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David Twell 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 David Twell sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 161 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Twell 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 David Twell 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.

Overview

David Twell is a researcher affiliated with the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the domains of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The focus is on Plant Science and Molecular Biology, with contributions to Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Cell Biology.

Twell's work concentrates on several topics, including:

  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration

Their recent publications span high-impact journals and cover various aspects of plant biology and reproduction. Representative examples include:

  • "The peri-germ cell membrane: poorly characterized but key interface for plant reproduction" (2024, Nature Plants)
  • "Regulatory dynamics of gene expression in the developing male gametophyte of Arabidopsis" (2022, Plant Reproduction)
  • "Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals conserved programmes underpinning organogenesis and reproduction in land plants" (2021, Nature Plants)
  • "Epigenetic reprogramming rewires transcription during the alternation of generations in Arabidopsis" (2021, eLife)
  • "Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals conserved transcriptional programs underpinning organogenesis and reproduction in land plants" (2020, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])

David Twell frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Michael Borg, David Honys, Jörg D. Becker, Ann-Cathrin Lindner, and Dieter Hackenberg, each having contributed to multiple joint publications.

Their research outputs have been published mainly in Plant Reproduction and Nature Plants, but also appear in journals such as eLife, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and The Plant Cell, reflecting a consistent focus on plant reproductive mechanisms and molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • Transcriptome analysis of haploid male gametophyte development in Arabidopsis

    David Honys;David Twell

  • Comparative Analysis of the Arabidopsis Pollen Transcriptome

    David Honys;David Twell

  • Pollen-specific gene expression in transgenic plants: coordinate regulation of two different tomato gene promoters during microsporogenesis

    D. Twell;J. Yamaguchi;S. McCormick

  • Isolation and expression of an anther-specific gene from tomato.

    David Twell;Rod Wing;Judy Yamaguchi;Sheila McCormick

  • Promoter analysis of genes that are coordinately expressed during pollen development reveals pollen-specific enhancer sequences and shared regulatory elements.

    D Twell;J Yamaguchi;R A Wing;J Ushiba

  • Male gametophyte development: a molecular perspective

    Michael Borg;Lynette Brownfield;David Twell

  • Functional architecture of a late pollen promoter: pollen-specific transcription is developmentally regulated by multiple stage-specific and co-dependent activator elements

    N. Bate;D. Twell

  • The Arabidopsis thaliana gametophytic mutation gemini pollen1 disrupts microspore polarity, division asymmetry and pollen cell fate

    Soon Ki Park;Ross Howden;David Twell

  • Transient expression of chimeric genes delivered into pollen by microprojectile bombardment.

    David Twell;Theodore M. Klein;Michael E. Fromm;Sheila McCormick

  • A Novel Class of MYB Factors Controls Sperm-Cell Formation in Plants

    Nicolas Rotman;Anjusha Durbarry;Anthony Wardle;Wei Cai Yang

  • Selection of T-DNA-tagged male and female gametophytic mutants by segregation distortion in Arabidopsis

    Ross Howden;Soon Ki Park;James M. Moore;James Orme

  • Germline specification and function in plants

    Frédéric Berger;David Twell

  • Functional analysis of cis-regulatory elements within the promoter of the tobacco late pollen gene g10.

    H J Rogers;N Bate;J Combe;J Sullivan

  • MOR1/GEM1 has an essential role in the plant-specific cytokinetic phragmoplast

    David Twell;Soon Ki Park;Timothy J. Hawkins;Daniel Schubert

  • In vivo studies on the roles of Tic110, Tic40 and Hsp93 during chloroplast protein import

    Sabina Kovacheva;Jocelyn Bédard;Ramesh Patel;Penny Dudley

  • SETH1 and SETH2, Two Components of the Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchor Biosynthetic Pathway, Are Required for Pollen Germination and Tube Growth in Arabidopsis

    Eric Lalanne;David Honys;David Honys;Andrew Johnson;Georg H. H. Borner

  • Control of plant germline proliferation by SCF FBL17 degradation of cell cycle inhibitors

    Hyo Jung Kim;Sung Aeong Oh;Sung Aeong Oh;Lynette Brownfield;Sung Hyun Hong

  • Asymmetric division and cell-fate determination in developing pollen

    David Twell;Soon Ki Park;Eric Lalanne

  • Male gametogenesis and germline specification in flowering plants

    David Twell

  • The Significance of Microspore Division and Division Symmetry for Vegetative Cell-Specific Transcription and Generative Cell Differentiation.

    Colin Eady;Keith Lindsey;David Twell

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith Lindsey
Keith Lindsey Durham University
Gary D. Foster
Gary D. Foster University of Bristol
Sheila McCormick
Sheila McCormick University of California, Berkeley
Ueli Grossniklaus
Ueli Grossniklaus University of Zurich
Frédéric Berger
Frédéric Berger Austrian Academy of Sciences
Hugh G. Dickinson
Hugh G. Dickinson University of Oxford
Olavi Junttila
Olavi Junttila University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Angela Karp
Angela Karp Rothamsted Research
Claudia Köhler
Claudia Köhler Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Paul Dupree
Paul Dupree University of Cambridge

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