Wayne Delport

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

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Wayne Delport is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Wayne Delport has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Genetics, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Wayne Delport's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (11 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (7 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers). Wayne Delport is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (11 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (7 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers). Wayne Delport collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Wayne Delport's co-authors include Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond, Simon D. W. Frost, Art F. Y. Poon, Konrad Scheffler, Mathieu Fourment, Ben Murrell, Cathal Seoighe, Van der Merwe, Paulette Bloomer and J. W. H. Ferguson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Bioinformatics and PLoS ONE.

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Wayne Delport

29 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Using phylogeography to characterize the origins of the HIV-1 subtype F epidemic in Romania 2011 ·Infection Genetics and Evolution ·Sanjay R. Mehta, Joel O. Wertheim, Wayne Delport, Luminiţa Ene, Grațiela Ţârdei, Dan Duiculescu, Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond, Davey M. Smith	27
2	Clinical, virologic, and immunologic correlates of HIV-1 intraclade B dual infection among men who have sex with men 2011 ·AIDS ·Mary E. Pacold, Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond, Gabriel A. Wagner, Wayne Delport, Daniel Bourque, Douglas D. Richman, Susan J. Little, Davey M. Smith	28
3	A Random Effects Branch-Site Model for Detecting Episodic Diversifying Selection 2011 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond, Ben Murrell, Mathieu Fourment, Simon D. W. Frost, Wayne Delport, Konrad Scheffler	339
4	Benchmarking Multi-Rate Codon Models 2010 ·PLoS ONE ·Wayne Delport, Konrad Scheffler, Mike B. Gravenor, Spencer V. Muse, Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond	10
5	The Relatedness of HIV Epidemics in the United States–Mexico Border Region 2010 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Sanjay R. Mehta, Wayne Delport, Kimberly C. Brouwer, Stephen Espitia, Thomas L. Patterson, Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Davey M. Smith	10
6	Genome-wide analysis of the structure of the South African Coloured Population in the Western Cape 2010 ·Human Genetics ·(unknown), Wayne Delport, Emile R. Chimusa, Ayton Meintjes, Marlo Möller, Paul D. van Helden, Cathal Seoighe, Eileen G. Hoal	152
7	CodonTest: Modeling Amino Acid Substitution Preferences in Coding Sequences 2010 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·Wayne Delport, Konrad Scheffler, (unknown), Mike B. Gravenor, Spencer V. Muse, Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond	56
8	Correcting the Bias of Empirical Frequency Parameter Estimators in Codon Models 2010 ·PLoS ONE ·Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond, Wayne Delport, Spencer V. Muse, Konrad Scheffler	38
9	Response to Comment on "The Origins of Sexually Transmitted HIV Among Men Who Have Sex with Men" 2010 ·Science Translational Medicine ·Davey M. Smith, Wayne Delport, David M. Butler, Susan J. Little, Douglas D. Richman, Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond	7
10	Experimental evidence indicating that mastreviruses probably did not co-diverge with their hosts 2009 ·Virology Journal ·Gordon W. Harkins, Wayne Delport, Siobain Duffy, Natasha T. Wood, Adérito L. Monjane, Betty E. Owor, Lara Donaldson, S. Saumtally, (unknown), R. W. Briddon, Dionne N. Shepherd, Edward P. Rybicki, Darren P. Martin, Arvind Varsani	47
11	Models of coding sequence evolution 2008 ·Briefings in Bioinformatics ·Wayne Delport, Konrad Scheffler, Cathal Seoighe	58
12	Frequent Toggling between Alternative Amino Acids Is Driven by Selection in HIV-1 2008 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Wayne Delport, Konrad Scheffler, Cathal Seoighe	39
13	The transmission of Helicobacter pylori: The effects of analysis method and study population on inference 2007 ·Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology ·Wayne Delport, Van der Merwe	33
14	Ecological Speciation in South Atlantic Island Finches 2007 ·Science ·Peter G. Ryan, Paulette Bloomer, Coleen L. Moloney, (unknown), Wayne Delport	106
15	Population Growth Confounds Phylogeographic Inference in Namaqua Sandgrouse 2006 ·Journal of Heredity ·Wayne Delport, Timothy M. Crowe, Penn Lloyd, Paulette Bloomer	2
16	Investigating the Origin and Spread of Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 5a 2006 ·Journal of Virology ·Jannick Verbeeck, Piet Maes, Philippe Lemey, Oliver G. Pybus, Elke Wollants, (unknown), Frederik Nevens, Johan Fevery, Wayne Delport, Van der Merwe, Marc Van Ranst	70
17	Ten microsatellite loci for evolutionary research on Nesospiza buntings 2006 ·Molecular Ecology Notes ·Wayne Delport, (unknown), Peter G. Ryan, Paulette Bloomer	5
18	Structure of an African Red-Billed Hornbill (Tockus Erythrorhynchus Rufirostris and T. E. Damarensis) Hybrid Zone as Revealed by Morphology, Behavior, and Breeding Biology 2004 ·The Auk ·Wayne Delport, Alan C. Kemp, J. W. H. Ferguson	4
19	STRUCTURE OF AN AFRICAN RED-BILLED HORNBILL (TOCKUS ERYTHRORHYNCHUS RUFIROSTRIS AND T. E. DAMARENSIS) HYBRID ZONE AS REVEALED BY MORPHOLOGY, BEHAVIOR, AND BREEDING BIOLOGY 2004 ·The Auk ·Wayne Delport, Alan C. Kemp, J. W. H. Ferguson	4
20	Characterization and Evolution of the Mitochondrial DNA Control Region in Hornbills (Bucerotiformes) 2002 ·Journal of Molecular Evolution ·Wayne Delport, J. W. H. Ferguson, Paulette Bloomer	32

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