John R. Finnerty

John R. Finnerty publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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John R. Finnerty D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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Best Publications

• Sea Anemone Genome Reveals Ancestral Eumetazoan Gene Repertoire and Genomic Organization

  Nicholas H. Putnam;Mansi Srivastava;Uffe Hellsten;Bill Dirks

  1763
  Citations

• Origins of Bilateral Symmetry: Hox and Dpp Expression in a Sea Anemone

  John R. Finnerty;Kevin Pang;Pat Burton;Dave Paulson

  500
  Citations

• Investigating the origins of triploblasty: 'mesodermal' gene expression in a diploblastic animal, the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis (phylum, Cnidaria; class, Anthozoa).

  Mark Q. Martindale;Kevin Pang;John R. Finnerty

  423
  Citations

• Evolution of endothermy in fish : mapping physiological traits on a molecular phylogeny

  Barbara A. Block;John R. Finnerty;Alexandre F. R. Stewart;Jessica Kidd

  355
  Citations

• Pre-bilaterian origins of the Hox cluster and the Hox code: evidence from the sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis.

  Joseph F. Ryan;Joseph F. Ryan;Maureen E. Mazza;Kevin Pang;David Q. Matus

  273
  Citations

• Rising starlet: the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis.

  John A. Darling;Adam R. Reitzel;Patrick M. Burton;Maureen E. Mazza

  258
  Citations

• The cnidarian-bilaterian ancestor possessed at least 56 homeoboxes: evidence from the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis.

  Joseph F Ryan;Joseph F Ryan;Patrick M Burton;Maureen E Mazza;Grace K Kwong

  215
  Citations

• Endothermy in fishes: a phylogenetic analysis of constraints, predispositions, and selection pressures

  Barbara A. Block;John R. Finnerty

  202
  Citations

• Ancient origins of axial patterning genes: Hox genes and ParaHox genes in the Cnidaria.

  John R. Finnerty;Mark Q. Martindale

  165
  Citations

• Conflicting phylogenetic signals at the base of the metazoan tree

  Antonis Rokas;Nicole King;John Finnerty;Sean B. Carroll

  129
  Citations

• The Radiata and the evolutionary origins of the bilaterian body plan.

  Mark Q. Martindale;John R. Finnerty;Jonathan Joseph Henry

  123
  Citations

• Early evolution of a homeobox gene: the parahox gene Gsx in the Cnidaria and the Bilateria

  John R. Finnerty;David Paulson;Pat Burton;Kevin Pang

  117
  Citations

• The origins of axial patterning in the metazoa: how old is bilateral symmetry?

  Unknown

  116
  Citations

• Direct sequencing of mitochondrial DNA detects highly divergent haplotypes in blue marlin (Makaira nigricans).

  J R Finnerty;B A Block

  114
  Citations

• The evolution of the Hox cluster: insights from outgroups

  John R Finnerty;Mark Q Martindale

  112
  Citations

• Collecting, rearing, spawning and inducing regeneration of the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis

  Unknown

  105
  Citations

• Comparison of developmental trajectories in the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis: embryogenesis, regeneration, and two forms of asexual fission

  Unknown

  96
  Citations

• Genomic Survey of Candidate Stress-Response Genes in the Estuarine Anemone Nematostella vectensis

  Unknown

  96
  Citations

• Homeoboxes in Sea Anemones (Cnidaria; Anthozoa): A PCR-Based Survey of Nematostella vectensis and Metridium senile

  John R. Finnerty;Mark Q. Martindale

  96
  Citations

• Transcription factor NF-κB is modulated by symbiotic status in a sea anemone model of cnidarian bleaching.

  Katelyn M. Mansfield;Nicole M. Carter;Linda Nguyen;Phillip A. Cleves

  94
  Citations