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William McGinnis publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William McGinnis sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 128 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

William McGinnis D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William McGinnis sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

William McGinnis is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology as well as several interdisciplinary subfields including Insect Science, Cancer Research, Endocrinology, and Plant Science.

Their main areas of study encompass topics such as CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Insect Symbiosis and Bacterial Influences, Insect Resistance and Genetics, Cancer-related Molecular Mechanisms Research, RNA Research and Splicing, Plant and Fungal Interactions Research, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McGinnis include Anita Hermann, Ethan Bier, Gerard Terradas, Anthony A. James, and Dave Kosman.

The scientist has published multiple papers across several established publication venues. The frequent venues for their work include:

  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Development
  • Science Advances
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Recent papers featuring William McGinnis include:

  • "High-resolution in situ analysis of Cas9 germline transcript distributions in gene-drive Anopheles mosquitoes", 2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • "The expression of Drosophila melanogaster Hox gene Ultrabithorax is not overtly regulated by the intronic long noncoding RNA lncRNA:PS4 in a wild-type genetic background", 2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • "A blueprint most wonderful, the homeobox discovery", 2024, Development
  • "Dissecting the evolutionary role of the Hox gene proboscipedia in Drosophila mouthpart diversification by full locus replacement", 2021, Science Advances
  • "Framework for disruptive AI/ML Innovation", 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)

William McGinnis was recognized with membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 2019 and was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Homeobox genes and axial patterning

    William McGinnis;Robb Krumlauf

  • A conserved DNA sequence in homoeotic genes of the Drosophila Antennapedia and bithorax complexes

    W. McGinnis;M. S. Levine;M. S. Levine;E. Hafen;E. Hafen;A. Kuroiwa

  • The genome of the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis and the origin of metazoans.

    Nicole King;M Jody Westbrook;Susan L Young;Alan Kuo

  • A homologous protein-coding sequence in drosophila homeotic genes and its conservation in other metazoans

    William McGinnis;Richard L. Garber;Johannes Wirz;Atsushi Kuroiwa

  • Modulating Hox gene functions during animal body patterning

    Joseph C. Pearson;Derek Lemons;William McGinnis

  • Hox protein mutation and macroevolution of the insect body plan

    Matthew Ronshaugen;Nadine McGinnis;William McGinnis

  • Genomic evolution of Hox gene clusters.

    Derek Lemons;William McGinnis

  • Fly and frog homoeo domains show homologies with yeast mating type regulatory proteins.

    John C. W. Shepherd;William McGinnis;Andrés E. Carrasco;Eddy M. De Robertis

  • Multiplex Detection of RNA Expression in Drosophila Embryos

    Dave Kosman;Claudia Mieko Mizutani;Derek Lemons;W. Gregory Cox

  • Shaping animal body plans in development and evolution by modulation of Hox expression patterns

    Gabriel Gellon;Gabriel Gellon;William McGinnis

  • Cloning of an X. laevis gene expressed during early embryogenesis coding for a peptide region homologous to Drosophila homeotic genes.

    Andrés E. Carrasco;William McGinnis;Walter J. Gehring;Eddy M. De Robertis

  • Isolation of a homoeo box-containing gene from the engrailed region of Drosophila and the spatial distribution of its transcripts.

    Anders Fjose;William J. McGinnis;William J. McGinnis;Walter J. Gehring

  • Molecular cloning and chromosome mapping of a mouse DNA sequence homologous to homeotic genes of drosophila

    William McGinnis;Charles P. Hart;Walter J. Gehring;Frank H. Ruddle

  • Molecular cloning of lethal(2)giant larvae, a recessive oncogene of Drosophila melanogaster.

    B.M. Mechler;W. McGinnis;W.J. Gehring

  • Expression and embryonic function of empty spiracles: a Drosophila homeo box gene with two patterning functions on the anterior-posterior axis of the embryo.

    Dyana Dalton;Robin Chadwick;William McGinnis

  • Spatially regulated expression of homeotic genes in Drosophila

    Katherine Harding;Cathy Wedeen;William McGinnis;Michael Levine

  • The Drosophila Hox Gene Deformed Sculpts Head Morphology via Direct Regulation of the Apoptosis Activator reaper

    Ingrid Lohmann;Nadine McGinnis;Morana Bodmer;William McGinnis

  • Autoregulation of a Drosophila homeotic selector gene.

    Michael A. Kuziora;William McGinnis

  • Human Hox-4.2 and Drosophila deformed encode similar regulatory specificities in Drosophila embryos and larvae.

    Nadine McGinnis;Michael A. Kuziora;William McGinnis

  • Spatial restriction in expression of a mouse homoeo box locus within the central nervous system.

    Alexander Awgulewitsch;Manuel F. Utset;Charles P. Hart;William McGinnis

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank H. Ruddle
Frank H. Ruddle Yale University
Michael S. Levine
Michael S. Levine Princeton University
Walter J. Gehring
Walter J. Gehring University of Basel
Ethan Bier
Ethan Bier University of California, San Diego
Jarema Malicki
Jarema Malicki University of Sheffield
Anne C. Ferguson-Smith
Anne C. Ferguson-Smith University of Cambridge
Peter Gruss
Peter Gruss Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
John C. Gerhart
John C. Gerhart University of California, Berkeley
Cornelius Gross
Cornelius Gross European Bioinformatics Institute
Ernst Hafen
Ernst Hafen ETH Zurich

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