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Plant Science and Agronomy
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2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

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93
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National Ranking
78

Genetics

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Citations
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National Ranking
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  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award

Overview

Claude W. dePamphilis is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on molecular biology, plant science, and evolutionary ecology.

Their recent scholarly output includes several publications, prominently featured in journals such as Genome Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Plants, and Genome Biology and Evolution. Selected recent papers include:

  • GetOrganelle: a fast and versatile toolkit for accurate de novo assembly of organelle genomes, 2020, Genome Biology
  • Genomics of sorghum local adaptation to a parasitic plant, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Insights into angiosperm evolution, floral development and chemical biosynthesis from the Aristolochia fimbriata genome, 2021, Nature Plants
  • Genomic structural variants constrain and facilitate adaptation in natural populations of Theobroma cacao, the chocolate tree, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • De novo Assembly and Comparative Analyses of Mitochondrial Genomes in Piperales, 2023, Genome Biology and Evolution

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Eric Wafula (14 coauthored publications)
  • Paula E. Ralph (9 coauthored publications)
  • Jim Leebens-Mack (8 coauthored publications)
  • Prakash Raj Timilsena (7 coauthored publications)
  • Loren Honaas (7 coauthored publications)

Claude W. dePamphilis has contributed extensively to the literature in key venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 6 publications
  • Frontiers in Plant Science - 5 publications
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics - 3 publications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - 2 publications
  • Genome Biology and Evolution - 2 publications

The main research domains reflect a diverse engagement within:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

More specialized subfields of research cover:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Horticulture
  • Genetics

Thematic topics featured in their body of work include:

  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Reproductive Biology

Best Publications

  • The genome of black cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray)

    G. A. Tuskan;G. A. Tuskan;S. DiFazio;S. DiFazio;S. Jansson;J. Bohlmann

  • GetOrganelle: a fast and versatile toolkit for accurate de novo assembly of organelle genomes

    Jian Jun Jin;Wen Bin Yu;Wen Bin Yu;Jun Bo Yang;Yu Song;Yu Song

  • Ancestral polyploidy in seed plants and angiosperms

    Yuannian Jiao;Norman J. Wickett;Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam;André S. Chanderbali

  • The evolution of the plastid chromosome in land plants: gene content, gene order, gene function.

    Susann Wicke;Susann Wicke;Gerald M. Schneeweiss;Claude W. dePamphilis;Kai F. Müller

  • Polyploidy and angiosperm diversification

    Douglas E. Soltis;Victor A. Albert;Jim Leebens-Mack;Charles D. Bell

  • The minimum information about a genome sequence (MIGS) specification.

    Dawn Field;George Garrity;Tanya Gray;Norman Morrison

  • Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants

    Norman J. Wickett;Siavash Mirarab;Nam Nguyen;Tandy Warnow

  • Analysis of 81 genes from 64 plastid genomes resolves relationships in angiosperms and identifies genome-scale evolutionary patterns.

    Robert K. Jansen;Zhengqiu Cai;Linda A. Raubeson;Henry Daniell

  • The draft genome of the transgenic tropical fruit tree papaya (Carica papaya Linnaeus)

    Ray Ming;Shaobin Hou;Yun Feng;Qingyi Yu

  • The Selaginella genome identifies genetic changes associated with the evolution of vascular plants.

    Jo Ann Banks;Tomoaki Nishiyama;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;John L. Bowman;John L. Bowman

  • Widespread genome duplications throughout the history of flowering plants

    Liying Cui;P. Kerr Wall;James H. Leebens-Mack;Bruce G. Lindsay

  • Disintegration of the scrophulariaceae.

    Richard G. Olmstead;Claude W. Depamphilis;Andrea D. Wolfe;Nelson D. Young

  • The evolution of parasitism in plants.

    James H. Westwood;John I. Yoder;Michael P. Timko;Claude W. dePamphilis

  • Data access for the 1,000 Plants (1KP) project.

    Naim Matasci;Ling Hong Hung;Zhixiang Yan;Eric J. Carpenter

  • Phylogeny of seed plants based on all three genomic compartments: Extant gymnosperms are monophyletic and Gnetales' closest relatives are conifers

    L. Michelle Bowe;Gwénaële Coat;Claude W. dePamphilis

  • The butterfly plant arms-race escalated by gene and genome duplications.

    Patrick P. Edger;Patrick P. Edger;Patrick P. Edger;Hanna M. Heidel-Fischer;Michaël Bekaert;Jadranka Rota

  • Horizontal transfer of entire genomes via mitochondrial fusion in the angiosperm Amborella

    Danny W. Rice;Andrew J. Alverson;Aaron O. Richardson;Gregory J. Young

  • Methods for Obtaining and Analyzing Whole Chloroplast Genome Sequences

    Robert K Jansen;Linda A Raubeson;Jeffrey L Boore;Claude W dePamphilis

  • The Chlamydomonas reinhardtii plastid chromosome: islands of genes in a sea of repeats.

    Jude E. Maul;Jason W. Lilly;Liying Cui;Claude W. dePamphilis

  • Genome of the long-living sacred lotus ( Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.)

    Ray Ming;Ray Ming;Robert VanBuren;Yanling Liu;Mei Yang

  • RNA Viruses in Hymenopteran Pollinators: Evidence of Inter-Taxa Virus Transmission via Pollen and Potential Impact on Non-Apis Hymenopteran Species

    Rajwinder Singh;Abby L. Levitt;Edwin G. Rajotte;Edward C. Holmes

  • A genome triplication associated with early diversification of the core eudicots

    Yuannian Jiao;Jim Leebens-Mack;Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam;John E. Bowers

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim Leebens-Mack
Jim Leebens-Mack University of Georgia
Hong Ma
Hong Ma Pennsylvania State University
Douglas E. Soltis
Douglas E. Soltis University of Florida
Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida
Norman J. Wickett
Norman J. Wickett University of Vienna
Jeffrey L. Boore
Jeffrey L. Boore University of California, Berkeley
John E. Carlson
John E. Carlson Pennsylvania State University
James H. Westwood
James H. Westwood Virginia Tech
John I. Yoder
John I. Yoder University of California, Davis
Jeffrey D. Palmer
Jeffrey D. Palmer Indiana University

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