| Lateral gene transfer and the nature of bacterial innovation H Ochman, JG Lawrence, EA Groisman nature 405 (6784), 299-304, 2000 | 4561 | 2000 |
| Re-evaluating prokaryotic species D Gevers, FM Cohan, JG Lawrence, BG Spratt, T Coenye, EJ Feil, ... Nature Reviews Microbiology 3 (9), 733-739, 2005 | 1316 | 2005 |
| Molecular archaeology of the Escherichia coli genome JG Lawrence, H Ochman Proceedings of the national Academy of Sciences 95 (16), 9413-9417, 1998 | 1204 | 1998 |
| Prokaryotic evolution in light of gene transfer JP Gogarten, WF Doolittle, JG Lawrence Molecular biology and evolution 19 (12), 2226-2238, 2002 | 1137 | 2002 |
| Amelioration of bacterial genomes: rates of change and exchange JG Lawrence, H Ochman Journal of molecular evolution 44, 383-397, 1997 | 1015 | 1997 |
| Origins of highly mosaic mycobacteriophage genomes ML Pedulla, ME Ford, JM Houtz, T Karthikeyan, C Wadsworth, JA Lewis, ... Cell 113 (2), 171-182, 2003 | 783 | 2003 |
| Selfish operons: horizontal transfer may drive the evolution of gene clusters JG Lawrence, JR Roth Genetics 143 (4), 1843-1860, 1996 | 777 | 1996 |
| COBALAMIN (COENZYME B12): Synthesis and Biological Significance JR Roth, JG Lawrence, TA Bobik Annual review of microbiology 50 (1), 137-181, 1996 | 717 | 1996 |
| The origins and ongoing evolution of viruses RW Hendrix, JG Lawrence, GF Hatfull, S Casjens Trends in microbiology 8 (11), 504-508, 2000 | 432 | 2000 |
| Characterization of the cobalamin (vitamin B12) biosynthetic genes of Salmonella typhimurium JR Roth, JG Lawrence, M Rubenfield, S Kieffer-Higgins, GM Church Journal of bacteriology 175 (11), 3303-3316, 1993 | 348 | 1993 |
| Comparative genomic analysis of 60 mycobacteriophage genomes: genome clustering, gene acquisition, and gene size GF Hatfull, D Jacobs-Sera, JG Lawrence, WH Pope, DA Russell, CC Ko, ... Journal of molecular biology 397 (1), 119-143, 2010 | 344 | 2010 |
| Gene transfer, speciation, and the evolution of bacterial genomes JG Lawrence Current opinion in microbiology 2 (5), 519-523, 1999 | 339 | 1999 |
| Imbroglios of viral taxonomy: genetic exchange and failings of phenetic approaches JG Lawrence, GF Hatfull, RW Hendrix Journal of bacteriology 184 (17), 4891-4905, 2002 | 331 | 2002 |
| Exploring the mycobacteriophage metaproteome: phage genomics as an educational platform GF Hatfull, ML Pedulla, D Jacobs-Sera, PM Cichon, A Foley, ME Ford, ... PLoS genetics 2 (6), e92, 2006 | 315 | 2006 |
| Selfish operons: the evolutionary impact of gene clustering in prokaryotes and eukaryotes J Lawrence Current opinion in genetics & development 9 (6), 642-648, 1999 | 299 | 1999 |
| Whole genome comparison of a large collection of mycobacteriophages reveals a continuum of phage genetic diversity WH Pope, CA Bowman, DA Russell, D Jacobs-Sera, DJ Asai, ... elife 4, e06416, 2015 | 296 | 2015 |
| Reconciling the many faces of lateral gene transfer JG Lawrence, H Ochman TRENDS in Microbiology 10 (1), 1-4, 2002 | 278 | 2002 |
| Gene transfer in bacteria: speciation without species? JG Lawrence Theoretical population biology 61 (4), 449-460, 2002 | 264 | 2002 |
| Selfish operons and speciation by gene transfer JG Lawrence Trends in microbiology 5 (9), 355-359, 1997 | 256 | 1997 |
| Lateral gene transfer: when will adolescence end? JG Lawrence, H Hendrickson Molecular microbiology 50 (3), 739-749, 2003 | 248 | 2003 |
