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Kateryna D. Makova is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Plant Science, as well as work related to Public Health and Ecology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities

Kateryna D. Makova has published extensively, with recent papers that include:

  • Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species, 2021, Nature
  • The complete sequence of a human Y chromosome, 2023, Nature
  • Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Age-related accumulation of de novo mitochondrial mutations in mammalian oocytes and somatic tissues, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • Non-B DNA: a major contributor to small- and large-scale variation in nucleotide substitution frequencies across the genome, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research

The frequent co-authors of Makova include:

  • Francesca Chiaromonte
  • Robert S. Harris
  • Paul Medvedev
  • Monika Čechová
  • Sarah J. C. Craig

Their publications appear predominantly in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Genome Research
  • Trends in Genetics

Best Publications

  • Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species

    Arang Rhie;Shane A. McCarthy;Shane A. McCarthy;Olivier Fedrigo;Joana Damas

  • Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution

    Ladeana W. Hillier;Webb Miller;Ewan Birney;Wesley Warren

  • Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution

    Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Michael L. Metzker;Donna M. Muzny

  • Initial sequence of the chimpanzee genome and comparison with the human genome

    Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;LaDeana W. Hillier

  • Evolutionary and biomedical insights from the rhesus macaque genome

    Richard A. Gibbs;Jeffrey Rogers

  • Complete Khoisan and Bantu genomes from southern Africa

    Stephan C. Schuster;Webb Miller;Aakrosh Ratan;Lynn P. Tomsho

  • The KA/KS Ratio Test for Assessing the Protein-Coding Potential of Genomic Regions: An Empirical and Simulation Study

    Anton Nekrutenko;Kateryna D. Makova;Wen Hsiung Li

  • Strong male-driven evolution of DNA sequences in humans and apes

    Kateryna D. Makova;Wen Hsiung Li

  • The genome-wide determinants of human and chimpanzee microsatellite evolution.

    Yogeshwar D. Kelkar;Svitlana Tyekucheva;Francesca Chiaromonte;Kateryna D. Makova

  • The origin, evolution, and functional impact of short insertion–deletion variants identified in 179 human genomes

    Stephen B. Montgomery;Stephen B. Montgomery;David L. Goode;Erika Kvikstad;Erika Kvikstad;Cornelis A. Albers;Cornelis A. Albers

  • Male-driven evolution.

    Wen Hsiung Li;Soojin Yi;Kateryna Makova

  • Divergence in the spatial pattern of gene expression between human duplicate genes.

    Kateryna D. Makova;Wen Hsiung Li

  • Maternal age effect and severe germ-line bottleneck in the inheritance of human mitochondrial DNA

    Boris Rebolledo-Jaramillo;Marcia Shu-Wei Su;Nicholas Stoler;Jennifer A. McElhoe

  • The effects of chromatin organization on variation in mutation rates in the genome

    Kateryna D. Makova;Ross C. Hardison

  • Chromosome-wide SNPs reveal an ancient origin for Plasmodium falciparum

    Jlanbing Mu;Junhul Duan;Kateryna D. Makova;Deirdre A. Joy

  • A genome-wide analysis of common fragile sites: What features determine chromosomal instability in the human genome?

    Arkarachai Fungtammasan;Erin Walsh;Francesca Chiaromonte;Kristin A. Eckert

  • Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species

    Arang Rhie;Shane A. McCarthy;Olivier Fedrigo;Joana Damas

  • A framework for collaborative analysis of ENCODE data: Making large-scale analyses biologist-friendly

    Daniel Blankenberg;James Taylor;Ian Schenck;Jianbin He

  • What is a microsatellite: a computational and experimental definition based upon repeat mutational behavior at A/T and GT/AC repeats

    Yogeshwar D. Kelkar;Noelle Strubczewski;Suzanne E. Hile;Francesca Chiaromonte

  • Harnessing cloud computing with Galaxy Cloud.

    Enis Afgan;Dannon Baker;Nate Coraor;Hiroki Goto

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristin A. Eckert
Kristin A. Eckert Pennsylvania State University
Wen-Hsiung Li
Wen-Hsiung Li Academia Sinica
Webb Miller
Webb Miller Pennsylvania State University
Ross C. Hardison
Ross C. Hardison Pennsylvania State University
Oliver A. Ryder
Oliver A. Ryder University of California, San Diego
Rasmus Nielsen
Rasmus Nielsen University of California, Berkeley
Leann L. Birch
Leann L. Birch University of Georgia
Robert J. Baker
Robert J. Baker Texas Tech University
David Haussler
David Haussler University of California, Santa Cruz
Evan E. Eichler
Evan E. Eichler University of Washington

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