Susan R. Wessler

26.0k citations

117 papers · 11.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 55

Co-authors: Ning Jiang Thomas E. Bureau Cédric Feschotte Nina V. Fedoroff Mavis Shure Xiaoyu Zhang L F Habera Marguerite J. Varagona
Topics: Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (72 papers)Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (45 papers)Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (31 papers)
Cited by: Plant Science Molecular Biology Genetics
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States Japan Azerbaijan

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Susan R. Wessler

116 papers receiving 10.9k 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.

Plant transposable elements: where genetics meets genomics

2002 731 citations Cédric Feschotte, Ning Jiang et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →
Molecular identification and isolation of the Waxy locus in maize

1983 665 citations Susan R. Wessler et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Genomic diversity generated by a transposable element burst in a rice recombinant inbred population 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jinfeng Chen,Lu Lu,Sofia Robb,Matthew A. Collin,Yutaka Okumoto,Jason Stajich,Susan R. Wessler	21
2	Functional characterization of the active Mutator-like transposable element, Muta1 from the mosquito Aedes aegypti 2017 ·Mobile DNA ·Kun Liu,Susan R. Wessler	11
3	Transposition of Mutator–like transposable elements (MULEs) resembles hAT and Transib elements and V(D)J recombination 2017 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Kun Liu,Susan R. Wessler	12
4	RelocaTE2: a high resolution transposable element insertion site mapping tool for population resequencing 2017 ·PeerJ ·Jinfeng Chen,Travis Wrightsman,Susan R. Wessler,Jason Stajich	29
5	Fine-scale variation in meiotic recombination in Mimulus inferred from population shotgun sequencing 2013 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Uffe Hellsten,Kevin M. Wright,Jerry Jenkins,Shengqiang Shu,Yao‐Wu Yuan,Susan R. Wessler,Jeremy Schmutz,John H. Willis,Daniel S. Rokhsar	142
6	Comparison of class 2 transposable elements at superfamily resolution reveals conserved and distinct features in cereal grass genomes 2013 ·BMC Genomics ·Yujun Han,Shanshan Qin,Susan R. Wessler	49
7	Unexpected consequences of a sudden and massive transposon amplification on rice gene expression 2009 ·Nature ·Ken Naito,Feng Zhang,Takuji Tsukiyama,Hiroki Saito,C. Nathan Hancock,Aaron O. Richardson,Yutaka Okumoto,Takatoshi Tanisaka,Susan R. Wessler	357
8	TARGeT: a web-based pipeline for retrieving and characterizing gene and transposable element families from genomic sequences 2009 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Yujun Han,James M. Burnette,Susan R. Wessler	30
9	Transposition of the rice miniature inverted repeat transposable element mPing in Arabidopsis thaliana 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Guojun Yang,Feng Zhang,C. Nathan Hancock,Susan R. Wessler	85
10	Genome-wide comparative analysis of the transposable elements in the related species Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica oleracea 2004 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xiaoyu Zhang,Susan R. Wessler	117
11	Using rice to understand the origin and amplification of miniature inverted repeat transposable elements (MITEs) 2004 ·Current Opinion in Plant Biology ·Ning Jiang,Cédric Feschotte,Xiaoyu Zhang,Susan R. Wessler	147
12	Homing into the origin of the AP2 DNA binding domain 2004 ·Trends in Plant Science ·Susan R. Wessler	113
13	Pack-MULE transposable elements mediate gene evolution in plants 2004 ·Nature ·Ning Jiang,Zhirong Bao,Xiaoyu Zhang,Sean R. Eddy,Susan R. Wessler	402
14	An active DNA transposon family in rice 2003 ·Nature ·Ning Jiang,Zhirong Bao,Xiaoyu Zhang,Hirohiko Hirochika,Sean R. Eddy,Susan R. McCouch,Susan R. Wessler	343
15	Plant transposable elements: where genetics meets genomicsbreakdown → 2002 ·Nature Reviews Genetics ·Cédric Feschotte,Ning Jiang,Susan R. Wessler	731
16	Integration of Cot Analysis, DNA Cloning, and High-Throughput Sequencing Facilitates Genome Characterization and Gene Discovery 2002 ·Genome Research ·Daniel G. Peterson,Stefan Schulze,(unknown),Scott Lee,John Bowers,(unknown),Ning Jiang,Deanne Tibbitts,Susan R. Wessler,Andrew H. Paterson	117
17	Efficient capture of unique sequences from eukaryotic genomes 2002 ·Trends in Genetics ·Daniel G. Peterson,Susan R. Wessler,Andrew H. Paterson	54
18	P instability factor: An active maize transposon system associated with the amplification of Tourist -like MITEs and a new superfamily of transposases 2001 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xiaoyu Zhang,Cédric Feschotte,Qiang Zhang,Ning Jiang,William B. Eggleston,Susan R. Wessler	121
19	Isolation and Characterization Of Rice R Genes: Evidence for Distinct Evolutionary Paths in Rice and Maize 1996 ·Genetics ·Jianping Hu,Beth Anderson,Susan R. Wessler	79
20	The splicing of transposable elements and its role in intron evolution 1992 ·Genetica ·Michael D. Purugganan,Susan R. Wessler	35

About Susan R. Wessler

Susan R. Wessler is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Architecture, having authored 117 papers that have together received 11.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (72 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (45 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (31 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (9.4k citations), Molecular Biology (7.1k citations) and Genetics (1.4k citations). Susan R. Wessler has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Azerbaijan. Frequent co-authors include Ning Jiang, Thomas E. Bureau, Cédric Feschotte, Nina V. Fedoroff, Mavis Shure, Xiaoyu Zhang, L F Habera, Marguerite J. Varagona, Michael D. Purugganan and Stephen L. Dellaporta. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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