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Trudy F. C. Mackay

Trudy F. C. Mackay

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Genetics

D-Index
96
Citations
41064
World Ranking
862
National Ranking
432

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2006 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2004 - Genetics Society of America Medal
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Trudy F. C. Mackay is a researcher affiliated with Clemson University in the United States. Their work focuses primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions spanning Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Insect Science, and Aging.

Their research covers a variety of main topics, including:

  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Mackay has published numerous papers, with recent notable publications including:

  • Pleiotropy, epistasis and the genetic architecture of quantitative traits, 2024, Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Context-dependent genetic architecture of Drosophila life span, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • Gene expression networks in the Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel, 2020, Genome Research
  • Leveraging Multiple Layers of Data To Predict Drosophila Complex Traits, 2020, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Genetics and Brain Transcriptomics of Completed Suicide, 2022, American Journal of Psychiatry

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Robert R. H. Anholt
  • Wen Huang
  • Rebecca A. MacPherson
  • Vijay Shankar

Publications are often found in recurring venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • PLoS Biology
  • Genome Research

Over the course of their career, Mackay has been recognized with several awards, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2010)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2006)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2005)
  • Genetics Society of America Medal (2004)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2003)

Best Publications

  • Finding the missing heritability of complex diseases

    Teri A. Manolio;Francis S. Collins;Nancy J. Cox;David B. Goldstein

  • The Drosophila melanogaster Genetic Reference Panel

    Trudy F. C. Mackay;Stephen J. Richards;Eric A. Stone;Antonio Barbadilla

  • THE GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF QUANTITATIVE TRAITS

    Trudy F. C. Mackay

  • The genetics of quantitative traits: challenges and prospects.

    Trudy F. C. Mackay;Eric A. Stone;Julien F. Ayroles

  • Does evolutionary theory need a rethink

    Kevin Laland;Tobias Uller;Marc Feldman;Kim Sterelny

  • Epistasis and quantitative traits: using model organisms to study gene-gene interactions

    Trudy F. C. Mackay

  • Natural variation in genome architecture among 205 Drosophila melanogaster Genetic Reference Panel lines

    Wen Huang;Andreas Massouras;Andreas Massouras;Yutaka Inoue;Jason Peiffer

  • Genetic architecture of quantitative traits in mice, flies, and humans.

    Jonathan Flint;Trudy F.C. Mackay

  • Quantitative trait loci in Drosophila.

    Trudy F. C. Mackay

  • Systems genetics of complex traits in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Julien F Ayroles;Mary Anna Carbone;Eric A Stone;Katherine W Jordan

  • Genotype-environment interaction for quantitative trait loci affecting life span in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Cristina Vieira;E.G. Pasyukova;E.G. Pasyukova;Z.B. Zeng;J.B. Hackett

  • Epistasis dominates the genetic architecture of Drosophila quantitative traits.

    Wen Huang;Stephen Richards;Mary Anna Carbone;Dianhui Zhu

  • Sex-specific quantitative trait loci affecting longevity in Drosophila melanogaster

    Sergey V. Nuzhdin;Elena G. Pasyukova;Christy L. Dilda;Zhao-Bang Zeng

  • The genetic architecture of quantitative traits: lessons from Drosophila

    Trudy F. C. Mackay

  • Low mutation rates of microsatellite loci in Drosophila melanogaster

    Malcolm D. Schug;Trudy F.C. Mackay;Charles F. Aquadro

  • The mutation rates of di-, tri- and tetranucleotide repeats in Drosophila melanogaster.

    M. D. Schug;C. M. Hutter;K. A. Wetterstrand;M. S. Gaudette

  • Quantitative trait loci for life span in Drosophila melanogaster: interactions with genetic background and larval density.

    Jeff Leips;Trudy F. C. Mackay

  • Effects of P element insertions on quantitative traits in Drosophila melanogaster.

    T. F. C. Mackay;R. F. Lyman;M. S. Jackson

  • Dopa decarboxylase (Ddc) affects variation in Drosophila longevity.

    Maria De Luca;Nataliya V Roshina;Gretchen L Geiger-Thornsberry;Richard F Lyman

  • High resolution mapping of genetic factors affecting abdominal bristle number in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Anthony D. Long;Susan L. Mullaney;Lucy A. Reid;James D. Fry

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert R. H. Anholt
Robert R. H. Anholt Clemson University
Eric A. Stone
Eric A. Stone North Carolina State University
Sergey V. Nuzhdin
Sergey V. Nuzhdin University of Southern California
Charles H. Langley
Charles H. Langley University of California, Davis
Anthony D. Long
Anthony D. Long University of California, Irvine
Chao-Qiang Lai
Chao-Qiang Lai US Department of Agriculture
Jerry A. Coyne
Jerry A. Coyne University of Chicago
Michael D. Purugganan
Michael D. Purugganan New York University
Christian Maltecca
Christian Maltecca North Carolina State University

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