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Eleftherios Zouros

Eleftherios Zouros

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Ecology and Evolution
Greece
2026
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Genetics
Greece
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
62
Citations
10325
World Ranking
2122
National Ranking
2

Genetics

D-Index
63
Citations
10822
World Ranking
2920
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Greece Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Greece Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Greece Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Greece Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Greece Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Greece Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Greece Leader Award

Overview

Eleftherios Zouros is affiliated with the University of Crete in Greece. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broad areas, their work focuses on the subfields of Ecology and Genetics.

The scientist's research interests include topics such as Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Genetic Diversity and Population Structure. These topics reflect a focus on both ecological dynamics and molecular-level genetic studies.

Eleftherios Zouros has published in the Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research. Their notable recent paper is titled "Doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA: Might it be simpler than we thought?", published in 2020 in the same journal. This publication has been cited 16 times, indicating engagement from the academic community on this subject.

  • Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research

  • Doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA: Might it be simpler than we thought? (2020, Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research)

  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Best Publications

  • An unusual type of mitochondrial DNA inheritance in the blue mussel Mytilus.

    E Zouros;A Oberhauser Ball;C Saavedra;K R Freeman

  • Possible explanations of heterozygote deficiency in bivalve molluscs

    E. Zouros;D. W. Foltz

  • Animal mitochondrial DNA recombination revisited

    Antonis Rokas;Emmanuel Ladoukakis;Eleftherios Zouros

  • The use of allelic isozyme variation for the study of heterosis.

    Zouros E;Foltz Dw

  • GROWTH RATE IN OYSTERS: AN OVERDOMINANT PHENOTYPE AND ITS POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS

    E. Zouros;Shiva M. Singh;Heather E. Miles

  • Direct evidence for extensive paternal mitochondrial DNA inheritance in the marine mussel Mytilus

    Eleftherios Zouros;Kenneth R. Freeman;Amy Oberhauser Ball;Grant H. Pogson;Grant H. Pogson

  • Direct Evidence for Homologous Recombination in Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) Mitochondrial DNA

    Emmanuel D. Ladoukakis;Eleftherios Zouros

  • MITOCHONDRIAL DNA INHERITANCE

    Eleftherios Zouros;Eleftherios Zouros;Amy Oberhauser Ball;Carlos Saavedra;Carlos Saavedra;Kenneth R. Freeman;Kenneth R. Freeman

  • Biparental Inheritance Through Uniparental Transmission: The Doubly Uniparental Inheritance (DUI) of Mitochondrial DNA

    Eleftherios Zouros

  • Widespread Recombination in Published Animal mtDNA Sequences

    Anastasios D. Tsaousis;D.P. Martin;E.D. Ladoukakis;D. Posada

  • Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny and the reconstruction of the population history of a species: the case of the European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus).

    A Magoulas;N Tsimenides;E Zouros

  • The Complete Maternal and Paternal Mitochondrial Genomes of the Mediterranean Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis: Implications for the Doubly Uniparental Inheritance Mode of mtDNA

    Athanasia Mizi;Eleftherios Zouros;Nicholas Moschonas;George C. Rodakis

  • MULTIPLE ORIGINS OF GENDER-ASSOCIATED MITOCHONDRIAL DNA LINEAGES IN BIVALVES (MOLLUSCA: BIVALVIA)

    Walter R. Hoeh;Donald T. Stewart;Brent W. Sutherland;Eleftherios Zouros

  • Increasing genomic information in bivalves through new EST collections in four species: Development of new genetic markers for environmental studies and genome evolution

    Arnaud Tanguy;Nicolas Bierne;Carlos Saavedra;Benjamin Pina

  • HETEROZYGOSITY AND GROWTH IN MARINE BIVALVES: FURTHER DATA AND POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS.

    E. Zouros;M. Romero-Dorey;A. L. Mallet

  • Genetic comparison of wild and cultivated European populations of the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)

    J.A. Alarcón;A. Magoulas;T. Georgakopoulos;E. Zouros

  • The distribution of male-transmitted and female-transmitted mitochondrial DNA types in somatic tissues of blue mussels : implications for the operation of doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA

    Manuel A. Garrido-Ramos;Donald T. Stewart;Brent W. Sutherland;Eleftherios Zouros

  • Phylogenetic evidence for role-reversals of gender-associated mitochondrial DNA in Mytilus (Bivalvia: Mytilidae).

    W R Hoeh;D T Stewart;C Saavedra;B W Sutherland

  • Genetic differentiation in relation to marine landscape in a broadcast‐spawning bivalve mollusc (Placopecten magellanicus)

    E. L. Kenchington;M. U. Patwary;E. Zouros;C. J. Bird

  • GENIC DIFFERENTIATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE EARLY STAGES OF SPECIATON IN THE MULLERI SUBGROUP OF DROSOPHILA.

    E. Zouros

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellen Kenchington
Ellen Kenchington Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Nikos Poulakakis
Nikos Poulakakis University of Crete
Petros Lymberakis
Petros Lymberakis University of Crete
David W. Foltz
David W. Foltz Louisiana State University
Adalgisa Caccone
Adalgisa Caccone Yale University
Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis
Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis University of Geneva
David O. F. Skibinski
David O. F. Skibinski Swansea University
François Bonhomme
François Bonhomme University of Montpellier
Pierre Boudry
Pierre Boudry French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Adelino V.M. Canario
Adelino V.M. Canario University of Algarve

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