R.M. Speed

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

R.M. Speed is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, R.M. Speed has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Genetics, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in R.M. Speed's work include Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (26 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (25 papers) and Sperm and Testicular Function (17 papers). R.M. Speed is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (26 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (25 papers) and Sperm and Testicular Function (17 papers). R.M. Speed collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Germany. R.M. Speed's co-authors include Mary Taggart, Howard J. Cooke, A. C. Chandley, Ann C. Chandley, Philippa T. K. Saunders, Matteo Ruggiu, Fiona Kilanowski, Julia R. Dorin, Stewart McKay and P Goetz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

R.M. Speed

61 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

The mouse Dazla gene encodes a cytoplasmic protein essential for gametogenesis

1997 527 citations Matteo Ruggiu, R.M. Speed et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R.M. Speed United Kingdom	34	2.3k	2.2k	1.1k	1.0k	722	61	3.9k
Franck Pellestor France	36	1.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	685 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	143	4.0k
Charles Hanson Sweden	26	1.0k 0.4×	969 0.4×	213 0.2×	138 0.1×	346 0.5×	71	2.2k
Carol A. Ziomek United States	27	3.0k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	659 0.6×	117 0.1×	2.4k 3.4×	53	4.3k
I. Hansmann Germany	30	1.0k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	169 0.2×	528 0.5×	497 0.7×	129	2.7k
Ching‐Shwun Lin United States	25	1.1k 0.5×	666 0.3×	134 0.1×	274 0.3×	144 0.2×	56	2.5k
Giuseppe Pilia United States	23	2.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	329 0.3×	151 0.1×	449 0.6×	41	2.9k
I. Liebærs Belgium	35	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	171 0.2×	1.0k 1.4×	81	3.9k
Huili Zheng United States	27	2.0k 0.8×	755 0.3×	914 0.9×	175 0.2×	688 1.0×	47	3.1k
Joy Delhanty United Kingdom	36	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	312 0.3×	475 0.5×	889 1.2×	104	4.1k
Guangxiu Lu China	30	1.6k 0.7×	848 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	113 0.1×	1.2k 1.7×	229	3.2k

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Öllinger, Rupert, Andrew J. Childs, Hannah M. Burgess, et al.. (2008). Deletion of the Pluripotency-Associated Tex19.1 Gene Causes Activation of Endogenous Retroviruses and Defective Spermatogenesis in Mice. PLoS Genetics. 4(9). e1000199–e1000199. 58 indexed citations

Speed, R.M., et al.. (2003). Spermatogenesis in testes of Dazl null mice after transplantation of wild-type germ cells. Reproduction. 126(5). 599–604. 24 indexed citations

Armstrong, Susan J., Alastair S. H. Goldman, R.M. Speed, & Maj Hultén. (2000). Meiotic Studies of a Human Male Carrier of the Common Translocation, t(11;22), Suggests Postzygotic Selection rather than Preferential 3:1 MI Segregation as the Cause of Liveborn Offspring with an Unbalanced Translocation. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 67(3). 601–609. 28 indexed citations

Jordan, Siobhán A., R.M. Speed, Florence Bernex, & Ian J. Jackson. (1999). Deficiency of Trp53 Rescues the Male Fertility Defects of KitW-v Mice but Has No Effect on the Survival of Melanocytes and Mast Cells. Developmental Biology. 215(1). 78–90. 28 indexed citations

Vogel, Tanja, R.M. Speed, Peter Teague, & Howard J. Cooke. (1999). Mice with Y chromosome deletion and reduced Rbm genes on a heterozygous Dazl1 null background mimic a human azoospermic factor phenotype. Human Reproduction. 14(12). 3023–3029. 17 indexed citations

Ruggiu, Matteo, R.M. Speed, Mary Taggart, et al.. (1997). The mouse Dazla gene encodes a cytoplasmic protein essential for gametogenesis. Nature. 389(6646). 73–77. 527 indexed citations breakdown →

Chandley, A. C. & R.M. Speed. (1995). A reassessment of Y chromosomal behaviour in germ cells and Sertoli cells of the mouse as revealed by in situ hybridisation. Chromosoma. 104(4). 282–286. 4 indexed citations

Kofman‐Alfaro, Susana, et al.. (1994). Condensation behaviour of the human X chromosome in male germ cells and Sertoli cells examined by fluorescencein situ hybridization. Chromosome Research. 2(6). 439–444. 8 indexed citations

Ma, Kun, John D. Inglis, Andrew Sharkey, et al.. (1993). A Y chromosome gene family with RNA-binding protein homology: Candidates for the azoospermia factor AZF controlling human spermatogenesis. Cell. 75(7). 1287–1295. 421 indexed citations

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Speed, R.M., et al.. (1991). Persistence of two Y chromosomes through meiotic prophase and metaphase I in an XYY man. Human Genetics. 87(4). 416–20. 45 indexed citations

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Speed, R.M. & A. C. Chandley. (1990). Prophase of meiosis in human spermatocytes analysed by EM microspreading in infertile men and their controls and comparisons with human oocytes. Human Genetics. 84(6). 547–54. 61 indexed citations

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Quack, B, R.M. Speed, J. M. Luciani, et al.. (1988). Meiotic analysis of two human reciprocal X-autosome translocations. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 48(1). 43–47. 48 indexed citations

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Chandley, A. C., T. B. Hargreave, S. McBeath, Amanda Mitchell, & R.M. Speed. (1987). Ring XY bivalent: a new phenomenon at metaphase I of meiosis in man.. Journal of Medical Genetics. 24(2). 101–106. 8 indexed citations

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Chandley, A. C., R.M. Speed, S. McBeath, & T. B. Hargreave. (1986). A human 9;20 reciprocal translocation associated with male infertility analyzed at prophase and metaphase I of meiosis. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 41(3). 145–153. 57 indexed citations

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Speed, R.M.. (1986). Abnormal RNA synthesis in sex vesicles of tertiary trisomie male mice. Chromosoma. 93(3). 267–270. 14 indexed citations

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Chandley, A.C., P Goetz, T. B. Hargreave, Ann Mary Joseph, & R.M. Speed. (1984). On the nature and extent of XY pairing at meiotic prophase in man. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 38(4). 241–247. 124 indexed citations

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Speed, R.M. & P. de Boer. (1983). Delayed meiotic development and correlated death of spermatocytes in male mice with chromosome abnormalities. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 35(4). 257–262. 10 indexed citations

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Horsman, Anthony, Christopher Nordin, Maggie Simpson, & R.M. Speed. (1982). Cortical and Trabecular Bone Status in Elderly Women with Femoral Neck Fracture. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 166(166). 143–151. 68 indexed citations

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Speed, R.M. & A. C. Chandley. (1981). The response of germ cells of the mouse to the induction of non-disjunction by X-rays. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 84(2). 409–418. 19 indexed citations

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Speed, R.M., Andrew Johnston, & H.J. Evans. (1976). Chromosome survey of total population of mentally subnormal in North-East of Scotland.. Journal of Medical Genetics. 13(4). 295–306. 45 indexed citations

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