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Gregory P. Copenhaver 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 Gregory P. Copenhaver sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 119 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gregory P. Copenhaver 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 Gregory P. Copenhaver sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% 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

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Gregory P. Copenhaver is a researcher affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their primary fields of study encompass Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broad areas, they have focused extensively on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Materials Chemistry.

Their research covers several main topics including DNA Repair Mechanisms, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Reproductive Biology, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, and Plant Nutrient Uptake and Metabolism.

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Gregory P. Copenhaver are:

  • The cohesin loader SCC2 contains a PHD finger that is required for meiosis in land plants (2020, PLoS Genetics)
  • Regulation of interference-sensitive crossover distribution ensures crossover assurance in Arabidopsis (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • DNA polymerase epsilon binds histone H3.1-H4 and recruits MORC1 to mediate meiotic heterochromatin condensation (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Separation of Arabidopsis Pollen Tetrads Is Regulated by QUARTET1, a Pectin Methylesterase Gene (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • HEI10 is subject to phase separation and mediates RPA1a degradation during meiotic interference-sensitive crossover formation (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Copenhaver frequently collaborates with several co-authors, notably:

  • Yingxiang Wang
  • Cong Wang
  • Hong Mā
  • Jiyue Huang
  • Hongkuan Wang

Publications by Gregory P. Copenhaver have appeared predominantly in venues such as UNC Libraries, where they have published 28 works, PLoS Genetics with 8 publications, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences with 4 publications, Frontiers in Plant Science with 2, and the Research Portal (King's College London) with 2.

In recognition of contributions to science, the researcher was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Repetitive Elements May Comprise Over Two-Thirds of the Human Genome

    A. P. Jason de Koning;Wanjun Gu;Todd A. Castoe;Mark A. Batzer

  • Sequence and analysis of chromosome 2 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana

    Xiaoying Lin;Samir Kaul;Steve Rounsley;Terrance P. Shea

  • Genetic definition and sequence analysis of Arabidopsis centromeres.

    Gregory P. Copenhaver;Kathryn Nickel;Takashi Kuromori;Maria Ines Benito

  • Arabidopsis meiotic crossover hot spots overlap with H2A.Z nucleosomes at gene promoters

    Kyuha Choi;Xiaohui Zhao;Krystyna A Kelly;Oliver Venn

  • FANCM Limits Meiotic Crossovers

    Wayne Crismani;Chloé Girard;Chloé Girard;Nicole Froger;Nicole Froger;Mónica Pradillo

  • Separation of Arabidopsis Pollen Tetrads Is Regulated by QUARTET1, a Pectin Methylesterase Gene

    Kirk E. Francis;Sandy Y. Lam;Gregory Paul Copenhaver

  • Genetic interference: don't stand so close to me.

    Luke E. Berchowitz;Gregory P. Copenhaver

  • The role of AtMUS81 in interference-insensitive crossovers in A. thaliana.

    Luke E Berchowitz;Kirk E Francis;Alexandra L Bey;Gregory P Copenhaver

  • Pollen tetrad-based visual assay for meiotic recombination in Arabidopsis

    Kirk E. Francis;Sandy Y. Lam;Benjamin D. Harrison;Alexandra L. Bey

  • Meiotic Recombination: Mixing It Up in Plants.

    Yingxiang Wang;Gregory P. Copenhaver

  • Crossover interference in Arabidopsis.

    G. P. Copenhaver;E. A. Housworth;F. W. Stahl

  • Assaying genome-wide recombination and centromere functions with Arabidopsis tetrads.

    Gregory Paul Copenhaver;William E. Browne;Daphne Preuss

  • Two‐dimensional RFLP analyses reveal megabase‐sized clusters of rRNA gene variants in Arabidopsis thaliana, suggesting local spreading of variants as the mode for gene homogenization during concerted evolution

    Gregory P. Copenhaver;Craig S. Pikaard

  • The CYCLIN-A CYCA1;2/TAM Is Required for the Meiosis I to Meiosis II Transition and Cooperates with OSD1 for the Prophase to First Meiotic Division Transition

    Isabelle d'Erfurth;Laurence Cromer;Sylvie Jolivet;Chloé Girard

  • RFLP and physical mapping with an rDNA-specific endonuclease reveals that nucleolus organizer regions of Arabidopsis thaliana adjoin the telomeres on chromosomes 2 and 4

    Gregory P. Copenhaver;Craig S. Pikaard

  • Epigenetic Remodeling of Meiotic Crossover Frequency in Arabidopsis thaliana DNA Methyltransferase Mutants

    Nataliya E. Yelina;Kyuha Choi;Liudmila Chelysheva;Malcolm Macaulay

  • Production of diploid male gametes in Arabidopsis by cold-induced destabilization of postmeiotic radial microtubule arrays.

    Nico De Storme;Gregory P. Copenhaver;Danny Geelen

  • Does crossover interference count in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Franklin W. Stahl;Henriette M. Foss;Lisa S. Young;Rhona H. Borts

  • Guidelines for genome-wide association studies.

    Gregory S. Barsh;Gregory Paul Copenhaver;Greg Gibson;Scott M. Williams

  • The RNA polymerase I transcription factor UBF is a sequence-tolerant HMG-box protein that can recognize structured nucleic acids

    Gregory P. Copenhaver;Christopher D. Putnam;Michael L. Denton;Craig S. Pikaard

Frequent Co-Authors

Daphne Preuss
Daphne Preuss University of Chicago
Hong Ma
Hong Ma Pennsylvania State University
Gregory S. Barsh
Gregory S. Barsh Stanford University
Ian R. Henderson
Ian R. Henderson University of Cambridge
Craig S. Pikaard
Craig S. Pikaard Indiana University
Scott M. Williams
Scott M. Williams Case Western Reserve University
Greg Gibson
Greg Gibson Georgia Institute of Technology
Hua Tang
Hua Tang Stanford University
Franklin W. Stahl
Franklin W. Stahl University of Oregon

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