William R. Rice

37.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
117 papers, 31.5k citations indexed

About

William R. Rice is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William R. Rice has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 31.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Genetics, 68 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William R. Rice's work include Plant and animal studies (55 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (53 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (38 papers). William R. Rice is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (55 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (53 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (38 papers). William R. Rice collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Australia. William R. Rice's co-authors include Brett Holland, Adam K. Chippindale, Andrew D. Stewart, James J. Bull, Steven D. Gaines, Phillip G. Byrne, Urban Friberg, Alison Pischedda, G Salt and Sergey Gavrilets and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William R. Rice

117 papers receiving 29.9k 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.

ANALYZING TABLES OF STATISTICAL TESTS

1989 12.9k citations William R. Rice Evolution profile →
Analyzing Tables of Statistical Tests

1989 5.4k citations William R. Rice Evolution profile →
SEX CHROMOSOMES AND THE EVOLUTION OF SEXUAL DIMORPHISM

1984 857 citations William R. Rice Evolution profile →
Sexually antagonistic male adaptation triggered by experimental arrest of female evolution

1996 832 citations William R. Rice Nature profile →
LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS ON SPECIATION: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED IN 40 YEARS?

1993 796 citations William R. Rice et al. Evolution profile →
PERSPECTIVE: CHASE‐AWAY SEXUAL SELECTION: ANTAGONISTIC SEDUCTION VERSUS RESISTANCE

1998 595 citations William R. Rice et al. Evolution profile →
Negative genetic correlation for adult fitness between sexes reveals ontogenetic conflict in Drosophila

2001 504 citations Adam K. Chippindale, William R. Rice et al. profile →
Experimental removal of sexual selection reverses intersexual antagonistic coevolution and removes a reproductive load

1999 500 citations William R. Rice et al. profile →

Peers

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Alan R. Templeton United States

Richard Frankham Australia

Dolph Schluter Canada

Montgomery Slatkin United States

François Rousset France

Craig Moritz Australia

John C. Avise United States

Fred W. Allendorf United States

Michel Raymond France

Russell Lande United States

Alan R. Templeton United States

William R. Rice

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7.0k ×0.5

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7.2k ×0.8

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4.4k ×0.7

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5.8k ×1.3

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William R. Rice

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Stewart, Andrew D. & William R. Rice. (2018). Arrest of sex-specific adaptation during the evolution of sexual dimorphism in Drosophila. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2(9). 1507–1513. 24 indexed citations

Friberg, Urban & William R. Rice. (2015). Sexually Antagonistic Zygotic Drive: A New Form of Genetic Conflict between the Sex Chromosomes. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 7(3). a017608–a017608. 6 indexed citations

Rice, William R. & Sergey Gavrilets. (2014). The genetics and biology of sexual conflict : a subject collection from Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology. 1 indexed citations

Rice, William R.. (2013). Nothing in Genetics Makes Sense Except in Light of Genomic Conflict. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics. 44(1). 217–237. 59 indexed citations

Rice, William R., Urban Friberg, & Sergey Gavrilets. (2013). Homosexuality via canalized sexual development: A testing protocol for a new epigenetic model. BioEssays. 35(9). 764–770. 27 indexed citations

Rice, William R., Urban Friberg, & Sergey Gavrilets. (2012). Homosexuality as a Consequence of Epigenetically Canalized Sexual Development. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 87(4). 343–368. 60 indexed citations

Rice, William R.. (2012). The Evolution of an Enigmatic Human Trait: False Beliefs due to Pseudo-Solution Traps. The American Naturalist. 179(5). 557–566. 1 indexed citations

Turner, Thomas L., Andrew D. Stewart, Andrew T. Fields, William R. Rice, & Aaron M. Tarone. (2011). Population-Based Resequencing of Experimentally Evolved Populations Reveals the Genetic Basis of Body Size Variation in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Genetics. 7(3). e1001336–e1001336. 212 indexed citations

Friberg, Urban, Andrew D. Stewart, & William R. Rice. (2011). X- and Y-chromosome linked paternal effects on a life-history trait. Biology Letters. 8(1). 71–73. 20 indexed citations

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Bachtrog, Doris, Mark Kirkpatrick, Judith E. Mank, et al.. (2011). Are all sex chromosomes created equal?. Trends in Genetics. 27(9). 350–357. 254 indexed citations

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Long, Tristan A. F., Alison Pischedda, Andrew D. Stewart, & William R. Rice. (2009). A Cost of Sexual Attractiveness to High-Fitness Females. PLoS Biology. 7(12). e1000254–e1000254. 116 indexed citations

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Rice, William R., Sergey Gavrilets, & Urban Friberg. (2008). Sexually Antagonistic “Zygotic Drive” of the Sex Chromosomes. PLoS Genetics. 4(12). e1000313–e1000313. 35 indexed citations

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Byrne, Phillip G., et al.. (2008). Effect of a refuge from persistent male courtship in the Drosophila laboratory environment. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 48(2). e1–e1. 21 indexed citations

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Stewart, Andrew D., et al.. (2007). AN ASSESSMENT OF SPERM SURVIVAL IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER. Evolution. 61(3). 636–639. 18 indexed citations

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Stewart, Andrew D., Edward H. Morrow, & William R. Rice. (2005). Assessing putative interlocus sexual conflict in Drosophila melanogaster using experimental evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 272(1576). 2029–2035. 72 indexed citations

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Lew, Timothy A. & William R. Rice. (2005). Natural selection favours harmful male Drosophila melanogaster that reduce the survival of females. Evolutionary ecology research. 7(4). 633–641. 14 indexed citations

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Linder, Jodell E. & William R. Rice. (2005). Natural selection and genetic variation for female resistance to harm from males. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 18(3). 568–575. 78 indexed citations

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Rice, William R.. (2002). Experimental tests of the adaptive significance of sexual recombination. Nature Reviews Genetics. 3(4). 241–251. 179 indexed citations

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Rice, William R. & Adam K. Chippindale. (2001). Sexual Recombination and the Power of Natural Selection. Science. 294(5542). 555–559. 115 indexed citations

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Rice, William R.. (1996). Sexually antagonistic male adaptation triggered by experimental arrest of female evolution. Nature. 381(6579). 232–234. 832 indexed citations breakdown →

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