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2020 (14)
51. Wilson MA. 2020. Searching for sex differences. Science 369(6509): 1298-1299. (PDF version, Online version)
50. Ozga AT, Webster THp, Gilby IC, Wilson MA, Nockerts RS, Wilson ML, Pusey AE, Li Y, Hahn BH and Stone AC. 2020. Urine as a high quality, abundant source of host genomic DNA from wild populations. Molecular Ecology (accepted)
49. Borden ESg, Kang P, Natri HMp, Phung TNp, Wilson MA, Buetow KH, Hastings KT. 2020. Neoantigen fitness model predicts lower immune recognition of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas than actinic keratoses. Frontiers in Immunology (accepted)
48. Taravella Oill AMg, Deshpande AJu, Natri HMp and Wilson MA. 2020. PopInf: An approach for reproducibly visualizing and assigning population affiliation in genomic samples of uncertain origin. Journal of Computational Biology (accepted)
47. Massey SC, Whitmire P, Doyle TE, Ippolito J, Mrugala MM, Hu L, Canoll P, Anderson ARA, Wilson MA, Fitzpatrick SM, McCarthy MM, Rubin J, Swanson KR. 2020. Sex Differences in Health and Disease: a review of biological sex differences relevant to cancer with a spotlight on glioma. Cancer Letters (accepted)
46. Gemmell N,…Wilson M, Rupp Sg…. Stone C, Ngatiwai Trust Board Ngatiwai Trust Board. 2020. The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution. Nature 584(7821): 403-409. PMID: 32760000
45. Olney Kg, Brotman SMu, Valverde-Vesling Vu, Andrews Ju, Wilson MA. 2020. Reference genome and transcriptome informed by the sex chromosome complement of the sample increases ability to detect sex differences in gene expression from RNA-Seq data. Biology of Sex Differences 11(1): 42. PMCID: PMC7374973
44. Phung TNp, Lenkiewicz E, Malasi S, Sharma A, Anderson KS, Wilson MA, Pockaj BA, Barrett MT. 2020. Unique genomic and neoepitope landscapes across tumors: a study across time, tissues, and space within a single Lynch Syndrome patient. Scientific Reports 10(1):12190. PMCID: PMC7376229
43. Powell GL, Vannan A, Bastle RM, Wilson MA, Dell’Orco M, Perrone-Bizzozero NI, Neisewander JL. 2020. Environmental enrichment during forced abstinence from cocaine self-administration opposes gene network expression changes associated with the incubation effect. Scientific Reports 10(1):11291. PMCID: PMC7347882
42. Dolby GAp, Morales M, Webster THp, DeNardo D, Wilson M, Kusumi K. 2020. Discovery of a new TLR gene and gene expansion event through improved desert tortoise genome assembly with chromosome-scale scaffolds. Genome Biology and Evolution 12(2): 3817-3925 PMCID: PMC7058155
41. Orton J, Morales M, Fontenele R, Schmidlin K, Kraberger S, Leavitt D, Webster Tp, Wilson MA, Kusumi K, Dolby G*, Varsani A*. 2020. Virus discovery in desert tortoise fecal samples: Novel circular single stranded DNA viruses. Viruses 12(2): 143. PMCID: PMC7077246
40. Wilson MA and Buetow KH. 2020. Novel mechanisms of cancer emerge when accounting for sex as a biological variable. 2020. Cancer Research. 80(1) 27-29. PMCID: PMC6942614
39. Natri Hp, Garcia A, Buetow KH, Trumble B and Wilson MA. 2020. Endogenous retroviruses and the Pregnancy Compensation Hypothesis. Trends in Genetics 36(1):2-3. PMCID: PMC7357623
38. Garcia A, Natri Hp, Buetow KH, Trumble B and Wilson MA. 2020. Evolution of immune sexual dimorphism in response to placental invasiveness. Trends in Genetics 36(1):5-7. PMCID: PMC7373348
2019 (7)
37. Wilson MA 2019. Crowdfunding science Genome Biology. 20, 250 PMCID: PMC6876096
36. Williams JJ, Drew JC, Galindo-Gonzalez S, Robic S, Dinsdale E, Morgan W, Triplett EW, Burnette J, Donovan S, Elgin S, Fowlks ER, Goodman AL, Grandgenett NF, Goller C, Hauser C, Jungck JR, Newman JD, Pearson W, Ryder E, Wilson MA, Sierk M , Smith T, Tosado-Acevedo R, Tapprich W, Tobin TC, Toroy A, Welchz L, Wright R, Ebenbach D, McWilliams M, Rosenwald AG, Pauley MA. 2019. Barriers to integration of bioinformatics into undergraduate life sciences education: a national study of US life sciences faculty uncover significant barriers to integrating bioinformatics into undergraduate instruction. PLoS One 14(11):e0224288. PMCID: PMC6860448
35. Natri Hp, Wilson MA*, and Buetow K*. 2019. Distinct molecular etiologies of male and female hepatocellular carcinoma. BMC Cancer. 19(951). PMCID: PMC6794913
34. Natri Hp, Garcia A, Buetow KH, Trumble B and Wilson MA. 2019. The Pregnancy Pickle: Evolved immune compensation due to pregnancy underlies sex differences in human diseases. Trends in Genetics 35(7):478-488. PMCID: PMC6611699
33. Webster THp, Phung T, Grande B, Karlins E, Richmond P, Couse M, Whitford W, and Wilson MA. 2019. Identifying, understanding, and correcting technical artifacts on the sex chromosomes in next-generation sequencing data. GigaScience 8(7):giz074. PMCID: PMC6615978
32. Phung T, Wayne B, Wilson MA* and Lohmueller K*. 2019. Complex patterns of sex-biased demography in canines. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286(1903): 20181976. PMCID: PMC6545087
31. Narang Pp, Chen M, Sharma AA, Anderson KS and Wilson MA. 2019. The neoepitope landscape of breast cancer: implications for immunotherapy. BMC Cancer 19(1):200. PMCID: PMC6399957
2018 (9)
30. Olney KCg, Nyer DB, Wilson Sayres MA, and Haynes K. 2018. The synthetic histone-binding regulator protein PcTF activates interferon genes in breast cancer cells. BMC Systems Biology 12: 83.
29. Somayaji V, DeNardo D, Wilson Sayres MA, Waits K, Fontenele R, Kraberger S, Varsani A. 2018 Genome of single stranded DNA virus identified in Gila monster feces. Microbiology Resource Announcements 7: e00925-18.
28. Krishna S, Ulricha P, Wilson E, Parikhe F, Narang Pp, Yang S, Clark A, Kim-Schulze S, Park J, Posner M, Wilson Sayres MA, Sikora A, and Anderson KS. 2018. Human papilloma virus specific immunogenicity and dysfunction of CD8+ T cells in head and neck cancer. Cancer Research 79(21): 6159-6170.
27. Barrett MT, Lenkiewicz E, Malasi S, Basu A, Holmes Yearley J, Annamalai L, McCullough AE, Kosiorek H, Narang Pp, Wilson Sayres MA, Chen M, Anderson KS, and BA Pockaj. 2018.The association of genomic lesions and PD-1/PD-L1 expression in resected triple negative breast cancers. Breast Cancer Research 20(1): 71.
26. Wilson Sayres MA, Hauser C, Sierk M, Robic S, Rosenwald AG, Smith TM, Triplett, EW, Williams JJ, Dinsdale E, Morgan W, Burnette III JM, Donovan SS, Drew JC, Elgin SCR, Fowlks ER, Galindo-Gonzalez S, Goodman, AL, Grandgenett NF, Goller CC, Jungck J, Newmann JD, Pearson WR, Ryder E, Tosado-Acevedo R, Tapprich W, Tobin TC, Toro-Martínez A, Welch LR, Wright R, Ebenbach D, Olney C, McWilliams M, Pauley MA. 2018. Bioinformatics Core Competencies for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education. PLoS One 13(6): e0196878.
25. Damgaard PB... Wilson Sayres MA, Taravella AMg... and Willerslev E. 2018. 137 ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes. Nature 557(7705): 369-374.
24. Wilson Sayres MA. Genetic diversity on sex chromosomes. 2018. Genome Biology and Evolution. 10(4):1064-1078.
23. Tollis M, Hutchins E, Stapely J, Eckalbar W, Rupp Sg, Maayan I, Lasku E, Infante C, Dennis S, Robertson J, May C, Crusoe M, Bermingham E, DeNardo D, Hsieh S, Huentelman M, Kulathinal R, McMillan WO, Menke D, Pratt S, Rawls JA, Sanjur O, Wilson Sayres MA, Wilson-Rawls J, Fisher R and Kusumi K. 2018. Comparative genomics reveals accelerated evolution in conserved pathways during the diversification of anole lizards. Genome Biology and Evolution 10(2):489-506.
22. Chowell Dg, Napier J, Gupta R, Anderson KS, Maley CC and Wilson Sayres MA. 2018. Modeling the subclonal evolution of cancer cells. Cancer Research 78(3):830-839.
2017 (2)
21. Olney Kg, Narang Pp, Taravella Ag, Webster THp and Wilson Sayres MA. 2017. EvSex16: Evolutionary Genomics of Sex. Journal of Heredity 108(7): 707-708. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esx084
20. Rupp Sg, Webster THp, Olney Kt, Hutchins E, Kusumi K and Wilson Sayres MA. 2017. Evolution of dosage compensation in Anolis carolinensis, a reptile with XX/XY chromosomal sex determination. Genome Biology and Evolution 9(1): 231-240.
2016 (6)
19. Taravella Ag and Wilson Sayres MA. 2016. Fruitful analysis of sex chromosomes reveals X-treme genetic diversity. Genome Biology. 17(1): 244.
18. Narang Pp and Wilson Sayres MA. 2016. Variable autosomal and X divergence near and far from genes affects estimates of male mutation bias in great apes. Genome Biology and Evolution 8(11): 3393-3405.
17. Webster Tp and Wilson Sayres MA. 2016. Genomic signatures of sex-biased demography: progress and prospects. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 3(41): 62-71. doi:10.1016/j.gde.2016.08.002
16. Pagani L… Wilson Sayres MA… et al. 2016. Genomic analyses inform on migration events during the peopling of Eurasia. Nature 538: 238-242. doi:10.1038/nature19792
15. Poznik GD, Xue Y, Mendez F, Willems T, Massaia A, Wilson Sayres MA, et al. (37 others). 2016. Punctuated bursts in human male demography inferred from 1,244 worldwide Y-chromosome sequences. Nature Genetics 48: 593-599. doi: 10.1038/ng.3559
14. Cotter DJu, Brotman SMu and Wilson Sayres MA. 2016. Genetic diversity on the human X chromosome does not support a strict pseudoautosomal boundary. Genetics 203(1): 485-492. doi:10.1534/genetics.114.172692
2015 (3)
13. 1000 Genomes Consortium … Wilson Sayres MA… . 2015. A global reference for human genetic variation. Nature 526: 68-74. doi:10.1038/nature15393
12. Karmin M*, Saag L*, Vicente M*, Wilson Sayres M*, et. al (95 others). 2015. A recent bottleneck of Y chromosome diversity coincides with a global change in culture. Genome Research 25(4): 459-466. doi:10.1101/gr.186684.114
11. Boddy A, Fortunato A, Wilson Sayres M and Aktipis A. 2015. Cooperation and conflict beyond the womb: The paradoxical effects of fetal microchimerism on maternal health. BioEssays 37(10): 1106-1118. doi:10.1002/bies.201500059
2009-2014 (Prior to starting as faculty: 10)
10. Wilson Sayres MA, Lohmueller KE and Nielsen R. 2014. Natural selection reduced diversity on human Y chromosomes. PLoS Genetics 10(1): e1004064. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004064
9. Tsai Paulinau and Wilson Sayres MA. 2013. Evolution of the phosphatase gene family across nematode worms and flies. Berkeley Scientific Journal 18(1): 87-93. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/2sb4992b
8. Pandey R*, Wilson Sayres MA* and Azad R. 2013. Detecting evolutionary strata on the human X chromosome in the absence of gametologous Y-linked sequences. Genome Biology and Evolution 5(10): 1863-1871. doi:10.1093/gbe/evt139
7. Somel M, Wilson Sayres MA, Jordan G, Huerta-Sanchez E, Fumagalli M, Ferrer-Admetlla A, and Nielsen R. 2013. A scan for human-specific relaxation of negative selection reveals unexpected polymorphism in the proteasome. Molecular Biology and Evolution 30(8): 1808-1815. doi:10.1093/molbev/mst098
6. Wilson Sayres MA and Makova KD. 2013. Gene survival and death on the human Y chromosome. Molecular Biology and Evolution 30(3): 781-7. doi:10.1093/molbev/mss267
5. Wilson Sayres MA, Brooks AJ, Chanock SJ, Cheung V, Goldstein DB, Jin L, and Kwok P-Y. 2012. HGV2011: Personalized genomic medicine meets the incidentalome. Human Mutation 33(3): 582-5. doi:10.1002/humu.22008
4. Wilson Sayres MA, and Makova KD. 2011. Genome analyses substantiate male mutation bias in many species. BioEssays 33(12): 938-45. doi:10.1002/bies.201100091
3. Wilson Sayres MA, Venditti C, Pagel M, and Makova KD. 2011. Do variations in substitution rates and male mutation bias correlate with life-history traits? A study of 32 mammalian genomes. Evolution 65(10): 2800-15. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01337.x
2. Wilson MA, and Makova, KD. 2009. Genomic analyses of sex chromosome evolution. Annual Reviews of Human Genetics and Genomics 10: 333-54. doi:10.1146/annurev-genom-082908-150105
1. Wilson MA, and Makova, KD. 2009. Evolution and survival on eutherian sex chromosomes. PLoS Genetics 5(7): e1000568. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000568
Contributed publications (7 total)
7. Phadke S, Rupp Sg and Wilson MA. Understanding the evolution of anisogamy in the early diverging fungus, Allomyces. BioRxiv: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/12/07/230292
6. Webster THp, Dolby GA, Wilson Sayres MA and Kusumi K. 2018. Improved draft of the Mojave Desert tortoise genome Gopherus agassizii, version 1.1. PeerJ: https://peerj.com/preprints/3266/.
5. Contributor. 2017. Frankenstein: A New Edition for Scientists and Engineers. Editors: Jason Robert, David Guston, and Ed Finn. MIT Press (ASU’s Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics).
4. Wilson Sayres MA. 2016. Pseudoautosomal Linkage, Region, Reference Module in Life Sciences. Brenner’s Online Encyclopedia of Genetics.
3. Wilson Sayres MA. 2015. “Evolution, Trends in.” Discoveries in Modern Science: Exploration, Invention, Technology. Ed. James Trefil. Vol. 1. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA. 330-333.
2. Wilson Sayres MA*. 2013. Timing of ancient human Y lineage depends on mutation rate: a comment on Mendez et al. arXiv. 1304.6098.
1. Wilson Sayres MA. 2013. Pseudoautosomal Linkage, Region, In: Brenner’s Encyclopedia of Genetics (Second Edition). Elsevier: 514-516.