Paul D. Waters

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Paul D. Waters is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul D. Waters has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Genetics, 44 papers in Molecular Biology and 39 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Paul D. Waters's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (39 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (36 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers). Paul D. Waters is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (39 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (36 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers). Paul D. Waters collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Spain. Paul D. Waters's co-authors include Jennifer A. Marshall Graves, Frank Grützner, Terence J. Robinson, Janine E. Deakin, Angélica Liechti, Deborah Toledo‐Flores, Henrik Kaessmann, Ray M. Marín, Diego Cortez and Margaret L. Delbridge and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Paul D. Waters

70 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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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.

Origins and functional evolution of Y chromosomes across mammals

2014 365 citations Paul D. Waters, Frank Grützner et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul D. Waters Australia	25	1.7k	1.2k	1.1k	256	154	73	2.4k
Willem Rens United Kingdom	29	1.8k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	296 1.2×	103 0.7×	54	2.6k
I. Nanda Germany	28	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	206 0.8×	120 0.8×	61	2.4k
Kazumi Matsubara Japan	24	1.3k 0.7×	687 0.6×	842 0.8×	405 1.6×	73 0.5×	51	2.1k
Chizuko Nishida‐Umehara Japan	22	1.5k 0.9×	690 0.6×	999 0.9×	237 0.9×	130 0.8×	41	1.9k
David Brawand Switzerland	8	944 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	334 0.3×	207 0.8×	119 0.8×	10	2.2k
Heinz Winking Germany	29	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	992 0.9×	208 0.8×	155 1.0×	110	2.7k
Beatriz Viçoso Austria	21	1.9k 1.1×	750 0.6×	864 0.8×	629 2.5×	53 0.3×	42	2.3k
Miguel Burgos Spain	25	939 0.5×	756 0.7×	576 0.5×	176 0.7×	325 2.1×	83	1.6k
Jiřı́ Forejt Czechia	32	2.0k 1.1×	1.6k 1.4×	814 0.8×	225 0.9×	223 1.4×	94	3.1k
John Parsch Germany	30	2.2k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	427 0.4×	964 3.8×	49 0.3×	59	3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul D. Waters

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20 of 20 papers shown

Edwards, Richard J., Terry Bertozzi, Jillian M. Hammond, et al.. (2025). A genome assembly and annotation for the Australian alpine skink Bassiana duperreyi using long-read technologies. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 15(6).

Patel, Hardip R., Hyungtaek Jung, Jillian M. Hammond, et al.. (2025). A near telomere-to-telomere phased genome assembly and annotation for the Australian central bearded dragon Pogona vitticeps. GigaScience. 14.

Waters, Paul D., et al.. (2024). Invasion and Amplification of Endogenous Retroviruses in Dasyuridae Marsupial Genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(8). 1 indexed citations

Patel, Hardip R., Shafagh A. Waters, Alexandra Livernois, et al.. (2024). Incomplete transcriptional dosage compensation of chicken and platypus sex chromosomes is balanced by post-transcriptional compensation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(32). e2322360121–e2322360121. 5 indexed citations

Grady, Patrick G. S., Donna M. Bond, Timothy A. Hore, et al.. (2024). Imprinted X chromosome inactivation in marsupials: The paternal X arrives at the egg with a silent DNA methylation profile. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(36). e2412185121–e2412185121. 1 indexed citations

Solé, M, Roberto de la Fuente, Marilyn B. Renfree, et al.. (2023). Divergent patterns of meiotic double strand breaks and synapsis initiation dynamics suggest an evolutionary shift in the meiosis program between American and Australian marsupials. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11. 1147610–1147610. 4 indexed citations

Vara, Covadonga, Soledad Berríos, Raúl Fernández‐Donoso, et al.. (2022). Strategies for meiotic sex chromosome dynamics and telomeric elongation in Marsupials. PLoS Genetics. 18(2). e1010040–e1010040. 15 indexed citations

Youngson, Neil A., et al.. (2022). A role for a novel natural antisense-BDNF in the maintenance of nicotine-seeking. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100010–100010. 2 indexed citations

Russo, Alice, et al.. (2021). Ancient viral integrations in marsupials: a potential antiviral defence. Virus Evolution. 7(2). veab076–veab076. 9 indexed citations

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Waters, Paul D., Hardip R. Patel, Aurora Ruiz‐Herrera, et al.. (2021). Microchromosomes are building blocks of bird, reptile, and mammal chromosomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(45). 93 indexed citations

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O’Meally, Denis, et al.. (2020). MicroRNA dynamics during hibernation of the Australian central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps). Scientific Reports. 10(1). 17854–17854. 6 indexed citations

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Waters, Paul D. & Aurora Ruiz‐Herrera. (2020). Meiotic Executioner Genes Protect the Y from Extinction. Trends in Genetics. 36(10). 728–738. 23 indexed citations

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Vara, Covadonga, Andreu Paytuví-Gallart, Yasmina Cuartero, et al.. (2019). Three-Dimensional Genomic Structure and Cohesin Occupancy Correlate with Transcriptional Activity during Spermatogenesis. Cell Reports. 28(2). 352–367.e9. 108 indexed citations

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O’Meally, Denis, et al.. (2019). Waking the sleeping dragon: gene expression profiling reveals adaptive strategies of the hibernating reptile Pogona vitticeps. BMC Genomics. 20(1). 460–460. 22 indexed citations

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Mills, James D., Tomas Kavanagh, Woojin S. Kim, et al.. (2015). High expression of long intervening non-coding RNA OLMALINC in the human cortical white matter is associated with regulation of oligodendrocyte maturation. Molecular Brain. 8(1). 2–2. 27 indexed citations

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Waters, Paul D., et al.. (2009). Physical mapping of the elephant X chromosome: conservation of gene order over 105 million years. Chromosome Research. 17(7). 917–926. 51 indexed citations

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Veyrunes, Frédéric, Paul D. Waters, Pat Miethke, et al.. (2008). Bird-like sex chromosomes of platypus imply recent origin of mammal sex chromosomes. Genome Research. 18(6). 965–973. 235 indexed citations

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Wallis, Michael, Paul D. Waters, & Jennifer A. Marshall Graves. (2008). Sex determination in mammals — Before and after the evolution of SRY. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 65(20). 3182–3195. 86 indexed citations

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Carvalho‐Silva, Denise, Rachel J. O’Neill, Judith Brown, et al.. (2004). Molecular characterization and evolution of X and Y-borne ATRX homologues in American marsupials. Chromosome Research. 12(8). 795–804. 10 indexed citations

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Waters, Paul D., et al.. (2001). The human Y chromosome derives largely from a single autosomal region added to the sex chromosomes 80–130 million years ago. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 92(1-2). 74–79. 87 indexed citations

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