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1576
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Nevin D. Young 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 Nevin D. Young sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 153 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nevin D. Young 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 Nevin D. Young sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nevin D. Young is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a concentration on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics. Their work encompasses a range of topics centered on legume nitrogen fixing symbiosis, nematode management and characterization studies, soybean genetics and cultivation, plant molecular biology research, plant disease resistance and genetics, ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, and botanical research and chemistry.

Recent publications by Nevin D. Young include:

  • "The genome of a wild Medicago species provides insights into the tolerant mechanisms of legume forage to environmental stress," 2021, BMC Biology
  • "Genome-wide association study and genomic selection for tolerance of soybean biomass to soybean cyst nematode infestation," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Combining GWAS and population genomic analyses to characterize coevolution in a legume-rhizobia symbiosis," 2022, Molecular Ecology
  • "The antagonistic MYB paralogs RH1 and RH2 govern anthocyanin leaf markings in Medicago truncatula," 2020, New Phytologist
  • "Alfalfa (Medicago sativaL.)pho2 mutant plants hyperaccumulate phosphate," 2022, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Nevin D. Young works frequently with a group of coauthors, among whom the most common collaborators are:

  • Andrew Farmer
  • Waltram Ravelombola
  • Ainong Shi
  • Liana Nice
  • Aaron J. Lorenz

The primary scientific venues where Nevin D. Young has published include:

  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • BMC Biology
  • Molecular Ecology
  • PLoS ONE
  • New Phytologist

The body of work presented by Nevin D. Young predominantly investigates aspects of legume forage tolerance to environmental stress and the genomic bases of plant-pathogen interactions in crops such as soybean and alfalfa. Their research further addresses molecular mechanisms in legume-rhizobia symbiosis and plant anthocyanin leaf markings, contributing to fields including plant molecular biology and crop science.

Best Publications

  • RFLP Mapping in Plant Breeding: New Tools for an Old Science

    S. D. Tanksley;N. D. Young;A. H. Paterson;M. W. Bonierbale

  • The roles of segmental and tandem gene duplication in the evolution of large gene families in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Steven B Cannon;Arvind Mitra;Andrew Baumgarten;Nevin D Young

  • The Medicago genome provides insight into the evolution of rhizobial symbioses

    Nevin D Young;Frédéric Debellé;Frédéric Debellé;Giles E D Oldroyd;Rene Geurts

  • Plant disease resistance genes encode members of an ancient and diverse protein family within the nucleotide‐binding superfamily

    Blake C. Meyers;Allan W. Dickerman;Richard W. Michelmore;Subramoniam Sivaramakrishnan;Subramoniam Sivaramakrishnan

  • QTL MAPPING AND QUANTITATIVE DISEASE RESISTANCE IN PLANTS

    N. D. Young

  • RFLP analysis of the size of chromosomal segments retained around the Tm-2 locus of tomato during backcross breeding.

    N. D. Young;S. D. Tanksley

  • Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Soybean

    Y. L. Zhu;Y. L. Zhu;Q. J. Song;Q. J. Song;D. L. Hyten;C. P. Van Tassell

  • Estimating genome conservation between crop and model legume species

    Hong Kyu Choi;Jeong Hwan Mun;Dong Jin Kim;Hongyan Zhu

  • Restriction fragment length polymorphism maps and the concept of graphical genotypes.

    N. D. Young;S. D. Tanksley

  • Genome Duplication in Soybean ( Glycine subgenus soja )

    R C Shoemaker;K Polzin;J Labate;J Specht

  • Use of isogenic lines and simultaneous probing to identify DNA markers tightly linked to the tm-2a gene in tomato.

    Nevin D. Young;Daniel Zamir;Martin W. Ganal;Steven D. Tanksley

  • Legumes as a model plant family. Genomics for food and feed report of the Cross-Legume Advances Through Genomics Conference.

    Paul Gepts;William D. Beavis;E. Charles Brummer;Randy C. Shoemaker

  • A cautiously optimistic vision for marker-assisted breeding.

    Nevin Dale Young

  • A soybean transcript map: gene distribution, haplotype and single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis.

    Ik Young Choi;David L. Hyten;Lakshmi K. Matukumalli;Qijian Song

  • Legume genome evolution viewed through the Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus genomes

    Steven B. Cannon;Lieven Sterck;Stephane Rombauts;Shusei Sato

  • Sequencing the Genespaces of Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus

    Nevin D. Young;Steven B. Cannon;Shusei Sato;Dongjin Kim

  • The control of trichome spacing and number in Arabidopsis

    J.C. Larkin;N. Young;M. Prigge;M.D. Marks

  • Identification and characterization of nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat genes in the model plant Medicago truncatula.

    Carine Ameline-Torregrosa;Bing Bing Wang;Majesta S. O'Bleness;Shweta Deshpande

  • Evidence for Orthologous Seed Weight Genes in Cowpea and Mung Bean Based on RFLP Mapping

    Christian A. Fatokun;Desiree I. Menancio-Hautea;Dariush Danesh;Nevin D. Young

  • High-throughput genotyping with the GoldenGate assay in the complex genome of soybean

    David L. Hyten;Qijian Song;Qijian Song;Ik Young Choi;Ik Young Choi;Mun Sup Yoon;Mun Sup Yoon

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Tiffin
Peter Tiffin University of Minnesota
Joann Mudge
Joann Mudge National Center for Genome Resources
Steven B. Cannon
Steven B. Cannon Agricultural Research Service
Randy C. Shoemaker
Randy C. Shoemaker Agricultural Research Service
Douglas R. Cook
Douglas R. Cook University of California, Davis
Bruce A. Roe
Bruce A. Roe University of Oklahoma
Michael J. Sadowsky
Michael J. Sadowsky University of Minnesota
Andrew Farmer
Andrew Farmer National Center for Genome Resources
Christopher D. Town
Christopher D. Town J. Craig Venter Institute
Steven D. Tanksley
Steven D. Tanksley Cornell University

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