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| Tempo and mode of genome evolution in the budding yeast subphylum XX Shen, DA Opulente, J Kominek, X Zhou, JL Steenwyk, KV Buh, ... Cell 175 (6), 1533-1545. e20, 2018 | 606 | 2018 |
| The water lily genome and the early evolution of flowering plants L Zhang, F Chen, X Zhang, Z Li, Y Zhao, R Lohaus, X Chang, W Dong, ... Nature 577 (7788), 79-84, 2020 | 393 | 2020 |
| Phylogenetic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Chemosensory Receptors in a Pair of Divergent Ant Species Reveals Sex-Specific Signatures of Odor Coding X Zhou, JD Slone, A Rokas, SL Berger, J Liebig, A Ray, D Reinberg, ... PLoS Genetics 8 (8), e1002930, 2012 | 270 | 2012 |
| An engineered orco mutation produces aberrant social behavior and defective neural development in ants H Yan, C Opachaloemphan, G Mancini, H Yang, M Gallitto, J Mlejnek, ... Cell 170 (4), 736-747. e9, 2017 | 257 | 2017 |
| Characterization of the role of esterases in the biodegradation of organophosphate, carbamate, and pyrethroid pesticides P Bhatt, X Zhou, Y Huang, W Zhang, S Chen Journal of hazardous materials 411, 125026, 2021 | 245 | 2021 |
| Reconstructing the backbone of the Saccharomycotina yeast phylogeny using genome-scale data XX Shen, X Zhou, J Kominek, CP Kurtzman, CT Hittinger, A Rokas G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 6 (12), 3927-3939, 2016 | 236 | 2016 |
| Evaluating fast maximum likelihood-based phylogenetic programs using empirical phylogenomic data sets X Zhou, XX Shen, CT Hittinger, A Rokas Molecular biology and evolution 35 (2), 486-503, 2018 | 223 | 2018 |
| Incongruence in the phylogenomics era JL Steenwyk, Y Li, X Zhou, XX Shen, A Rokas Nature Reviews Genetics 24 (12), 834-850, 2023 | 211 | 2023 |
| Blood meal-induced changes to antennal transcriptome profiles reveal shifts in odor sensitivities in Anopheles gambiae DC Rinker, RJ Pitts, X Zhou, E Suh, A Rokas, LJ Zwiebel Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (20), 8260-8265, 2013 | 191 | 2013 |
| Chemoreceptor evolution in Hymenoptera and its implications for the evolution of eusociality X Zhou, A Rokas, SL Berger, J Liebig, A Ray, LJ Zwiebel Genome biology and evolution 7 (8), 2407-2416, 2015 | 184 | 2015 |
| Genome-scale phylogeny and contrasting modes of genome evolution in the fungal phylum Ascomycota XX Shen, JL Steenwyk, AL LaBella, DA Opulente, X Zhou, J Kominek, Y Li, ... Science Advances 6 (45), eabd0079, 2020 | 173 | 2020 |
| Specialized odorant receptors in social insects that detect cuticular hydrocarbon cues and candidate pheromones GM Pask, JD Slone, JG Millar, P Das, JA Moreira, X Zhou, J Bello, ... Nature communications 8 (1), 297, 2017 | 147 | 2017 |
| Extensive loss of cell-cycle and DNA repair genes in an ancient lineage of bipolar budding yeasts JL Steenwyk, DA Opulente, J Kominek, XX Shen, X Zhou, AL Labella, ... PLoS Biology 17 (5), e3000255, 2019 | 142 | 2019 |
| Evolution, developmental expression and function of odorant receptors in insects H Yan, S Jafari, G Pask, X Zhou, D Reinberg, C Desplan Journal of Experimental Biology 223 (Suppl_1), jeb208215, 2020 | 136 | 2020 |
| Large-scale phylogenomic analyses reveal the monophyly of bryophytes and neoproterozoic origin of land plants D Su, L Yang, X Shi, X Ma, X Zhou, SB Hedges, B Zhong Molecular Biology and Evolution 38 (8), 3332-3344, 2021 | 122 | 2021 |
| Eukaryotic acquisition of a bacterial operon J Kominek, DT Doering, DA Opulente, XX Shen, X Zhou, J DeVirgilio, ... Cell 176 (6), 1356-1366. e10, 2019 | 117 | 2019 |
| Antennal transcriptome profiles of anopheline mosquitoes reveal human host olfactory specialization in Anopheles gambiae DC Rinker, X Zhou, RJ Pitts, AGC Consortium, A Rokas, LJ Zwiebel BMC genomics 14 (1), 749, 2013 | 117 | 2013 |
| Functional and evolutionary characterization of a secondary metabolite gene cluster in budding yeasts DJ Krause, J Kominek, DA Opulente, XX Shen, X Zhou, QK Langdon, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (43), 11030-11035, 2018 | 113 | 2018 |
| Evolutionary instability of CUG-Leu in the genetic code of budding yeasts T Krassowski, AY Coughlan, XX Shen, X Zhou, J Kominek, DA Opulente, ... Nature communications 9 (1), 1887, 2018 | 111 | 2018 |