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65
Citations
17020
World Ranking
9074
National Ranking
4031

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1987 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Rudolf A. Raff was affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on Molecular Biology as a subfield.

Their recent scholarly contributions included a paper titled "Genetic basis for divergence in developmental gene expression in two closely related sea urchins", published in 2020 in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. This work received citations indicating engagement by the scientific community.

The main topics addressed in their research encompassed:

  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Raff collaborated frequently with other researchers including Lingyu Wang, Jennifer W. Israel, Allison Edgar, Elizabeth C. Raff, and Maria Byrne. Their publications appeared in venues such as Nature Ecology & Evolution.

Over the course of their career, Rudolf A. Raff was recognized by peers and professional organizations. They were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010 and awarded a fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1987.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for a clade of nematodes, arthropods and other moulting animals.

    Anna Marie A. Aguinaldo;James M. Turbeville;Lawrence S. Linford;Maria C. Rivera

  • Molecular phylogeny of the animal kingdom

    Katharine G. Field;Gary J. Olsen;David J. Lane;Stephen J. Giovannoni

  • Resynthesizing evolutionary and developmental biology.

    Scott F. Gilbert;John M. Opitz;Rudolf A. Raff

  • Evo-devo: the evolution of a new discipline.

    Rudolf A. Raff

  • The testis-specific β-tubulin subunit in Drosophila melanogaster has multiple functions in spermatogenesis

    Kenneth J. Kemphues;Thomas C. Kaufman;Rudolf A. Raff;Elizabeth C. Raff

  • Constraint, flexibility, and phylogenetic history in the evolution of direct development in sea urchins.

    Rudolf A. Raff

  • Heterochrony: Developmental mechanisms and evolutionary results

    Rudolf A. Raff;Gregory A. Wray

  • Dollo's law and the death and resurrection of genes

    Charles R. Marshall;Elizabeth C. Raff;Rudolf A. Raff

  • The Non symbiotic Origin of Mitochondria

    Rudolf A. Raff;Henry R. Mahler

  • Homology and developmental genes

    Ehab Abouheif;Michael Akam;William J. Dickinson;Peter W.H. Holland

  • The evolution of developmental strategy in marine invertebrates

    Gregory A. Wray;Rudolf A. Raff

  • Cellular and subcellular structure of neoproterozoic animal embryos.

    James W. Hagadorn;Shuhai Xiao;Philip C. J. Donoghue;Stefan Bengtson

  • Developmental genetics and traditional homology

    Jessica A. Bolker;Rudolf A. Raff

  • Mutation in a testis-specific β-tubulin in Drosophila: Analysis of its effects on meiosis and map location of the gene

    Kenneth J. Kemphues;Elizabeth C. Raff;Rudolf A. Raff;Thomas C. Kaufman

  • Mutation in a structural gene for a beta-tubulin specific to testis in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Kenneth J. Kemphues;Rudolf A. Raff;Thomas C. Kaufman;Elizabeth C. Raff

  • A test for masked message: The template activity of messenger ribonucleoprotein particles isolated from sea urchin eggs☆

    Nancy A. Jenkins;John F. Kaumeyer;Elihu M. Young;Rudolf A. Raff

  • POPULATION GENETIC CONSEQUENCES OF DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION IN SEA URCHINS (GENUS HELIOCIDARIS)

    W. Owen McMillan;Rudolf A. Raff;Stephen R. Palumbi

  • Origins of the other metazoan body plans: the evolution of larval forms

    Rudolf A Raff

  • Novel origins of lineage founder cells in the direct-developing sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma☆

    Gregory A. Wray;Rudolf A. Raff

  • Evolutionary modification of cell lineage in the direct-developing sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma

    Gregory A. Wray;Rudolf A. Raff

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory A. Wray
Gregory A. Wray Duke University
Maria Byrne
Maria Byrne University of Sydney
Stefan Bengtson
Stefan Bengtson Swedish Museum of Natural History
Philip C. J. Donoghue
Philip C. J. Donoghue University of Bristol
Thomas C. Kaufman
Thomas C. Kaufman Indiana University
Jessica C. Kissinger
Jessica C. Kissinger University of Georgia
Gary J. Olsen
Gary J. Olsen University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thomas Blumenthal
Thomas Blumenthal University of Colorado Boulder
Henry R. Mahler
Henry R. Mahler Indiana University
Stephen J. Giovannoni
Stephen J. Giovannoni Oregon State University

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