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Thomas Liehr 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 Thomas Liehr sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 914 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas Liehr 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 Thomas Liehr sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Thomas Liehr is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany. Their research spans extensive work in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The focus is particularly intense in genetics-related areas, including Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Plant Science.

The research topics covered by Thomas Liehr include:

  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Thomas Liehr's work has been published frequently in several scientific journals. The main publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Molecular Cytogenetics
  • Cytogenetic and Genome Research
  • Genes

Among recent notable papers authored by or involving Thomas Liehr are:

  • "Recommendations for whole genome sequencing in diagnostics for rare diseases," 2022, European Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Landscape of snake' sex chromosomes evolution spanning 85 MYR reveals ancestry of sequences despite distinct evolutionary trajectories," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "A supernumerary "B-sex" chromosome drives male sex determination in the Pachón cavefish, Astyanax mexicanus," 2021, Current Biology
  • "Evidence for multi-copy Mega-NUMTs in the human genome," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Repetitive Elements in Humans," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The scientist often collaborates with several frequent co-authors including Marcelo de Bello Cioffi, Ahmed Al-Rikabi, Stefanie Kankel, Francisco de Menezes Cavalcante Sassi, and Ricardo Utsunomia.

Best Publications

  • Hepatocyte differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells from human adipose tissue in vitro promotes hepatic integration in vivo

    H Aurich;M Sgodda;P Kaltwasser;M Vetter

  • Small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMC) in humans.

    T Liehr;U Claussen;H Starke

  • Insights into Sex Chromosome Evolution and Aging from the Genome of a Short-Lived Fish.

    Kathrin Reichwald;Andreas Petzold;Philipp Koch;Bryan R Downie

  • Microdissection based high resolution multicolor banding for all 24 human chromosomes.

    Thomas Liehr;Anita Heller;Heike Starke;Nikolai Rubtsov

  • Aneuploidy and confined chromosomal mosaicism in the developing human brain.

    Yuri B. Yurov;Ivan Y. Iourov;Svetlana G. Vorsanova;Thomas Liehr

  • Frequency of small supernumerary marker chromosomes in prenatal, newborn, developmentally retarded and infertility diagnostics.

    Thomas Liehr;Anja Weise

  • Aneuploidy in the normal, Alzheimer's disease and ataxia-telangiectasia brain: differential expression and pathological meaning.

    Ivan Y. Iourov;Svetlana G. Vorsanova;Thomas Liehr;Yuri B. Yurov

  • Small supernumerary marker chromosomes (SMCs): genotype-phenotype correlation and classification

    Heike Starke;Angela Nietzel;Anja Weise;Anita Heller

  • Small supernumerary marker chromosomes – progress towards a genotype-phenotype correlation

    T Liehr;K Mrasek;A Weise;A Dufke

  • A new multicolor-FISH approach for the characterization of marker chromosomes: centromere-specific multicolor-FISH (cenM-FISH).

    Angela Nietzel;Mariano Rocchi;Heike Starke;Anita Heller

  • Microdeletion and Microduplication Syndromes

    Anja Weise;Anja Weise;Kristin Mrasek;Kristin Mrasek;Elisabeth Klein;Elisabeth Klein;Milene Vianna Mulatinho;Milene Vianna Mulatinho

  • Complex chromosomal rearrangements: origin and meiotic behavior

    F Pellestor;T Anahory;G Lefort;J Puechberty

  • PDE3A mutations cause autosomal dominant hypertension with brachydactyly

    Philipp G Maass;Atakan Aydin;Friedrich C Luft;Carolin Schächterle

  • Genome-wide analysis of sixteen chordomas by comparative genomic hybridization and cytogenetics of the first human chordoma cell line, U-CH1

    Stefanie Scheil;Silke Brüderlein;Thomas Liehr;Heike Starke

  • Current use of noninvasive prenatal testing in Europe, Australia and the USA: A graphical presentation

    Kasper Gadsbøll;Olav Bjørn Petersen;Olav Bjørn Petersen;Vincent Gatinois;Heather Strange

  • Global screening and extended nomenclature for 230 aphidicolin-inducible fragile sites, including 61 yet unreported ones.

    Kristin Mrasek;Christiane Schoder;Anne-Christin Teichmann;Katja Behr

  • Localization of the human beta-catenin gene (CTNNB1) to 3p21: a region implicated in tumor development.

    Cornelia Kraus;Thomas Liehr;Jörg Hülsken;Jürgen Behrens

  • Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) : application guide

    Thomas Liehr

  • Disruption of ALX1 causes extreme microphthalmia and severe facial clefting: expanding the spectrum of autosomal-recessive ALX-related frontonasal dysplasia.

    Elif Uz;Yasemin Alanay;Dilek Aktas;Ibrahim Vargel;Ibrahim Vargel

  • Cytogenetic contribution to uniparental disomy (UPD)

    Thomas Liehr

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe Claussen
Uwe Claussen Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Raul C. Ribeiro
Raul C. Ribeiro St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Renée H. Martin
Renée H. Martin University of Calgary
Orsetta Zuffardi
Orsetta Zuffardi University of Pavia
James R. Lupski
James R. Lupski Baylor College of Medicine
Henry H.Q. Heng
Henry H.Q. Heng Wayne State University
Arif B. Ekici
Arif B. Ekici University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Beatrice L. Pool-Zobel
Beatrice L. Pool-Zobel Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Alfred W. Rademaker
Alfred W. Rademaker Northwestern University

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