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Louis Bernatchez

Louis Bernatchez

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Ecology and Evolution
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
131
Citations
55885
World Ranking
249
National Ranking
6

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
133
Citations
59104
World Ranking
60
National Ranking
3

Louis Bernatchez publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Louis Bernatchez sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 627 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Louis Bernatchez D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Louis Bernatchez sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 133 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
  • 2012 - Prix Marie-Victorin, Government of Quebec
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Louis Bernatchez was affiliated with Université Laval in Canada and contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology as well as environmental science. Their research career encompassed numerous publications primarily focused on genetics, ecology, molecular biology, nature and landscape conservation, and aquatic science.

The scientist's main research topics included:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Environmental DNA in biodiversity studies
  • Identification and quantification in food
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Aquaculture nutrition and growth

Among the most frequent venues for their published work were:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Environmental DNA
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Evolutionary Applications
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Louis Bernatchez collaborated with several coauthors multiple times, including:

  • Éric Normandeau (69 collaborations)
  • Martin Laporte (35 collaborations)
  • Claire Mérot (26 collaborations)
  • Quentin Rougemont (14 collaborations)
  • Clare J. Venney (13 collaborations)

Some of their recent papers are as follows:

  • "Genomics for monitoring and understanding species responses to global climate change", 2023, published in Nature Reviews Genetics
  • "Natural hybridization reduces vulnerability to climate change", 2023, published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Epigenetic inheritance and reproductive mode in plants and animals", 2021, published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Balancing selection via life-history trade-offs maintains an inversion polymorphism in a seaweed fly", 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "The structural variation landscape in 492 Atlantic salmon genomes", 2020, published in Nature Communications

Throughout their career, Louis Bernatchez received several awards, including:

  • Prix Marie-Victorin, Government of Quebec, 2012
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Science, 2011

Best Publications

  • Environmental DNA metabarcoding: transforming how we survey animal and plant communities

    Kristy Deiner;Holly M. Bik;Elvira Mächler;Elvira Mächler;Mathew Seymour

  • Integrating QTL mapping and genome scans towards the characterization of candidate loci under parallel selection in the lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis).

    S. M. Rogers;L. Bernatchez

  • Adaptive evolutionary conservation: towards a unified concept for defining conservation units.

    Dylan J. Fraser;Louis Bernatchez

  • Comparative phylogeography of Nearctic and Palearctic fishes

    Louis Bernatchez;Christopher C. Wilson

  • MHC studies in nonmodel vertebrates: what have we learned about natural selection in 15 years?

    L. Bernatchez;C. Landry

  • Identifying Canadian Freshwater Fishes through DNA Barcodes

    Nicolas Hubert;Robert Hanner;Erling Holm;Nicholas E. Mandrak

  • Adaptive evolutionary conservation: towards a unified concept for defining conservation units

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  • The evolutionary history of brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) inferred from phylogeographic, nested clade, and mismatch analyses of mitochondrial DNA variation.

    Louis Bernatchez

  • Eco-Evolutionary Genomics of Chromosomal Inversions.

    Maren Wellenreuther;Maren Wellenreuther;Louis Bernatchez

  • Extent and scale of local adaptation in salmonid fishes: review and meta-analysis

    DJ Fraser;LK Weir;L Bernatchez;MM Hansen

  • DNA sequence variation of the mitochondrial control region among geographically and morphologically remote European brown trout Saltno trutta populations

    L. Bernatchez;R. Guyomard;F. Bonhomme

  • 'Good genes as heterozygosity': the major histocompatibility complex and mate choice in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

    C. Landry;D. Garant;P. Duchesne;L. Bernatchez

  • HOLARCTIC PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF ARCTIC CHARR (SALVELINUS ALPINUS L.) INFERRED FROM MITOCHONDRIAL DNA SEQUENCES

    Patrick C. Brunner;Patrick C. Brunner;Marlis R. Douglas;Alexander Osinov;Chris C. Wilson

  • Oceanic spawning migration of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla).

    Kim Aarestrup;Finn Økland;Michael Møller Hansen;David Righton

  • Genetic evidence against panmixia in the European eel

    Thierry Wirth;Louis Bernatchez

  • The Genetic Architecture of Ecological Speciation and the Association with Signatures of Selection in Natural Lake Whitefish (Coregonus sp. Salmonidae) Species Pairs

    SM Rogers;L Bernatchez

  • Quantifying relative fish abundance with eDNA: a promising tool for fisheries management

    Anaïs Lacoursière-Roussel;Guillaume Côté;Véronique Leclerc;Louis Bernatchez

  • Genetic calibration of species diversity among North America's freshwater fishes

    Julien April;Richard L. Mayden;Robert H. Hanner;Louis Bernatchez

  • CORRELATED TROPHIC SPECIALIZATION AND GENETIC DIVERGENCE IN SYMPATRIC LAKE WHITEFISH ECOTYPES (COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS): SUPPORT FOR THE ECOLOGICAL SPECIATION HYPOTHESIS.

    Guoqing Lu;Louis Bernatchez

  • Generic Scan Using AFLP Markers as a Means to Assess the Role of Directional Selection in the Divergence of Sympatric Whitefish Ecotypes

    David Campbell;Louis Bernatchez

  • RAD genotyping reveals fine-scale genetic structuring and provides powerful population assignment in a widely distributed marine species, the American lobster (Homarus americanus)

    Laura Benestan;Thierry Gosselin;Charles Perrier;Bernard Sainte-Marie

Frequent Co-Authors

Julian J. Dodson
Julian J. Dodson Université Laval
Dany Garant
Dany Garant Université de Sherbrooke
Maren Wellenreuther
Maren Wellenreuther Plant & Food Research
Michael Møller Hansen
Michael Møller Hansen Aarhus University
Sean M. Rogers
Sean M. Rogers University of Calgary
Dylan J. Fraser
Dylan J. Fraser Concordia University
Martin Castonguay
Martin Castonguay Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Peter G. C. Campbell
Peter G. C. Campbell Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Ben F. Koop
Ben F. Koop University of Victoria
Chris C. Wilson
Chris C. Wilson Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry

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