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Yann Guiguen publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yann Guiguen sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 146 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Yann Guiguen D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yann Guiguen is affiliated with INRAE, the Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement in France. Their research primarily focuses on genetics, molecular biology, and related fields, with a significant emphasis on the genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities.

Their work spans multiple intersecting topics that include:

  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Guiguen's publication record includes papers in respected journals and venues. Some of the notable recent papers include:

  • "The sterlet sturgeon genome sequence and the mechanisms of segmental rediploidization," 2020, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "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, published in Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "Evolution of master sex determiners: TGF-β signalling pathways at regulatory crossroads," 2021, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "A 180 Myr-old female-specific genome region in sturgeon reveals the oldest known vertebrate sex determining system with undifferentiated sex chromosomes," 2021, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "The bowfin genome illuminates the developmental evolution of ray-finned fishes," 2021, published in Nature Genetics

Frequent coauthors working with Guiguen include:

  • Manfred Schartl
  • Christophe Klopp
  • Amaury Herpin
  • John H. Postlethwait
  • Cédric Cabau

The main publication venues where Guiguen has contributed multiple articles are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genome Research
  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution

Guiguen's principal fields of study lie within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. More specific subfields of their work include genetics, physiology, plant science, molecular biology, and nature and landscape conservation.

Best Publications

  • The rainbow trout genome provides novel insights into evolution after whole-genome duplication in vertebrates

    Camille Berthelot;Frédéric Brunet;Domitille Chalopin;Amélie Juanchich

  • Ovarian aromatase and estrogens: A pivotal role for gonadal sex differentiation and sex change in fish

    Yann Guiguen;Alexis Fostier;Francesc Piferrer;Ching-Fong Chang

  • The spotted gar genome illuminates vertebrate evolution and facilitates human-teleost comparisons

    Ingo Braasch;Andrew R Gehrke;Jeramiah J Smith;Kazuhiko Kawasaki

  • An immune-related gene evolved into the master sex-determining gene in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss.

    Ayaka Yano;René Guyomard;Barbara Nicol;Elodie Jouanno

  • Involvement of estrogens in the process of sex differentiation in two fish species: the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and a tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).

    Yann Guiguen;Jean‐François Baroiller;Marie‐José Ricordel;Katia Iseki

  • The sexually dimorphic on the Y-chromosome gene (sdY) is a conserved male-specific Y-chromosome sequence in many salmonids

    Ayaka Yano;Barbara Nicol;Elodie Jouanno;Edwige Quillet

  • DMRT1 expression during gonadal differentiation and spermatogenesis in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

    Oriane Marchand;Marina Govoroun;Helena D’Cotta;Oonagh McMeel

  • Gene evolution and gene expression after whole genome duplication in fish: the PhyloFish database

    Jérémy Pasquier;Cédric Cabau;Thuy Thao Vi Nguyen;Elodie Jouanno

  • Evidence for two distinct functional glucocorticoid receptors in teleost fish.

    N. Bury;A. Sturm;P. Le Rouzic;Christèle Lethimonier

  • Two Cyp19 (P450 Aromatase) Genes on Duplicated Zebrafish Chromosomes Are Expressed in Ovary or Brain

    Evelyn Feng-Lin Chiang;Yi-Lin Yan;Yann Guiguen;John Postlethwait

  • Aromatase plays a key role during normal and temperature‐induced sex differentiation of tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

    Helena D'cotta;Alexis Fostier;Yann Guiguen;Marina Govoroun

  • An evolutionary and functional analysis of FoxL2 in rainbow trout gonad differentiation.

    Daniel Baron;Julie Cocquet;Xuhua Xia;Marc Fellous

  • Large-Scale Temporal Gene Expression Profiling During Gonadal Differentiation and Early Gametogenesis in Rainbow Trout

    Daniel Baron;Remi Houlgatte;Alexis Fostier;Yann Guiguen

  • The sterlet sturgeon genome sequence and the mechanisms of segmental rediploidization

    Kang Du;Matthias Stöck;Susanne Kneitz;Christophe Klopp;Christophe Klopp

  • Fish Gonadogenesis. Part II: Molecular Biology and Genomics of Sex Differentiation

    Francesc Piferrer;Yann Guiguen

  • A mineralocorticoid-like receptor in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss: cloning and characterization of its steroid binding domain.

    Laurent Colombe;Alexis Fostier;Nicolas Bury;Farzad Pakdel

  • T→A transversion 11 bp from a splice acceptor site in the human gene for steroidogenic acute regulatory protein causes congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia

    Meng-Kian Tee;Dong Lin;Teruo Sugawara;John A. Holt

  • Identification of the master sex determining gene in Northern pike (Esox lucius) reveals restricted sex chromosome differentiation

    Qiaowei Pan;Romain Feron;Romain Feron;Ayaka Yano;René Guyomard

  • Compacting and correcting Trinity and Oases RNA-Seq de novo assemblies

    Cédric Cabau;Frédéric Escudié;Anis Djari;Yann Guiguen

  • Generation of a large scale repertoire of Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) from normalised rainbow trout cDNA libraries

    Marina Govoroun;Florence Le Gac;Yann Guiguen

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Schartl
Manfred Schartl University of Würzburg
Christophe Klopp
Christophe Klopp INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
John H. Postlethwait
John H. Postlethwait University of Oregon
Jean-Nicolas Volff
Jean-Nicolas Volff École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Ben F. Koop
Ben F. Koop University of Victoria
Werner Kloas
Werner Kloas Leibniz Association
Louis Bernatchez
Louis Bernatchez Université Laval
Vincent Laudet
Vincent Laudet Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Olivier Jaillon
Olivier Jaillon University of Paris-Saclay
Axel Meyer
Axel Meyer University of Konstanz

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