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D-Index
80
Citations
23234
World Ranking
1584
National Ranking
52

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Ben F. Koop is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, and Aquatic Science.

The scientist's research topics include genetic diversity and population structure, fish ecology and management studies, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, genomics and phylogenetic studies, identification and quantification in food, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, and parasite biology and host interactions.

Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

  • Kris A. Christensen
  • Éric Rondeau
  • Jong S. Leong
  • Ruth E. Withler
  • Robert H. Devlin

Their research has been published largely in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, PLoS Genetics, PLoS ONE, and Molecular Ecology.

Some recent papers by Ben F. Koop include:

  • Parallelism in eco-morphology and gene expression despite variable evolutionary and genomic backgrounds in a Holarctic fish, 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • Comparative regulomics supports pervasive selection on gene dosage following whole genome duplication, 2021, Genome Biology
  • Genomic evidence of past and future climate-linked loss in a migratory Arctic fish, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Resolving fine-scale population structure and fishery exploitation using sequenced microsatellites in a northern fish, 2020, Evolutionary Applications
  • Demographic history shaped geographical patterns of deleterious mutation load in a broadly distributed Pacific Salmon, 2020, PLoS Genetics

Ben F. Koop was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2009 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Mutations in ABC1 in Tangier disease and familial high-density lipoprotein deficiency

    A. Brooks-Wilson;M. Marcil;S. M. Clee;L.-H. Zhang

  • The Atlantic salmon genome provides insights into rediploidization

    Sigbjørn Lien;Ben F Koop;Simen Rød Sandve;Jason R. Miller

  • Identification of Sonic hedgehog as a candidate gene responsible for holoprosencephaly

    E. Belloni;M. Muenke;E. Roessler;G. Traverso

  • Loss-of-function mutations in a calcium-channel α1-subunit gene in Xp11.23 cause incomplete X-linked congenital stationary night blindness

    Bech-Hansen Nt;Naylor Mj;Maybaum Ta;Pearce Wg;Pearce Wg

  • The Complete 685-Kilobase DNA Sequence of the Human β T Cell Receptor Locus

    Lee Rowen;Ben F. Koop;Leroy Hood

  • Large-scale and automated DNA sequence determination

    T. Hunkapiller;R. J. Kaiser;B. F. Koop;L. Hood

  • Embryonic epsilon and gamma globin genes of a prosimian primate (Galago crassicaudatus). Nucleotide and amino acid sequences, developmental regulation and phylogenetic footprints

    Danilo A. Tagle;Ben F. Koop;Morris Goodman;Jerry L. Slightom;Jerry L. Slightom

  • Cell death attenuation by 'Usurpin', a mammalian DED-caspase homologue that precludes caspase-8 recruitment and activation by the CD-95 (Fas, APO-1) receptor complex.

    Dita M. Rasper;John P. Vaillancourt;Shinji Hadano;Shinji Hadano;Vicky M. Houtzager

  • Mutations in NYX, encoding the leucine-rich proteoglycan nyctalopin, cause X-linked complete congenital stationary night blindness.

    N.Torben Bech-Hansen;Margaret J. Naylor;Tracy A. Maybaum;Rebecca L. Sparkes

  • DNA sequence determination by hybridization: A strategy for efficient large-scale sequencing

    R. Drmanac;S. Drmanac;Z. Strezoska;Z. Strezoska;T. Paunesku

  • Development and Application of a Salmonid EST Database and cDNA Microarray: Data Mining and Interspecific Hybridization Characteristics

    Matthew L. Rise;Kristian R. von Schalburg;Gordon D. Brown;Melanie A. Mawer

  • Sequencing the genome of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    William S. Davidson;Benjamin F. Koop;Steven J.M. Jones;Patricia Iturra

  • Sex-dependent dominance maintains migration supergene in rainbow trout

    Devon E Pearse;Nicola Barson;Torfinn Nome;Guangtu Gao

  • Human Chromosome 7: DNA Sequence and Biology

    Stephen W. Scherer;Joseph Cheung;Jeffrey R. MacDonald;Lucy R. Osborne

  • Isolation and characterization of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) microsatellites and their use in other salmonids

    Smith Ct;Koop Bf;Nelson Rj

  • Primate η-globin DNA sequences and man's place among the great apes

    Ben F. Koop;Morris Goodman;Peilin Xu;Keith Chan

  • Determinants of DNA Sequence Specificity of the Androgen, Progesterone, and Glucocorticoid Receptors: Evidence for Differential Steroid Receptor Response Elements

    Colleen C. Nelson;Stephen C. Hendy;Robert J. Shukin;Helen Cheng

  • Fish and chips: various methodologies demonstrate utility of a 16,006-gene salmonid microarray.

    Kristian R von Schalburg;Matthew L Rise;Glenn A Cooper;Gordon D Brown

  • The human T-cell receptor TCRAC/TCRDC (C alpha/C delta) region: organization, sequence, and evolution of 97.6 kb of DNA.

    Ben F. Koop;Lee Rowen;Kai Wang;Chia Lam Kuo

  • Mutations in ABC1 in Tangier disease and familial high-density lipoprotein

    A Brooks-Wilson;Michel Marcil;Susanne M. Clee;Lin-Hua Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

William S. Davidson
William S. Davidson Simon Fraser University
Leroy Hood
Leroy Hood University of Washington
Jerry L. Slightom
Jerry L. Slightom AureoGen Biosciences (United States)
Robert H. Devlin
Robert H. Devlin Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Morris Goodman
Morris Goodman Wayne State University
Michael D. Wilson
Michael D. Wilson University of Toronto
Louis Bernatchez
Louis Bernatchez Université Laval
Sigbjørn Lien
Sigbjørn Lien Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Ruth B. Phillips
Ruth B. Phillips Washington State University Vancouver
Stephen W. Scherer
Stephen W. Scherer University of Toronto

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