2026 James A. Birchler: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	76	1815	1726	835	786	355	24482

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2011 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James A. Birchler is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States. Their research primarily spans fields including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. A significant portion of their work lies within subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecology.

The research topics covered in Birchler's publications include:

Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
Plant Virus Research Studies
Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
Plant tissue culture and regeneration
Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Birchler include Hua Yang, Fangpu Han, Xiaowen Shi, Jianlin Cheng, and Patrice S. Albert.

Birchler has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The Plant Cell
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Chromosome Research
The Plant Journal

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Birchler include:

The multiple fates of gene duplications: Deletion, hypofunctionalization, subfunctionalization, neofunctionalization, dosage balance constraints, and neutral variation (2022, The Plant Cell)
One Hundred Years of Gene Balance: How Stoichiometric Issues Affect Gene Expression, Genome Evolution, and Quantitative Traits (2021, Cytogenetic and Genome Research)

Birchler has contributed to book publications, notably a volume titled Genomics and Disease Resistance in Wheat and Maize published by Frontiers Media in 2022.

Recognition for Birchler's work includes fellowships and memberships such as:

Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2014)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2011)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2002)

Best Publications

RNAi-mediated pathways in the nucleus

Marjori A. Matzke;James A. Birchler

1115
Citations
Understanding mechanisms of novel gene expression in polyploids.

Thomas C. Osborn;J. Chris Pires;James A. Birchler;Donald L. Auger

1079
Citations
Heterochromatic Silencing and HP1 Localization in Drosophila Are Dependent on the RNAi Machinery

Manika Pal-Bhadra;Manika Pal-Bhadra;Boris A. Leibovitch;Sumit G. Gandhi;Madhusudana Rao

806
Citations
In Search of the Molecular Basis of Heterosis

James A. Birchler;Donald L. Auger;Nicole C. Riddle

660
Citations
Chromosome painting using repetitive DNA sequences as probes for somatic chromosome identification in maize

Akio Kato;Jonathan C. Lamb;James A. Birchler

564
Citations
Gene balance hypothesis: connecting issues of dosage sensitivity across biological disciplines

James A. Birchler;Reiner A. Veitia

543
Citations
RNAi related mechanisms affect both transcriptional and posttranscriptional transgene silencing in Drosophila.

Manika Pal-Bhadra;Utpal Bhadra;James A Birchler

535
Citations
The gene balance hypothesis: from classical genetics to modern genomics.

James A. Birchler;Reiner A. Veitia

463
Citations
Centromeric Retroelements and Satellites Interact with Maize Kinetochore Protein CENH3

Cathy Xiaoyan Zhong;Joshua B. Marshall;Christopher Topp;Rebecca Mroczek

426
Citations
Dosage-dependent gene regulation in multicellular eukaryotes: implications for dosage compensation, aneuploid syndromes, and quantitative traits.

James A. Birchler;Utpal Bhadra;Manika Pal Bhadra;Donald L. Auger

405
Citations
Dosage balance in gene regulation: biological implications.

James A. Birchler;Nicole C. Riddle;Donald L. Auger;Reiner A. Veitia

402
Citations
Dosage effects on gene expression in a maize ploidy series.

Mei Guo;Doug Davis;James A. Birchler

385
Citations
Extensive chromosomal variation in a recently formed natural allopolyploid species, Tragopogon miscellus (Asteraceae)

Michael Chester;Joseph P. Gallagher;V. Vaughan Symonds;Ana Veruska Cruz da Silva

380
Citations
A molecular view of plant centromeres

Jiming Jiang;James A Birchler;Wayne A Parrott;R Kelly Dawe

377
Citations
COSUPPRESSION IN DROSOPHILA: GENE SILENCING OF ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE BY WHITE-ADH TRANSGENES IS POLYCOMB DEPENDENT

Manika Pal-Bhadra;Utpal Bhadra;James A Birchler

364
Citations
Aluminum tolerance in maize is associated with higher MATE1 gene copy number

Lyza G. Maron;Claudia T. Guimarães;Matias Kirst;Patrice S. Albert

356
Citations
High frequency of centromere inactivation resulting in stable dicentric chromosomes of maize

Fangpu Han;Jonathan C. Lamb;James A. Birchler

345
Citations
The Gene Balance Hypothesis: implications for gene regulation, quantitative traits and evolution

James A. Birchler;Reiner A. Veitia;Reiner A. Veitia

334
Citations
Cellular reactions to gene dosage imbalance: genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic effects

Reiner A. Veitia;Samuel Bottani;Samuel Bottani;Samuel Bottani;James A. Birchler

318
Citations
Molecular characterization of a maize B chromosome centric sequence.

M R Alfenito;J A Birchler

280
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Fangpu Han Chinese Academy of Sciences

Reiner A. Veitia Université Paris Cité

Jiming Jiang Michigan State University

Jianlin Cheng University of Missouri

R. Kelly Dawe University of Georgia

Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra University of California, Davis

Gary Stacey University of Missouri

Xuemei Chen University of California, Riverside

Blake C. Meyers University of California, Davis

Edward S. Buckler Cornell University

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