Robert L. Unckless

Robert L. Unckless

University of Kansas

H-index: 26

North America-United States

About Robert L. Unckless

Robert L. Unckless, With an exceptional h-index of 26 and a recent h-index of 21 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Kansas, specializes in the field of evolutionary genetics, genomics, immunity, genetic conflict.

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

A single amino acid polymorphism in natural Metchnikowin alleles of Drosophila results in systemic immunity and life history tradeoffs

Germline novelty through recurrent copy-number, protein, and regulatory evolution of the synaptonemal complex

Meiotic drive, postzygotic isolation, and the Snowball Effect

Autosomal suppression of meiotic drive can prevent sex chromosome cycling

Wolbachia enhances the survival of Drosophila infected with fungal pathogens

Modeling the Evolution of Populations with Multiple Killer Meiotic Drivers

Evolution of five environmentally responsive gene families in a pine‐feeding sawfly, Neodiprion lecontei (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae)

A suite of selective pressures supports the maintenance of alleles of a Drosophila immune peptide

Robert L. Unckless Information

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Citations(all)

3195

Citations(since 2020)

1857

Cited By

2152

hIndex(all)

26

hIndex(since 2020)

21

i10Index(all)

40

i10Index(since 2020)

37

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Robert L. Unckless Skills & Research Interests

evolutionary genetics

genomics

immunity

genetic conflict

Top articles of Robert L. Unckless

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

A single amino acid polymorphism in natural Metchnikowin alleles of Drosophila results in systemic immunity and life history tradeoffs

PLOS Genetics

Jessamyn I Perlmutter

Joanne R Chapman

Mason C Wilkinson

Isaac Nevarez-Saenz

Robert L Unckless

2024/3/11

Germline novelty through recurrent copy-number, protein, and regulatory evolution of the synaptonemal complex

bioRxiv

Kevin HC Wei

Ching-Ho Chang

Kamalakar Chatla

Ananya Krishnapura

Samuel P Appiah

...

2023

Meiotic drive, postzygotic isolation, and the Snowball Effect

bioRxiv

Robert L Unckless

2023/11/14

Autosomal suppression of meiotic drive can prevent sex chromosome cycling

bioRxiv

Anjali Gupta

Rob Unckless

2023

Wolbachia enhances the survival of Drosophila infected with fungal pathogens

bioRxiv

Jessamyn I Perlmutter

Aylar Atadurdyyeva

Margaret E Schedl

Robert L Unckless

2023/10/11

Modeling the Evolution of Populations with Multiple Killer Meiotic Drivers

bioRxiv

Jose Fabricio Lopez Hernandez

Boris Y Rubinstein

Robert L Unckless

Sarah E Zanders

2023

Evolution of five environmentally responsive gene families in a pine‐feeding sawfly, Neodiprion lecontei (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae)

Ecology and Evolution

Kim L Vertacnik

Danielle K Herrig

R Keating Godfrey

Tom Hill

Scott M Geib

...

2023/10

A suite of selective pressures supports the maintenance of alleles of a Drosophila immune peptide

bioRxiv

Sarah R Mullinax

Andrea M Darby

Anjali Gupta

Patrick Chan

Brittny R Smith

...

2023/1/1

SARS-CoV-2 Mac1 is required for IFN antagonism and efficient virus replication in cell culture and in mice

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Yousef M Alhammad

Srivatsan Parthasarathy

Roshan Ghimire

Catherine M Kerr

Joseph J O’Connor

...

2023/8/29

The genetic basis of variation in immune defense against Lysinibacillus fusiformis infection in Drosophila melanogaster

PLoS Pathogens

Brittny R Smith

Kistie B Patch

Anjali Gupta

Emma M Knoles

Robert L Unckless

2023/8/7

Maintenance and Evaluation of Wolbachia Male-Killers of Dipterans

Margaret E Schedl

Ngoc Huan Nguyen

Robert L Unckless

Jessamyn I Perlmutter

2023/11/26

Caenorhabditis elegans ETR-1/CELF has broad effects on the muscle cell transcriptome, including genes that regulate translation and neuroblast migration

BMC genomics

Matthew E Ochs

Rebecca M McWhirter

Robert L Unckless

David M Miller

Erik A Lundquist

2022/12

Induction and inhibition of Drosophila X chromosome gene expression are both impeded by the dosage compensation complex

G3

Richard P Meisel

Danial Asgari

Florencia Schlamp

Robert L Unckless

2022/9/1

Theme: Recent work in speciation research by women authors

Evolution

Catherine R Linnen

Yaniv Brandvain

Robert L Unckless

2022/6/1

Positive Selection and Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Genome of a Male-Killing Wolbachia

Molecular biology and evolution

Tom Hill

Robert L Unckless

Jessamyn I Perlmutter

2022/1/1

Hoisted with his own petard: How sex‐ratio meiotic drive in Drosophila affinis creates resistance alleles that limit its spread

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Wen‐Juan Ma

Emma M Knoles

Kistie B Patch

Murtaza M Shoaib

Robert L Unckless

2022/12/1

Adaptation, ancestral variation and gene flow in a ‘Sky Island’ Drosophila species

Molecular ecology

Tom Hill

Robert L Unckless

2021/1

Rapid divergence of the male reproductive proteins in the Drosophila dunni group and implications for postmating incompatibilities between species

G3

Tom Hill

Hazel-Lynn Rosales-Stephens

Robert L Unckless

2021/4/1

The population genetics of evolutionary rescue in diploids: X chromosomal versus autosomal rescue

The American Naturalist

Robert L Unckless

H Allen Orr

2020/3/1

Recurrent evolution of high virulence in isolated populations of a DNA virus

Elife

Tom Hill

Robert L Unckless

2020/10/28

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Andrew G Clark

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Hanna Kokko

Hanna Kokko

Universität Zürich

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Gerald Wilkinson

Gerald Wilkinson

University of Maryland, Baltimore

H-index: 60
Nina Wedell

Nina Wedell

University of Exeter

H-index: 57
John Jaenike

John Jaenike

University of Rochester

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