Frédéric Baudat

6.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
40 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Frédéric Baudat is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Frédéric Baudat has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Plant Science and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Frédéric Baudat's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (31 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (18 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (11 papers). Frédéric Baudat is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (31 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (18 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (11 papers). Frédéric Baudat collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Frédéric Baudat's co-authors include Bernard de Massy, Scott Keeney, Maria Jasin, Corinne Grey, Alain Nicolas, Yukiko Imai, Katia Manova, Marco Barchi, Paul S. Burgoyne and Shantha K. Mahadevaiah and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Frédéric Baudat

40 papers receiving 4.9k citations

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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.

PRDM9 Is a Major Determinant of Meiotic Recombination Hotspots in Humans and Mice

2009 726 citations Frédéric Baudat, Jérôme Buard et al. Science profile →
Recombinational DNA double-strand breaks in mice precede synapsis

2001 707 citations Frédéric Baudat, Maria Jasin et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Chromosome Synapsis Defects and Sexually Dimorphic Meiotic Progression in Mice Lacking Spo11

2000 558 citations Frédéric Baudat, Maria Jasin et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Meiotic recombination in mammals: localization and regulation

2013 412 citations Frédéric Baudat, Yukiko Imai et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frédéric Baudat France	25	4.2k	1.3k	1.3k	519	518	40	4.9k
Shantha K. Mahadevaiah United Kingdom	23	2.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	776 0.6×	502 1.0×	231 0.4×	31	3.0k
Christa Heyting Netherlands	40	4.9k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	606 1.2×	1.1k 2.1×	79	5.7k
Attila Tóth Germany	29	3.8k 0.9×	581 0.5×	872 0.7×	425 0.8×	1.4k 2.7×	45	4.3k
P. Jeremy Wang United States	27	2.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	586 0.5×	508 1.0×	199 0.4×	54	3.4k
Petr Svoboda Czechia	36	4.5k 1.1×	794 0.6×	681 0.5×	914 1.8×	128 0.2×	89	5.1k
Martin Anger Czechia	19	2.1k 0.5×	382 0.3×	605 0.5×	667 1.3×	594 1.1×	43	2.6k
Shinichiro Chuma Japan	37	3.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	1.8k 1.5×	779 1.5×	81 0.2×	54	4.7k
Satoshi H. Namekawa United States	32	2.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	597 0.5×	417 0.8×	110 0.2×	89	3.0k
Corinne Grey France	20	2.0k 0.5×	747 0.6×	548 0.4×	258 0.5×	157 0.3×	30	2.4k
José Á. Suja Spain	30	1.9k 0.5×	480 0.4×	999 0.8×	282 0.5×	809 1.6×	77	2.5k

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Clément, Julie A. J., Yukiko Imai, Jean‐Jacques Lareyre, et al.. (2025). PRDM9 drives the location and rapid evolution of recombination hotspots in salmonid fish. PLoS Biology. 23(1). e3002950–e3002950. 3 indexed citations

Dupaigne, P., Julien Cau, Julie A. J. Clément, et al.. (2024). FIGNL1-FIRRM is essential for meiotic recombination and prevents DNA damage-independent RAD51 and DMC1 loading. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7015–7015. 7 indexed citations

Cau, Julien, et al.. (2024). “MeiQuant”: An Integrated Tool for Analyzing Meiotic Prophase I Spread Images. Methods in molecular biology. 2770. 263–285. 2 indexed citations

Legeai, Fabrice, Bernardo F. Santos, Stéphanie Robin, et al.. (2020). Genomic architecture of endogenous ichnoviruses reveals distinct evolutionary pathways leading to virus domestication in parasitic wasps. BMC Biology. 18(1). 89–89. 24 indexed citations

Baudat, Frédéric, Bernard de Massy, & Frédéric Veyrunes. (2019). Sex chromosome quadrivalents in oocytes of the African pygmy mouse Mus minutoides that harbors non-conventional sex chromosomes. Chromosoma. 128(3). 397–411. 7 indexed citations

Diagouraga, Boubou, Julie A. J. Clément, Laurent Duret, et al.. (2018). PRDM9 Methyltransferase Activity Is Essential for Meiotic DNA Double-Strand Break Formation at Its Binding Sites. Molecular Cell. 69(5). 853–865.e6. 84 indexed citations

Grey, Corinne, Frédéric Baudat, & Bernard de Massy. (2018). PRDM9, a driver of the genetic map. PLoS Genetics. 14(8). e1007479–e1007479. 69 indexed citations

Imai, Yukiko, et al.. (2017). The PRDM9 KRAB domain is required for meiosis and involved in protein interactions. Chromosoma. 126(6). 681–695. 61 indexed citations

Cole, Francesca, Frédéric Baudat, Corinne Grey, et al.. (2014). Mouse tetrad analysis provides insights into recombination mechanisms and hotspot evolutionary dynamics. Nature Genetics. 46(10). 1072–1080. 79 indexed citations

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Baudat, Frédéric, Yukiko Imai, & Bernard de Massy. (2013). Meiotic recombination in mammals: localization and regulation. Nature Reviews Genetics. 14(11). 794–806. 412 indexed citations breakdown →

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Qiao, Huanyu, Ye Yang, Kajal Biswas, et al.. (2013). RNF212 is a dosage-sensitive regulator of crossing-over during mammalian meiosis. Nature Genetics. 45(3). 269–278. 199 indexed citations

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Wu, Hong, Boubou Diagouraga, A. Dong, et al.. (2013). Molecular Basis for the Regulation of the H3K4 Methyltransferase Activity of PRDM9. Cell Reports. 5(1). 13–20. 81 indexed citations

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Mihola, Ondřej, Petr Šimeček, Soňa Gregorová, et al.. (2012). Interallelic and Intergenic Incompatibilities of the Prdm9 (Hst1) Gene in Mouse Hybrid Sterility. PLoS Genetics. 8(11). e1003044–e1003044. 59 indexed citations

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Baudat, Frédéric, Jérôme Buard, Corinne Grey, & Bernard de Massy. (2011). Comment sont choisis les sites d’échanges entre chromosomes lors de la méiose ?. médecine/sciences. 27(12). 1053–1055. 1 indexed citations

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Baudat, Frédéric, Jérôme Buard, Corinne Grey, et al.. (2009). PRDM9 Is a Major Determinant of Meiotic Recombination Hotspots in Humans and Mice. Science. 327(5967). 836–840. 726 indexed citations breakdown →

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Baudat, Frédéric & Bernard de Massy. (2009). Parallel Detection of Crossovers and Noncrossovers in Mouse Germ Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 557. 305–322. 9 indexed citations

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Baudat, Frédéric & Bernard de Massy. (2007). Regulating double-stranded DNA break repair towards crossover or non-crossover during mammalian meiosis. Chromosome Research. 15(5). 565–577. 143 indexed citations

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Baudat, Frédéric & Bernard de Massy. (2007). Cis- and Trans-Acting Elements Regulate the Mouse Psmb9 Meiotic Recombination Hotspot. PLoS Genetics. 3(6). e100–e100. 65 indexed citations

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Baudat, Frédéric & Bernard de Massy. (2004). SPO11 : une activité de coupure de l’ADN indispensable à la méiose. médecine/sciences. 20(2). 213–218. 14 indexed citations

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Klein, Ulf, Gloria Esposito, Frédéric Baudat, Scott Keeney, & Maria Jasin. (2002). Mice deficient for the type II topoisomerase-like DNA transesterase Spo11 show normal immunoglobulin somatic hypermutation and class switching. European Journal of Immunology. 32(2). 316–321. 14 indexed citations

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