2026 James M. Cheverud: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	95	896	843	447	417	293	34405

Research.com Recognitions

1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James M. Cheverud is affiliated with Loyola University Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on genetics, geometry and topology, molecular biology, paleontology, and rheumatology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

Morphological variations and asymmetry
Genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals
Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
Evolution and paleontology studies
Osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms
Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
Cell image analysis techniques

James M. Cheverud has contributed to numerous publications. Recent selected papers include:

"Facial shape and allometry quantitative trait locus intervals in the Diversity Outbred mouse are enriched for known skeletal and facial development genes," 2020, published in PLoS ONE
"RNA-seq analysis of chondrocyte transcriptome reveals genetic heterogeneity in LG/J and SM/J murine strains," 2020, published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
"Genetic correlations between cartilage regeneration and degeneration reveal an inverse relationship," 2020, published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
"MusMorph, a database of standardized mouse morphology data for morphometric meta-analyses," 2022, published in Scientific Data
"The Genetic Architecture of a Congenital Heart Defect Is Related to Its Fitness Cost," 2021, published in Genes

The scientist collaborates frequently with several individuals in their field, including:

Ralph Marcucio
Benedikt Hallgrímsson
Rebecca M. Green
Stephen A. Murray
Christopher J. Percival

The most frequent venues for James M. Cheverud's publications are:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Scientific Data
PLoS ONE
Genes

James M. Cheverud received the designation of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1988.

Best Publications

The Collaborative Cross, a community resource for the genetic analysis of complex traits

Gary A. Churchill;David C. Airey;Hooman Allayee;Joe M. Angel

1263
Citations
The road to modularity

Günter P. Wagner;Mihaela Pavlicev;James M. Cheverud

1158
Citations
PHENOTYPIC, GENETIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL MORPHOLOGICAL INTEGRATION IN THE CRANIUM.

James M. Cheverud

979
Citations
A COMPARISON OF GENETIC AND PHENOTYPIC CORRELATIONS

James M. Cheverud

976
Citations
Evolutionary consequences of indirect genetic effects

Jason B. Wolf;Edmund D. Brodie;James M. Cheverud;Allen J. Moore

930
Citations
THE QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PHYLOGENETIC CONSTRAINTS IN COMPARATIVE ANALYSES: SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN BODY WEIGHT AMONG PRIMATES.

James M. Cheverud;Malcolm M. Dow;Walter Leutenegger

829
Citations
Developmental Integration and the Evolution of Pleiotropy

James M. Cheverud

819
Citations
Quantitative genetics and developmental constraints on evolution by selection.

James M. Cheverud

803
Citations
Perspective: Evolution and detection of genetic robustness.

J. Arjan G. M. de Visser;Joachim Hermisson;Günter P. Wagner;Lauren Ancel Meyers

796
Citations
Epistasis and its contribution to genetic variance components.

James M. Cheverud;Eric J. Routman

591
Citations
The nature and identification of quantitative trait loci: a community's view.

Oduola Abiola;Joe M. Angel;Philip Avner;Alexander A. Bachmanov

546
Citations
A simple correction for multiple comparisons in interval mapping genome scans

James M Cheverud

475
Citations
A COMPARISON OF PHENOTYPIC VARIATION AND COVARIATION PATTERNS AND THE ROLE OF PHYLOGENY, ECOLOGY, AND ONTOGENY DURING CRANIAL EVOLUTION OF NEW WORLD MONKEYS

Gabriel Marroig;James M. Cheverud

462
Citations
Relationships among ontogenetic, static, and evolutionary allometry.

James M. Cheverud

396
Citations
Morphological Integration in the Saddle-Back Tamarin (Saguinus fuscicollis) Cranium

James M. Cheverud

395
Citations
Quantitative Trait Loci for Murine Growth

James M. Cheverud;Eric J. Routman;Eric J. Routman;F. A. M. Duarte;Bruno van Swinderen

374
Citations
QUANTITATIVE GENETICS OF DEVELOPMENT: GENETIC CORRELATIONS AMONG AGE-SPECIFIC TRAIT VALUES AND THE EVOLUTION OF ONTOGENY.

James M. Cheverud;J. J. Rutledge;William R. Atchley

358
Citations
Genetics and analysis of quantitative traits

James M. Cheverud

351
Citations
SIZE AS A LINE OF LEAST EVOLUTIONARY RESISTANCE: DIET AND ADAPTIVE MORPHOLOGICAL RADIATION IN NEW WORLD MONKEYS

Gabriel Marroig;James M. Cheverud

339
Citations
EVOLUTION AND DETECTION OF GENETIC ROBUSTNESS

J. Arjan G. M. De Visser;Joachim Hermisson;Lauren Ancel Meyers;Homayoun Bagheri-Chaichian

143
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason B. Wolf University of Bath

Jeffrey Rogers Baylor College of Medicine

Günter P. Wagner Yale University

Linda J. Sandell Washington University in St. Louis

Joan T. Richtsmeier Pennsylvania State University

Michael W. Vannier University of Chicago

Clay F. Semenkovich Washington University in St. Louis

Allen J. Moore University of Georgia

Benedikt Hallgrímsson Alberta Children's Hospital

Daniel Pomp University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

External Links

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