Alex McDougall

3.0k total citations
63 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Alex McDougall is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex McDougall has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Cell Biology and 16 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Alex McDougall's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (20 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (18 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (16 papers). Alex McDougall is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (20 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (18 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (16 papers). Alex McDougall collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Alex McDougall's co-authors include Christian Sardet, Michael Whitaker, Mark Levasseur, Mark Levasseur, Hayden Homer, Mary Herbert, Alison Murdoch, Rémi Dumollard, Keith T. Jones and I. Gillot and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Alex McDougall

62 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alex McDougall France 27 1.3k 850 798 309 296 63 2.3k
Luigia Santella Italy 33 1.3k 1.0× 748 0.9× 626 0.8× 474 1.5× 114 0.4× 88 3.1k
Pièrre Guerrier France 31 936 0.7× 989 1.2× 367 0.5× 510 1.7× 344 1.2× 83 2.8k
Kazuyoshi Chiba Japan 23 591 0.5× 864 1.0× 300 0.4× 704 2.3× 92 0.3× 68 1.8k
Rémi Dumollard France 26 1.2k 1.0× 1.3k 1.6× 257 0.3× 668 2.2× 286 1.0× 53 2.6k
Setsuko Nakanishi Japan 15 860 0.7× 396 0.5× 207 0.3× 265 0.9× 116 0.4× 29 1.5k
William H. Kinsey United States 30 987 0.8× 892 1.0× 364 0.5× 643 2.1× 42 0.1× 71 2.1k
Douglas Kline United States 27 1.2k 1.0× 1.8k 2.1× 424 0.5× 1.3k 4.3× 43 0.1× 57 2.9k
Steven W. L’Hernault United States 28 1.5k 1.2× 387 0.5× 729 0.9× 272 0.9× 30 0.1× 42 2.6k
Keiichiro Kyozuka Japan 26 454 0.4× 438 0.5× 298 0.4× 281 0.9× 195 0.7× 52 1.5k
Andrew L. Miller Hong Kong 33 2.0k 1.6× 297 0.3× 927 1.2× 98 0.3× 37 0.1× 144 3.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex McDougall

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chênevert, Janet, Rémi Dumollard, Sébastien Schaub, et al.. (2024). Reduction of cortical pulling at mitotic entry facilitates aster centration. Journal of Cell Science. 137(7).
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Besnardeau, Lydia, et al.. (2022). Acquisition of the spindle assembly checkpoint and its modulation by cell fate and cell size in a chordate embryo. Development. 150(1). 2 indexed citations
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Dumollard, Rémi, Edwin Munro, Janet Chênevert, et al.. (2020). Apical Relaxation during Mitotic Rounding Promotes Tension-Oriented Cell Division. Developmental Cell. 55(6). 695–706.e4. 16 indexed citations
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Gazo, Ievgeniia, et al.. (2019). Bisphenols disrupt differentiation of the pigmented cells during larval brain formation in the ascidian. Aquatic Toxicology. 216. 105314–105314. 20 indexed citations
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Costache, Vlad, Céline Hebras, Gérard Prulière, et al.. (2017). Kif2 localizes to a subdomain of cortical endoplasmic reticulum that drives asymmetric spindle position. Nature Communications. 8(1). 917–917. 11 indexed citations
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McDougall, Alex, Janet Chênevert, Gérard Prulière, et al.. (2015). Centrosomes and spindles in ascidian embryos and eggs. Methods in cell biology. 129. 317–339. 17 indexed citations
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Chambon, Jean‐Philippe, Sandra A. Touati, Damien Cladière, et al.. (2013). The PP2A Inhibitor I2PP2A Is Essential for Sister Chromatid Segregation in Oocyte Meiosis II. Current Biology. 23(6). 485–490. 62 indexed citations
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Dumollard, Rémi, Céline Hebras, Lydia Besnardeau, & Alex McDougall. (2013). Beta-catenin patterns the cell cycle during maternal-to-zygotic transition in urochordate embryos. Developmental Biology. 384(2). 331–342. 26 indexed citations
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McDougall, Alex, Janet Chênevert, & Rémi Dumollard. (2012). Cell-Cycle Control in Oocytes and During Early Embryonic Cleavage Cycles in Ascidians. International review of cell and molecular biology. 297. 235–264. 12 indexed citations
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McDougall, Alex, Janet Chênevert, Karen W. Lee, Céline Hebras, & Rémi Dumollard. (2011). Cell Cycle in Ascidian Eggs and Embryos. Results and problems in cell differentiation. 53. 153–169. 7 indexed citations
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Prodon, François, Janet Chênevert, Céline Hebras, et al.. (2010). Dual mechanism controls asymmetric spindle position in ascidian germ cell precursors. Development. 137(12). 2011–2021. 43 indexed citations
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Levasseur, Mark, Michael Carroll, Keith T. Jones, & Alex McDougall. (2007). A novel mechanism controls the Ca2+ oscillations triggered by activation of ascidian eggs and has an absolute requirement for Cdk1 activity. Journal of Cell Science. 120(10). 1763–1771. 16 indexed citations
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Homer, Hayden, Alex McDougall, Mark Levasseur, Alison Murdoch, & Mary Herbert. (2005). Mad2 is required for inhibiting securin and cyclin B degradation following spindle depolymerisation in meiosis I mouse oocytes. Reproduction. 130(6). 829–843. 86 indexed citations
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Hyslop, Louise, Victoria L. Nixon, Mark Levasseur, et al.. (2004). Ca2+-promoted cyclin B1 degradation in mouse oocytes requires the establishment of a metaphase arrest. Developmental Biology. 269(1). 206–219. 55 indexed citations
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Herbert, Mary, et al.. (2003). Homologue disjunction in mouse oocytes requires proteolysis of securin and cyclin B1. Nature Cell Biology. 5(11). 1023–1025. 171 indexed citations
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Hyslop, Louise, Michael Carroll, Victoria L. Nixon, Alex McDougall, & Keith T. Jones. (2001). Simultaneous Measurement of Intracellular Nitric Oxide and Free Calcium Levels in Chordate Eggs Demonstrates That Nitric Oxide Has No Role at Fertilization. Developmental Biology. 234(1). 216–230. 43 indexed citations
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McDougall, Alex, et al.. (2000). The initiation and propagation of the fertilization wave in sea urchin eggs. Biology of the Cell. 92(3-4). 205–214. 23 indexed citations
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McDougall, Alex & Christian Sardet. (1995). Function and characteristics of repetitive calcium waves associated with meiosis. Current Biology. 5(3). 318–328. 93 indexed citations
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Sardet, Christian, Alex McDougall, & Evelyn Houliston. (1994). Cytoplasmic domains in eggs. Trends in Cell Biology. 4(5). 166–172. 29 indexed citations
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Whalley, Tim, et al.. (1992). Internal calcium release and activation of sea urchin eggs by cGMP are independent of the phosphoinositide signaling pathway.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 3(3). 373–383. 58 indexed citations

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