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Christopher W. Benson

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University

Early career · publishing since 2018Rising activity

Publications

17

Citations

97

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

9

Publishing since 2018

Research summary
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Christopher W. Benson's research focuses on plant genomics, particularly the assembly and analysis of grass genomes (such as Poa annua and Poa trivialis) and the role of transposable elements (mobile DNA sequences that can copy and reposition themselves within a genome) in shaping genome structure and evolution. His work also includes building computational tools to simulate genome and transposable element behavior. Earlier in his record, he contributed to Arctic environmental and paleoclimate studies, though his more recent output centers on genomics.

Plant genome assembly and annotationTransposable elements and repeat sequencesGrass (Poa species) genomics and evolutionComputational genome simulation toolsArctic environmental/paleoclimate data (earlier work)

Publication output has been irregular but increased notably around 2023, with continued activity through 2024-2026, averaging about 2.4 papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.4/year recently
172018: 1 publication182019: 3 publications192020: 1 publication20212022: 1 publication222023: 6 publications6232024: 3 publications242025: 1 publication252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×4
  • BMC Genomics×2
  • Cold Spring Harbor Protocols×2
  • Genome Biology and Evolution×1
  • Crop Science×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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