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Diethard Tautz

Diethard Tautz

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Genetics
Germany
2024
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Germany
2024

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Genetics

D-Index
102
Citations
46234
World Ranking
698
National Ranking
56

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2008 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Diethard Tautz is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research predominantly falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific focus on Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their main areas of scientific investigation include:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Tautz has contributed extensively to the scientific literature, with recent papers including:

  • Inbred lab mice are not isogenic: genetic variation within inbred strains used to infer the mutation rate per nucleotide site, 2020, Heredity
  • Testing Implications of the Omnigenic Model for the Genetic Analysis of Loci Identified through Genome-wide Association, 2021, Current Biology
  • Effects of the Expression of Random Sequence Clones on Growth and Transcriptome Regulation in Escherichia coli, 2021, Genes
  • The mutational load in natural populations is significantly affected by high primary rates of retroposition, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • RETRACTED: The imprinted lncRNA Peg13 regulates sexual preference and the sex-specific brain transcriptome in mice, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Sven Künzel, Chen Xie, Wenyu Zhang, Kristian K Ullrich, and Maryam Keshavarz.

Their research is regularly published in venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Genes
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution

Recognition includes membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, awarded in 2008 for contributions to Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. They are also a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Hypervariability of simple sequences as a general source for polymorphic DNA markers

    Diethard Tautz

  • Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

    Margaret McFall-Ngai;Michael G. Hadfield;Thomas C. G. Bosch;Hannah V. Carey

  • A non-radioactive in situ hybridization method for the localization of specific RNAs in Drosophila embryos reveals translational control of the segmentation gene hunchback.

    Diethard Tautz;Christine Pfeifle

  • Simple sequences are ubiquitous repetitive components of eukaryotic genomes

    Diethard Tautz;Manfred Renz

  • Slippage synthesis of simple sequence DNA

    Christian Schlötterer;Diethard Tautz

  • The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum.

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Susan J. Brown

  • A plea for DNA taxonomy

    Diethard Tautz;Peter Arctander;Alessandro Minelli;Richard H. Thomas

  • Cryptic simplicity in DNA is a major source of genetic variation

    Diethard Tautz;Diethard Tautz;Martin Trick;Martin Trick;Gabriel A. Dover

  • The evolutionary origin of orphan genes

    Diethard Tautz;Tomislav Domazet-Lošo

  • An optimized freeze-squeeze method for the recovery of DNA fragments from agarose gels

    Diethard Tautz;Manfred Renz

  • Sympatric speciation suggested by monophyly of crater lake cichlids

    Ulrich K. Schliewen;Diethard Tautz;Svante Pääbo

  • Conservation of polymorphic simple sequence loci in cetacean species

    C. Schlötterer;B. Amos;B. Amos;D. Tautz

  • Social structure of pilot whales revealed by analytical DNA profiling

    Bill Amos;Christian Schlötterer;Diethard Tautz

  • A phylogenetically based transcriptome age index mirrors ontogenetic divergence patterns

    Tomislav Domazet-Lošo;Diethard Tautz

  • Finger protein of novel structure encoded by hunchback, a second member of the gap class of Drosophila segmentation genes

    Diethard Tautz;Ruth Lehmann;Harald Schnürch;Reinhard Schuh

  • An evaluation of LSU rDNA D1-D2 sequences for their use in species identification

    Rainer Sonnenberg;Arne W Nolte;Diethard Tautz

  • Regulation of the Drosophila segmentation gene hunchback by two maternal morphogenetic centres

    Diethard Tautz

  • Ribosomal DNA phylogeny of the major extant arthropod classes and the evolution of myriapods

    Markus Friedrich;Diethard Tautz

  • Adaptive Speciation: Introduction

    Ulf Dieckmann;Diethard Tautz;Michael Doebeli;Johan A.J. Metz

  • Mitochondrial sequences show diverse evolutionary histories of African hominoids

    Pascal Gagneux;Christopher Wills;Ulrike Gerloff;Diethard Tautz

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Schlötterer
Christian Schlötterer University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Sebastian Steinfartz
Sebastian Steinfartz Leipzig University
Ralf J. Sommer
Ralf J. Sommer Max Planck Society
Johan A. J. Metz
Johan A. J. Metz Leiden University
Gabriel A. Dover
Gabriel A. Dover University of Leicester
Ulf Dieckmann
Ulf Dieckmann International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Michael Doebeli
Michael Doebeli University of British Columbia
Jochen B. W. Wolf
Jochen B. W. Wolf Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Herbert Jäckle
Herbert Jäckle Max Planck Society
John F. Baines
John F. Baines Max Planck Society

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