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Roscoe Stanyon

Roscoe Stanyon

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Genetics

D-Index
62
Citations
9268
World Ranking
3007
National Ranking
60

Overview

Roscoe Stanyon is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist has contributed significantly to subfields including Genetics, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Social Psychology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Key topics covered in Roscoe Stanyon's work include:

  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Their recent publications exhibit a focus on genomics, cytogenetics, and behavioral studies across various animal species:

  • "A chromosome-level reference genome and pangenome for barn swallow population genomics," 2023, Cell Reports
  • "Bridging the Gap between Vertebrate Cytogenetics and Genomics with Single-Chromosome Sequencing (ChromSeq)," 2021, Genes
  • "Not all yawns tell the same story: The case of Tonkean macaques," 2021, American Journal of Primatology
  • "Evolutionary rearrangements of X chromosomes in voles (Arvicolinae, Rodentia)," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Sexually dimorphic traits and male fertility in a paper wasp," 2020, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Stanyon frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including Alessio Iannucci, Claúdio Ciofi, Marta Svartman, Simona Secomandi, and Guido Roberto Gallo. Their collaboration patterns suggest a multidisciplinary approach blending molecular genetics with ecological and behavioral studies.

The scientist has published multiple papers in venues such as Scientific Reports, Cell Reports, Genes, American Journal of Primatology, and Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Scientific Reports appears to be the most common publication venue, with three publications.

Best Publications

  • The Promise of Comparative Genomics in Mammals

    Stephen J. O'Brien;Marilyn Menotti-Raymond;William J. Murphy;William G. Nash

  • Reconstruction of genomic rearrangements in great apes and gibbons by chromosome painting.

    Anna Jauch;Johannes Wienberg;Roscoe Stanyon;N. Arnold

  • Molecular cytotaxonomy of primates by chromosomal in situ suppression hybridization

    Johannes Wienberg;Anna Jauch;Roscoe Stanyon;Thomas Cremer

  • Evolution of mammalian genome organization inferred from comparative gene mapping

    William J Murphy;Roscoe Stanyon;Stephen J O'Brien

  • Homologies in human and Macaca fuscata chromosomes revealed by in situ suppression hybridization with human chromosome specific DNA libraries.

    Johannes Wienberg;Roscoe Stanyon;Anna Jauch;Thomas Cremer

  • Centromere repositioning in mammals

    M Rocchi;N Archidiacono;W Schempp;O Capozzi

  • Evolutionary formation of new centromeres in macaque.

    Mario Ventura;Francesca Antonacci;Maria Francesca Cardone;Roscoe Stanyon

  • Defining the ancestral karyotype of all primates by multidirectional chromosome painting between tree shrews, lemurs and humans.

    S. Müller;R. Stanyon;P. C. M. O’Brien;M. A. Ferguson-Smith

  • Comparative painting of mammalian chromosomes

    Johannes Wienberg;Roscoe Stanyon

  • Primate chromosome evolution: ancestral karyotypes, marker order and neocentromeres.

    R. Stanyon;M. Rocchi;O. Capozzi;R. Roberto

  • Conservation of human vs. feline genome organization revealed by reciprocal chromosome painting.

    J. Wienberg;R. Stanyon;W.G. Nash;P.C.M. O’Brien

  • The genome of the vervet (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus)

    Wesley C. Warren;Anna J. Jasinska;Anna J. Jasinska;Raquel García-Pérez;Hannes Svardal

  • The genome diversity and karyotype evolution of mammals

    Alexander S Graphodatsky;Vladimir A Trifonov;Roscoe Stanyon

  • A highly divergent mtDNA sequence in a Neandertal individual from Italy.

    David Caramelli;Carles Lalueza-Fox;Silvana Condemi;Laura Longo

  • Chromosome painting in mammals as an approach to comparative genomics.

    Johannes Wienberg;Roscoe Stanyon

  • Genomic reorganization in the concolor gibbon (Hylobates concolor) revealed by chromosome painting.

    U. Koehler;F. Bigoni;J. Wienberg;R. Stanyon

  • Reciprocal chromosome painting shows that genomic rearrangement between rat and mouse proceeds ten times faster than between humans and cats.

    R. Stanyon;F. Yang;P. Cavagna;P.C.M. O’Brien

  • The Origin of Human Chromosome 1 and Its Homologs in Placental Mammals

    William J. Murphy;Lutz Frönicke;Stephen J. O'Brien;Roscoe Stanyon

  • Molecular cytogenetic dissection of human chromosomes 3 and 21 evolution

    S. Müller;R. Stanyon;P. Finelli;N. Archidiacono

  • Molecular genetics of Rhabdomys pumilio subspecies boundaries: MtDNA phylogeography and karyotypic analysis by fluorescence in situ hybridization

    Ramugondo V. Rambau;Terence J. Robinson;Roscoe Stanyon

Frequent Co-Authors

Johannes Wienberg
Johannes Wienberg University of Cambridge
Nicoletta Archidiacono
Nicoletta Archidiacono University of Bari Aldo Moro
Mariano Rocchi
Mariano Rocchi University of Bari Aldo Moro
Alexander S. Graphodatsky
Alexander S. Graphodatsky Novosibirsk State University
Johannes Wienberg
Johannes Wienberg Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Stephen J. O'Brien
Stephen J. O'Brien Nova Southeastern University
Fengtang Yang
Fengtang Yang Wellcome Sanger Institute
Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith
Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith University of Cambridge
Elisabetta Palagi
Elisabetta Palagi University of Pisa
William J. Murphy
William J. Murphy Texas A&M University

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