Blanche Capel

21.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
137 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

About

Blanche Capel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Reproductive Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Blanche Capel has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Molecular Biology, 105 papers in Genetics and 66 papers in Reproductive Medicine. Recurrent topics in Blanche Capel's work include Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (100 papers), Sexual Differentiation and Disorders (67 papers) and Sperm and Testicular Function (64 papers). Blanche Capel is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (100 papers), Sexual Differentiation and Disorders (67 papers) and Sperm and Testicular Function (64 papers). Blanche Capel collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Blanche Capel's co-authors include Robin Lovell‐Badge, Jennifer Brennan, Peter Koopman, Humphrey Hung‐Chang Yao, Nigel Vivian, Tony DeFalco, Andrea Münsterberg, Peter N. Goodfellow, Jennifer Schmahl and Christopher Tilmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Blanche Capel

134 papers receiving 15.1k citations

Hit Papers

A gene mapping to the sex-determining region of the mouse... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 1993 2006 1990 2017 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A gene mapping to the sex-determining region of the mouse Y chromosome is a member of a novel family of embryonically expressed genes
    1990 1.3k citations Blanche Capel et al. profile →
  2. Circular transcripts of the testis-determining gene Sry in adult mouse testis
    1993 944 citations Blanche Capel et al. profile →
  3. Retinoic acid regulates sex-specific timing of meiotic initiation in mice
    2006 722 citations Blanche Capel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. Expression of a candidate sex-determining gene during mouse testis differentiation
    1990 668 citations Blanche Capel et al. profile →
  5. Vertebrate sex determination: evolutionary plasticity of a fundamental switch
    2017 343 citations Blanche Capel Nature Reviews Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Blanche Capel United States 63 10.7k 10.4k 5.3k 2.5k 1.2k 137 15.4k
Peter Koopman Australia 76 16.5k 1.5× 14.1k 1.4× 5.6k 1.0× 2.9k 1.2× 2.6k 2.3× 272 24.5k
Andrew Sinclair Australia 55 7.8k 0.7× 9.9k 1.0× 3.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 514 0.4× 243 13.1k
Peter N. Goodfellow United Kingdom 65 14.1k 1.3× 13.6k 1.3× 3.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 222 21.8k
Atsuo Ogura Japan 66 10.9k 1.0× 5.3k 0.5× 5.3k 1.0× 7.2k 2.9× 483 0.4× 325 16.6k
Wolfgang Engel Germany 53 6.2k 0.6× 3.9k 0.4× 3.2k 0.6× 3.4k 1.3× 544 0.5× 324 11.9k
Renee A. Reijo Pera United States 59 10.1k 0.9× 4.6k 0.4× 4.1k 0.8× 3.4k 1.4× 1.3k 1.1× 178 14.7k
Vincent R. Harley Australia 54 6.1k 0.6× 5.3k 0.5× 1.9k 0.3× 624 0.2× 747 0.6× 152 9.1k
Marc Fellous France 54 5.3k 0.5× 5.3k 0.5× 2.0k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 357 0.3× 174 9.0k
Philippe Berta France 38 6.5k 0.6× 5.8k 0.6× 1.7k 0.3× 454 0.2× 429 0.4× 83 9.4k
Josephine Bowles Australia 43 4.1k 0.4× 3.1k 0.3× 1.5k 0.3× 1.3k 0.5× 455 0.4× 116 9.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kawano, Mahiru, et al.. (2025). Granulosa cell death is a significant contributor to DNA-damaging chemotherapy-induced ovarian insufficiency. Biology of Reproduction. 112(5). 906–915.
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O’Rourke, Rebecca, et al.. (2024). Bulk and single-cell transcriptome datasets of the mouse fetal and adult rete ovarii and surrounding tissues. Scientific Data. 11(1). 383–383. 3 indexed citations
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Hatkevich, Talia, et al.. (2024). Gonadal sex and temperature independently influence germ cell differentiation and meiotic progression in Trachemys scripta. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(1). e2413191121–e2413191121. 1 indexed citations
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Barske, Lindsey, et al.. (2023). Biased precursor ingression underlies the center-to-pole pattern of male sex determination in mouse. Development. 150(5). 2 indexed citations
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Li, Shuyun, et al.. (2021). Loss of Mafb and Maf distorts myeloid cell ratios and disrupts fetal mouse testis vascularization and organogenesis†. Biology of Reproduction. 105(4). 958–975. 4 indexed citations
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Stöck, Matthias, Lukáš Kratochvíl, Heiner Kuhl, et al.. (2021). A brief review of vertebrate sex evolution with a pledge for integrative research: towards ‘ sexomics ’. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1832). 20200426–20200426. 43 indexed citations
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Yokonishi, Tetsuhiro, Jennifer McKey, Shintaro Ide, & Blanche Capel. (2020). Sertoli cell ablation and replacement of the spermatogonial niche in mouse. Nature Communications. 11(1). 40–40. 54 indexed citations
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Pierpont, Timothy M., Qiming Jin, Elizabeth S. Moore, et al.. (2017). Chemotherapy-Induced Depletion of OCT4-Positive Cancer Stem Cells in a Mouse Model of Malignant Testicular Cancer. Cell Reports. 21(7). 1896–1909. 43 indexed citations
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Mork, Lindsey & Blanche Capel. (2013). Conserved action of β‐catenin during female fate determination in the red‐eared slider turtle. Evolution & Development. 15(2). 96–106. 14 indexed citations
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Natarajan, Anirudh, Jonah Cool, Tony DeFalco, et al.. (2012). Temporal Transcriptional Profiling of Somatic and Germ Cells Reveals Biased Lineage Priming of Sexual Fate in the Fetal Mouse Gonad. PLoS Genetics. 8(3). e1002575–e1002575. 225 indexed citations
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Barske, Lindsey & Blanche Capel. (2010). Estrogen represses SOX9 during sex determination in the red-eared slider turtle Trachemys scripta. Developmental Biology. 341(1). 305–314. 79 indexed citations
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Cool, Jonah, Tony DeFalco, & Blanche Capel. (2010). Vascular-mesenchymal cross-talk through Vegf and Pdgf drives organ patterning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(1). 167–172. 87 indexed citations
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Tang, Hao, et al.. (2008). Notch signaling maintains Leydig progenitor cells in the mouse testis. Development. 135(22). 3745–3753. 100 indexed citations
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Maatouk, Danielle M., Leo DiNapoli, Ashley L. Alvers, et al.. (2008). Stabilization of β-catenin in XY gonads causes male-to-female sex-reversal. Human Molecular Genetics. 17(19). 2949–2955. 274 indexed citations
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Cui, Shiying, Andrea J. Ross, Nancy R. Stallings, et al.. (2004). Disrupted gonadogenesis and male-to-female sex reversal inPod1knockout mice. Development. 131(16). 4095–4105. 131 indexed citations
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Brennan, Jennifer & Blanche Capel. (2004). One tissue, two fates: molecular genetic events that underlie testis versus ovary development. Nature Reviews Genetics. 5(7). 509–521. 401 indexed citations
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Schmahl, Jennifer & Blanche Capel. (2003). Cell proliferation is necessary for the determination of male fate in the gonad. Developmental Biology. 258(2). 264–276. 110 indexed citations
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Yao, Humphrey Hung‐Chang, Christopher Tilmann, Guang‐Quan Zhao, & Blanche Capel. (2002). The Battle of the Sexes: Opposing Pathways in Sex Determination. Novartis Foundation symposium. 244. 187–202. 21 indexed citations
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Capel, Blanche, K. Albrecht, Linda L. Washburn, & Eva M. Eicher. (1999). Migration of mesonephric cells into the mammalian gonad depends on Sry. Mechanisms of Development. 84(1-2). 127–131. 155 indexed citations

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