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Mohamed A. F. Noor

Mohamed A. F. Noor

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Genetics

D-Index
58
Citations
15011
World Ranking
3309
National Ranking
1441

Overview

Mohamed A. F. Noor is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans a range of subfields, including genetics, molecular biology, sociology and political science, plant science, and insect science.

Their research topics cover areas such as genetic diversity and population structure, evolution and genetic dynamics, genomics and phylogenetic studies, plant and animal studies, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, and CRISPR and genetic engineering.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Mohamed A. F. Noor are:

  • Natural Selection Shapes Variation in Genome-wide Recombination Rate in Drosophila pseudoobscura, 2020, published in Current Biology
  • Gene flow biases population genetic inference of recombination rate, 2022, published in G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Homage to Felsenstein 1981, or why are there so few/many species?, 2021, published in Evolution
  • Inversions shape the divergence of Drosophila pseudoobscura and Drosophila persimilis on multiple timescales, 2021, published in Evolution
  • Gene flow biases population genetic inference of recombination rate, 2021, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Kieran Samuk
  • Katharine L. Korunes
  • Brenda Manzano-Winkler
  • Sarah Marion
  • Mayada S. Hassan

Mohamed A. F. Noor's publications appear predominantly in the following venues:

  • Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Biology
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Annual Review of Animal Biosciences

Best Publications

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • The role of reinforcement in speciation: Theory and data

    Maria R. Servedio;Mohamed A.F. Noor

  • Chromosomal inversions and the reproductive isolation of species.

    Mohamed A. F. Noor;Katherine L. Grams;Lisa A. Bertucci;Jane Reiland

  • Comparative genome sequencing of Drosophila pseudoobscura: Chromosomal, gene, and cis-element evolution

    Stephen Richards;Yue Liu;Brian R. Bettencourt;Pavel Hradecky

  • What do we need to know about speciation

    Roger Butlin;Allan Debelle;Claudius Kerth;Rhonda R. Snook

  • Interpreting the genomic landscape of speciation: a road map for finding barriers to gene flow.

    M. Ravinet;M. Ravinet;R. Faria;R. Faria;R. Faria;R. K. Butlin;R. K. Butlin;J. Galindo

  • Reinforcement and other consequences of sympatry.

    Mohamed A. F. Noor

  • Islands of speciation or mirages in the desert? Examining the role of restricted recombination in maintaining species.

    Mohamed A. F. Noor;Sarah M. Bennett

  • Speciation driven by natural selection in Drosophila

    Mohamed A. Noor

  • Speciation genetics: evolving approaches

    Mohamed A F Noor;Jeffrey L Feder

  • Polytene Chromosomal Maps of 11 Drosophila Species: The Order of Genomic Scaffolds Inferred From Genetic and Physical Maps

    Stephen W. Schaeffer;Arjun Bhutkar;Arjun Bhutkar;Bryant F. McAllister;Muneo Matsuda

  • The genomics of speciation in Drosophila: diversity, divergence, and introgression estimated using low-coverage genome sequencing.

    Rob J. Kulathinal;Laurie S. Stevison;Mohamed A. F. Noor

  • Gene Transposition as a Cause of Hybrid Sterility in Drosophila

    John P. Masly;Corbin D. Jones;Mohamed A. F. Noor;John Locke

  • Recombination rate variation in closely related species

    C S Smukowski;M A F Noor

  • Speciation by Reinforcement: A Model Derived from Studies of Drosophila

    John K. Kelly;Mohamed A. F. Noor

  • Genome-Wide Patterns of Expression in Drosophila Pure Species and Hybrid Males

    Pawel Michalak;Mohamed A. F. Noor

  • Fine-scale mapping of recombination rate in Drosophila refines its correlation to diversity and divergence.

    Rob J. Kulathinal;Sarah M. Bennett;Courtney L. Fitzpatrick;Mohamed A. F. Noor

  • Variation in Recombination Rate: Adaptive or Not?

    Kathryn R. Ritz;Mohamed A.F. Noor;Nadia D. Singh

  • Recombination and the divergence of hybridizing species

    Daniel Ortíz-Barrientos;Jane Reiland;Jody Hey;Mohamed A. F. Noor

  • The role of meiotic drive in hybrid male sterility

    Shannon R. McDermott;Mohamed A. F. Noor

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael G. Ritchie
Michael G. Ritchie University of St Andrews
Roger K. Butlin
Roger K. Butlin University of Sheffield
Jerry A. Coyne
Jerry A. Coyne University of Chicago
Charles F. Aquadro
Charles F. Aquadro Cornell University
William M. Gelbart
William M. Gelbart University of California, Los Angeles
Ruth G. Shaw
Ruth G. Shaw University of Minnesota
Allen J. Moore
Allen J. Moore University of Georgia
Jeffrey L. Feder
Jeffrey L. Feder University of Notre Dame
Maria R. Servedio
Maria R. Servedio University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
andrew g clark
andrew g clark Cornell University

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