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Marcus R. Kronforst

Marcus R. Kronforst

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
7733
World Ranking
6773
National Ranking
2286

Marcus R. Kronforst publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marcus R. Kronforst sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 89 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Marcus R. Kronforst D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marcus R. Kronforst sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Marcus R. Kronforst is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these domains, key subfields include Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant and animal studies, Genetic diversity and population structure, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

Frequently publishing in journals, Marcus R. Kronforst has multiple publications in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • BMC Biology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Molecular Ecology

Recent papers include:

  • "A shared genetic basis of mimicry across swallowtail butterflies points to ancestral co-option of doublesex," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Genomic evidence for gene flow between monarchs with divergent migratory phenotypes and flight performance," 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • "Divergence, gene flow, and the origin of leapfrog geographic distributions: The history of colour pattern variation in Phyllobates poison-dart frogs," 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • "Are eastern and western monarch butterflies distinct populations? A review of evidence for ecological, phenotypic, and genetic differentiation and implications for conservation," 2021, Conservation Science and Practice
  • "Museum genomics reveals the Xerces blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche xerces) was a distinct species driven to extinction," 2021, Biology Letters

Collaborations have been frequent with several co-authors, including:

  • Nicholas W. VanKuren
  • Darli Massardo
  • Sofia I. Sheikh
  • Wei Lu
  • Sumitha Nallu

Best Publications

  • Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

    Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;James R. Walters;Adriana D. Briscoe

  • Genomic architecture and introgression shape a butterfly radiation

    Nathaniel B. Edelman;Paul B. Frandsen;Paul B. Frandsen;Michael Miyagi;Bernardo Clavijo

  • optix Drives the Repeated Convergent Evolution of Butterfly Wing Pattern Mimicry

    Robert D. Reed;Riccardo Papa;Riccardo Papa;Arnaud Martin;Heather M. Hines

  • Linkage of butterfly mate preference and wing color preference cue at the genomic location of wingless

    Marcus R. Kronforst;Laura G. Young;Durrell D. Kapan;Durrell D. Kapan;Camille McNeely;Camille McNeely

  • doublesex is a mimicry supergene

    K. Kunte;W. Zhang;A. Tenger-Trolander;D. H. Palmer

  • The genetics of monarch butterfly migration and warning colouration

    Shuai Zhan;Shuai Zhan;Shuai Zhan;Wei Zhang;Kristjan Niitepõld;Kristjan Niitepõld;Jeremy Hsu

  • Diversification of complex butterfly wing patterns by repeated regulatory evolution of a Wnt ligand

    Arnaud Martin;Riccardo Papa;Nicola J. Nadeau;Ryan I. Hill

  • Outbred genome sequencing and CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in butterflies

    Xueyan Li;Dingding Fan;Wei Zhang;Guichun Liu

  • Polymorphic butterfly reveals the missing link in ecological speciation.

    Nicola L. Chamberlain;Ryan I. Hill;Durrell D. Kapan;Lawrence E. Gilbert

  • Macroevolutionary shifts of WntA function potentiate butterfly wing-pattern diversity

    Anyi Mazo-Vargas;Carolina Concha;Luca Livraghi;Darli Massardo

  • MULTILOCUS ANALYSES OF ADMIXTURE AND INTROGRESSION AMONG HYBRIDIZING HELICONIUS BUTTERFLIES

    Marcus R. Kronforst;Laura G. Young;Lauren M. Blume;Lawrence E. Gilbert

  • Genome-wide introgression among distantly related Heliconius butterfly species.

    Wei Zhang;Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;James Mallet;Gilson R. P. Moreira

  • Unraveling the thread of nature's tapestry: the genetics of diversity and convergence in animal pigmentation.

    Marcus R. Kronforst;Gregory S. Barsh;Artyom Kopp;James Mallet;James Mallet

  • Hybridization reveals the evolving genomic architecture of speciation.

    Marcus R. Kronforst;Matthew E.B. Hansen;Nicholas G. Crawford;Jason R. Gallant

  • Mate preference across the speciation continuum in a clade of mimetic butterflies.

    Richard M. Merrill;Zachariah Gompert;Lauren M. Dembeck;Marcus R. Kronforst

  • The Functional Basis of Wing Patterning in Heliconius Butterflies: The Molecules Behind Mimicry

    Marcus R. Kronforst;Riccardo Papa

  • Wing patterning gene redefines the mimetic history of Heliconius butterflies

    Heather M. Hines;Brian A. Counterman;Riccardo Papa;Priscila Albuquerque de Moura

  • Sex chromosome mosaicism and hybrid speciation among tiger swallowtail butterflies.

    Krushnamegh Kunte;Krushnamegh Kunte;Cristina Shea;Matthew L. Aardema;J. Mark Scriber

  • Genomic Hotspots for Adaptation: The Population Genetics of Müllerian Mimicry in the Heliconius melpomene Clade

    Simon W. Baxter;Nicola J. Nadeau;Luana Maroja;Luana Maroja;Paul Wilkinson

  • Do Heliconius butterfly species exchange mimicry alleles

    Joel Smith;Marcus R. Kronforst

Frequent Co-Authors

W. Owen McMillan
W. Owen McMillan Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Chris D. Jiggins
Chris D. Jiggins University of Cambridge
Lawrence E. Gilbert
Lawrence E. Gilbert The University of Texas at Austin
James Mallet
James Mallet Harvard University
Robert D. Reed
Robert D. Reed Cornell University
Camilo Salazar
Camilo Salazar Universidad del Rosario
Adriana D. Briscoe
Adriana D. Briscoe University of California, Irvine
Rasmus Nielsen
Rasmus Nielsen University of California, Berkeley
Daniel E. Neafsey
Daniel E. Neafsey Broad Institute
Nick Patterson
Nick Patterson Harvard University

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