Publications
Gendreau K.L., A.D. Hornsby, M.T.J. Hague, and J.W. McGlothlin. Gene conversion facilitates the adaptive evolution of self-resistance in highly toxic newts. Mol Biol Evol (2021) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab182
Gendreau K.L., M.T.J. Hague, C.R. Feldman, E.D. Brodie Jr., E.D. Brodie III, and J.W. McGlothlin. Sex linkage of the skeletal muscle sodium channel gene (SCN4A) explains apparent deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium of tetrodotoxin-resistance alleles in garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis). Heredity (2020) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-020-0300-5
Our findings are summarized in a Nature Community blog post: "Sex linkage and adaptive evolution"
Gendreau K.L., B.A. Unruh, C. Zhou, and S. Kojima. Identification and characterization of transcripts regulated by circadian alternative polyadenylation in mouse liver. G3 (2018) 8:10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.118.200559
Gendreau K.L., R.A. Haney, E.E. Schwager, T. Wierschin, M. Stanke, S. Richards, and J. Garb. House spider genome uncovers evolutionary shifts in the diversity and expression of black widow venom proteins associated with extreme toxicity. BMC Genomics (2017) 18:178. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-017-3551-7
Gendreau K.L., M.T.J. Hague, C.R. Feldman, E.D. Brodie Jr., E.D. Brodie III, and J.W. McGlothlin. Sex linkage of the skeletal muscle sodium channel gene (SCN4A) explains apparent deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium of tetrodotoxin-resistance alleles in garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis). Heredity (2020) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-020-0300-5
Our findings are summarized in a Nature Community blog post: "Sex linkage and adaptive evolution"
Gendreau K.L., B.A. Unruh, C. Zhou, and S. Kojima. Identification and characterization of transcripts regulated by circadian alternative polyadenylation in mouse liver. G3 (2018) 8:10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.118.200559
Gendreau K.L., R.A. Haney, E.E. Schwager, T. Wierschin, M. Stanke, S. Richards, and J. Garb. House spider genome uncovers evolutionary shifts in the diversity and expression of black widow venom proteins associated with extreme toxicity. BMC Genomics (2017) 18:178. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-017-3551-7
Major results from this study (spider toxin diversity and potential horizontal gene transfer from bacteria) summarized starting at 2:09.
Kojima S., K.L. Gendreau, E.L. Sher-Chen, P. Gao, and C.B. Green. Changes in the poly(A) tail length dynamics from the loss of the circadian deadenylase Nocturnin. Sci Rep (2015) 5:17059. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep17059
Gendreau K.L. and G.F. Hall. Tangles, toxicity, and tau secretion in Alzheimers Disease – new approaches to a vexing problem. Front Neurol (2013) 4:160. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2013.00160
Kojima S., K.L. Gendreau, E.L. Sher-Chen, P. Gao, and C.B. Green. Changes in the poly(A) tail length dynamics from the loss of the circadian deadenylase Nocturnin. Sci Rep (2015) 5:17059. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep17059
Gendreau K.L. and G.F. Hall. Tangles, toxicity, and tau secretion in Alzheimers Disease – new approaches to a vexing problem. Front Neurol (2013) 4:160. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2013.00160