Willie J. Swanson

10.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Willie J. Swanson is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Willie J. Swanson has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Genetics, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Willie J. Swanson's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (19 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (19 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (18 papers). Willie J. Swanson is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (19 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (19 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (18 papers). Willie J. Swanson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Willie J. Swanson's co-authors include Victor D. Vacquier, Ziheng Yang, Charles F. Aquadro, Nathan L Clark, Mariana F. Wolfner, Michael J. MacCoss, Geoffrey D. Findlay, Jan Aagaard, Qiaofeng Yang and Rasmus Nielsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Willie J. Swanson

92 papers receiving 7.6k citations

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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 rapid evolution of reproductive proteins

2002 1.0k citations Willie J. Swanson, Victor D. Vacquier profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Willie J. Swanson United States	44	4.0k	2.6k	2.4k	979	880	92	7.7k
Michael W. Nachman United States	63	6.7k 1.7×	2.3k 0.9×	3.5k 1.4×	1.8k 1.8×	234 0.3×	137	10.7k
Romano Dallai Italy	40	3.2k 0.8×	3.8k 1.5×	2.0k 0.8×	962 1.0×	185 0.2×	419	7.7k
Judith E. Mank United Kingdom	49	5.4k 1.3×	2.7k 1.1×	1.7k 0.7×	705 0.7×	207 0.2×	123	7.3k
Charles F. Aquadro United States	61	8.0k 2.0×	2.5k 1.0×	4.7k 1.9×	1.6k 1.7×	183 0.2×	163	12.1k
Chung‐I Wu United States	53	8.1k 2.0×	3.0k 1.2×	5.0k 2.1×	1.5k 1.5×	127 0.1×	146	12.4k
Angel Amores United States	32	6.4k 1.6×	1.4k 0.5×	7.5k 3.1×	1.8k 1.8×	135 0.2×	54	13.5k
Catherine L. Peichel United States	46	5.9k 1.5×	2.0k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	147 0.2×	105	8.5k
Henrik Kaessmann Switzerland	42	3.8k 1.0×	540 0.2×	5.9k 2.4×	374 0.4×	402 0.5×	67	9.4k
David M. Irwin Canada	41	3.3k 0.8×	817 0.3×	3.8k 1.6×	1.6k 1.7×	103 0.1×	249	8.6k
Jason E. Bond United States	39	3.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	596 0.6×	161 0.2×	127	5.0k

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Rivera, Alberto, Damien B. Wilburn, & Willie J. Swanson. (2022). Domain Expansion and Functional Diversification in Vertebrate Reproductive Proteins. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(5). 3 indexed citations

Wilburn, Damien B., Lisa M. Tuttle, Rachel E. Klevit, & Willie J. Swanson. (2019). Indirect sexual selection drives rapid sperm protein evolution in abalone. eLife. 8. 7 indexed citations

Pérez‐Figueroa, Andrés, et al.. (2018). RNA-seq coupled to proteomic analysis reveals high sperm proteome variation between two closely related marine mussel species. Journal of Proteomics. 192. 169–187. 16 indexed citations

Diz, Ángel P., et al.. (2018). RNA-seq data from mature male gonads of marine mussels Mytilus edulis and M. galloprovincialis. Data in Brief. 21. 167–175. 8 indexed citations

Wilburn, Damien B., Lisa M. Tuttle, Rachel E. Klevit, & Willie J. Swanson. (2018). Solution structure of sperm lysin yields novel insights into molecular dynamics of rapid protein evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(6). 1310–1315. 11 indexed citations

DeWitt, William S., Krystle K. Q. Yu, Damien B. Wilburn, et al.. (2018). A Diverse Lipid Antigen–Specific TCR Repertoire Is Clonally Expanded during Active Tuberculosis. The Journal of Immunology. 201(3). 888–896. 26 indexed citations

Wilburn, Damien B. & Willie J. Swanson. (2015). From molecules to mating: Rapid evolution and biochemical studies of reproductive proteins. Journal of Proteomics. 135. 12–25. 80 indexed citations

Claw, Katrina G., Renee D. George, & Willie J. Swanson. (2014). Detecting coevolution in mammalian sperm–egg fusion proteins. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 81(6). 531–538. 23 indexed citations

Swanson, Willie J., et al.. (2011). The Molecular Basis of Sex: Linking Yeast to Human. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 28(7). 1963–1966. 31 indexed citations

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Schueler, Mary G., et al.. (2010). Adaptive Evolution of Foundation Kinetochore Proteins in Primates. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 27(7). 1585–1597. 62 indexed citations

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Aagaard, Jan, V D Vacquier, Michael J. MacCoss, & Willie J. Swanson. (2009). ZP Domain Proteins in the Abalone Egg Coat Include a Paralog of VERL under Positive Selection That Binds Lysin and 18-kDa Sperm Proteins. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 27(1). 193–203. 53 indexed citations

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Hurlé, Belén, et al.. (2007). Comparative sequence analyses reveal rapid and divergent evolutionary changes of theWFDClocus in the primate lineage. Genome Research. 17(3). 276–286. 58 indexed citations

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Kelleher, Erin S., Willie J. Swanson, & Therese A. Markow. (2007). Gene Duplication and Adaptive Evolution of Digestive Proteases in Drosophila arizonae Female Reproductive Tracts. PLoS Genetics. 3(8). e148–e148. 67 indexed citations

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Clark, Nathan L, Jan Aagaard, & Willie J. Swanson. (2005). Evolution of reproductive proteins from animals and plants. Reproduction. 131(1). 11–22. 256 indexed citations

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Swanson, Willie J., et al.. (2004). Positive Selection in the Carbohydrate Recognition Domains of Sea Urchin Sperm Receptor for Egg Jelly (suREJ) Proteins. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 22(3). 533–541. 42 indexed citations

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Yang, Ziheng & Willie J. Swanson. (2002). Codon-Substitution Models to Detect Adaptive Evolution that Account for Heterogeneous Selective Pressures Among Site Classes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 19(1). 49–57. 286 indexed citations

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Swanson, Willie J. & Charles F. Aquadro. (2002). Positive Darwinian Selection Promotes Heterogeneity Among Members of the Antifreeze Protein Multigene Family. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 54(3). 403–410. 22 indexed citations

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Swanson, Willie J., Ziheng Yang, Mariana F. Wolfner, & Charles F. Aquadro. (2001). Positive Darwinian Selection Drives the Evolution of Several Female Reproductive Proteins in Mammals. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 56(7). 419–421. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Ziheng, Willie J. Swanson, & Victor D. Vacquier. (2000). Maximum-Likelihood Analysis of Molecular Adaptation in Abalone Sperm Lysin Reveals Variable Selective Pressures Among Lineages and Sites. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 17(10). 1446–1455. 200 indexed citations

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Vacquier, Victor D., Willie J. Swanson, & Michael E. Hellberg. (1995). What have we learned about sea urchin sperm bindin?. Development Growth & Differentiation. 37(1). 1–10. 116 indexed citations

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