0× 9.6k 1.1× 3.2k 0.5× 367 36.0k
Peter E. Smouse United States 36 25.1k 1.0× 12.9k 1.4× 10.9k 1.2× 9.5k 1.1× 12.9k 2.2× 78 44.9k
Peter Donnelly United Kingdom 66 35.2k 1.4× 8.2k 0.9× 6.5k 0.7× 17.6k 2.0× 11.3k 1.9× 208 61.2k
Nick Barton United Kingdom 76 19.3k 0.8× 5.2k 0.5× 9.1k 1.0× 4.6k 0.5× 4.4k 0.8× 251 26.9k
William R. Rice United States 57 17.8k 0.7× 9.0k 0.9× 13.2k 1.5× 4.3k 0.5× 3.6k 0.6× 117 31.5k
Michael Lynch United States 99 22.1k 0.9× 7.4k 0.8× 6.8k 0.8× 18.4k 2.1× 8.6k 1.5× 425 42.4k
Jérôme Goudet Switzerland 46 26.0k 1.1× 11.4k 1.2× 10.0k 1.1× 7.0k 0.8× 10.0k 1.7× 124 39.3k
Richard Frankham Australia 65 18.2k 0.7× 11.6k 1.2× 7.1k 0.8× 3.9k 0.5× 3.4k 0.6× 150 28.3k
François Rousset France 63 26.3k 1.1× 12.1k 1.3× 9.2k 1.0× 7.6k 0.9× 5.1k 0.9× 178 41.7k

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All Works

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Schmidt, Hanno, Yoosook Lee, Travis C. Collier, et al.. (2019). Transcontinental dispersal of Anopheles gambiae occurred from West African origin via serial founder events. Communications Biology. 2(1). 473–473. 13 indexed citations
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Lee, Yoosook, Hanno Schmidt, Travis C. Collier, et al.. (2019). Genome-wide divergence among invasive populations of Aedes aegypti in California. BMC Genomics. 20(1). 204–204. 37 indexed citations
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Theunert, Christoph, Fernando Racimo, & Montgomery Slatkin. (2017). Joint Estimation of Relatedness Coefficients and Allele Frequencies from Ancient Samples. Genetics. 206(2). 1025–1035. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Melinda A. & Montgomery Slatkin. (2015). Using Ancient Samples in Projection Analysis. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 6(1). 99–105. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Melinda A., Kelley Harris, & Montgomery Slatkin. (2014). The Projection of a Test Genome onto a Reference Population and Applications to Humans and Archaic Hominins. Genetics. 198(4). 1655–1670. 5 indexed citations
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Wall, Jeffrey D., Melinda A. Yang, Flora Jay, et al.. (2013). Higher Levels of Neanderthal Ancestry in East Asians than in Europeans. Genetics. 194(1). 199–209. 164 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Arne, Mélanie Pruvost, Monika Reißmann, et al.. (2009). Coat Color Variation at the Beginning of Horse Domestication. Science. 324(5926). 485–485. 202 indexed citations
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Rohland, Nadin, Anna‐Sapfo Malaspinas, Joshua L. Pollack, et al.. (2007). Proboscidean Mitogenomics: Chronology and Mode of Elephant Evolution Using Mastodon as Outgroup. PLoS Biology. 5(8). e207–e207. 139 indexed citations
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Galvani, Alison P. & Montgomery Slatkin. (2003). Evaluating plague and smallpox as historical selective pressures for the CCR5-Δ32 HIV-resistance allele. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(25). 15276–15279. 185 indexed citations
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O’Hely, Martin & Montgomery Slatkin. (2003). The loss of statistical power to distinguish populations when certain samples are ambiguous. Theoretical Population Biology. 64(2). 177–192. 3 indexed citations
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Slatkin, Montgomery, Michel Veuille, & Gustave Malécot. (2002). Modern developments in theoretical population genetics : the legacy of Gustave Malécot. Oxford University Press eBooks. 26 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Rasmus & Montgomery Slatkin. (2000). LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS OF ONGOING GENE FLOW AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. Evolution. 54(1). 44–50. 46 indexed citations
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Excoffier, Laurent & Montgomery Slatkin. (1998). Incorporating Genotypes of Relatives into a Test of Linkage Disequilibrium. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 62(1). 171–180. 86 indexed citations
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Slatkin, Montgomery. (1995). Exploring evolutionary biology : readings from American scientist. 3 indexed citations
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Valdes, Ana M., Montgomery Slatkin, & Nelson B. Freimer. (1993). Allele frequencies at microsatellite loci: the stepwise mutation model revisited.. Genetics. 133(3). 737–749. 489 indexed citations
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Slatkin, Montgomery & Wayne P. Maddison. (1989). A cladistic measure of gene flow inferred from the phylogenies of alleles.. Genetics. 123(3). 603–613. 656 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lenski, Richard E., Montgomery Slatkin, & Francisco J. Ayala. (1989). Mutation and selection in bacterial populations: alternatives to the hypothesis of directed mutation.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 86(8). 2775–2778. 62 indexed citations
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Strathmann, Richard R. & Montgomery Slatkin. (1983). The improbability of animal phyla with few species. Paleobiology. 9(2). 97–106. 41 indexed citations
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Slatkin, Montgomery & Russell Lande. (1976). Niche Width in a Fluctuating Environment-Density Independent Model. The American Naturalist. 110(971). 31–55. 130 indexed citations

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