Kevin R Cook

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Indiana University

Chromosomal and Genetic Variations CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms Insect Resistance and Genetics

Publications

Citations

2,633

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Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 1987

Research summary

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Kevin R Cook studies the genetics of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, a common laboratory model organism. Much of the work focuses on developing and characterizing genetic tools—such as balancer chromosomes, CRISPR-induced mutations, and split-GAL4 drivers—that let researchers map, track, and manipulate genes, including work on specific fly chromosomes and cell types in the intestine. Some publications also address the practical and regulatory aspects of exchanging and trading live insect strains between labs and countries.

Drosophila genetics and genetic resourcesChromosome structure and balancer chromosomesCRISPR-based mutation and gene toolsCell-type-specific tools (split-GAL4) for the fly gutLive insect exchange and trade policy

Publication activity has been modest and uneven over the last decade, with a peak in 2022 and several years with no recorded output, averaging about 1.4 papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently

Recent publications

The underappreciated, underrecognized problem of fourth chromosome trisomy in Drosophila melanogaster stocks and a simple, general method for building diplo-4 stocks from triplo-4 stocks
PubMed · 2025
A new Drosophila melanogaster research resource: CRISPR-induced mutations for clonal analysis of fourth chromosome genes
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · 2025
Enteroendocrine cell expression of split-GAL4 drivers bearing regulatory sequences associated with panneuronally expressed genes in Drosophila melanogaster
PubMed · 2022
The international exchange of Drosophila melanogaster strains
Revue Scientifique et Technique de l OIE · 2022
Can there be a common, risk-based framework for decisions around live insect trade?
Revue Scientifique et Technique de l OIE · 2022
A Spontaneous Inversion of the X Chromosome Heterochromatin Provides a Tool for Studying the Structure and Activity of the Nucleolus in Drosophila melanogaster
Cells · 2022
Identification of novel split-GAL4 drivers for the characterization of enteroendocrine cells in the Drosophila melanogaster midgut
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · 2022
Identification of split-GAL4 drivers and enhancers that allow regional cell type manipulations of the Drosophila melanogaster intestine
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2020
Identification of Split-GAL4 Drivers and Enhancers That Allow Regional Cell Type Manipulations of the Drosophila melanogaster Intestine
Genetics · 2020
The joy of balancers
PLoS Genetics · 2019
The Molecular and Genetic Characterization of Second Chromosome Balancers in Drosophila melanogaster
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · 2018
Mapping Second Chromosome Mutations to Defined Genomic Regions inDrosophila melanogaster
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · 2017
A Common Suite of Coagulation Proteins Function inDrosophilaMuscle Attachment
Genetics · 2016
Third Chromosome Balancer Inversions Disrupt Protein-Coding Genes and Influence Distal Recombination Events inDrosophila melanogaster
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · 2016
Rare recombination events generate sequence diversity among balancer chromosomes in Drosophila melanogaster
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2016

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G3 Genes Genomes Genetics×7
Genetics×3
PLoS Genetics×2
Revue Scientifique et Technique de l OIE×2
PubMed×2

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Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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