| Tempo and mode of genome evolution in the budding yeast subphylum XX Shen, DA Opulente, J Kominek, X Zhou, JL Steenwyk, KV Buh, ... Cell 175 (6), 1533-1545. e20, 2018 | 515 | 2018 |
| Genome-scale phylogeny and contrasting modes of genome evolution in the fungal phylum Ascomycota XX Shen, JL Steenwyk, AL LaBella, DA Opulente, X Zhou, J Kominek, Y Li, ... Science Advances 6 (45), eabd0079, 2020 | 129 | 2020 |
| A molecular portrait of de novo genes in yeasts N Vakirlis, AS Hebert, DA Opulente, G Achaz, CT Hittinger, G Fischer, ... Molecular biology and evolution 35 (3), 631-645, 2018 | 129 | 2018 |
| Extensive loss of cell-cycle and DNA repair genes in an ancient lineage of bipolar budding yeasts JL Steenwyk, DA Opulente, J Kominek, XX Shen, X Zhou, AL Labella, ... PLoS Biology 17 (5), e3000255, 2019 | 118 | 2019 |
| Variation and selection on codon usage bias across an entire subphylum AL Labella, DA Opulente, JL Steenwyk, CT Hittinger, A Rokas PLoS genetics 15 (7), e1008304, 2019 | 100 | 2019 |
| Eukaryotic acquisition of a bacterial operon J Kominek, DT Doering, DA Opulente, XX Shen, X Zhou, J DeVirgilio, ... Cell 176 (6), 1356-1366. e10, 2019 | 97 | 2019 |
| Functional and evolutionary characterization of a secondary metabolite gene cluster in budding yeasts DJ Krause, J Kominek, DA Opulente, XX Shen, X Zhou, QK Langdon, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (43), 11030-11035, 2018 | 97 | 2018 |
| Fermentation innovation through complex hybridization of wild and domesticated yeasts QK Langdon, D Peris, ECP Baker, DA Opulente, HV Nguyen, U Bond, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 3 (11), 1576-1586, 2019 | 96 | 2019 |
| Evolutionary instability of CUG-Leu in the genetic code of budding yeasts T Krassowski, AY Coughlan, XX Shen, X Zhou, J Kominek, DA Opulente, ... Nature communications 9 (1), 1887, 2018 | 94 | 2018 |
| Pathogenic budding yeasts isolated outside of clinical settings DA Opulente, QK Langdon, KV Buh, MAB Haase, K Sylvester, RV Moriarty, ... FEMS yeast research 19 (3), foz032, 2019 | 81 | 2019 |
| Evidence for loss and reacquisition of alcoholic fermentation in a fructophilic yeast lineage C Gonçalves, JH Wisecaver, J Kominek, MS Oom, MJ Leandro, XX Shen, ... Elife 7, e33034, 2018 | 81 | 2018 |
| Efficient engineering of marker-free synthetic allotetraploids of Saccharomyces WG Alexander, D Peris, BT Pfannenstiel, DA Opulente, M Kuang, ... Fungal genetics and biology 89, 10-17, 2016 | 67 | 2016 |
| A genome-informed higher rank classification of the biotechnologically important fungal subphylum Saccharomycotina M Groenewald, CT Hittinger, K Bensch, DA Opulente, XX Shen, Y Li, ... Studies in Mycology 105 (1), 1-22, 2023 | 59 | 2023 |
| Towards yeast taxogenomics: lessons from novel species descriptions based on complete genome sequences D Libkind, N Čadež, DA Opulente, QK Langdon, CA Rosa, JP Sampaio, ... FEMS Yeast Research 20 (6), foaa042, 2020 | 55 | 2020 |
| Nonlinear fitness consequences of variation in expression level of a eukaryotic gene JS Rest, CM Morales, JB Waldron, DA Opulente, J Fisher, S Moon, ... Molecular biology and evolution 30 (2), 448-456, 2012 | 54 | 2012 |
| Factors driving metabolic diversity in the budding yeast subphylum DA Opulente, EJ Rollinson, C Bernick-Roehr, AB Hulfachor, A Rokas, ... BMC biology 16, 1-15, 2018 | 51 | 2018 |
| Into the wild: new yeast genomes from natural environments and new tools for their analysis D Libkind, D Peris, FA Cubillos, JL Steenwyk, DA Opulente, QK Langdon, ... FEMS yeast research 20 (2), foaa008, 2020 | 43 | 2020 |
| Multiple reinventions of mating-type switching during budding yeast evolution T Krassowski, J Kominek, XX Shen, DA Opulente, X Zhou, A Rokas, ... Current Biology 29 (15), 2555-2562. e8, 2019 | 41 | 2019 |
| Postglacial migration shaped the genomic diversity and global distribution of the wild ancestor of lager-brewing hybrids QK Langdon, D Peris, JI Eizaguirre, DA Opulente, KV Buh, K Sylvester, ... PLoS Genetics 16 (4), e1008680, 2020 | 40 | 2020 |
| Macroevolutionary diversity of traits and genomes in the model yeast genus Saccharomyces D Peris, EJ Ubbelohde, MC Kuang, J Kominek, QK Langdon, M Adams, ... Nature communications 14 (1), 690, 2023 | 30 | 2023 |
