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Gregory A. Wray

Gregory A. Wray

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Genetics

D-Index
71
Citations
22128
World Ranking
2170
National Ranking
984

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Gregory A. Wray is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spans the field of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on molecular biology, ecology, oceanography, aquatic science, and global and planetary change.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Echinoderm biology and ecology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Notable recent publications feature a variety of research themes and venues:

  • An early cell shape transition drives evolutionary expansion of the human forebrain, 2021, Cell
  • Neuronal and glial 3D chromatin architecture informs the cellular etiology of brain disorders, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The hard clam genome reveals massive expansion and diversification of inhibitors of apoptosis in Bivalvia, 2021, BMC Biology
  • Developmental single-cell transcriptomics in the Lytechinus variegatus sea urchin embryo, 2021, Development
  • Chromosomal-Level Genome Assembly of the Sea Urchin Lytechinus variegatus Substantially Improves Functional Genomic Analyses, 2020, Genome Biology and Evolution

Frequent co-authors with whom they have collaborated multiple times include Alejandro Berrío, Maria Byrne, Phillip L. Davidson, Abdull J. Massri, and David R. McClay.

Their research has appeared regularly in these key publication venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Development
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Wray was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe

    Sarah A Tishkoff;Floyd A Reed;Alessia Ranciaro;Alessia Ranciaro;Benjamin F Voight

  • The evolutionary significance of cis -regulatory mutations

    Gregory A. Wray

  • The Evolution of Transcriptional Regulation in Eukaryotes

    Gregory A. Wray;Matthew W. Hahn;Ehab Abouheif;James P. Balhoff

  • The genome of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.

    Erica Sodergren;George M. Weinstock;Eric H. Davidson;R. Andrew Cameron

  • Does evolutionary theory need a rethink

    Kevin Laland;Tobias Uller;Marc Feldman;Kim Sterelny

  • Molecular Evidence for Deep Precambrian Divergences Among Metazoan Phyla

    Gregory A. Wray;Jeffrey S. Levinton;Leo H. Shapiro

  • Evolution of the gene network underlying wing polyphenism in ants.

    Ehab Abouheif;Gregory A. Wray

  • The origin and evolution of animal appendages

    Grace Panganiban;Steven M. Irvine;Chris Lowe;Henry Roehl

  • The PsychENCODE project

    Schahram Akbarian;Chunyu Liu;James A Knowles;Flora M Vaccarino

  • Abundant raw material for cis-regulatory evolution in humans

    Matthew V. Rockman;Gregory A. Wray

  • Promoter regions of many neural- and nutrition-related genes have experienced positive selection during human evolution

    Ralph Haygood;Olivier Fedrigo;Brian Hanson;Ken-Daigoro Yokoyama

  • Population genomics reveal recent speciation and rapid evolutionary adaptation in polar bears.

    Shiping Liu;Eline D. Lorenzen;Matteo Fumagalli;Bo Li

  • Radical alterations in the roles of homeobox genes during echinoderm evolution

    Christopher J. Lowe;Gregory A. Wray

  • Heterochrony: Developmental mechanisms and evolutionary results

    Rudolf A. Raff;Gregory A. Wray

  • Human-Chimpanzee Differences in a FZD8 Enhancer Alter Cell-Cycle Dynamics in the Developing Neocortex

    J. Lomax Boyd;Stephanie L. Skove;Jeremy P. Rouanet;Louis-Jan Pilaz

  • Rapid Evolution of cis-Regulatory Sequences via Local Point Mutations

    Jonathon R. Stone;Gregory A. Wray

  • Ancient and recent positive selection transformed opioid cis-regulation in humans.

    Matthew V Rockman;Matthew W Hahn;Matthew W Hahn;Nicole Soranzo;Fritz Zimprich

  • Homology and developmental genes

    Ehab Abouheif;Michael Akam;William J. Dickinson;Peter W.H. Holland

  • The evolution of developmental strategy in marine invertebrates

    Gregory A. Wray;Rudolf A. Raff

  • Development and application of a phylogenomic toolkit: Resolving the evolutionary history of Madagascar’s lemurs

    Julie E. Horvath;David W. Weisrock;Stephanie L. Embry;Isabella Fiorentino

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudolf A. Raff
Rudolf A. Raff Indiana University
Maria Byrne
Maria Byrne University of Sydney
Gregory E. Crawford
Gregory E. Crawford Duke University
Matthew W. Hahn
Matthew W. Hahn Indiana University
David R. McClay
David R. McClay Duke University
Susan C. Alberts
Susan C. Alberts Duke University
David Goldstein
David Goldstein University of New South Wales
Jon H. Kaas
Jon H. Kaas Vanderbilt University
Patrick F. Sullivan
Patrick F. Sullivan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nicole Soranzo
Nicole Soranzo Wellcome Sanger Institute

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