William B. Wood

12.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
105 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

William B. Wood is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, William B. Wood has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Aging and 17 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in William B. Wood's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (41 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (14 papers) and Innovative Teaching Methods (12 papers). William B. Wood is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (41 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (14 papers) and Innovative Teaching Methods (12 papers). William B. Wood collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. William B. Wood's co-authors include Jenny Knight, Susan Strome, Michelle K. Smith, Jo Anne Powell‐Coffman, Jo Handelsman, Lois G. Edgar, Nurit Wolf, Ronald B. Luftig, Peter J. Bruns and Sarah Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

William B. Wood

104 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

The Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

1988 2.5k citations William B. Wood profile →
Scientific Teaching

2004 715 citations Jo Handelsman, William B. Wood et al. profile →
Host specificity of DNA produced by Escherichia coli: Bacterial mutations affecting the restriction and modification of DNA

1966 647 citations William B. Wood profile →
Teaching More by Lecturing Less

2005 602 citations Jenny Knight, William B. Wood PubMed profile →
Generation of asymmetry and segregation of germ-line granules in early C. elegans embryos

1983 465 citations Susan Strome, William B. Wood Cell profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A Negative Regulatory Loop between MicroRNA and Hox Gene Controls Posterior Identities in Caenorhabditis elegans 2010 ·PLoS Genetics ·Zhongying Zhao, Thomas J. Boyle, Zongzhi Liu, John I. Murray, William B. Wood, R Waterston	38
2	Why peer discussion improves student performance on in-class concept questions 2009 ·Developmental Biology ·Michelle K. Smith, William B. Wood, Wendy K. Adams, Carl Wieman, Jenny Knight, Nancy Guild, Tin Tin Su	53
3	Handed Asymmetry, Handedness Reversal and Mechanisms of Cell Fate Determination in Nematode Embryos 2007 ·Novartis Foundation symposium ·William B. Wood, (unknown)	11
4	Meeting Report: The 2004 National Academies Summer Institute on Undergraduate Education in Biology 2004 ·PubMed ·William B. Wood, Jo Handelsman	24
5	Clickers 2004 ·Developmental Cell ·William B. Wood	95
6	Expression of the C. elegans labial orthologue ceh-13 during male tail morphogenesis 2003 ·Developmental Biology ·(unknown), M. Fleischmann, Yo Suzuki, (unknown), (unknown), Adrian Streit, William B. Wood, Fritz Müller	12
7	Extragenic suppressors of a dominant masculinizing her‐1 mutation in C. elegans identify two new genes that affect sex determination in different ways 2002 ·genesis ·(unknown), William B. Wood, Marc D. Perry	6
8	ACaenorhabditis elegansHomologue ofhunchbackIs Required for Late Stages of Development but Not Early Embryonic Patterning 1999 ·Developmental Biology ·David S. Fay, (unknown), Min Han, William B. Wood	54
9	Aging of C. elegans 1998 ·Cell ·William B. Wood	27
10	PGL-1, a Predicted RNA-Binding Component of Germ Granules, Is Essential for Fertility in C. elegans 1998 ·Cell ·Ichiro Kawasaki, Yhong‐Hee Shim, (unknown), Joshua S. Kaminker, William B. Wood, Susan Strome	305
11	Gastrulation initiation in Caenorhabditis elegans requires the function of gad-1, which encodes a protein with WD repeats 1998 ·Developmental Biology ·(unknown), William B. Wood	26
12	Dosage compensation: X-repress yourself 1997 ·Current Biology ·William B. Wood, Adrian Streit, Weiqing Li	4
13	Onset ofC. elegansGastrulation Is Blocked by Inhibition of Embryonic Transcription with an RNA Polymerase Antisense RNA 1996 ·Developmental Biology ·Jo Anne Powell‐Coffman, Jenny Knight, William B. Wood	104
14	Aging: Stopping the clock 1994 ·Current Biology ·William B. Wood, Thomas E. Johnson	7
15	Sex-specific transcriptional regulation of the C. elegans sex-determining gene her-1 1991 ·Mechanisms of Development ·Carol Trent, Beverly A. Purnell, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William B. Wood	69
16	The tra-1 gene determines sexual phenotype cell-autonomously in C. elegans 1990 ·Cell ·Craig P. Hunter, William B. Wood	54
17	The Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans breakdown → 1988 ·William B. Wood	2476
18	Two loci required for cytoplasmic organization in early embryos of Caenorhabditis elegans 1986 ·Developmental Biology ·Kenneth J. Kemphues, Nurit Wolf, William B. Wood, David Hirsh	73
19	Essential concepts in immunology 1978 ·Andalas University Repository (Andalas University) ·Irving L. Weissman, Leroy Hood, William B. Wood	5
20	THE EFFECTS OF CO2-INDUCED RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS ON THE DEPRESSOR AND PRESSOR COMPONENTS OF THE DOG'S BLOOD PRESSURE RESPONSE TO EPINEPHRINE 1963 ·Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics ·William B. Wood, (unknown), Robert A. Woodbury	21

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