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Publications

  1. Yu C., Hodapp D., Moog S., Dupont S., Darrouzet E., Keller Valsecchi C.I., Colgan T.J., Pan Q. (‡), Darras H. (‡). 2026. Deep evolutionary conservation of a sex-determining locus without sequence homology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123 (2): e2522417123.
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  2. Zimmer F., Fox A.M., Pan Q., Rühle F., Andersen P., Huylmans A.-K., Schwander T., Basilicata M.F., Keller Valsecchi C.I. 2025. Convergent evolution of H4K16ac-mediated dosage compensation in the ZW species Artemia franciscana. PLoS Genetics, 21 (10): e1011895.
  3. Pan Q. (‡), Darras H. (‡), Keller L. 2024. LncRNA gene ANTSR coordinates complementary sex determination in the Argentine ant. Science Advances, 10 (22): eadp1532.
  4. Darras H., Pan Q.. 2024. Clonal ants reveal a potentially hidden meiotic feature. Trends in Genetics.
  5. Adolfi M.C., Depincé A., Wen M., Pan Q., Herpin A. 2023. Development of ovaries and sex change in fish: bringing potential into action. Sexual Development, 17 (2–3): 84–98.
  6. Wen M., Pan Q., Larson W., Echè C., Guiguen Y. 2023. Characterization of the sex determining region of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and development of a sex-genotyping test. Gene, 850: 146933.
  7. Nelly G., Le Goff E., Pan Q., Baghdiguian S., Debiais-Thibaud M., Martinand-Mari C. 2023. Thyroid hormone-dependent apoptosis during metamorphosis in Ciona robusta. bioRxiv.
  8. Wen M., Pan Q., Jouanno E., Montfort J., Zahm M., Cabau C., Klopp C., Iampietro C., Roques C., Bouchez O., et al. 2022. An ancient truncated duplication of the anti-Müllerian hormone receptor type 2 gene is a potential conserved master sex determinant in the Pangasiidae catfish family. Molecular Ecology Resources.
  9. Pan Q., Herpin A., Guiguen Y. 2022. Inactivation of the Anti-Müllerian Hormone Receptor Type 2 (amhrII) gene in Northern pike (Esox lucius) results in male-to-female sex reversal. Sexual Development, 1–6.
  10. Thompson A.W., Hawkins M.B., Parey E., Wcisel D.J., Ota T., Kawasaki K., Funk E., Losilla M., Fitch O.E., Pan Q., et al. 2021. The bowfin genome illuminates the developmental evolution of ray-finned fishes. Nature Genetics.
  11. Pan Q., Kay T., Depincé A., Adolfi M., Schartl M., Guiguen Y., Herpin A. 2021. Evolution of master sex determiners: TGF-β signalling pathways at regulatory crossroads. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 376 (1832): 20200091.
  12. Pan Q., Feron R., Jouanno E., Darras H., Herpin A., Koop B., Rondeau E., Goetz F.W., Larson W.A., Bernatchez L., et al. 2021. The rise and fall of the ancient northern pike master sex-determining gene. eLife, 10: e62858.
  13. Imarazene B., Du K., Beille S., Jouanno E., Feron R., Pan Q., Torres-Paz J., Lopez-Roques C., Castinel A., Gil L., et al. 2021. A supernumerary “B-sex” chromosome drives male sex determination in the Pachón cavefish Astyanax mexicanus. Current Biology.
  14. Feron R., Pan Q., Wen M., Imarazene B., Jouanno E., Anderson J., Herpin A., Journot L., Parrinello H., Klopp C., et al. 2020. RADSex: a computational workflow to study sex determination using restriction site-associated DNA sequencing data. Molecular Ecology Resources.
  15. Wen M., Feron R., Pan Q., Guguin J., Jouanno E., Herpin A., Klopp C., Cabau C., Zahm M., Parrinello H., et al. 2020. Sex chromosome and sex locus characterization in goldfish (Carassius auratus). BMC Genomics, 21 (1).
  16. Pan Q., Feron R., Yano A., Guyomard R., Jouanno E., Vigouroux E., Wen M., Busnel J.-M., Bobe J., Concordet J.-P., et al. 2019. Identification of the master sex determining gene in Northern pike (Esox lucius) reveals restricted sex chromosome differentiation. PLoS Genetics, 15 (8): e1008013.
  17. Pan Q., Guiguen Y., Herpin A. 2018. Evolution of sex determining genes in fish. Academic Press.
  18. Pan Q., Anderson J., Bertho S., Herpin A., Wilson C., Postlethwait J.H., Schartl M., Guiguen Y. 2016. Vertebrate sex-determining genes play musical chairs. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 339 (7–8): 258–262.
  19. Bertho S., Pasquier J., Pan Q., Le Trionnaire G., Bobe J., Postlethwait J.H., Pailhoux E., Schartl M., Herpin A., Guiguen Y. 2016. Foxl2 and its relatives are evolutionary conserved players in gonadal sex differentiation. Sexual Development, 10 (3): 111–129.

‡ equal contributions