Mary C. Mullins

18.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
130 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

Mary C. Mullins is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary C. Mullins has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Molecular Biology, 63 papers in Cell Biology and 22 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Mary C. Mullins's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (72 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (51 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (49 papers). Mary C. Mullins is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (72 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (51 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (49 papers). Mary C. Mullins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Mary C. Mullins's co-authors include Matthias Hammerschmidt, Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard, Pascal Haffter, Michael Granato, Yun‐Jin Jiang, Carl‐Philipp Heisenberg, Michael Brand, Jörg Odenthal, Donald A. Kane and Robert N. Kelsh and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mary C. Mullins

128 papers receiving 14.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The identification of genes with unique and essential functions in the development of the zebrafish, Danio rerio

1996 1.3k citations Pascal Haffter, Michael Granato et al. Development profile →
Large-scale mutagenesis in the zebrafish: in search of genes controlling development in a vertebrate

1994 615 citations Mary C. Mullins, Matthias Hammerschmidt et al. profile →
Genes controlling and mediating locomotion behavior of the zebrafish embryo and larva

1996 513 citations Michael Granato, Fredericus J. M. van Eeden et al. Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mary C. Mullins United States	63	11.1k	5.9k	2.5k	1.3k	784	130	14.6k
Robert N. Kelsh United Kingdom	53	8.0k 0.7×	5.6k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	115	11.8k
Stephen C. Ekker United States	57	11.2k 1.0×	4.4k 0.7×	3.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	932 1.2×	185	14.1k
Pascal Haffter Germany	51	9.6k 0.9×	5.3k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	666 0.8×	73	12.2k
Koichi Kawakami Japan	67	9.8k 0.9×	5.5k 0.9×	3.6k 1.4×	2.4k 1.9×	692 0.9×	262	15.8k
Wolfgang Driever Germany	69	13.9k 1.3×	7.1k 1.2×	4.2k 1.7×	2.1k 1.6×	766 1.0×	165	18.5k
Matthias Hammerschmidt Germany	70	13.9k 1.3×	7.0k 1.2×	3.0k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	154	18.9k
Yun‐Jin Jiang Taiwan	41	8.1k 0.7×	4.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	973 0.8×	567 0.7×	81	10.3k
Lilianna Solnica‐Krezel United States	57	9.5k 0.9×	4.7k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	1000 0.8×	815 1.0×	128	12.2k
Christine Thisse France	59	10.6k 1.0×	5.1k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	123	14.9k
Thomas F. Schilling United States	50	12.0k 1.1×	6.2k 1.0×	3.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	1.5k 2.0×	112	17.7k

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Bedell, Victoria M., Han Lee, D. Bailey, et al.. (2025). Zebrafishology, study design guidelines for rigorous and reproducible data using zebrafish. Communications Biology. 8(1). 739–739. 4 indexed citations

Fuentes, Ricardo, Florence L. Marlow, Elliott W. Abrams, et al.. (2024). Maternal regulation of the vertebrate oocyte-to-embryo transition. PLoS Genetics. 20(7). e1011343–e1011343. 1 indexed citations

Gipson, Gregory R., Kristof Nolan, Chandramohan Kattamuri, et al.. (2023). Formation and characterization of BMP2/GDF5 and BMP4/GDF5 heterodimers. BMC Biology. 21(1). 16–16. 3 indexed citations

Mullins, Mary C., Joaquín Navajas Acedo, Rashmi Priya, Lilianna Solnica‐Krezel, & Stephen W. Wilson. (2021). The zebrafish issue: 25 years on. Development. 148(24). 13 indexed citations

Abrams, Elliott W., Ricardo Fuentes, Florence L. Marlow, et al.. (2020). Molecular genetics of maternally-controlled cell divisions. PLoS Genetics. 16(4). e1008652–e1008652. 14 indexed citations

Fuentes, Ricardo, et al.. (2020). The maternal coordinate system: Molecular-genetics of embryonic axis formation and patterning in the zebrafish. Current topics in developmental biology. 140. 341–389. 17 indexed citations

Fuentes, Ricardo, et al.. (2018). Fishing forward and reverse: Advances in zebrafish phenomics. Mechanisms of Development. 154. 296–308. 26 indexed citations

Stainier, Didier Y. R., Erez Raz, Nathan D. Lawson, et al.. (2017). Guidelines for morpholino use in zebrafish. PLoS Genetics. 13(10). e1007000–e1007000. 237 indexed citations

Griffiths, Gareth, Ferenc Müller, Johan Ledin, et al.. (2016). Fish from Head to Tail: The 9th European Zebrafish Meeting in Oslo. Zebrafish. 13(2). 132–137. 1 indexed citations

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Elkouby, Yaniv M. & Mary C. Mullins. (2016). Methods for the analysis of early oogenesis in Zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 430(2). 310–324. 45 indexed citations

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Mullins, Mary C., et al.. (2013). Anteroposterior and dorsoventral patterning are coordinated by an identical patterning clock. Development. 140(9). 1970–1980. 53 indexed citations

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Gupta, Tripti, Florence L. Marlow, Deborah Ferriola, et al.. (2010). Microtubule Actin Crosslinking Factor 1 Regulates the Balbiani Body and Animal-Vegetal Polarity of the Zebrafish Oocyte. PLoS Genetics. 6(8). e1001073–e1001073. 90 indexed citations

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Shen, Qi, Shawn C. Little, Meiqi Xu, et al.. (2009). The fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva R206H ACVR1 mutation activates BMP-independent chondrogenesis and zebrafish embryo ventralization. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 119(11). 3462–72. 173 indexed citations

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Holloway, Beth, Sol Gómez de la Torre Canny, Ying Ye, et al.. (2009). A Novel Role for MAPKAPK2 in Morphogenesis during Zebrafish Development. PLoS Genetics. 5(3). e1000413–e1000413. 44 indexed citations

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McReynolds, Lisa J., et al.. (2007). Smad1 and Smad5 differentially regulate embryonic hematopoiesis. Blood. 110(12). 3881–3890. 64 indexed citations

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Wagner, Daniel S., Roland Dosch, Keith A. Mintzer, Anthony P. Wiemelt, & Mary C. Mullins. (2004). Maternal Control of Development at the Midblastula Transition and beyond. Developmental Cell. 6(6). 781–790. 115 indexed citations

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Mathieu, Juliette, Yan Lu, Bettina Schmid, et al.. (2002). Cooperative Action of ADMP- and BMP-Mediated Pathways in Regulating Cell Fates in the Zebrafish Gastrula. Developmental Biology. 241(1). 59–78. 39 indexed citations

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Wagner, Daniel S. & Mary C. Mullins. (2002). Modulation of BMP Activity in Dorsal-Ventral Pattern Formation by the Chordin and Ogon Antagonists. Developmental Biology. 245(1). 109–123. 48 indexed citations

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Schmid, Bettina, et al.. (1998). Ventral and Lateral Regions of the Zebrafish Gastrula, Including the Neural Crest Progenitors, Are Established by abmp2b/swirlPathway of Genes. Developmental Biology. 199(1). 93–110. 375 indexed citations

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Kane, Donald A., Matthias Hammerschmidt, Mary C. Mullins, et al.. (1996). The zebrafish epiboly mutants. Development. 123(1). 47–55. 143 indexed citations

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