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Sharon L. Amacher

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1989
Congenital heart defects researchDevelopmental Biology and Gene RegulationZebrafish Biomedical Research ApplicationsRNA Research and SplicingMuscle Physiology and Disorders

Publications

97

Citations

5,767

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

38

Publishing since 1989

Research summary
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Sharon L. Amacher studies how muscles and motor neurons develop, using zebrafish as a model organism to understand the genes and molecular processes involved. Her work spans muscle fiber growth, gene regulation during embryonic development, and how these processes go wrong in diseases like muscular dystrophy, rhabdomyosarcoma (a type of muscle cancer), and inherited motor neuron conditions.

Zebrafish developmental biologyMuscle formation and sarcomere growthGene regulation and mRNA decay in developmentMotor neuron development and related disordersMuscle disease models (dystrophy, rhabdomyosarcoma)

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade with no clear steady growth, showing gaps in some years (e.g., 2018, 2023) followed by bursts of activity (e.g., 2020, 2025).

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
2017: 4 publications17182019: 2 publications192020: 6 publications6202021: 2 publications212022: 3 publications22232024: 1 publication242025: 5 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Developmental Biology×6
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×6
  • PLoS Genetics×2
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics×2
  • Developmental Dynamics×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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