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Overview

Patrick Minx is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily spans several fields, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader areas, subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, Plant Science, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The main topics covered in their work focus on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms, and Animal Nutrition and Physiology.

Recent papers published by Patrick Minx illustrate the scope and diversity of their research interests:

  • Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution, 2021, Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent)
  • The quail genome: insights into social behaviour, seasonal biology and infectious disease response, 2020, BMC Biology
  • A new domestic cat genome assembly based on long sequence reads empowers feline genomic medicine and identifies a novel gene for dwarfism, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genomic analysis of two phlebotomine sand fly vectors of Leishmania from the New and Old World, 2023, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Plant conservation assessment at scale: Rapid triage of extinction risks, 2023, Plants People Planet

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Wesley C. Warren, LaDeana Hillier, Chad Tomlinson, Taylor AuBuchon-Elder, and Elizabeth A. Kellogg.

Their research has appeared in several venues with repeated contributions, notably bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent), BMC Biology, PLoS neglected tropical diseases, and Plants People Planet.

Best Publications

  • Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome.

    Eric S. Lander;Lauren M. Linton;Bruce Birren;Chad Nusbaum

  • Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

    Curtis Huttenhower;Curtis Huttenhower;Dirk Gevers;Rob Knight;Rob Knight;Sahar Abubucker

  • The map-based sequence of the rice genome

    Takashi Matsumoto;Jianzhong Wu;Hiroyuki Kanamori;Yuichi Katayose

  • The B73 Maize Genome: Complexity, Diversity, and Dynamics

    Patrick S. Schnable;Doreen Ware;Robert S. Fulton;Joshua C. Stein

  • A framework for human microbiome research

    Barbara A. Methé;Karen E. Nelson;Mihai Pop;Heather H. Creasy

  • Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution

    Ladeana W. Hillier;Webb Miller;Ewan Birney;Wesley Warren

  • The male-specific region of the human Y chromosome is a mosaic of discrete sequence classes.

    Helen Skaletsky;Tomoko Kuroda-Kawaguchi;Patrick J. Minx;Holland S. Cordum

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • DNA sequencing of a cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukaemia genome

    Timothy J. Ley;Elaine R. Mardis;Li Ding;Bob Fulton

  • Evolutionary and biomedical insights from the rhesus macaque genome

    Richard A. Gibbs;Jeffrey Rogers

  • The DNA sequence of human chromosome 22

    I. Dunham;N. Shimizu;B. A. Roe;S. Chissoe

  • The DNA sequence of the human X chromosome

    Mark T Ross;Darren V Grafham;Alison J Coffey;Steven Scherer

  • A high-resolution map of human evolutionary constraint using 29 mammals.

    Kerstin Lindblad-Toh;Manuel Garber;Or Zuk;Michael F. Lin;Michael F. Lin

  • Sequence and analysis of chromosome 4 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana

    K. Mayer;C. Schüller;R. Wambutt;G. Murphy

  • The genome sequence of Caenorhabditis briggsae: A platform for comparative genomics

    Lincoln D Stein;Zhirong Bao;Zhirong Bao;Darin Blasiar;Thomas Blumenthal

  • The genome of a songbird

    Wesley C. Warren;David F. Clayton;Hans Ellegren;Arthur P. Arnold

  • A Catalog of Reference Genomes from the Human Microbiome

    Karen E. Nelson;George M. Weinstock;Sarah K. Highlander

  • The AZFc region of the Y chromosome features massive palindromes and uniform recurrent deletions in infertile men.

    Tomoko Kuroda-Kawaguchi;Helen Skaletsky;Helen Skaletsky;Laura G. Brown;Laura G. Brown;Patrick J. Minx

  • Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution

    Wesley C. Warren;La Deana W. Hillier;Jennifer A. Marshall Graves;Ewan Birney

  • Tumour invasion and metastasis initiated by microRNA-10b in breast cancer (Nature (2007) 449, (682-688))

    Li Ma;Julie Teruya-Feldstein;Robert A. Weinberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Wesley C. Warren
Wesley C. Warren University of Missouri
Richard K. Wilson
Richard K. Wilson Nationwide Children's Hospital
LaDeana W. Hillier
LaDeana W. Hillier University of Washington
Lucinda Fulton
Lucinda Fulton Washington University in St. Louis
Elaine R. Mardis
Elaine R. Mardis The Ohio State University
Robert S. Fulton
Robert S. Fulton Washington University in St. Louis
Tina Graves
Tina Graves Washington University in St. Louis
Catrina Fronick
Catrina Fronick Washington University in St. Louis
George M. Weinstock
George M. Weinstock The Jackson Laboratory
Evan E. Eichler
Evan E. Eichler University of Washington

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