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D-Index
100
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47393
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744
National Ranking
106

Deborah Charlesworth 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 Deborah Charlesworth sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 314 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Deborah Charlesworth 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 Deborah Charlesworth sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% 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

  • 2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2001 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Deborah Charlesworth is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple domains within the broad fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to agricultural and biological sciences. The main subfields of their work include genetics, plant science, molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, as well as insect science.

Charlesworth's research topics prominently cover genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities, chromosomal and genetic variations, plant reproductive biology, genetic diversity and population structure, animal behavior and reproduction, animal genetics and reproduction, and plant molecular biology research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Charlesworth include:

  • Roberta Bergero
  • Chay Graham
  • Jim Gardner
  • Lengxob Yong
  • Li He

They have published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Current Biology

Selected recent papers include:

  • Evidences for a role of two Y-specific genes in sex determination in Populus deltoides, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The timing of genetic degeneration of sex chromosomes, 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Chromosome-scale assembly of the genome of Salix dunnii reveals a male-heterogametic sex determination system on chromosome 7, 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • When and how do sex-linked regions become sex chromosomes?, 2021, Evolution
  • Recurrent neo-sex chromosome evolution in kiwifruit, 2023, Nature Plants

Charlesworth has been recognized with fellowships from two prominent institutions:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2001
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2005

Best Publications

  • INBREEDING DEPRESSION AND ITS EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES

    D Charlesworth;B. R. Charlesworth

  • Rates of Spontaneous Mutation

    John W. Drake;Brian Charlesworth;Deborah Charlesworth;James F. Crow

  • The effect of deleterious mutations on neutral molecular variation.

    B. Charlesworth;M. T. Morgan;D. Charlesworth

  • The genetics of inbreeding depression.

    Deborah Charlesworth;John H. Willis

  • A Model for the Evolution of Dioecy and Gynodioecy

    Brian Charlesworth;Deborah Charlesworth

  • The degeneration of Y chromosomes

    Brian Charlesworth;Deborah Charlesworth

  • The genetic basis of inbreeding depression

    Brian Charlesworth;Deborah Charlesworth

  • Steps in the evolution of heteromorphic sex chromosomes

    D. Charlesworth;B. Charlesworth;Gabriel Marais;Gabriel Marais

  • Balancing Selection and Its Effects on Sequences in Nearby Genome Regions

    Deborah Charlesworth

  • The effects of local selection, balanced polymorphism and background selection on equilibrium patterns of genetic diversity in subdivided populations.

    Brian Charlesworth;Magnus Nordborg;Deborah Charlesworth

  • Allocation of resources to male and female functions in hermaphrodites

    D. Charlesworth;B. Charlesworth

  • INBREEDING DEPRESSION, GENETIC LOAD, AND THE EVOLUTION OF OUTCROSSING RATES IN A MULTILOCUS SYSTEM WITH NO LINKAGE.

    D. Charlesworth;M. T. Morgan;B. Charlesworth

  • Elements of Evolutionary Genetics

    Brian Charlesworth;Deborah Charlesworth

  • Effects of inbreeding on the genetic diversity of populations

    Deborah Charlesworth

  • Plant sex determination and sex chromosomes

    Deborah Charlesworth

  • The population dynamics of transposable elements

    Brian Charlesworth;Deborah Charlesworth

  • The pattern of neutral molecular variation under the background selection model.

    D Charlesworth;B Charlesworth;M T Morgan

  • Effects of a change in the level of inbreeding on the genetic load

    S. C. H. Barrett;D. Charlesworth

  • Evolution of plant breeding systems.

    Deborah Charlesworth

  • The effect of recombination on background selection

    Magnus Nordborg;Brian Charlesworth;Deborah Charlesworth

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Charlesworth
Brian Charlesworth University of Edinburgh
Stephen I. Wright
Stephen I. Wright University of Toronto
Martin Morgan
Martin Morgan Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Mikkel H. Schierup
Mikkel H. Schierup Aarhus University
Gabriel A. B. Marais
Gabriel A. B. Marais University of Porto
Xavier Vekemans
Xavier Vekemans University of Lille
Boris Vyskot
Boris Vyskot Czech Academy of Sciences
Ray Ming
Ray Ming University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alex Widmer
Alex Widmer ETH Zurich
Ioan Negrutiu
Ioan Negrutiu École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

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