Thomas D. Kocher

27.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
177 papers, 20.7k citations indexed

About

Thomas D. Kocher is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas D. Kocher has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 20.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Genetics, 64 papers in Molecular Biology and 43 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Thomas D. Kocher's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (55 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (48 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (40 papers). Thomas D. Kocher is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (55 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (48 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (40 papers). Thomas D. Kocher collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Thomas D. Kocher's co-authors include Axel Meyer, Allan C. Wilson, David M. Irwin, W. Kelley Thomas, Nicole T. Perna, Scott V. Edwards, Francis X. Villablanca, Alex C. C. Wilson, Svante Pääbo and R. Craig Albertson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas D. Kocher

175 papers receiving 19.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Dynamics of mitochondrial DNA evolution in animals: amplification and sequencing with conserved primers.

1989 4.3k citations Thomas D. Kocher et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Evolution of the cytochromeb gene of mammals

1991 2.0k citations Thomas D. Kocher et al. Journal of Molecular Evolution profile →
Patterns of nucleotide composition at fourfold degenerate sites of animal mitochondrial genomes

1995 1.2k citations Nicole T. Perna, Thomas D. Kocher Journal of Molecular Evolution profile →
Adaptive evolution and explosive speciation: the cichlid fish model

2004 802 citations Thomas D. Kocher profile →
Monophyletic origin of Lake Victoria cichlid fishes suggested by mitochondrial DNA sequences

1990 783 citations Thomas D. Kocher et al. profile →
Structure and evolution of teleost mitochondrial control regions

1995 617 citations Thomas D. Kocher et al. Journal of Molecular Evolution profile →
Mitochondrial DNA sequences in single hairs from a southern African population.

1989 444 citations Thomas D. Kocher et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A Tandem Duplicate of Anti-Müllerian Hormone with a Missense SNP on the Y Chromosome Is Essential for Male Sex Determination in Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

2015 310 citations Minghui Li, Linyan Zhou et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sex chromosome turnover and biodiversity in fishes 2024 ·Journal of genetics and genomics ·Jingrong Wang, Wenjing Tao, Thomas D. Kocher, Deshou Wang	6
2	Knockout of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome 5 (hps5) leads to red tilapia with reduced melanophores and iridophores 2023 ·Aquaculture ·(unknown), Thomas D. Kocher, Hao Liu, Zilong Wen, (unknown), Deshou Wang	4
3	CRISPR Knockouts of pmela and pmelb Engineered a Golden Tilapia by Regulating Relative Pigment Cell Abundance 2022 ·Journal of Heredity ·(unknown), Jia Xu, Thomas D. Kocher, Minghui Li, Deshou Wang	24
4	Identification of sex chromosome and sex-determining gene of southern catfish ( Silurus meridionalis ) based on XX, XY and YY genome sequencing 2022 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·(unknown), Wenjing Tao, Haowen Yang, Thomas D. Kocher, Zhijian Wang, Zuogang Peng, Jin Li, (unknown), (unknown), Deshou Wang	22
5	Identification, Expression and Evolution of Short-Chain Dehydrogenases/Reductases in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) 2021 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Shuai Zhang, Lang Xie, (unknown), Baoyue Lu, Wenjing Tao, Xiaoshuang Wang, Thomas D. Kocher, Linyan Zhou, Deshou Wang	10
6	Nile Tilapia: A Model for Studying Teleost Color Patterns 2021 ·Journal of Heredity ·(unknown), Baoyue Lu, Tao Li, (unknown), Mengmeng Xu, Xingyong Liu, Wenjing Tao, Linyan Zhou, Thomas D. Kocher, Deshou Wang	39
7	Movement of transposable elements contributes to cichlid diversity 2020 ·Molecular Ecology ·Karen L. Carleton, Matthew A. Conte, Milan Malinsky, Sri Pratima Nandamuri, Benjamin A. Sandkam, Joana I. Meier, Salome Mwaiko, Ole Seehausen, Thomas D. Kocher	17
8	Chromosome-scale assemblies reveal the structural evolution of African cichlid genomes 2019 ·GigaScience ·Matthew A. Conte, Rajesh Joshi, Emily C. Moore, Sri Pratima Nandamuri, William Gammerdinger, Reade B. Roberts, Karen L. Carleton, Sigbjørn Lien, Thomas D. Kocher	70
9	Transcriptome display during tilapia sex determination and differentiation as revealed by RNA-Seq analysis 2018 ·BMC Genomics ·Wenjing Tao, (unknown), (unknown), Jing Yang, Lina Sun, Jing Wei, Matthew A. Conte, Thomas D. Kocher, Deshou Wang	56
10	Novel sex chromosomes in three cichlid fishes from Lake Tanganyika 2018 ·Journal of Heredity ·William Gammerdinger, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Stephan Koblmüller, Thomas D. Kocher	4
11	Integrated cytogenetics and genomics analysis of transposable elements in the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus 2016 ·Molecular Genetics and Genomics ·Guilherme Targino Valente, Thomas D. Kocher, (unknown), Rafael Plana Simões, Cesar Martins	1
12	Lineage-Specific Expansion of Vomeronasal Type 2 Receptor-Like (OlfC) Genes in Cichlids May Contribute to Diversification of Amino Acid Detection Systems 2013 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Masato Nikaido, Hikoyu Suzuki, Atsushi Toyoda, Asao Fujiyama, Kimiko Hagino‐Yamagishi, Thomas D. Kocher, Karen L. Carleton, Norihiro Okada	20
13	Construction of Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Libraries for The Lake Malawi Cichlid ( Metriaclima Zebra ), And The Blind Cavefish ( Astyanax Mexicanus ) 2007 ·Zebrafish ·Federica Di Palma, Celeste E. Kidd, Richard Borowsky, Thomas D. Kocher	13
14	Genetic and developmental basis of cichlid trophic diversity 2006 ·Heredity ·R. Craig Albertson, Thomas D. Kocher	127
15	Integration and evolution of the cichlid mandible: The molecular basis of alternate feeding strategies 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·R. Craig Albertson, J. Todd Streelman, Thomas D. Kocher, Pamela C. Yelick	259
16	Fish Models for Studying Adaptive Evolution and Speciation 2005 ·Zebrafish ·Thomas D. Kocher	3
17	Visual pigments of African cichlid fishes: evidence for ultraviolet vision from microspectrophotometry and DNA sequences 2000 ·Vision Research ·Karen L. Carleton, Ferenc I. Hárosi, Thomas D. Kocher	94
18	Microsatellites DNA markers for genetics mapping in Oreochromis niloticus 1996 ·Journal of Fish Biology ·Thomas D. Kocher, (unknown)	1
19	Mitochondrial DNA: Molecular fossils in the nucleus 1996 ·Current Biology ·Nicole T. Perna, Thomas D. Kocher	86
20	Pathways of lysozyme evolution inferred from the sequences of cytochrome b in birds 1993 ·Journal of Molecular Evolution ·J. Kornegay, Thomas D. Kocher, (unknown), (unknown)	158

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