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Deborah Yelon publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Deborah Yelon sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 109 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Deborah Yelon D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Deborah Yelon sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Deborah Yelon is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine, encompassing subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cell Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics including Congenital heart defects research, Renal and related cancers, Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Renal cell carcinoma treatment, and Congenital Heart Disease Studies.

Among recent publications attributed to Deborah Yelon are:

  • PRPS polymerization influences lens fiber organization in zebrafish, 2020, Developmental Dynamics
  • Cardiac function modulates endocardial cell dynamics to shape the cardiac outflow tract, 2020, Development
  • Haematopoietic stem cell-dependent Notch transcription is mediated by p53 through the Histone chaperone Supt16h, 2020, Nature Cell Biology
  • Pathways Regulating Establishment and Maintenance of Cardiac Chamber Identity in Zebrafish, 2021, Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
  • osr1 couples intermediate mesoderm cell fate with temporal dynamics of vessel progenitor cell differentiation, 2021, Development

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Elliot A. Perens
  • Didier Y. R. Stainier
  • Jessyka T. Diaz
  • C. Neil
  • Yao Yao

Deborah Yelon's work is regularly published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Development, UNC Libraries, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, and Developmental Dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Restricted expression of cardiac myosin genes reveals regulated aspects of heart tube assembly in zebrafish.

    Deborah Yelon;Sally A. Horne;Didier Y.R. Stainier

  • Gata5 is required for the development of the heart and endoderm in zebrafish

    Jeremy F. Reiter;Jonathan Alexander;Adam Rodaway;Deborah Yelon

  • Regulation of the polarization of T cells toward antigen-presenting cells by Ras-related GTPase CDC42

    Lisa Stowers;Deborah Yelon;Leslie J. Berg;John Chant

  • Functional Modulation of Cardiac Form through Regionally Confined Cell Shape Changes

    Heidi J Auman;Hope Coleman;Heather E Riley;Felix Olale

  • The regenerative capacity of zebrafish reverses cardiac failure caused by genetic cardiomyocyte depletion

    Jinhu Wang;Daniela Panáková;Kazu Kikuchi;Jennifer E. Holdway

  • The bHLH transcription factor hand2 plays parallel roles in zebrafish heart and pectoral fin development

    Deborah Yelon;Baruch Ticho;Marnie E. Halpern;Ilya Ruvinsky

  • casanova encodes a novel Sox-related protein necessary and sufficient for early endoderm formation in zebrafish

    Yutaka Kikuchi;Antoine Agathon;Jonathan Alexander;Christine Thisse

  • Guidelines for morpholino use in zebrafish

    Didier Y. R. Stainier;Erez Raz;Nathan D. Lawson;Stephen C. Ekker

  • Retinoic acid signaling restricts the cardiac progenitor pool.

    Brian R. Keegan;Jessica L. Feldman;Jessica L. Feldman;Jessica L. Feldman;Gerrit Begemann;Gerrit Begemann;Gerrit Begemann;Philip W. Ingham;Philip W. Ingham;Philip W. Ingham

  • Distinct phases of cardiomyocyte differentiation regulate growth of the zebrafish heart.

    Emma de Pater;Linda Clijsters;Sara R. Marques;Sara R. Marques;Yi-Fan Lin

  • Cardiac development in zebrafish: coordination of form and function.

    Nathalia S Glickman;Deborah Yelon

  • Myocardial lineage development

    Sylvia M. Evans;Deborah Yelon;Frank L. Conlon;Margaret L. Kirby

  • Mutation of weak atrium/atrial myosin heavy chain disrupts atrial function and influences ventricular morphogenesis in zebrafish.

    Eli Berdougo;Hope Coleman;Diana H. Lee;Didier Y. R. Stainier

  • In vivo cardiac reprogramming contributes to zebrafish heart regeneration

    Ruilin Zhang;Peidong Han;Hongbo Yang;Kunfu Ouyang

  • Vessel and blood specification override cardiac potential in anterior mesoderm

    Jeffrey J. Schoenebeck;Brian R. Keegan;Deborah Yelon

  • The zebrafish bonnie and clyde gene encodes a Mix family homeodomain protein that regulates the generation of endodermal precursors.

    Yutaka Kikuchi;Le A. Trinh;Jeremy F. Reiter;Jonathan Alexander

  • Two endothelin 1 effectors, hand2 and bapx1, pattern ventral pharyngeal cartilage and the jaw joint.

    Craig T. Miller;Deborah Yelon;Deborah Yelon;Didier Y. R. Stainier;Charles B. Kimmel

  • Hoxb5b acts downstream of retinoic acid signaling in the forelimb field to restrict heart field potential in zebrafish

    Joshua S. Waxman;Brian R. Keegan;Richard W. Roberts;Kenneth D. Poss

  • Screening mosaic F1 females for mutations affecting zebrafish heart induction and patterning.

    Jonathan Alexander;Didier Y.R. Stainier;Deborah Yelon

  • Organization of cardiac chamber progenitors in the zebrafish blastula

    Brian R. Keegan;Dirk Meyer;Deborah Yelon

Frequent Co-Authors

Didier Y. R. Stainier
Didier Y. R. Stainier Max Planck Society
Neil C. Chi
Neil C. Chi University of California, San Diego
Kenneth D. Poss
Kenneth D. Poss Duke University
Richard P. Harvey
Richard P. Harvey Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Leslie J. Berg
Leslie J. Berg University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Jeroen Bakkers
Jeroen Bakkers Utrecht University
Philip W. Ingham
Philip W. Ingham University of Bath
Stefan Schulte-Merker
Stefan Schulte-Merker University of Münster
Mark C. Fishman
Mark C. Fishman Harvard University
Alexandra L. Joyner
Alexandra L. Joyner Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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