Timothy B. Sackton

11.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Timothy B. Sackton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy B. Sackton has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 33 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Timothy B. Sackton's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (24 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (20 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (8 papers). Timothy B. Sackton is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (24 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (20 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (8 papers). Timothy B. Sackton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Timothy B. Sackton's co-authors include Andrew G. Clark, Daniel L. Hartl, Brian P. Lazzaro, Russell Corbett‐Detig, Scott V. Edwards, Todd A. Schlenke, David M. Rand, Thomas J. White, Mark D. Adams and Melissa J. Hubisz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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Timothy B. Sackton

56 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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A Scan for Positively Selected Genes in the Genomes of Humans and Chimpanzees

2005 699 citations Rasmus Nielsen, Carlos D. Bustamante et al. PLoS Biology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Multispecies pangenomes reveal a pervasive influence of population size on structural variation 2025 ·Science ·Scott V. Edwards, Bohao Fang, Danielle E. Khost, (unknown), (unknown), Devon A. DeRaad, Nancy Chen, John W. Fitzpatrick, John E. McCormack, W. Chris Funk, Cameron K. Ghalambor, Erik Garrison, Andrea Guarracino, Heng Li, Timothy B. Sackton	1
2	Building better genome annotations across the tree of life 2025 ·Genome Research ·Adam H. Freedman, Timothy B. Sackton	1
3	Practical Guidance and Workflows for Identifying Fast Evolving Non-Coding Genomic Elements Using PhyloAcc 2024 ·Integrative and Comparative Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Subir B. Shakya, Zhirui Hu, Jun S. Liu, Timothy B. Sackton, Scott V. Edwards	2
4	A nuclear genome assembly of an extinct flightless bird, the little bush moa 2024 ·Science Advances ·Scott V. Edwards, Alison Cloutier, (unknown), (unknown), Phil Grayson, Kazutaka Katoh, Maude W. Baldwin, Timothy B. Sackton, Allan J. Baker	1
5	A Fast, Reproducible, High-throughput Variant Calling Workflow for Population Genomics 2023 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), Allison J. Shultz, Gregg W.C. Thomas, Sara J. Smith, (unknown), Brian J. Arnold, (unknown), Erik D. Enbody, Timothy B. Sackton	19
6	Sizing Up the Onychophoran Genome: Repeats, Introns, and Gene Family Expansion Contribute to Genome Gigantism inEpiperipatus broadwayi 2023 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), (unknown), Bruno A. S. de Medeiros, Danielle E. Khost, Timothy B. Sackton, Gonzalo Giribet	4
7	Expanding on Our Knowledge of Ecdysozoan Genomes: A Contiguous Assembly of the Meiofaunal Priapulan Tubiluchus corallicola 2023 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), (unknown), Bruno A. S. de Medeiros, (unknown), Danielle E. Khost, Timothy B. Sackton, Gonzalo Giribet	6
8	Genomic signature of sexual reproduction in the bdelloid rotifer Macrotrachella quadricornifera 2021 ·Genetics ·Veronika N. Laine, Timothy B. Sackton, Matthew Meselson	20
9	Early origin of sweet perception in the songbird radiation 2021 ·Science ·Yasuka Toda, Meng‐Ching Ko, (unknown), Eliot T. Miller, Alejandro Rico‐Guevara, Tomoya Nakagita, (unknown), (unknown), Timothy B. Sackton, Takashi Hayakawa, Simon Yung Wa Sin, Yoshiro Ishimaru, Takumi Misaka, Pablo Oteíza, James D. Crall, Scott V. Edwards, William A. Buttemer, Shuichi Matsumura, Maude W. Baldwin	33
10	Deeply Altered Genome Architecture in the Endoparasitic Flowering Plant Sapria himalayana Griff. (Rafflesiaceae) 2021 ·Current Biology ·Liming Cai, Brian Arnold, Zhenxiang Xi, Danielle E. Khost, Niki Patel, (unknown), M. Sugumaran, (unknown), Lachezar A. Nikolov, Sarah Mathews, Timothy B. Sackton, Charles C. Davis	79
11	Evaluating single-cell cluster stability using the Jaccard similarity index 2020 ·Bioinformatics ·(unknown), Yasin Kaymaz, Brandon L. Logeman, Stephen W. Eichhorn, Zhengzheng Liang, Catherine Dulac, Timothy B. Sackton	59
12	Error, noise and bias in de novo transcriptome assemblies 2020 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·Adam H. Freedman, Michèle Clamp, Timothy B. Sackton	40
13	Evolutionary Dynamics of Sex Chromosomes of Paleognathous Birds 2019 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Luohao Xu, Simon Yung Wa Sin, Phil Grayson, Scott V. Edwards, Timothy B. Sackton	35
14	Whole-Genome Analyses Resolve the Phylogeny of Flightless Birds (Palaeognathae) in the Presence of an Empirical Anomaly Zone 2019 ·Systematic Biology ·Alison Cloutier, Timothy B. Sackton, Phil Grayson, Michèle Clamp, Allan J. Baker, Scott V. Edwards	82
15	Rapid expansion of immune-related gene families in the house fly, Musca domestica 2016 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Timothy B. Sackton, Brian P. Lazzaro, Andrew G. Clark	28
16	Genotypic Context and Epistasis in Individuals and Populations 2016 ·Cell ·Timothy B. Sackton, Daniel L. Hartl	84
17	Genes Involved in the Evolution of Herbivory by a Leaf-Mining, Drosophilid Fly 2012 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Noah K. Whiteman, Andrew D. Gloss, Timothy B. Sackton, Simon C. Groen, Parris T. Humphrey, Richard T. Lapoint, Ida E. Sønderby, Barbara Ann Halkier, Christine Kocks, Frederick M. Ausubel, Naomi E. Pierce	44
18	A Scan for Positively Selected Genes in the Genomes of Humans and Chimpanzees breakdown → 2005 ·PLoS Biology ·Rasmus Nielsen, Carlos D. Bustamante, Andrew G. Clark, Stephen Glanowski, Timothy B. Sackton, Melissa J. Hubisz, Adi Fledel-Alon, David M. Tanenbaum, Daniel Civello, Thomas J. White, John J. Sninsky, Mark D. Adams, Michele Cargill	699
19	The effects of dietary coenzyme Q on Drosophila life span 2003 ·Aging Cell ·Michael R. Palmer, Timothy B. Sackton	9
20	CYTONUCLEAR COADAPTATION IN DROSOPHILA: DISRUPTION OF CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE ACTIVITY IN BACKCROSS GENOTYPES 2003 ·Evolution ·Timothy B. Sackton, Robert A. Haney, David M. Rand	151

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