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Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez

Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez

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Genetics

D-Index
48
Citations
13887
World Ranking
4030
National Ranking
78

Overview

Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has a research focus rooted primarily in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scientific contributions encompass a spectrum of subfields including molecular biology, genetics, global and planetary change, paleontology, and ophthalmology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics:

  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • "Cardiopharyngeal deconstruction and ancestral tunicate sessility" (2021, Nature)
  • "CERKL, a retinal dystrophy gene, regulates mitochondrial function and dynamics in the mammalian retina" (2021, Neurobiology of Disease)
  • "Analysis of Fox genes in Schmidtea mediterranea reveals new families and a conserved role of Smed-foxO in controlling cell death" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Characterization of an eutherian gene cluster generated after transposon domestication identifies Bex3 as relevant for advanced neurological functions" (2020, Genome Biology)
  • "Mutation of amphioxus Pdx and Cdx demonstrates conserved roles for ParaHox genes in gut, anus and tail patterning" (2020, BMC Biology)

Their research findings have been disseminated through various publication venues, with notable frequency in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Nature
  • Neurobiology of Disease

Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Carlos Herrera-Úbeda
  • Serena Mirra
  • Gemma Marfany
  • Eudald Pascual-Carreras
  • Emili Saló

Best Publications

  • A molecular timescale for vertebrate evolution

    Sudhir Kumar;S. Blair Hedges

  • The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

    Nicholas H. Putnam;Thomas Butts;David E. K. Ferrier;Rebecca F. Furlong

  • Gene duplications and the origins of vertebrate development

    Peter W. H. Holland;Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez;Nic A. Williams;Arend Sidow

  • Archetypal organization of the amphioxus Hox gene cluster.

    Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez;Peter W. H. Holland;Peter W. H. Holland

  • The amphioxus genome illuminates vertebrate origins and cephalochordate biology

    Linda Z. Holland;Ricard Albalat;Kaoru Azumi;Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez

  • The genesis and evolution of homeobox gene clusters.

    Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez

  • The ParaHox gene cluster is an evolutionary sister of the Hox gene cluster

    Nina M. Brooke;Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez;Peter W. H. Holland

  • Hox genes and chordate evolution.

    Peter W.H. Holland;Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez

  • Amphioxus functional genomics and the origins of vertebrate gene regulation

    Ferdinand Marlétaz;Ferdinand Marlétaz;Panos N. Firbas;Ignacio Maeso;Juan J. Tena

  • The amphioxus Hox cluster: deuterostome posterior flexibility and Hox14.

    David E. K. Ferrier;Carolina Minguillón;Peter W. H. Holland;Jordi Garcia‐Fernàndez

  • Hox, ParaHox, ProtoHox: facts and guesses

    J Garcia-Fernàndez

  • Colinear and segmental expression of amphioxus Hox genes.

    Hiroshi Wada;Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez;Peter W.H. Holland

  • Evolution of the Nitric Oxide Synthase Family in Metazoans

    Nikos Andreakis;Salvatore D’Aniello;Ricard Albalat;Francesco Paolo Patti

  • d-Aspartic acid is a novel endogenous neurotransmitter

    Salvatore D'Aniello;Salvatore D'Aniello;Ildiko Somorjai;Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez;Enza Topo

  • Gene networks capable of pattern formation: from induction to reaction-diffusion.

    Isaac Salazar-Ciudad;Jordi Garcia-Fernández;Ricard V Solé

  • Molecular regionalization of the developing amphioxus neural tube challenges major partitions of the vertebrate brain.

    Beatriz Albuixech-Crespo;Laura López-Blanch;Demian Burguera;Demian Burguera;Ignacio Maeso

  • The Eutherian Armcx genes regulate mitochondrial trafficking in neurons and interact with Miro and Trak2.

    Guillermo López-Doménech;Román Serrat;Serena Mirra;Salvatore D'Aniello;Salvatore D'Aniello

  • Impact of gene gains, losses and duplication modes on the origin and diversification of vertebrates

    Cristian Cañestro;Ricard Albalat;Manuel Irimia;Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez

  • Transphyletic conservation of developmental regulatory state in animal evolution

    José Luis Royo;Ignacio Maeso;Manuel Irimia;Feng Gao

  • REGENERATION AND PATTERN FORMATION IN PLANARIANS : CELLS, MOLECULES AND GENES

    Jaume Baguna;Emili Salo;Rafael Romero;Jordi Garcia-Fernandez

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Irimia
Manuel Irimia Pompeu Fabra University
Peter W. H. Holland
Peter W. H. Holland University of Oxford
Scott William Roy
Scott William Roy San Francisco State University
Jaume Baguñà
Jaume Baguñà University of Barcelona
José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta
José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta Spanish National Research Council
Eduardo Soriano
Eduardo Soriano University of Barcelona
Luis Puelles
Luis Puelles University of Murcia
Ricard V. Solé
Ricard V. Solé Pompeu Fabra University
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Daniel S. Rokhsar University of California, Berkeley
Anlong Xu
Anlong Xu Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

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