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James A. Birchler 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 James A. Birchler sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 355 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James A. Birchler 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 James A. Birchler sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% 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

  • 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

  • Understanding mechanisms of novel gene expression in polyploids.

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

  • 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

  • In Search of the Molecular Basis of Heterosis

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

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

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

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

    James A. Birchler;Reiner A. Veitia

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

    Manika Pal-Bhadra;Utpal Bhadra;James A Birchler

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

    James A. Birchler;Reiner A. Veitia

  • Centromeric Retroelements and Satellites Interact with Maize Kinetochore Protein CENH3

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

  • 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

  • Dosage balance in gene regulation: biological implications.

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

  • Dosage effects on gene expression in a maize ploidy series.

    Mei Guo;Doug Davis;James A. Birchler

  • 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

  • A molecular view of plant centromeres

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

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

    Manika Pal-Bhadra;Utpal Bhadra;James A Birchler

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

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

  • High frequency of centromere inactivation resulting in stable dicentric chromosomes of maize

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

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

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

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

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

  • Molecular characterization of a maize B chromosome centric sequence.

    M R Alfenito;J A Birchler

Frequent Co-Authors

Fangpu Han
Fangpu Han Chinese Academy of Sciences
Reiner A. Veitia
Reiner A. Veitia Université Paris Cité
Jiming Jiang
Jiming Jiang Michigan State University
Jianlin Cheng
Jianlin Cheng University of Missouri
R. Kelly Dawe
R. Kelly Dawe University of Georgia
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra University of California, Davis
Gary Stacey
Gary Stacey University of Missouri
Xuemei Chen
Xuemei Chen University of California, Riverside
Blake C. Meyers
Blake C. Meyers University of California, Davis
Edward S. Buckler
Edward S. Buckler Cornell University

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