Joseph W. Thornton

Joseph W. Thornton

University of Chicago

H-index: 53

North America-United States

About Joseph W. Thornton

Joseph W. Thornton, With an exceptional h-index of 53 and a recent h-index of 37 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Chicago, specializes in the field of evolution, environment, molecular evolution.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Epistasis facilitates functional evolution in an ancient transcription factor

Evolutionary shortcuts via multinucleotide substitutions and their impact on natural selection analyses

The simplicity of protein sequence-function relationships

Epistatic drift causes gradual decay of predictability in protein evolution

Simple mechanisms for the evolution of protein complexity

Molecular and structural basis of olfactory sensory neuron axon coalescence by Kirrel receptors

Evolutionary tuning of a key helix drove androgen selectivity

Contingency and chance erase necessity in the experimental evolution of ancestral proteins

Joseph W. Thornton Information

University

Position

Depts. of Human Genetics and Ecology & Evolution

Citations(all)

12695

Citations(since 2020)

4039

Cited By

10194

hIndex(all)

53

hIndex(since 2020)

37

i10Index(all)

79

i10Index(since 2020)

60

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Joseph W. Thornton Skills & Research Interests

evolution

environment

molecular evolution

Top articles of Joseph W. Thornton

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Epistasis facilitates functional evolution in an ancient transcription factor

bioRxiv

Brian PH Metzger

Yeonwoo Park

Tyler N Starr

Joseph W Thornton

2023

Evolutionary shortcuts via multinucleotide substitutions and their impact on natural selection analyses

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Alexander G Lucaci

Jordan D Zehr

David Enard

Joseph W Thornton

Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond

2023/7

The simplicity of protein sequence-function relationships

bioRxiv

Yeonwoo Park

Brian PH Metzger

Joseph W Thornton

2023/9/5

Epistatic drift causes gradual decay of predictability in protein evolution

Science

Yeonwoo Park

Brian PH Metzger

Joseph W Thornton

2022/5/20

Simple mechanisms for the evolution of protein complexity

Arvind S Pillai

Georg KA Hochberg

Joseph W Thornton

2022/11

Molecular and structural basis of olfactory sensory neuron axon coalescence by Kirrel receptors

Cell reports

Jing Wang

Neelima Vaddadi

Joseph S Pak

Yeonwoo Park

Sabrina Quilez

...

2021/11/2

Evolutionary tuning of a key helix drove androgen selectivity

bioRxiv

C Denise Okafor

Jennifer K Colucci

Michael L Cato

Sabab H Khan

Kirsten Cottrill

...

2021/7/22

Contingency and chance erase necessity in the experimental evolution of ancestral proteins

Elife

Victoria Cochran Xie

Jinyue Pu

Brian PH Metzger

Joseph W Thornton

Bryan C Dickinson

2021/6/1

Comment on “Ancient origins of allosteric activation in a Ser-Thr kinase”

Science

Yeonwoo Park

Jaeda EJ Patton

Georg KA Hochberg

Joseph W Thornton

2020/11/20

Origin of complexity in haemoglobin evolution

Nature

Arvind S Pillai

Shane A Chandler

Yang Liu

Anthony V Signore

Carlos R Cortez-Romero

...

2020/5/28

Chance, contingency, and necessity in the experimental evolution of ancestral proteins

bioRxiv

Victoria Cochran Xie

Jinyue Pu

Brian PH Metzger

Joseph W Thornton

Bryan C Dickinson

2020/8/29

A hydrophobic ratchet entrenches molecular complexes

Nature

Georg KA Hochberg

Yang Liu

Erik G Marklund

Brian PH Metzger

Arthur Laganowsky

...

2020/12/17

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