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Roy J. Britten 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 Roy J. Britten sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 208 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roy J. Britten 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 Roy J. Britten sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% 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

  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1972 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Roy J. Britten was affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their academic career included contributions to research primarily from this institution.

The scientist was recognized with notable awards during their career. These include becoming a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1972 and being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1987.

There are no records available detailing their recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, main fields, subfields of study, or specific main topics related to their work.

Best Publications

  • Repeated Sequences in DNA

    R. J. Britten;D. E. Kohne

  • Gene Regulation for Higher Cells: A Theory

    Roy J. Britten;Eric H. Davidson

  • Analysis of repeating DNA sequences by reassociation

    Roy J. Britten;Dale E. Graham;Berney R. Neufeld

  • Repetitive and non-repetitive DNA sequences and a speculation on the origins of evolutionary novelty.

    Roy J. Britten;Eric H. Davidson

  • High-Resolution Density Gradient Sedimentation Analysis

    R. J. Britten;R. B. Roberts

  • Rates of DNA sequence evolution differ between taxonomic groups

    Roy J. Britten

  • Regulation of gene expression: possible role of repetitive sequences

    Eric H. Davidson;Roy J. Britten

  • Organization, transcription, and regulation in the animal genome.

    Eric H. Davidson;Roy J. Britten

  • Reduction in the rate of DNA reassociation by sequence divergence

    Tom I. Bonner;Don J. Brenner;Berney R. Neufeld;Roy J. Britten;Roy J. Britten

  • General interspersion of repetitive with non-repetitive sequence elements in the DNA of Xenopus.

    Eric H. Davidson;Barbara R. Hough;Christopher S. Amenson;Roy J. Britten

  • Sources and evolution of human Alu repeated sequences.

    Roy J. Britten;Will F. Baron;David B. Stout;Eric H. Davidson

  • Structural Gene Sets Active in Embryos and Adult Tissues of the Sea Urchin

    Glenn A. Galau;William H. Klein;Mark M. Davis;Barbara J. Wold

  • Nucleotide Sequence Repetition: A Rapidly Reassociating Fraction of Mouse DNA

    Michael Waring;Roy J. Britten

  • Divergence between samples of chimpanzee and human DNA sequences is 5%, counting indels

    Roy J. Britten

  • DNA sequence insertion and evolutionary variation in gene regulation

    Roy J. Britten

  • A measurement of the sequence complexity of polysomal messenger RNA in sea urchin embryos

    Glenn A. Galau;Roy J. Britten;Eric H. Davidson

  • Comparative aspects of DNA organization in metazoa

    Eric H. Davidson;Glenn A. Galau;Robert C. Angerer;Roy J. Britten

  • Introduction of cloned DNA into sea urchin egg cytoplasm: replication and persistence during embryogenesis.

    Andrew P. McMahon;Constantin N. Flytzanis;Barbara R. Hough-Evans;Karen S. Katula

  • Mapping of gene transcripts by nuclease protection assays and cDNA primer extension.

    Frank J. Calzone;Roy J. Britten;Eric H. Davidson

  • Interspersion of repetitive and non-repetitive DNA sequences in the sea urchin genome

    Dale E. Graham;Berney R. Neufeld;Eric H. Davidson;Roy J. Britten

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric H. Davidson
Eric H. Davidson California Institute of Technology
R. Andrew Cameron
R. Andrew Cameron California Institute of Technology
James W. Posakony
James W. Posakony University of California, San Diego
Amy S. Lee
Amy S. Lee University of Southern California
Leroy Hood
Leroy Hood University of Washington
Howard T. Jacobs
Howard T. Jacobs Tampere University
Barbara J. Wold
Barbara J. Wold California Institute of Technology
Scott E. Fraser
Scott E. Fraser University of Southern California
William R. Pearson
William R. Pearson University of Virginia
Mark S. Springer
Mark S. Springer University of California, Riverside

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