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70
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22491
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2249
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Jon Slate 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 Jon Slate sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 151 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jon Slate 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 Jon Slate sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jon Slate is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines within biological sciences, focusing substantially on genetics and ecology.

Their main fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these, their work delves into subfields such as Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Insect Science, and Molecular Biology.

The primary topics of Jon Slate's research cover a range of themes central to animal and plant biology. These include Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Genetic diversity and population structure, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Avian ecology and behavior, Plant and animal studies, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Jon Slate has contributed regularly to various scientific journals. Frequent venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with six publications, Molecular Ecology with five papers, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences with two, Molecular Ecology Resources with two, and Science with one publication.

The following are selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Jon Slate:

  • Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals, 2022, Science
  • Phenotypic Responses to and Genetic Architecture of Sterility Following Exposure to Sub-Lethal Temperature During Development, 2020, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Cost, risk, and avoidance of inbreeding in a cooperatively breeding bird, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Genomic prediction in the wild: A case study in Soay sheep, 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • Using genomic prediction to detect microevolutionary change of a quantitative trait, 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jon Slate include Susan E. Johnston, Clarissa F. de Carvalho, Rüdiger Riesch, Zachariah Gompert, and Patrik Nosil, each having worked together on multiple occasions.

Best Publications

  • Statistical confidence for likelihood-based paternity inference in natural populations

    T. C. Marshall;J. Slate;L. E. B. Kruuk;J. M. Pemberton

  • The genome of a songbird

    Wesley C. Warren;David F. Clayton;Hans Ellegren;Arthur P. Arnold

  • Nonamplifying alleles at microsatellite loci: a caution for parentage and population studies.

    J. M. Pemberton;J. Slate;D. R. Bancroft;J. A. Barrett

  • Adaptation genomics: the next generation.

    Jessica Stapley;Julia Reger;Philine G.D. Feulner;Carole Smadja

  • ANTLER SIZE IN RED DEER: HERITABILITY AND SELECTION BUT NO EVOLUTION

    Loeske E. B. Kruuk;Loeske E. B. Kruuk;Jon Slate;Josephine M. Pemberton;Sue Brotherstone

  • A supergene determines highly divergent male reproductive morphs in the ruff

    Clemens Küpper;Clemens Küpper;Michael Stocks;Judith E Risse;Natalie Dos Remedios

  • A quantitative review of heterozygosity–fitness correlations in animal populations

    J. R. Chapman;S. Nakagawa;D. W. Coltman;J. Slate

  • Heritability of fitness in a wild mammal population.

    Loeske E. B. Kruuk;Tim H. Clutton-Brock;Jon Slate;Josephine M. Pemberton

  • Microsatellites reveal heterosis in red deer

    T. N Coulson;J. M Pemberton;S. D Albon;M Beaumont

  • Understanding the relationship between the inbreeding coefficient and multilocus heterozygosity: theoretical expectations and empirical data.

    J Slate;P David;K G Dodds;B A Veenvliet

  • A retrospective assessment of the accuracy of the paternity inference program CERVUS

    Jon Slate;Tristan Marshall;Josephine Pemberton

  • Inbreeding depression influences lifetime breeding success in a wild population of red deer (Cervus elaphus)

    J. Slate;L. E. B. Kruuk;T. C. Marshall;J. M. Pemberton

  • New Answers for Old Questions: The Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics of Wild Animal Populations

    Loeske E. B. Kruuk;Jon Slate;Alastair J. Wilson

  • Life history trade-offs at a single locus maintain sexually selected genetic variation

    Susan E. Johnston;Jacob Gratten;Jacob Gratten;Camillo Berenos;Jill G. Pilkington

  • MICROSATELLITE MEASURES OF INBREEDING: A META‐ANALYSIS

    D. W. Coltman;J. Slate

  • Quantitative trait locus mapping in natural populations: progress, caveats and future directions.

    Jon Slate

  • Genome-wide association mapping identifies the genetic basis of discrete and quantitative variation in sexual weaponry in a wild sheep population.

    Susan E. Johnston;John C. McEWAN;Natalie K. Pickering;James W. Kijas

  • Natural and Sexual Selection in a Wild Insect Population

    R. Rodriguez-Munoz;A. Bretman;A. Bretman;J. Slate;Craig Walling

  • Linkage disequilibrium in domestic sheep.

    A F McRae;J C McEwan;K G Dodds;T Wilson

  • A novel form of resistance in rice to the angiosperm parasite Striga hermonthica

    A. L. Gurney;J. Slate;M. C. Press;J. D. Scholes

Frequent Co-Authors

Josephine M. Pemberton
Josephine M. Pemberton University of Edinburgh
Terry Burke
Terry Burke University of Sheffield
Ben C. Sheldon
Ben C. Sheldon University of Oxford
Tim R. Birkhead
Tim R. Birkhead University of Sheffield
Jacob Gratten
Jacob Gratten University of Queensland
Marcel E. Visser
Marcel E. Visser University of Groningen
Allan F. McRae
Allan F. McRae University of Queensland
Martien A. M. Groenen
Martien A. M. Groenen Wageningen University & Research
Peter M. Visscher
Peter M. Visscher University of Oxford
Tim H. Clutton-Brock
Tim H. Clutton-Brock University of Cambridge

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