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67
Citations
15061
World Ranking
835
National Ranking
72

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Genetics
  • Botany

His primary areas of investigation include Botany, Brassica, Genetics, Rapeseed and Quantitative trait locus. His work carried out in the field of Botany brings together such families of science as Chromosome and Introgression. His research integrates issues of Brassica oleracea and Amplified fragment length polymorphism in his study of Brassica.

His Genetics study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Gene pool, Glucosinolate and Hybrid. His Rapeseed research includes themes of Canola and Genetic diversity. His study with Quantitative trait locus involves better knowledge in Gene.

His most cited work include:

  • Early allopolyploid evolution in the post-Neolithic Brassica napus oilseed genome (1119 citations)
  • Accessing complex crop genomes with next-generation sequencing (200 citations)
  • Analysis of Genetic Diversity in the Brassica napus L. Gene Pool Using SSR Markers (144 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Genetics, Brassica, Quantitative trait locus, Genome and Botany. His Genetics research focuses on Genetic diversity and how it connects with Microsatellite. His Brassica research incorporates themes from Chromosome, Brassica oleracea and Rapeseed.

In his research, Allele is intimately related to Genetic association, which falls under the overarching field of Quantitative trait locus. In his study, Genotyping is strongly linked to Computational biology, which falls under the umbrella field of Genome. His study in Botany is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Arabidopsis thaliana, Backcrossing and Introgression.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Genetics (39.56%)
  • Brassica (35.71%)
  • Quantitative trait locus (34.07%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Genetics (39.56%)
  • Quantitative trait locus (34.07%)
  • Genome (26.92%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Rod J. Snowdon focuses on Genetics, Quantitative trait locus, Genome, Gene and Agronomy. His Genetics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Brassica and Rapeseed. His Brassica study improves the overall literature in Botany.

His Quantitative trait locus research integrates issues from SNP genotyping, Genome-wide association study and Genetic association. His studies deal with areas such as Evolutionary biology, SNP, Sequence assembly, Computational biology and DNA sequencing as well as Genome. His study on Crop, Grain quality and Cultivar is often connected to Transdisciplinarity as part of broader study in Agronomy.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Breeding improves wheat productivity under contrasting agrochemical input levels. (56 citations)
  • Connecting genome structural variation with complex traits in crop plants. (42 citations)
  • Effect of breeding on nitrogen use efficiency-associated traits in oilseed rape. (18 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Genetics
  • Botany

His primary areas of study are Quantitative trait locus, Genetics, Candidate gene, Gene and Genome. His Genetics study combines topics in areas such as Canola and Brassicaceae. His work deals with themes such as Germplasm, Genetic association and Haplotype, which intersect with Candidate gene.

In general Gene, his work in Copy-number variation, Transcription, Ploidy and Negative selection is often linked to Plastid linking many areas of study. Rod J. Snowdon interconnects Evolutionary biology, DNA sequencing and Phenotypic trait in the investigation of issues within Genome. His Evolutionary biology research incorporates elements of Meiosis, Sequence assembly, Genomics, Domestication and Chromosome.

Best Publications

  • Early allopolyploid evolution in the post-Neolithic Brassica napus oilseed genome

    Boulos Chalhoub;Shengyi Liu;Isobel A.P. Parkin

  • Analysis of Genetic Diversity in the Brassica napus L. Gene Pool Using SSR Markers

    M. Hasan;F. Seyis;A. G. Badani;J. Pons-Kühnemann

  • Accessing complex crop genomes with next-generation sequencing

    David Edwards;Jacqueline Batley;Rod J. Snowdon

  • Breeding improves wheat productivity under contrasting agrochemical input levels

    Kai P. Voss-Fels;Kai P. Voss-Fels;Andreas Stahl;Benjamin Wittkop;Carolin Lichthardt

  • Homoeologous exchange is a major cause of gene presence/absence variation in the amphidiploid Brassica napus

    Bhavna Hurgobin;Bhavna Hurgobin;Agnieszka A. Golicz;Philipp E. Bayer;Chon‐Kit Kenneth Chan

  • Nitrogen use efficiency in rapeseed. A review

    Anne-Sophie Bouchet;Anne Laperche;Christine Bissuel-Belaygue;Rod Snowdon

  • Status and perspectives of breeding for enhanced yield and quality of oilseed crops for Europe.

    B. Wittkop;R. J. Snowdon;W. Friedt

  • A high-density SNP genotyping array for Brassica napus and its ancestral diploid species based on optimised selection of single-locus markers in the allotetraploid genome

    Wayne E. Clarke;Erin E. Higgins;Joerg Plieske;Ralf Wieseke

  • Molecular markers in Brassica oilseed breeding: current status and future possibilities

    R. J. Snowdon;W. Friedt

  • Patterns of molecular variation in a species-wide germplasm set of Brassica napus

    Anja Bus;Niklas Körber;Rod J. Snowdon;Benjamin Stich

  • Comparative mapping of quantitative trait loci involved in heterosis for seedling and yield traits in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.)

    P. Basunanda;M. Radoev;W. Ecke;W. Friedt

  • Genomic in situ hybridization in Brassica amphidiploids and interspecific hybrids

    R. J. Snowdon;W. Köhler;W. Friedt;A. Köhler

  • The giant diploid faba genome unlocks variation in a global protein crop

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  • VERNALIZATION1 Modulates Root System Architecture in Wheat and Barley.

    Kai P. Voss-Fels;Hannah Robinson;Stephen R. Mudge;Cecile Richard

  • Wheat root systems as a breeding target for climate resilience

    Eric S. Ober;Samir Alahmad;James Cockram;Cristian Forestan

  • Cytogenetics and genome analysis in Brassica crops

    Rod J. Snowdon

  • Association of gene-linked SSR markers to seed glucosinolate content in oilseed rape (Brassica napus ssp. napus).

    M. Hasan;W. Friedt;J. Pons-Kühnemann;N. M. Freitag

  • Crop adaptation to climate change as a consequence of long-term breeding

    Rod J Snowdon;Benjamin Wittkop;Tsu-Wei Chen;Andreas Stahl;Andreas Stahl

  • Connecting genome structural variation with complex traits in crop plants.

    Iulian Gabur;Harmeet Singh Chawla;Rod J. Snowdon;Isobel A. P. Parkin

  • Drought stress has transgenerational effects on seeds and seedlings in winter oilseed rape ( Brassica napus L.)

    Sarah V. Hatzig;Jan-Niklas Nuppenau;Rod J. Snowdon;Sarah V. Schießl

  • Genome-wide association mapping unravels the genetic control of seed germination and vigor in Brassica napus

    Sarah V. Hatzig;Matthias Frisch;Frank Breuer;Nathalie Nesi

  • Molecular characterization of novel resynthesized rapeseed (Brassica napus) lines and analysis of their genetic diversity in comparison with spring rapeseed cultivars

    F. Seyis;R. J. Snowdon;W. Luhs;W. Friedt

  • Genetic mapping of agronomic traits in false flax (Camelina sativa subsp. sativa)

    A Gehringer;W Friedt;W Lühs;R J Snowdon

  • A high-density SNP map for accurate mapping of seed fibre QTL in Brassica napus L.

    Liezhao Liu;Cunmin Qu;Benjamin Wittkop;Bin Yi

  • Identifying the chromosomes of the A- and C-genome diploid Brassica species B. rapa (syn. campestris) and B. oleracea in their amphidiploid B. napus.

    R. J. Snowdon;T. Friedrich;W. Friedt;W. Köhler

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Friedt
Wolfgang Friedt University of Giessen
Isobel A. P. Parkin
Isobel A. P. Parkin Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Matthias Frisch
Matthias Frisch University of Giessen
Lee T. Hickey
Lee T. Hickey University of Queensland
Jinling Meng
Jinling Meng Huazhong Agricultural University
Annaliese S. Mason
Annaliese S. Mason University of Bonn
Frank Ordon
Frank Ordon Julius Kühn-Institut
Ian Bancroft
Ian Bancroft University of York
Patrick Wincker
Patrick Wincker University of Paris-Saclay
Andrew G. Sharpe
Andrew G. Sharpe University of Saskatchewan

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