John Gatesy

American Museum of Natural History — United States

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

45h-index9.6kcitations111works8.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Evolution and Paleontology Studies(37), Marine animal studies overview(34), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies(31), Genetic diversity and population structure(24), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies(12)

Publications109 total

Pseudogenes Document Protracted Parallel Regression of Oral Anatomy in Myrmecophagous Mammals
2025Open Access
A new phylogeny for Aves is compromised by pervasive misalignment and homology problems
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Lateral palatal foramina are not widespread in Artiodactyla and imply baleen in extinct mysticetes
Scientific Reports·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Vocal learning–associated convergent evolution in mammalian proteins and regulatory elements
Science·2024· 30 citedOpen Access
Molecular Evidence for Relaxed Selection on the Enamel Genes of Toothed Whales (Odontoceti) with Degenerative Enamel Phenotypes
Genes·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Three Blind Moles: Molecular Evolutionary Insights on the Tempo and Mode of Convergent Eye Degeneration in Notoryctes typhlops (Southern Marsupial Mole) and Two Chrysochlorids (Golden Moles)
Genes·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Using evolutionary constraint to define novel candidate driver genes in medulloblastoma
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Three-dimensional genome rewiring in loci with human accelerated regions
Science·2023· 102 citedOpen Access
A genomic timescale for placental mammal evolution
Science·2023· 141 citedOpen Access
Evolutionary constraint and innovation across hundreds of placental mammals
Science·2023· 243 citedOpen Access
Mammalian evolution of human cis-regulatory elements and transcription factor binding sites
Science·2023· 107 cited
Comparative genomics of Balto, a famous historic dog, captures lost diversity of 1920s sled dogs
Science·2023· 13 citedOpen Access
Relating enhancer genetic variation across mammals to complex phenotypes using machine learning
Science·2023· 80 citedOpen Access
The contribution of historical processes to contemporary extinction risk in placental mammals
Science·2023· 95 citedOpen Access
The functional and evolutionary impacts of human-specific deletions in conserved elements
Science·2023· 71 citedOpen Access
Leveraging base-pair mammalian constraint to understand genetic variation and human disease
Science·2023· 112 citedOpen Access
Integrating gene annotation with orthology inference at scale
Science·2023· 180 citedOpen Access
Insights into mammalian TE diversity through the curation of 248 genome assemblies
Science·2023· 122 citedOpen Access
Chiropterans Are a Hotspot for Horizontal Transfer of DNA Transposons in Mammalia
Molecular Biology and Evolution·2023· 15 citedOpen Access
Evolutionary constraint and innovation across hundreds of placental mammals
2023· 24 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Mark S. Springer(27), Kerstin Lindblad‐Toh(21), Elinor K. Karlsson(21), William J. Murphy(16), Diane P. Genereux(16), Nicole M. Foley(15), Michael Hiller(15), Michael X. Dong(14), Gregory Andrews(14), Joana Damas(14), Oliver A. Ryder(13), Eduardo Eizirik(13), Matthew J. Christmas(13), Matteo Bianchi(13), Kathleen C. Keough(13), Kaili Fan(13), Jenna Grimshaw(13), Alyssa J. Lawler(13), Wynn K. Meyer(13), Harris A. Lewin(13)