Mark Blaxter
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Mark Lyon Blaxter is a British zoologist known for his works on genome sequencing of animals, particularly of worms. Important species he had sequenced include Brugia malayi, different species of Caenorhabditis (roundworms), Globodera rostochiensis, Heligmosomoides polygyrus, Lumbricus terrestris (earthworm), Meloidogyne incognita, and Ostertagia ostertagi.
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Mark Lyon Blaxter is a British zoologist known for his works on genome sequencing of animals, particularly of worms. Important species he had sequenced include Brugia malayi, different species of Caenorhabditis (roundworms), Globodera rostochiensis, Heligmosomoides polygyrus, Lumbricus terrestris (earthworm), Meloidogyne incognita, and Ostertagia ostertagi.
Affiliation
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Top Publications
- BlobToolKit – Interactive Quality Assessment of Genome Assemblies (2020) - 2,701 citations
- Genome-wide genetic marker discovery and genotyping using next-generation sequencing (2011) - 2,590 citations
- A molecular evolutionary framework for the phylum Nematoda (1998) - 2,033 citations
- MitoHiFi: a python pipeline for mitochondrial genome assembly from PacBio high fidelity reads (2023) - 1,933 citations
- Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita (2008) - 1,325 citations
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- Full name
- Mark Blaxter
- ORCID
- 0000-0003-2861-949X
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5060637041
Research interests
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Nematode management and characterization studies, Helminth infection and control, Parasites and Host Interactions
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Most-cited linked publications
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- BlobToolKit – Interactive Quality Assessment of Genome Assemblies ↗2020 · G3 Genes Genomes Genetics2,701OpenAlex citations
- Genome-wide genetic marker discovery and genotyping using next-generation sequencing ↗2011 · Nature Reviews Genetics2,590OpenAlex citations
- 2,033OpenAlex citations
- MitoHiFi: a python pipeline for mitochondrial genome assembly from PacBio high fidelity reads ↗2023 · BMC Bioinformatics1,933OpenAlex citations
- Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita ↗2008 · Nature Biotechnology1,325OpenAlex citations
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- BlobToolKit – Interactive Quality Assessment of Genome Assemblies ↗2020 · G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
- Genome-wide genetic marker discovery and genotyping using next-generation sequencing ↗2011 · Nature Reviews Genetics
- MitoHiFi: a python pipeline for mitochondrial genome assembly from PacBio high fidelity reads ↗2023 · BMC Bioinformatics
- Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita ↗2008 · Nature Biotechnology
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