Ulrich Knief

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 859 citations indexed

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Ulrich Knief is a scholar working on Genetics, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ulrich Knief has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 859 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Genetics, 10 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Ulrich Knief's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (12 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (9 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (9 papers). Ulrich Knief is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (12 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (9 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (9 papers). Ulrich Knief collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and United Kingdom. Ulrich Knief's co-authors include Wolfgang Forstmeier, Bart Kempenaers, Jochen B. W. Wolf, André Franke, Matthias H. Weissensteiner, Simon C. Griffith, Michael Wittig, Georg Hemmrich‐Stanisak, Christen M. Bossu and Ana Catalán and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports.

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Ulrich Knief

28 papers receiving 848 citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Flexible use of multimodal communicative strategies in adult chimpanzees 2025 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Katerina Harvati, Ulrich Knief, Marlen Fröhlich	1
2	Evolution of Large Polymorphic Inversions in a Panmictic Songbird 2025 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), Wolfgang Forstmeier, Alexander Suh, (unknown), Iara A. Borges, Gabriel W. Low, Anne‐Marie Dion‐Côté, Ulrich Knief, Jochen B. W. Wolf, Bart Kempenaers	0
3	Characterization and distribution of de novo mutations in the zebra finch 2024 ·Communications Biology ·Xixi Liang, Shuai Yang, Daiping Wang, Ulrich Knief	2
4	Evolution of Chromosomal Inversions across an Avian Radiation 2024 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Ulrich Knief, (unknown), (unknown), Dirk Metzler, Michael D. Sorenson, Jochen B. W. Wolf	7
5	Wild and captive immature orangutans differ in their non-vocal communication with others, but not with their mothers 2024 ·Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology ·Marlen Fröhlich, Maria A. van Noordwijk, Tatang Mitra Setia, Carel P. van Schaik, Ulrich Knief	1
6	Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) epidemics in Baltic Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo colonies in 2021 and 2022 2024 ·Bird Study ·Thomas Bregnballe, (unknown), Anja Globig, Anne Günther, Christoph Staubach, (unknown), Timm Harder, Martin Beer, Ulrich Knief, Thomas Heinicke, (unknown), K. Lundström, Imbi Nurmoja, Yuan Liang, Lars Erik Larsen, Charlotte Kristiane Hjulsager, Anne Pohlmann, Anthony David Fox	3
7	Chromatin accessibility, not 5mC methylation covaries with partial dosage compensation in crows 2023 ·PLoS Genetics ·Ana Catalán, (unknown), Ulrich Knief, Jochen B. W. Wolf	4
8	Weak antagonistic fitness effects can maintain an inversion polymorphism 2023 ·Molecular Ecology ·(unknown), Wolfgang Forstmeier, Ulrich Knief, Bart Kempenaers	10
9	Individual variation and plasticity in the infant-directed communication of orang-utan mothers 2022 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Marlen Fröhlich, Carel P. van Schaik, Maria A. van Noordwijk, Ulrich Knief	12
10	Occasional paternal inheritance of the germline-restricted chromosome in songbirds 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Wolfgang Forstmeier, Francisco J. Ruíz-Ruano, Jakob C. Mueller, J. Cabrero, Juan Pedro M. Camacho, Juan de Dios Alché Ramírez, André Franke, Marc P. Hoeppner, (unknown), (unknown), Moritz Hertel, (unknown), Ulrich Knief, Alexander Suh, Bart Kempenaers	14
11	A sex chromosome inversion is associated with copy number variation of mitochondrial DNA in zebra finch sperm 2021 ·Royal Society Open Science ·Ulrich Knief, Wolfgang Forstmeier, Bart Kempenaers, Jochen B. W. Wolf	5
12	Assortative mating and epistatic mating‐trait architecture induce complex movement of the crow hybrid zone 2021 ·Evolution ·Dirk Metzler, Ulrich Knief, Joshua V. Peñalba, Jochen B. W. Wolf	11
13	Extra‐pair paternity as a strategy to reduce the costs of heterospecific reproduction? Insights from the crow hybrid zone 2020 ·Journal of Evolutionary Biology ·Ulrich Knief, Christen M. Bossu, Jochen B. W. Wolf	4
14	Discovery and population genomics of structural variation in a songbird genus 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Matthias H. Weissensteiner, Ignas Bunikis, Ana Catalán, Kees‐Jan Françoijs, Ulrich Knief, Wieland Heim, Valentina Peona, Saurabh D. Pophaly, Fritz J. Sedlazeck, Alexander Suh, Vera Warmuth, Jochen B. W. Wolf	89
15	Epistatic mutations under divergent selection govern phenotypic variation in the crow hybrid zone 2019 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Ulrich Knief, Christen M. Bossu, Nicola Saino, Bengt Hansson, Jelmer W. Poelstra, Nagarjun Vijay, Matthias H. Weissensteiner, Jochen B. W. Wolf	59
16	A sex-chromosome inversion causes strong overdominance for sperm traits that affect siring success 2017 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Ulrich Knief, Wolfgang Forstmeier, (unknown), Malika Ihle, Daiping Wang, Katrin Martin, (unknown), Jana Albrechtová, (unknown), André Franke, Tomáš Albrecht, Bart Kempenaers	61
17	Meiotic recombination shapes precision of pedigree- and marker-based estimates of inbreeding 2016 ·Heredity ·Ulrich Knief, Bart Kempenaers, Wolfgang Forstmeier	19
18	Fitness consequences of polymorphic inversions in the zebra finch genome 2016 ·Genome biology ·Ulrich Knief, Georg Hemmrich‐Stanisak, Michael Wittig, André Franke, Simon C. Griffith, Bart Kempenaers, Wolfgang Forstmeier	47
19	Quantifying realized inbreeding in wild and captive animal populations 2015 ·Heredity ·Ulrich Knief, Georg Hemmrich‐Stanisak, Michael Wittig, André Franke, Simon C. Griffith, Bart Kempenaers, Wolfgang Forstmeier	33
20	QTL and quantitative genetic analysis of beak morphology reveals patterns of standing genetic variation in an Estrildid finch 2012 ·Molecular Ecology ·Ulrich Knief, Holger Schielzeth, Bart Kempenaers, Hans Ellegren, Wolfgang Forstmeier	20

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