| Drosophila cuticular hydrocarbons revisited: mating status alters cuticular profiles C Everaerts, JP Farine, M Cobb, JF Ferveur PloS one 5 (3), e9607, 2010 | 299 | 2010 |
| 60 years ago, Francis Crick changed the logic of biology M Cobb PLoS biology 15 (9), e2003243, 2017 | 252 | 2017 |
| The red flour beetle's large nose: an expanded odorant receptor gene family in Tribolium castaneum P Engsontia, AP Sanderson, M Cobb, KKO Walden, HM Robertson, ... Insect biochemistry and molecular biology 38 (4), 387-397, 2008 | 234 | 2008 |
| Pheromones, mate recognition and courtship stimulation in the Drosophila melanogaster species sub-group M Cobb, JM Jallon Animal Behaviour 39 (6), 1058-1067, 1990 | 225 | 1990 |
| Sex, age and ovarian activity affect cuticular hydrocarbons in Diacamma ceylonense, a queenless ant V Cuvillier-Hot, M Cobb, C Malosse, C Peeters Journal of Insect Physiology 47 (4-5), 485-493, 2001 | 221 | 2001 |
| An Inhibitory Sex Pheromone Tastes Bitter for Drosophila Males F Lacaille, M Hiroi, R Twele, T Inoshita, D Umemoto, G Maniere, ... PloS one 2 (8), e661, 2007 | 164 | 2007 |
| Genetic elimination of known pheromones reveals the fundamental chemical bases of mating and isolation in Drosophila F Savarit, G Sureau, M Cobb, JF Ferveur Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96 (16), 9015-9020, 1999 | 163 | 1999 |
| Who discovered messenger RNA? M Cobb Current Biology 25 (13), R526-R532, 2015 | 142 | 2015 |
| The idea of the brain: The past and future of neuroscience M Cobb Hachette UK, 2020 | 133 | 2020 |
| World-wide variation inDrosophila melanogaster sex pheromone: behavioural effects, genetic bases and potential evolutionary consequences JF Ferveur, M Cobb, H Boukella, JM Jallon Genetica 97, 73-80, 1996 | 128 | 1996 |
| What and how do maggots smell? M Cobb Biological reviews 74 (4), 425-459, 1999 | 127 | 1999 |
| Exorcizing the animal spirits: Jan Swammerdam on nerve function M Cobb Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3 (5), 395-400, 2002 | 122 | 2002 |
| Evolution and genetic control of mate recognition and stimulation in Drosophila M Cobb, JF Ferveur Behavioural processes 35 (1-3), 35-54, 1995 | 105 | 1995 |
| The prehistory of biology preprints: A forgotten experiment from the 1960s M Cobb PLoS biology 15 (11), e2003995, 2017 | 103 | 2017 |
| Regulation of reproduction in a queenless ant: aggression, pheromones and reduction in conflict V Cuvillier-Hot, R Gadagkar, C Peeters, M Cobb Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2002 | 91 | 2002 |
| Courtship inDrosophila sechellia: Its structure, functional aspects, and relationship to those of other members of theDrosophila melanogaster species subgroup M Cobb, B Burnet, R Blizard, JM Jallon Journal of Insect Behavior 2, 63-89, 1989 | 89 | 1989 |
| The egg & sperm race: the seventeenth-century scientists who unravelled the secrets of sex, life, and growth M Cobb | 88 | 2007 |
| Life's greatest secret: the race to crack the genetic code M Cobb Hachette UK, 2015 | 78 | 2015 |
| Behavioral and evolutionary roles of cuticular hydrocarbons in Diptera JF Ferveur, M Cobb Insect hydrocarbons: biology, biochemistry and chemical ecology, 325-343, 2010 | 74 | 2010 |
| The resistance: The French fight against the Nazis M Cobb Simon and Schuster, 2009 | 71 | 2009 |
