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Bruno Huettel

Bruno Huettel

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
44
Citations
10648
World Ranking
4251
National Ranking
284

Bruno Huettel publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bruno Huettel sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 116 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Bruno Huettel D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bruno Huettel sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bruno Huettel is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their work spans key subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their research topics cover areas such as Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Plant Reproductive Biology, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Protist diversity and phylogeny, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms.

Bruno Huettel has published in a variety of scientific venues, with several articles appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature

Recent selected papers authored or co-authored by Huettel include:

  • "Chromosome-scale and haplotype-resolved genome assembly of a tetraploid potato cultivar" (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • "Gene Body Methylation in Plants: Mechanisms, Functions, and Important Implications for Understanding Evolutionary Processes" (2022, Genome Biology and Evolution)
  • "A pan-genome of 69 Arabidopsis thaliana accessions reveals a conserved genome structure throughout the global species range" (2024, Nature Genetics)
  • "Repeat-based holocentromeres influence genome architecture and karyotype evolution" (2022, Cell)
  • "Anaerobic endosymbiont generates energy for ciliate host by denitrification" (2021, Nature)

The research network includes frequent collaboration with several authors, specifically:

  • Korbinian Schneeberger (15 collaborations)
  • André Marques (14 collaborations)
  • José Antonio Campoy (12 collaborations)
  • Hequan Sun (10 collaborations)
  • Christian Woehle (9 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Revealing structure and assembly cues for Arabidopsis root-inhabiting bacterial microbiota

    Davide Bulgarelli;Matthias Rott;Klaus Schlaeppi;Emiel Ver Loren van Themaat

  • RNA-mediated chromatin-based silencing in plants

    Marjori Matzke;Tatsuo Kanno;Lucia Daxinger;Bruno Huettel

  • Fern genomes elucidate land plant evolution and cyanobacterial symbioses

    Fay Wei Li;Fay Wei Li;Paul Brouwer;Lorenzo Carretero-Paulet;Shifeng Cheng

  • Atypical RNA polymerase subunits required for RNA-directed DNA methylation

    Tatsuo Kanno;Bruno Huettel;M Florian Mette;Werner Aufsatz

  • Arabidopsis thaliana transcription factors bZIP19 and bZIP23 regulate the adaptation to zinc deficiency

    Ana G. L. Assunção;Eva Herrero;Ya-Fen Lin;Bruno Huettel

  • Endogenous targets of RNA-directed DNA methylation and Pol IV in Arabidopsis.

    Bruno Huettel;Tatsuo Kanno;Lucia Daxinger;Werner Aufsatz

  • Targets of RNA-directed DNA methylation.

    Marjori Matzke;Tatsuo Kanno;Bruno Huettel;Lucia Daxinger

  • The genomic landscape of meiotic crossovers and gene conversions in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Erik Wijnker;Erik Wijnker;Geo Velikkakam James;Jia Ding;Frank Becker

  • A structural-maintenance-of-chromosomes hinge domain-containing protein is required for RNA-directed DNA methylation.

    Tatsuo Kanno;Etienne Bucher;Etienne Bucher;Lucia Daxinger;Bruno Huettel

  • The Genome of the Alga-Associated Marine Flavobacterium Formosa agariphila KMM 3901T Reveals a Broad Potential for Degradation of Algal Polysaccharides

    Alexander J. Mann;Alexander J. Mann;Richard L. Hahnke;Sixing Huang;Johannes Werner;Johannes Werner

  • RNA-directed DNA methylation mediated by DRD1 and Pol IVb: A versatile pathway for transcriptional gene silencing in plants

    Bruno Huettel;Tatsuo Kanno;Lucia Daxinger;Etienne Bucher

  • Improving and correcting the contiguity of long-read genome assemblies of three plant species using optical mapping and chromosome conformation capture data

    Wen-Biao Jiao;Gonzalo Garcia Accinelli;Benjamin Hartwig;Christiane Kiefer

  • High-throughput polymorphism detection and genotyping in Brassica napus using next-generation RAD sequencing

    Anja Bus;Jochen Hecht;Bruno Huettel;Richard Reinhardt

  • Plasma membrane calcium ATPases are important components of receptor-mediated signaling in plant immune responses and development.

    Nicolas Frei dit Frey;Malick Mbengue;Mark Kwaaitaal;Lisette Nitsch

  • The GI–CDF module of Arabidopsis affects freezing tolerance and growth as well as flowering

    Fabio Fornara;Fabio Fornara;Amaury de Montaigu;Alfredo Sánchez‐Villarreal;Yasuyuki Takahashi

  • Effects of aneuploidy on genome structure, expression, and interphase organization in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Bruno Huettel;David P. Kreil;Marjori Matzke;Antonius J. M. Matzke

  • Methylation Markers for the Identification of Body Fluids and Tissues from Forensic Trace Evidence

    Sophia Forat;Bruno Huettel;Richard Reinhardt;Rolf Fimmers

  • Molecular markers closely linked to fusarium resistance genes in chickpea show significant alignments to pathogenesis-related genes located on Arabidopsis chromosomes 1 and 5

    A.-M. Benko-Iseppon;P. Winter;B. Huettel;C. Staginnus

  • Resistance gene analogues of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.): isolation, genetic mapping and association with a Fusarium resistance gene cluster

    B. Huettel;D. Santra;F. J. Muehlbauer;G. Kahl

  • RNA-directed DNA methylation and plant development require an IWR1-type transcription factor

    Tatsuo Kanno;Etienne Bucher;Lucia Daxinger;Bruno Huettel

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Reinhardt
Richard Reinhardt Max Planck Society
Korbinian Schneeberger
Korbinian Schneeberger Max Planck Society
Marjori Matzke
Marjori Matzke Academia Sinica
Antonius J. M. Matzke
Antonius J. M. Matzke Academia Sinica
Nicole Dubilier
Nicole Dubilier Max Planck Society
George Coupland
George Coupland Max Planck Society
Maarten Koornneef
Maarten Koornneef Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
Wolfgang R. Hess
Wolfgang R. Hess University of Freiburg
Bernd Weisshaar
Bernd Weisshaar Bielefeld University
Thomas Rudel
Thomas Rudel Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research

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