2026 Daniel E. Dykhuizen: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	54	3651	3445	1583	1485	99	10375

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Genetics

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Research.com Recognitions

1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Daniel E. Dykhuizen is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and social sciences.

The main fields of study encompass:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Social Sciences

Within these, the scientist's subfields of study include:

Genetics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health
Sociology and Political Science

The key topics addressed in their work cover:

Human-Animal Interaction Studies
Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
Zoonotic diseases and public health
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
COVID-19 Prevention and Impact

Recent published papers include:

"Public Health and Paul De Kruif," 2021, The Quarterly Review of Biology
"Lack of Trust in Public Health as seen in Rejection of Face Masks," 2023, Medical Research Archives

The scientist has published in the following venues:

The Quarterly Review of Biology
Medical Research Archives

Daniel E. Dykhuizen has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor awarded in 1988.

Best Publications

Recombination in Escherichia coli and the definition of biological species.

D E Dykhuizen;L Green

503
Citations
Selection in chemostats.

D E Dykhuizen;D L Hartl

494
Citations
Clonal Divergence in Escherichia coli as a Result of Recombination, Not Mutation

David S. Guttman;Daniel E. Dykhuizen

461
Citations
Pathogenic adaptation of Escherichia coli by natural variation of the FimH adhesin

Evgeni V. Sokurenko;Veronika Chesnokova;Daniel E. Dykhuizen;Itzhak Ofek

453
Citations
Santa Rosalia revisited: Why are there so many species of bacteria?

Daniel E. Dykhuizen

416
Citations
Genetic Diversity of ospC in a Local Population of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto

Ing-Nang Wang;Daniel E. Dykhuizen;Weigang Qiu;John J. Dunn

386
Citations
ospC diversity in Borrelia burgdorferi: different hosts are different niches.

Dustin Brisson;Daniel E. Dykhuizen

331
Citations
THE POPULATION GENETICS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI

Daniel L. Hartl;Daniel E. Dykhuizen

327
Citations
Limits of adaptation: the evolution of selective neutrality.

Daniel L. Hartl;Daniel E. Dykhuizen;Antony M. Dean

318
Citations
Metabolic flux and fitness.

Daniel E. Dykhuizen;Antony M. Dean;Daniel L. Hartl

293
Citations
Experimental Studies of Natural Selection in Bacteria

Daniel E. Dykhuizen

281
Citations
Geographic uniformity of the Lyme disease spirochete (Borrelia burgdorferi) and its shared history with tick vector (Ixodes scapularis) in the Northeastern United States.

Wei-Gang Qiu;Daniel E Dykhuizen;Michael S Acosta;Benjamin J Luft

277
Citations
Pathoadaptive mutations: gene loss and variation in bacterial pathogens

Evgeni V. Sokurenko;David L. Hasty;David L. Hasty;Daniel E. Dykhuizen

261
Citations
The Cost of Expression of Escherichia coli lac Operon Proteins Is in the Process, Not in the Products

Daniel M. Stoebel;Antony M. Dean;Daniel E. Dykhuizen

248
Citations
Selective Neutrality of 6pgd Allozymes in E. COLI and the Effects of Genetic Background

Daniel Dykhuizen;Daniel L. Hartl

226
Citations
The evolution of phage lysis timing

Ing-Nang Wang;Daniel E. Dykhuizen;Lawrence B. Slobodkin

222
Citations
Borrelia burgdorferi is clonal: implications for taxonomy and vaccine development.

Daniel E. Dykhuizen;David S. Polin;John J. Dunn;Bettina Wilske

215
Citations
Distribution and abundance of insertion sequences among natural isolates of Escherichia coli.

Stanley A. Sawyer;Daniel E. Dykhuizen;Robert F. DuBose;Louis Green

213
Citations
High-resolution two-locus clonal typing of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli.

Scott J. Weissman;James R. Johnson;Veronika Tchesnokova;Mariya Billig

213
Citations
Enzyme activity and fitness: Evolution in solution

Daniel E. Dykhuizen;Antony M. Dean

172
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel L. Hartl Harvard University

Evgeni V. Sokurenko University of Washington

Antony M. Dean University of Minnesota

Benjamin J. Luft Stony Brook University

John J. Dunn Brookhaven National Laboratory

James R. Johnson University of Minnesota

David L. Hasty University of Tennessee Health Science Center

David S. Guttman University of Toronto

Grant L. Campbell Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Itzhak Ofek Tel Aviv University

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