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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Thomas Kocher is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions across related subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Cell Biology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their work encompasses a diverse range of topics, notably Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, melanin and skin pigmentation, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Reproductive Biology and Impacts on Aquatic Species, as well as Animal Genetics and Reproduction.

Kocher has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include Aquaculture, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Heredity, Frontiers in Genetics, and Molecular Ecology Resources.

Co-authorship with other researchers is a vital aspect of Kocher's scientific output. Notable frequent collaborators include Deshou Wang, Wenjing Tao, Kristen A. Behrens, Matthew A. Conte, and Chenxu Wang.

Representative recent papers authored by Kocher and colleagues include:

  • Nile Tilapia: A Model for Studying Teleost Color Patterns (2021), Journal of Heredity
  • Loss of Cyp11c1 causes delayed spermatogenesis due to the absence of 11-ketotestosterone (2020), Journal of Endocrinology
  • Chromosome-level genome assembly of a cyprinid fish Onychostoma macrolepis by integration of nanopore sequencing, Bionano and Hi-C technology (2020), Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Ecomorphological divergence and habitat lability in the context of robust patterns of modularity in the cichlid feeding apparatus (2020), BMC Evolutionary Biology
  • Origin of a Giant Sex Chromosome (2020), Molecular Biology and Evolution

Among honors received, Thomas Kocher was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • DYNAMICS OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA EVOLUTION IN ANIMALS: AMPLIFICATION AND SEQUENCING WITH CONSERVED PRIMERS

    T.D. Kocher;W.K. Thomas;A. Meyer;S.V. Edwards

  • Evolution of the cytochrome b gene of mammals.

    David M. Irwin;Thomas D. Kocher;Allan C. Wilson

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Patterns of nucleotide composition at fourfold degenerate sites of animal mitochondrial genomes

    Nicole T. Perna;Thomas D. Kocher

  • Monophyletic origin of Lake Victoria cichlid fishes suggested by mitochondrial DNA sequences.

    Axel Meyer;Axel Meyer;Thomas D. Kocher;Thomas D. Kocher;Pereti Basasibwaki;Pereti Basasibwaki;Allan C. Wilson

  • Adaptive evolution and explosive speciation : the cichlid fish model

    Thomas D. Kocher

  • The genomic substrate for adaptive radiation in African cichlid fish

    David Brawand;David Brawand;Catherine E. Wagner;Catherine E. Wagner;Yang I. Li;Milan Malinsky;Milan Malinsky

  • Structure and evolution of teleost mitochondrial control regions

    Woo-Jai Lee;Janet Conroy;W. Huntting Howell;Thomas D. Kocher

  • Mitochondrial DNA sequences in single hairs from a southern African population.

    Linda Vigilant;Renee Pennington;Henry Harpending;Thomas D. Kocher

  • Molecular systematics of fishes

    Thomas D. Kocher;Carol A. Stepien

  • Photodynamic therapy for periodontal diseases: state of the art.

    Peter Meisel;Thomas Kocher

  • A genetic linkage map of a cichlid fish, the tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

    Thomas D. Kocher;Woo-Jai Lee;Halina Sobolewska;David Penman

  • Phylogeny of a rapidly evolving clade: The cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi, East Africa

    R. C. Albertson;J. A. Markert;P. D. Danley;T. D. Kocher

  • Mitogenomics: digging deeper with complete mitochondrial genomes

    Jason P Curole;Thomas D Kocher

  • Directional selection has shaped the oral jaws of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes

    R. Craig Albertson;J. Todd Streelman;Thomas D. Kocher

  • Similar Morphologies of Cichlid Fish in Lakes Tanganyika and Malawi Are Due to Convergence

    Thomas D. Kocher;Janet A. Conroy;Kenneth R. McKaye;Jay Richard Stauffer

  • A Second-Generation Genetic Linkage Map of Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)

    Bo-Young Lee;Woo-Jai Lee;J. Todd Streelman;Karen L. Carleton

  • Prevention and control of dental caries and periodontal diseases at individual and population level: consensus report of group 3 of joint EFP/ORCA workshop on the boundaries between caries and periodontal diseases

    Søren Jepsen;Juan Blanco;Wolfgang Buchalla;Joana Christina Carvalho

  • Speciation in rapidly diverging systems: lessons from Lake Malawi

    Patrick D. Danley;Thomas D. Kocher

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen L. Carleton
Karen L. Carleton University of Maryland, College Park
Gideon Hulata
Gideon Hulata Agricultural Research Organization
Ole Seehausen
Ole Seehausen University of Bern
David J. Penman
David J. Penman University of Stirling
Ulrich John
Ulrich John Greifswald University Hospital
Henry Völzke
Henry Völzke Greifswald University Hospital
Jay R. Stauffer
Jay R. Stauffer Pennsylvania State University
Allan C. Wilson
Allan C. Wilson University of California, Berkeley
Sekar Kathiresan
Sekar Kathiresan Harvard University
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam

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