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Charles H. Langley 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 Charles H. Langley sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 155 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Charles H. Langley 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 Charles H. Langley sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1999 - Genetics Society of America Medal

Overview

Charles H. Langley is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work incorporates various subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Ecological Modeling.

Their research topics cover a range of areas such as Plant Reproductive Biology, Plant and Animal Studies, Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, and Horticultural and Viticultural Research.

Langley has contributed to the scientific literature with notable recent papers, including:

  • "Complete genomic and epigenetic maps of human centromeres" (2022, Science)
  • "Genomic basis of white pine blister rust quantitative disease resistance and its relationship with qualitative resistance" (2020, The Plant Journal)
  • "Dissecting the Polygenic Basis of Cold Adaptation Using Genome-Wide Association of Traits and Environmental Data in Douglas-fir" (2021, Genes)
  • "Ancient structural variants control sex-specific flowering time morphs in walnuts and hickories" (2025, Science)
  • "SNPs in a Large Genomic Scaffold Are Strongly Associated with Cr1R, Major Gene for Resistance to White Pine Blister Rust in Range-Wide Samples of Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana)" (2022, Plant Disease)

The frequent publication venues for Langley's work include:

  • Science
  • The Plant Journal
  • Genes
  • Plant Disease
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Langley collaborates regularly with multiple co-authors. Their frequent collaborators include Kristian Stevens, Jeffrey S. Groh, Diane C. Vik, Patrick H. Brown, and Graham Coop.

Among their recognitions, Langley received the Genetics Society of America Medal in 1999 and was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • The "hitchhiking effect" revisited.

    N L Kaplan;R R Hudson;C H Langley

  • Population Genomics: Whole-Genome Analysis of Polymorphism and Divergence in Drosophila simulans

    David J. Begun;Alisha K. Holloway;Kristian Stevens;La Deana W. Hillier

  • The Hitchhiking Effect on the Site Frequency Spectrum of DNA Polymorphisms

    J M Braverman;R R Hudson;N L Kaplan;C H Langley

  • Decoding the massive genome of loblolly pine using haploid DNA and novel assembly strategies

    David B. Neale;Jill L. Wegrzyn;Kristian A. Stevens;Aleksey V. Zimin

  • The Population Genetics of Drosophila Transposable Elements

    Brian Charlesworth;Charles H. Langley

  • An examination of the constancy of the rate of molecular evolution

    Charles H. Langley;Walter M. Fitch

  • The Power of Association Studies to Detect the Contribution of Candidate Genetic Loci to Variation in Complex Traits

    Anthony D. Long;Charles H. Langley

  • Natural selection and the origin of jingwei, a chimeric processed functional gene in Drosophila

    Manyuan Long;Charles H. Langley

  • Variation in sperm displacement and its association with accessory gland protein loci in Drosophila melanogaster.

    A G Clark;M Aguadé;T Prout;L G Harshman

  • Nucleotide diversity and linkage disequilibrium in loblolly pine

    Garth R. Brown;Geoffrey P. Gill;Robert J. Kuntz;Charles H. Langley

  • Population Genomics of Sub-Saharan Drosophila melanogaster: African Diversity and Non-African Admixture

    John E. Pool;Russell B. Corbett-Detig;Ryuichi P. Sugino;Kristian A. Stevens

  • Genomic Variation in Natural Populations of Drosophila melanogaster

    Charles H. Langley;Kristian Stevens;Charis Cardeno;Yuh Chwen G. Lee

  • Sequencing and Assembly of the 22-Gb Loblolly Pine Genome

    Aleksey Zimin;Kristian A. Stevens;Marc W. Crepeau;Ann Holtz-Morris

  • On the role of unequal exchange in the containment of transposable element copy number

    Charles H. Langley;Elizabeth Montgomery;Richard Hudson;Norman Kaplan

  • A test for the role of natural selection in the stabilization of transposable element copy number in a population of Drosophila melanogaster.

    Elizabeth Montgomery;Brian Charlesworth;Charles H. Langley

  • The maintenance of extreme amino acid diversity at the disease resistance gene, RPP13, in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Laura E Rose;Peter D Bittner-Eddy;Charles H Langley;Eric B Holub

  • Chromosome rearrangement by ectopic recombination in Drosophila melanogaster: genome structure and evolution.

    E A Montgomery;S M Huang;C H Langley;B H Judd

  • The Drosophila Genome Nexus: A Population Genomic Resource of 623 Drosophila melanogaster Genomes, Including 197 from a Single Ancestral Range Population

    Justin B. Lack;Charis M. Cardeno;Marc W. Crepeau;William Taylor

  • This Provisional PDF corresponds to the article as it appeared upon acceptance. Copyedited and fully formatted PDF and full text (HTML) versions will be made available soon. Decoding the massive genome of loblolly pine using haploid DNA and novel assembly strategies

    Jill L Wegrzyn;Kristian A Stevens;Daniela Puiu;Marc W Crepeau

Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Neale
David B. Neale University of California, Davis
Jill L. Wegrzyn
Jill L. Wegrzyn University of Connecticut
Steven L. Salzberg
Steven L. Salzberg Johns Hopkins University
Daniela Puiu
Daniela Puiu Johns Hopkins University
Gary H. Karpen
Gary H. Karpen University of California, Berkeley
Charles F. Aquadro
Charles F. Aquadro Cornell University
Anthony D. Long
Anthony D. Long University of California, Irvine
James A. Yorke
James A. Yorke University of Maryland, College Park
Yun S. Song
Yun S. Song University of California, Berkeley
Trudy F. C. Mackay
Trudy F. C. Mackay Clemson University

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