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Leslie A. Lyons 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 Leslie A. Lyons sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 206 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leslie A. Lyons 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 Leslie A. Lyons sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Leslie A. Lyons is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a total of 128 publications. Their research spans several specialized fields, including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Cell Biology, and Plant Science.

Their work covers a wide range of topics such as:

  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Lyons are:

  • A new domestic cat genome assembly based on long sequence reads empowers feline genomic medicine and identifies a novel gene for dwarfism (2020, PLoS Genetics)
  • Applying genomic data in wildlife monitoring: Development guidelines for genotyping degraded samples with reduced single nucleotide polymorphism panels (2020, Molecular Ecology Resources)
  • Mutations in the Kinesin-2 Motor KIF3B Cause an Autosomal-Dominant Ciliopathy (2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics)
  • De novo Mutations in Domestic Cat are Consistent with an Effect of Reproductive Longevity on Both the Rate and Spectrum of Mutations (2022, Molecular Biology and Evolution)
  • Ultracontinuous Single Haplotype Genome Assemblies for the Domestic Cat (Felis catus) and Asian Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) (2020, Journal of Heredity)

Frequent publication venues for Lyons include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Animal Genetics
  • Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Lyons has collaborated notably with several co-authors, including:

  • Reuben M. Buckley
  • Wesley C. Warren
  • William J. Murphy
  • M. Longeri
  • Marie Abitbol

These collaborations and publications delineate a career focused on applying genomic and molecular biology techniques to understand genetics, reproduction, and phenotypic traits in both domestic and wild animals as well as their conservation.

Best Publications

  • A cat cloned by nuclear transplantation

    Taeyoung Shin;Duane Kraemer;Jane Pryor;Ling Liu

  • Anchored reference loci for comparative genome mapping in mammals.

    Stephen J. O'Brien;James E. Womack;Leslie A. Lyons;Karen J. Moore

  • A genetic linkage map of microsatellites in the domestic cat (Felis catus).

    Marilyn Menotti-Raymond;Victor A. David;Leslie A. Lyons;Alejandro A. Schäffer

  • Comparative Anchor Tagged Sequences (CATS) for Integrative Mapping of Mammalian Genomes

    Leslie A. Lyons;Thomas F. Laughlin;Neal G. Copeland;Nancy A. Jenkins

  • Comparative analysis of the domestic cat genome reveals genetic signatures underlying feline biology and domestication

    Michael J. Montague;Gang Li;Barbara Gandolfi;Razib Khan

  • Feline lymphoma in the post-feline leukemia virus era

    Mathilde Louwerens;Cheryl A. London;Niels C. Pedersen;Leslie A. Lyons

  • Birth of African Wildcat cloned kittens born from domestic cats.

    Martha C. Gómez;C. Earle Pope;Angelica Giraldo;Leslie A. Lyons

  • The Ascent of Cat Breeds: Genetic Evaluations of Breeds and Worldwide Random Bred Populations

    Monika J. Lipinski;Lutz Froenicke;Kathleen C. Baysac;Nicholas C. Billings

  • Feline Polycystic Kidney Disease Mutation Identified in PKD1

    Leslie A. Lyons;David S. Biller;Carolyn A. Erdman;Monika J. Lipinski

  • Pathogenesis of feline enteric coronavirus infection.

    Niels C. Pedersen;Claire E. Allen;Leslie A. Lyons

  • Serotonin transporter expression is predicted by early life stress and is associated with disinhibited behavior in infant rhesus macaques

    E. L. Kinnally;E. R. Tarara;W. A. Mason;S. P. Mendoza

  • Comparative genomics: lessons from cats

    Stephen J. O'Brien;Johannes Wienberg;Leslie A. Lyons

  • Ketosis ameliorates renal cyst growth in polycystic kidney disease

    Jacob A. Torres;Samantha L. Kruger;Caroline Broderick;Tselmeg Amarlkhagva

  • Spinocerebellar ataxia: Variable age of onset and linkage to human leukocyte antigen in a large kindred

    Huda Y. Zoghbi;Marilyn S. Pollack;Leslie A. Lyons;Robert E. Ferrell

  • Comparative Genome Organization of Vertebrates

    L. Andersson;A. Archibald;M. Ashburner;S. Audun

  • Tyrosinase mutations associated with Siamese and Burmese patterns in the domestic cat (Felis catus)

    Leslie A Lyons;D. L. Imes;H. C. Rah;Robert A Grahn

  • Albinism in the domestic cat (Felis catus) is associated with a tyrosinase (TYR) mutation

    D. L. Imes;L. A. Geary;Robert A Grahn;Leslie A Lyons

  • A new domestic cat genome assembly based on long sequence reads empowers feline genomic medicine and identifies a novel gene for dwarfism.

    Reuben M. Buckley;Brian W. Davis;Wesley A. Brashear;Fabiana H.G. Farias

  • GENETIC INDIVIDUALIZATION OF DOMESTIC CATS USING FELINE STR LOCI FOR FORENSIC APPLICATIONS

    Menotti-Raymond M;David Va;Stephens Jc;Lyons La

  • Nuclear transfer of sand cat cells into enucleated domestic cat oocytes is affected by cryopreservation of donor cells

    Martha C. Gómez;C. Earle Pope;Robert H. Kutner;David M. Ricks

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. O'Brien
Stephen J. O'Brien Nova Southeastern University
Niels C Pedersen
Niels C Pedersen University of California, Davis
Christopher R Helps
Christopher R Helps University of Bristol
Paulo C. Alves
Paulo C. Alves University of Porto
William J. Murphy
William J. Murphy Texas A&M University
Wesley C. Warren
Wesley C. Warren University of Missouri
Richard Malik
Richard Malik University of Sydney
Ettore Randi
Ettore Randi Aalborg University
John P. Capitanio
John P. Capitanio University of California, Davis
Robert E. Ferrell
Robert E. Ferrell University of Pittsburgh

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