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2024
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Germany
2024

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Genetics

D-Index
100
Citations
34214
World Ranking
755
National Ranking
63

Medicine

D-Index
100
Citations
34029
World Ranking
8319
National Ranking
477

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2011 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology

Overview

Manfred Schartl is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany and works primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research efforts span multiple subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Physiology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics covered by their work include Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Reproductive Biology and Impacts on Aquatic Species, Animal Genetics and Reproduction, and Animal Behavior and Reproduction.

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research are:

  • Kang Du
  • Yann Guiguen
  • Mateus Contar Adolfi
  • Amaury Herpin
  • Susanne Kneitz

Their work has been published extensively in several scientific venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genome Research
  • Nature Communications
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Recent notable papers include:

  • "The sterlet sturgeon genome sequence and the mechanisms of segmental rediploidization" (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • "Giant lungfish genome elucidates the conquest of land by vertebrates" (2021, Nature)
  • "Natural hybridization reveals incompatible alleles that cause melanoma in swordtail fish" (2020, Science)
  • "Characterization of a Y-specific duplication/insertion of the anti-Mullerian hormone type II receptor gene based on a chromosome-scale genome assembly of yellow perch, Perca flavescens" (2020, Molecular Ecology Resources)
  • "Evolution of master sex determiners: TGF-β signalling pathways at regulatory crossroads" (2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)

Manfred Schartl has been recognized with the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina award in 2011 in the fields of Genetics, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology.

Best Publications

  • Gene and genome duplications in vertebrates: the one-to-four (-to-eight in fish) rule and the evolution of novel gene functions.

    Axel Meyer;Manfred Schartl

  • A duplicated copy of DMRT1 in the sex-determining region of the Y chromosome of the medaka, Oryzias latipes

    Indrajit Nanda;Mariko Kondo;Ute Hornung;Shuichi Asakawa

  • Whole-genome sequence of a flatfish provides insights into ZW sex chromosome evolution and adaptation to a benthic lifestyle

    Songlin Chen;Guojie Zhang;Changwei Shao;Quanfei Huang

  • Medaka — a model organism from the far east

    Joachim Wittbrodt;Akihiro Shima;Manfred Schartl

  • The African coelacanth genome provides insights into tetrapod evolution

    Chris T. Amemiya;Chris T. Amemiya;Jessica Alfoldi;Alison P. Lee;Shaohua Fan

  • Neurotrophin-6 is a new member of the nerve growth factor family.

    Rudolf Götz;Reinhard Köster;Christoph Winkler;Friedrich Raulf

  • First report on chicken genes and chromosomes 2000

    M Schmid;I Nanda;M Guttenbach;C Steinlein

  • 300 million years of conserved synteny between chicken Z and human chromosome 9

    Indrajit Nanda;Zhihong Shan;Manfred Schartl;Dave W. Burt

  • More genes in fish

    Joachim Wittbrodt;Axel Meyer;Manfred Schartl

  • Novel putative receptor tyrosine kinase encoded by the melanoma-inducing Tu locus in Xiphophorus

    Joachim Wittbrodt;Dieter Adam;Barbara Malitschek;Winfried Mäueler

  • Wild Sex in Zebrafish: Loss of the Natural Sex Determinant in Domesticated Strains

    Catherine A. Wilson;Samantha K. High;Braedan M. McCluskey;Angel Amores

  • Recurrent origin of a sexually selected trait in Xiphophorus fishes inferred from a molecular phylogeny

    Axel Meyer;Jean M. Morrissey;Manfred Schartl

  • Structure and expression of the murine retinoblastoma gene and characterization of its encoded protein.

    R. Bernards;G. M. Schackleford;M. R. Gerber;J. M. Horowitz

  • The genome of the platyfish, Xiphophorus maculatus , provides insights into evolutionary adaptation and several complex traits

    Manfred Schartl;Ronald B. Walter;Yingjia Shen;Tzintzuni Garcia

  • Insights into Sex Chromosome Evolution and Aging from the Genome of a Short-Lived Fish.

    Kathrin Reichwald;Andreas Petzold;Philipp Koch;Bryan R Downie

  • Pluripotency and differentiation of embryonic stem cell lines from the medakafish (Oryzias latipes)

    Yunhan Hong;Christoph Winkler;Manfred Schartl

  • Sex chromosome evolution in non-mammalian vertebrates

    Manfred Schartl

  • Evolution of pigment synthesis pathways by gene and genome duplication in fish.

    Ingo Braasch;Manfred Schartl;Jean Nicolas Volff;Jean Nicolas Volff

  • Variability of genetic sex determination in poeciliid fishes.

    J N Volff;M Schartl

  • EVOLUTIONARY ORIGIN OF A PARTHENOFORM, THE AMAZON MOLLY POECILIA FORMOSA, ON THE BASIS OF A MOLECULAR GENEALOGY.

    Manfred Schartl;Brigitta Wilde;Ingo Schlupp;Jakob Parzefall

Frequent Co-Authors

Indrajit Nanda
Indrajit Nanda University of Würzburg
Jean-Nicolas Volff
Jean-Nicolas Volff École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
John H. Postlethwait
John H. Postlethwait University of Oregon
Christoph Winkler
Christoph Winkler National University of Singapore
Christophe Klopp
Christophe Klopp INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Yann Guiguen
Yann Guiguen INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Wesley C. Warren
Wesley C. Warren University of Missouri
Jörg T. Epplen
Jörg T. Epplen Ruhr University Bochum
Ingo Schlupp
Ingo Schlupp University of Oklahoma

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