Ronald Ellis

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms(79), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics(16), Circadian rhythm and melatonin(14), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering(14), Reproductive Biology and Fertility(13)

Publications128 total

The Caenorhabditis Gli protein TRA-1 makes a transcriptional activator that promotes spermatogenesis
iScience·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Efficient production of CRISPR/Cas9 gene knockouts in the male/female nematode Caenorhabditis nigoni
PubMed·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Identifying Co-Factors That Drive TRA-1 Activator Function
2023Open Access
Functional divergence of orthologous temperature-sensitive mutations in C. elegans and C. briggsae
PubMed·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Post-embryonic cell lineages of the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature·2022
Faculty Opinions recommendation of The embryonic cell lineage of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature·2022
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Extreme mitochondrial DNA divergence underlies genetic conflict over sex determination.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature·2022
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Characterization of the endogenous DAF-12 ligand and its use as an anthelmintic agent in Strongyloides stercoralis.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature·2022
Sex Determination in Nematode Germ Cells
Sexual Development·2022· 11 citedOpen Access
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Evolutionarily conserved sperm factors, DCST1 and DCST2, are required for gamete fusion.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature·2021
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Stretch-activated ion channels identified in the touch-sensitive structures of carnivorous Droseraceae plants.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature·2021Open Access
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Alanine tRNAs Translate Environment Into Behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature·2021
Evolution: A Developmental Tradeoff that Wins in Changing Environments
Current Biology·2020Open Access
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Stem cell niche exit in C. elegans via orientation and segregation of daughter cells by a cryptic cell outside the niche.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature·2020Open Access
Sex Determination: TRA-1 Is a Non-binary Regulator of Sexual Identity
Current Biology·2020· 4 citedOpen Access
Faculty Opinions recommendation of A Single Gene Causes Thelytokous Parthenogenesis, the Defining Feature of the Cape Honeybee Apis mellifera capensis.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature·2020
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Widespread roles for piRNAs and WAGO-class siRNAs in shaping the germline transcriptome of Caenorhabditis elegans.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature·2020
Faculty Opinions recommendation of The Long Non-Coding RNA lep-5 Promotes the Juvenile-to-Adult Transition by Destabilizing LIN-28.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature·2019
Evolution of Yin and Yang isoforms of a chromatin remodeling subunit precedes the creation of two genes
eLife·2019· 7 citedOpen Access
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Functional genetic variants revealed by massively parallel precise genome editing.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature·2019
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Frequent Co-authors

H. Robert Horvitz(4), Judith Kimble(4), Soochin Cho(3), Yiqing Guo(3), Pei‐Jiun Chen(3), Suk‐Won Jin(3), Qing Wei(3), Yongquan Shen(3), Xiangmei Chen(3), Michael O. Hengartner(2), Xiaohua Shen(2), Randal J. Kaufman(2), Suk-Won Jin(2), Adam Cohen(2), Y. John Shyu(2), Susan M. Hiatt(2), Holli M. Duren(2), Tom K. Kerppola(2), Chang-Deng Hu(2), Pei-Jiun Chen(2)