13 December 2022
Genes | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2020–2021 in the Section “Population and Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics”


1. “Histone Deacetylases (HDACs): Evolution, Specificity, Role in Transcriptional Complexes, and Pharmacological Actionability”
by Giorgio Milazzo, Daniele Mercatelli, Giulia Di Muzio, Luca Triboli, Piergiuseppe De Rosa, Giovanni Perini and Federico M. Giorgi
Genes 2020, 11(5), 556; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11050556
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/5/556

2. “Mutation Patterns of Human SARS-CoV-2 and Bat RaTG13 Coronavirus Genomes Are Strongly Biased Towards C>U Transitions, Indicating Rapid Evolution in Their Hosts”
by Roman Matyášek and Aleš Kovařík
Genes 2020, 11(7), 761; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11070761
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/7/761

3. “Trans-Atlantic Distribution and Introgression as Inferred from Single Nucleotide Polymorphism: Mussels Mytilus and Environmental Factors”
by Roman Wenne, Małgorzata Zbawicka, Lis Bach, Petr Strelkov, Mikhail Gantsevich, Piotr Kukliński, Tomasz Kijewski, John H. McDonald, Kristil Kindem Sundsaasen, Mariann Árnyasi et al.
Genes 2020, 11(5), 530; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11050530
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/5/530

4. “The Biochemistry of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Caused by Endosymbiotic Bacteria”
by Hongli Chen, Mengwen Zhang and Mark Hochstrasser
Genes 2020, 11(8), 852; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11080852
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/8/852

5. “The Female-Specific W Chromosomes of Birds Have Conserved Gene Contents but Are Not Feminized”
by Luohao Xu and Qi Zhou
Genes 2020, 11(10), 1126; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11101126
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/10/1126

6. “Climate Change and Green Sea Turtle Sex Ratio—Preventing Possible Extinction”
by Jana Blechschmidt, Meike J. Wittmann and Chantal Blüml
Genes 2020, 11(5), 588; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11050588
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/5/588

7. “How Depressing Is Inbreeding? A Meta-Analysis of 30 Years of Research on the Effects of Inbreeding in Livestock”
by Harmen P. Doekes, Piter Bijma and Jack J. Windig
Genes 2021, 12(6), 926; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12060926
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/12/6/926

8. “Genomic Diversity, Population Structure, and Signature of Selection in Five Chinese Native Sheep Breeds Adapted to Extreme Environments”
by Adam Abied, Alnoor Bagadi, Farhad Bordbar, Yabin Pu, Serafino M. A. Augustino, Xianglan Xue, Feng Xing, Gebremedhin Gebreselassie, Jian-Lin Han, Joram M. Mwacharo et al.
Genes 2020, 11(5), 494; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11050494
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/5/494

9. “Interstitial Telomeric Repeats Are Rare in Turtles”
by Lorenzo Clemente, Sofia Mazzoleni, Eleonora Pensabene Bellavia, Barbora Augstenová, Markus Auer, Peter Praschag, Tomáš Protiva, Petr Velenský, Philipp Wagner, Uwe Fritz et al.
Genes 2020, 11(6), 657; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11060657
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/6/657

10. “Highly Rearranged Karyotypes and Multiple Sex Chromosome Systems in Armored Catfishes from the Genus Harttia (Teleostei, Siluriformes)”
by Geize Aparecida Deon, Larissa Glugoski, Marcelo Ricardo Vicari, Viviane Nogaroto, Francisco de Menezes Cavalcante Sassi, Marcelo de Bello Cioffi, Thomas Liehr, Luiz Antonio Carlos Bertollo and Orlando Moreira-Filho
Genes 2020, 11(11), 1366; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11111366
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/11/1366

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