Concepedia

William R. Jeffery

WR

141

Publications

8.9K

Citations

55

H-Index

1970

Active since

Affiliations

University of Maryland, College Park(Current)

The University of Texas at Austin

Marine Biological Laboratory

Station Biologique de Roscoff

University of California, Davis

William R. Jeffery is an author at University of Maryland, College Park specializing in medicine, biology, and developmental biology.

Top concepts

MedicineBiologyDevelopmental BiologyMorphogenesisNatural SciencesGeneticsEmbryologyEvolutionary BiologyEvolutionary Developmental BiologyCell Biology

Publications per year

1970–2021

141

Publications

141

Genetic analysis of cavefish reveals molecular convergence in the evolution of albinism

Meredith Protas, Candace Hersey, Dawn Kochanek et al. · Nature Genetics · 2005 · 530 citations

Genetic Analysis, Population Genetics, Phylogenetics +11

Central Role for the Lens in Cave Fish Eye Degeneration

Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, William R. Jeffery · Science · 2000 · 288 citations

Biology, Central Role, Ocular Disease +13

Evolution of a Behavioral Shift Mediated by Superficial Neuromasts Helps Cavefish Find Food in Darkness

Masato Yoshizawa, Špela Gorički, Daphne Soares et al. · Current Biology · 2010 · 284 citations · Full text

Biology, Neurobiological Mechanism, Behavioral Neuroscience +9

Hedgehog signalling controls eye degeneration in blind cavefish

Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, David W. Stock, William R. Jeffery · Nature · 2004 · 278 citations

Developmental Biology, Ophthalmology, Invertebrate Vision +3

Pleiotropic functions of embryonic sonic hedgehog expression link jaw and taste bud amplification with eye loss during cavefish evolution

Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Mardi S. Byerly, William R. Jackman et al. · Developmental Biology · 2009 · 233 citations · Full text

Biology, Developmental Biology, Taste Bud Amplification +13

Rows per page

1–5 of 141