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13382
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3232
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Peter Andolfatto 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 Peter Andolfatto sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 100 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Andolfatto 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 Peter Andolfatto sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Peter Andolfatto is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily spans across the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. Through numerous publications, they contribute extensively to the subfields of Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Insect Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of main topics, including:

  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Peter Andolfatto has published in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Biology
  • Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Genetics

Their recent publications include:

  • "Population genetics of the coral Acropora millepora: Toward genomic prediction of bleaching" (2020, Science)
  • "Natural hybridization reveals incompatible alleles that cause melanoma in swordtail fish" (2020, Science)
  • "A novel family of secreted insect proteins linked to plant gall development" (2021, Current Biology)
  • "Concerted evolution reveals co-adapted amino acid substitutions in Na+K+-ATPase of frogs that prey on toxic toads" (2021, Current Biology)
  • "Patterns of recombination in snakes reveal a tug-of-war between PRDM9 and promoter-like features" (2024, Science)

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Peter Andolfatto has coauthored several papers with:

  • Molly Schumer
  • Julie Peng
  • Daniel L. Powell
  • Shreya M. Banerjee
  • Gil G. Rosenthal

They were awarded the title of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Adaptive evolution of non-coding DNA in Drosophila

    Peter Andolfatto

  • Revisiting an Old Riddle: What Determines Genetic Diversity Levels within Species?

    Ellen M. Leffler;Kevin Bullaughey;Daniel R. Matute;Wynn K. Meyer

  • Pervasive natural selection in the Drosophila genome

    Guy Sella;Dmitri A. Petrov;Molly Przeworski;Peter Andolfatto

  • The Capsella rubella genome and the genomic consequences of rapid mating system evolution

    Tanja Slotte;Tanja Slotte;Khaled M. Hazzouri;Khaled M. Hazzouri;J. Arvid Ågren;Daniel Koenig

  • Multiplexed shotgun genotyping for rapid and efficient genetic mapping

    Peter Andolfatto;Dan Davison;Dan Davison;Deniz Erezyilmaz;Tina T. Hu

  • Natural selection interacts with recombination to shape the evolution of hybrid genomes

    Molly Schumer;Chenling Xu;Daniel L. Powell;Arun Durvasula

  • HOW COMMON IS HOMOPLOID HYBRID SPECIATION

    Molly Schumer;Gil G. Rosenthal;Peter Andolfatto

  • The population genetics of the origin and divergence of the Drosophila simulans complex species

    Richard M. Kliman;Peter Andolfatto;Jerry A. Coyne;Frantz Depaulis

  • The Evolution of Gene Regulation Underlies a Morphological Difference between Two Drosophila Sister Species

    Sangyun Jeong;Mark Rebeiz;Peter Andolfatto;Thomas Werner

  • Inference of Population Structure Under a Dirichlet Process Model

    John P. Huelsenbeck;Peter Andolfatto

  • Population genetics of the coral Acropora millepora: Toward genomic prediction of bleaching

    Zachary L. Fuller;Veronique J. L. Mocellin;Luke A. Morris;Luke A. Morris;Neal Cantin

  • Approximate Bayesian Inference Reveals Evidence for a Recent, Severe Bottleneck in a Netherlands Population of Drosophila melanogaster

    Kevin R. Thornton;Peter Andolfatto

  • Multilocus patterns of nucleotide variability and the demographic and selection history of Drosophila melanogaster populations.

    Penelope R. Haddrill;Kevin R. Thornton;Brian Charlesworth;Peter Andolfatto

  • Parallel Molecular Evolution in an Herbivore Community

    Ying Zhen;Matthew L. Aardema;Edgar M. Medina;Molly Schumer

  • Contrasting Patterns of X-Linked and Autosomal Nucleotide Variation in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans

    Peter Andolfatto

  • Genome sequencing reveals complex speciation in the Drosophila simulans clade

    Daniel Garrigan;Sarah B. Kingan;Anthony J. Geneva;Peter Andolfatto

  • EXTENSIVE INTROGRESSION OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA RELATIVE TO NUCLEAR GENES IN THE DROSOPHILA YAKUBA SPECIES GROUP

    Doris Bachtrog;Doris Bachtrog;Kevin Thornton;Andrew Clark;Peter Andolfatto

  • Adaptive hitchhiking effects on genome variability.

    Peter Andolfatto

  • Hitchhiking effects of recurrent beneficial amino acid substitutions in the Drosophila melanogaster genome

    Peter Andolfatto

  • Patterns of intron sequence evolution in Drosophila are dependent upon length and GC content.

    Penelope R Haddrill;Brian Charlesworth;Daniel L Halligan;Peter Andolfatto

Frequent Co-Authors

Gil G. Rosenthal
Gil G. Rosenthal University of Padua
Molly Przeworski
Molly Przeworski Columbia University
David L. Stern
David L. Stern Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Doris Bachtrog
Doris Bachtrog University of California, Berkeley
Jeffrey D. Wall
Jeffrey D. Wall University of California, San Francisco
Shuji Shigenobu
Shuji Shigenobu National Institute for Basic Biology
Martin Kreitman
Martin Kreitman University of Chicago
Stephen I. Wright
Stephen I. Wright University of Toronto
Magnus Nordborg
Magnus Nordborg Austrian Academy of Sciences
Brian Charlesworth
Brian Charlesworth University of Edinburgh

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