Cristian Cañestro

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Cristian Cañestro is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Cristian Cañestro has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Cristian Cañestro's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (12 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (11 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (7 papers). Cristian Cañestro is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (12 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (11 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (7 papers). Cristian Cañestro collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Japan. Cristian Cañestro's co-authors include Ricard Albalat, John H. Postlethwait, Adriana Rodríguez‐Marí, Ruth Bremiller, Catherine Wilson, Yi‐Lin Yan, Susan Bassham, Hayato Yokoi, Roser Gonzàlez‐Duarte and Julian Catchen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Cristian Cañestro

47 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Evolution by gene loss

2016 494 citations Ricard Albalat, Cristian Cañestro Nature Reviews Genetics profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Less, but More: New Insights From Appendicularians on Chordate Fgf Evolution and the Divergence of Tunicate Lifestyles 2024 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nuria P. Torres‐Aguila, (unknown), (unknown), Michael J. Mansfield, Charles Plessy, Nicholas M. Luscombe, Ricard Albalat, Cristian Cañestro	1
2	Developmental toxicity of pre-production plastic pellets affects a large swathe of invertebrate taxa 2024 ·Chemosphere ·Eva Jiménez-Guri, Periklis Paganos, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Maria Dolores Molina, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Antonietta Spagnuolo, Cristian Cañestro, Ricard Albalat, José M. Martín‐Durán, Elizabeth A. Williams, Enrico D’Aniello, Maria Ina Arnone	6
3	Wnt evolution and function shuffling in liberal and conservative chordate genomes 2018 ·Genome biology ·Ildikó Somorjai, (unknown), (unknown), Hiroki Nishida, Kaoru S. Imai, Héctor Escrivá, Cristian Cañestro, Ricard Albalat	39
4	Developmental atlas of appendicularian Oikopleura dioica actins provides new insights into the evolution of the notochord and the cardio-paraxial muscle in chordates 2018 ·Developmental Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Ricard Albalat, Cristian Cañestro	5
5	Evolution by gene loss breakdown → 2016 ·Nature Reviews Genetics ·Ricard Albalat, Cristian Cañestro	494
6	Retinoic Acid Metabolic Genes, Meiosis, and Gonadal Sex Differentiation in Zebrafish 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Adriana Rodríguez‐Marí, Cristian Cañestro, Ruth Bremiller, Julian Catchen, (unknown), John H. Postlethwait	72
7	DNA methylation in amphioxus: from ancestral functions to new roles in vertebrates 2012 ·Briefings in Functional Genomics ·Ricard Albalat, (unknown), Cristian Cañestro	34
8	Roles of brca2 (fancd1) in Oocyte Nuclear Architecture, Gametogenesis, Gonad Tumors, and Genome Stability in Zebrafish 2011 ·PLoS Genetics ·Adriana Rodríguez‐Marí, Catherine Wilson, Tom A. Titus, Cristian Cañestro, Ruth Bremiller, Yi‐Lin Yan, Indrajit Nanda, Adam B. Johnston, John P. Kanki, (unknown), Xinjun He, Jan M. Spitsbergen, Detlev Schindler, John H. Postlethwait	71
9	Evolution of developmental regulation in the vertebrate FgfD subfamily 2009 ·Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution ·(unknown), Yi‐Lin Yan, Xinjun He, Julian Catchen, Angel Amores, Cristian Cañestro, Hayato Yokoi, John H. Postlethwait	26
10	Evolution of developmental roles of Pax2/5/8paralogs after independent duplication in urochordate and vertebrate lineages 2008 ·BMC Biology ·Susan Bassham, Cristian Cañestro, John H. Postlethwait	32
11	The Fanconi anemia/BRCA gene network in zebrafish: Embryonic expression and comparative genomics 2008 ·Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis ·Tom A. Titus, Yi‐Lin Yan, Catherine Wilson, (unknown), (unknown), Ruth Bremiller, Cristian Cañestro, Adriana Rodríguez‐Marí, Xinjun He, John H. Postlethwait	28
12	Development of a chordate anterior–posterior axis without classical retinoic acid signaling 2007 ·Developmental Biology ·Cristian Cañestro, John H. Postlethwait	64
13	Evolutionary developmental biology and genomics 2007 ·Nature Reviews Genetics ·Cristian Cañestro, Hayato Yokoi, John H. Postlethwait	95
14	Development of the central nervous system in the larvacean Oikopleura dioica and the evolution of the chordate brain 2005 ·Developmental Biology ·Cristian Cañestro, Susan Bassham, John H. Postlethwait	69
15	Isolation and characterization of the first non-autonomous transposable element in amphioxus, ATE-1 2003 ·Gene ·Cristian Cañestro, Ricard Albalat, Roser Gonzàlez‐Duarte	5
16	Comparative expression analysis of Adh3 during arthropod, urochordate, cephalochordate, and vertebrate development challenges its predicted housekeeping role 2003 ·Evolution & Development ·Cristian Cañestro, (unknown), Roser Gonzàlez‐Duarte, Ricard Albalat	29
17	Ascidian and Amphioxus Adh Genes Correlate Functional and Molecular Features of the ADH Family Expansion During Vertebrate Evolution 2002 ·Journal of Molecular Evolution ·Cristian Cañestro, Ricard Albalat, Lars Hjelmqvist, (unknown), Hans Jörnvall, Roser Gonzàlez‐Duarte	47
18	Characterization of the amphioxus presenilin gene in a high gene-density genomic region illustrates duplication during the vertebrate lineage 2001 ·Gene ·Amalia Martı́nez-Mir, Cristian Cañestro, Roser Gonzàlez‐Duarte, Ricard Albalat	11
19	Endogenous β-galactosidase activity in amphioxus: a useful histochemical marker for the digestive system 2001 ·Development Genes and Evolution ·Cristian Cañestro, Ricard Albalat, Héctor Escrivá, (unknown)	6
20	Characterization of a microsomal retinol dehydrogenase gene from amphioxus: retinoid metabolism before vertebrates 2001 ·Chemico-Biological Interactions ·(unknown), Cristian Cañestro, Ricard Albalat, Roser Gonzàlez‐Duarte	20

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