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Kateryna Makova Associate Professor Department of Biology 305 Wartik Lab University Park, PA 16802 TEL: (814) 863-1619 FAX: (814) 865-9131 kdm16@psu.edu http://www.bx.psu.edu/makova_lab/ |
| CURRICULUM VITAE |
| EDUCATION |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship (1999 - 2003) Advisor: Dr. Wen-Hsiung Li Department of Ecology and Evolution The University of Chicago Chicago, IL |
| Ph.D., Biology (1995 - 1999) Advisors: Dr. Robert J. Baker and Dr. Ronald K. Chesser Department of Biology Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX |
| B. S., M. S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1990 - 1995) Advisor: Prof. Alla V. Rynditch Kiev State University Kiev, Ukraine |
| RESEARCH EXPERIENCE |
| Associate Professor (2008 - present) Department of Biology Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA |
| Assistant Professor (2003 - 2008) Department of Biology Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA |
| Research Associate and Lab Manager (1999 - 2003) Wen-Hsiung Li's Laboratory Department of Ecology and Evolution University of Chicago Chicago, IL |
| Research and Teaching Assistant (1995 - 1999) Robert Baker's Laboratory Department of Biology Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX |
| Consultant (summer 1997) Jon Longmire's Laboratory Life Sciences Division Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM |
| Researcher (1992 - 1995) Alla Rynditch's Laboratory Department of Molecular Oncogenetics Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics Kiev, Ukraine |
| Visiting Researcher (fall 1994) Jan Svoboda's Laboratory Department of Molecular Virology Institute of Molecular Genetics Prague, Czechia |
| Student Assistant (1991 - 1992) Sergei Lopato's Laboratory Department of Plant Molecular Biology Institute of Genetic Engineering Kiev, Ukraine |
| INTERESTS |
| * evolutionary genomics |
| * bioinformatics |
| * human genetics |
| * molecular evolution |
| * population genetics |
| * genetics of skin pigmentation in humans |
| * human DNA polymorphisms |
| * variation of mutation rate and pattern in the genome |
| * male-driven evolution |
| PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP |
| Member of Editorial Board of Genome Biology and Evolution and of Genome Research (present) |
| Member of the Annual Meeting travel award and Fitch Prize committee (2008) |
| Member of the Nominating Committee for the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (2006) |
| Member of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (1999 – present) |
| PROFESSIONAL SERVICE |
| Organizer of a symposium at the 11th Congress of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology (August 2007) |
| Member of the Nominating Committee for the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (2006) |
| Member of the Editorial Board of Biology Direct (since 2005) |
| Co-convener (together with Ross Hardison and Anton Nekrutenko) of the 24th Summer Symposium in Molecular Biology (University Park, PA, 2005) |
| Member of the Organizing Committee of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution (University Park, PA, 2004) |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| 41. Wilson, M., and Makova, K.D. 2009. Evolution and survival on eutherian sex chromosomes. PLoS Genetics 5: (7) e1000568. | |
| 40. Wilson, M., and Makova, K.D. 2009. Genomic analyses of sex chromosome evolution. Annual Reviews of Human Genetics and Genomics 10: 333-54. | |
| 39. Kvikstad, E.M., F. Chiaromonte, and K. D. Makova. 2009. Ride the wavelet: a multi-scale analysis of genomic contexts flanking small insertions and deletions. Genome Research 19: 1153-1164. | |
| 38. Park, C., and Makova K.D. 2009. Coding region structural heterogeneity and turnover of transcription start sites contribute to divergence in expression between duplicate genes. Genome Biology 10: R10. | |
| 37. Goto H, L. Peng, and K. D. Makova. 2009. Evolution of X-degenerate Y chromosome genes in greater apes: Conservation of gene content in human and gorilla, but not chimpanzee. Journal of Molecular Evolution 68: 134-144. | |
| 36. Allison N. Lau, Lei Peng, Hiroki Goto, Leona Chemnick, Oliver A. Ryder, and Kateryna D. Makova. 2009. Horse Domestication and Conservation Genetics of the Przewalski’s Horse Inferred from Sex Chromosomal and Autosomal Sequences. Molecular Biology and Evolution 26: 199-208. | |
| 35. Tyekucheva, S., K. D. Makova, J. E. Karro, R. C. Hardison, W. Miller, and F. Chiaromonte. 2008. Human-macaque comparisons illuminate variation in neutral substitution rates. Genome Biology 9: R76. | |
| 34. Kvikstad, E.M., Makova K.D. 2008. Rapid Evolution of Genes on the Human X-chromosome. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester. | |
| 33. Kelkar, Y., S. Tyekucheva, F. Chiaromonte, and K. D. Makova. 2008. The genome-wide determinants of microsatellite evolution. Genome Research 18: 30-38. | |
| 32. Kvikstad, E. M., S. Tyekucheva, F. Chiaromonte, and K. D. Makova. 2007. A macaque's-eye view of human insertions and deletions: differences in mechanisms. PLoS Computational Biology 3: (9) e176, 1772-1782. | |
| 31. Blankenberg, D., J. Taylor, I. Schenk, J. He, Y. Zhang, M. Ghent, N. Veeraraghavan, I. Albert, W. Miller, K. D. Makova, R. C. Hardison, and A. Nekrutenko. 2007. A framework for collaborative analysis of ENCODE data: Making large-scale analyses biologist-friendly. Genome Research 17: 960-964. | |
| 30. Rhesus Macaque Genome Sequencing and Analysis Consortium (K. D. Makova - member). 2007. Evolutionary and Biomedical Insights from the Rhesus Macaque Genome. Science 316: 222-234. | |
| 29. Carrel, L., C. Park, S. Tyekucheva, J. Dunn, F. Chiaromonte, and K. D. Makova. 2006. Genomic environment predicts expression patterns on the human inactive X chromosome. PLoS Genet 2: (9) e151. | |
| 28. Goetting-Minesky, M. P., and K. D. Makova. 2006. Mammalian Male Mutation Bias: Impacts of Generation Time and Regional Variation in Substitution Rates. Journal of Molecular Evolution 63: 537-544. | |
| 27. Chung, W. Y., R. Albert, I. Albert, A. Nekrutenko, and K. D. Makova. 2006. Rapid and asymmetric divergence of duplicate genes in the human gene coexpression network. BMC Bioinformatics 7: 46. | |
| 26. Taylor, J., S. Tyekucheva, M. Zody, F. Chiaromonte, and K. D. Makova. 2006. Strong and Weak Male Mutation Bias at Different Sites in the Primate Genomes: Insights from the Human-Chimpanzee Comparison. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23: 565-573. | |
| 25. Makova, K. D., and H. Norton. 2005. Worldwide polymorphism at the MC1R locus and normal pigmentation variation in humans. Peptides 10: 1901-1908. | |
| 24. The Chimpanzee Sequencing and Analysis Consortium (K. D. Makova - member). 2005. Initial sequence of the chimpanzee genome and comparison with the human genome. Nature 437: 69-87. | |
| 23. Nekrutenko, A., S. Wadhawan, P. Goetting-Minesky, and K. D. Makova. 2005. Oscillating Evolution of a Mammalian Locus with Overlapping Reading Frames: An XLas/ALEX Relay. PloS Genetics 2: 197-204. | |
| 22. Makova, K.D., S. Yang, and F. Chiaromonte. 2004. Indels are male-biased too: a whole genome analysis in rodents. Genome Research 14: 567-573. | |
| 21. Miller, W., K. D. Makova, A. Nekrutenko, and R. Hardison. 2004. Comparitive Genomics. Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics 5: 15-56. | |
| 20. Rat Genome Sequencing Project Consortium (K. D. Makova - member). 2004. Evolution of the Mammalian Genome: sequence of the genome of the brown Norwegian Rat. Nature 428: 493-521. | |
| 19. International Chicken Genome Sequencing Consortium (K. D. Makova - member). 2004. Sequence and comparitive analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution. Nature 432: 695-716. | |
| 18. Makova, K.D., and W.-H. Li. 2003. Divergence in the spatial pattern of gene expression between human duplicate genes. Genome Research 13: 1638-45. | |
| 17. John, P. R., K. D. Makova, W.-H. Li, T. Jenkins, and M. Ramsay. 2003. DNA polymorphism and selection at the melanocortin-1 receptor gene in normally pigmented southern African individuals. Ann N Y Acad Sci 994: 299-306. | |
| 16. Li, W.-H. and K. D. Makova. 2003. Molecular Clocks. Encyclopedia of the Human Genome (Nature Publishing Group) | |
| 15. Li, W.-H. and K. D. Makova. 2003. Domain duplication and gene elongation. Encyclopedia of the Human Genome (Nature Publishing Group) | |
| 14. Li, W.-H., S. Yi, and K. D. Makova. 2002. Current Opinions in Genetics and Development. Male-driven evolution 12: 650-656. | |
| 13. Mu, J., J. Duan, K. D. Makova, D. A. Joy, C. Q. Huynh, O. H. Branch, W.-H. Li, and X. Su. 2002. Chromosome-wide SNPs reveal an ancient origin for Plasmodium falciparum. Nature 418: 323-326. | |
| 12. Makova, K.D., and W.-H. Li. 2002. Strong male-driven evolution of DNA sequences in humans and apes. Nature 416: 624-626. | |
| 11. Nekrutenko, A., K. D. Makova, and W.-H. Li. 2002. The KA/KS ratio test for assessing the protein-coding potential of genomic regions: An empirical and simulation study. Genome Research 12: 198-202. | |
| 10. Makova, K. D., M. Ramsay, T. Jenkins, and W.-H. Li. 2001. Human DNA sequence variation in a 6.6-kilobase region containing the melanocortin 1 receptor promoter. Genetics 158: 1253-1268. | |
| 9. Liu*, J.-C., K. D. Makova*, R. M. Adkins, S. Gibson, and W.-H. Li. 2001. Periods of rapid evolution of growth hormone in primates and emergence of species specificity of growth hormone receptor. * These authors contributed equally to this work. Molecular Biology and Evolution 18: 945-953. | |
| 8. Li, W.-H. and K. D. Makova. 2001. Molecular Clocks. Encyclopedia of Genetics (Academic Press) | |
| 7. Longmire, J. L., J. L. Roach, M. Maltbie, P. S. White, O. L. Tatum, K. D. Makova, and D.C. Hahn. 2001. Tetranucleotide microsatellite markers for the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater). ournal of Avian Biology 32: 76-79. | |
| 6. Makova, K. D., A. Yu. Nekrutenko, and R. J. Baker. 2000. Evolution of Microsatellite Alleles in Four species of mice (genus Apodemus). Journal of Molecular Evolution 51: 166-172. | |
| 5. Nekrutenko, A., K. D. Makova, and R. J. Baker. 2000. Isolation of binary species-specific PCR-based markers and their value for systematic applications. Gene 249: 47-51. | |
| 4. Nekrutenko, A. Yu, K. D. Makova, R. K. Chesser, and R. J. Baker. 1999. Representational Difference Analysis to distinguish cryptic species. Molecular Ecology 8: 1235-1236. | |
| 3. Baker, R. J., K. D. Makova, and R. K. Chesser. 1999. Microsatellites indicate high frequency of multiple paternity in Apodemus (Rodentia). Molecular Ecology 8: 107-112. | |
| 2. Makova, K. D., J. C. Patton, R. K. Chesser, E. Yu. Krysanov, and R. J. Baker. 1998. Microsatellite markers in wood mouse and striped field mouse (genus Apodemus). Molecular Ecology 7: 247-248. | |
| 1. Makova, K. D., and J. C. Patton. 1998. Increased yield of tri- and tetranucleotide microsatellite markers from unenriched small-insert libraries. BioTechniques 24: 38-41. | |
| INVITED SEMINARS |
| University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. April 2008 (declined for health reasons). |
| Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. February 2008. |
| Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands. November 2007. |
| Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. October 2007. |
| Ecoles Normales Superieures, Lyon, France. August 2007. |
| University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden. August 2007. |
| Penn State Medical School, Hershey, PA. May 2007. |
| National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH. December 2006. |
| National Center for Biological Information, NIH. December 2006. |
| Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. November 2006. |
| Department of Biology, New York University, NY. October 2006. |
| Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. August 2006. |
| Washington University Medical School (Genome Sequencing Center), Saint Louis, MO. April 2006. |
| Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA. April 2006. |
| Philips Company (Research Division), Briarcliff Manor, NY. November 2005. |
| Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. October 2005. |
| Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. April 2005. |
| Center of Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. April 2005. |
| Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. March 2005. |
| Virtual Seminar in Genomics and Bioinformatics. December 2004. |
| Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. April 2004. |
| Genetics Program, Pennsylvania State University. University Park, PA. February 2004. |
| Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. November 2003. |
| University of Washington, Seattle, WA. April 2002. |
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. April 2002. |
| Penn State University, University Park, PA. March 2002. |
| State University of New York, Albany, NY. March 2002. |
| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. February 2002. |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA. February 2002. |
| University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. February 2002. |
| University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. January 2002. |
| National Center of Biological Information, Bethesda, MD. November 2001. |
| University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA. July 2001. |
| PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS |
| Invited Presentations |
| Studying Mutations in the Age of Statistical Genomics. Computational Molecular Biology Symposium at Carnegie Mellon. Pittsburgh, PA. April 2009. |
| Frontiers in Evolutionary Biology. 2008 Krishnaiah and Khatri Lecture Series. University Park, PA. October 2008. |
| Primate evolutionary genomics. A symposium on Anatomy, Development, and Evolution of the Brain at Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara, CA. April 2008 (declined for health reasons). |
| Male mutation bias and X chromosome inactivation in the age of genomics. First South African Bioinformatics Workshop. Johannesburg, South Africa. January 2007. |
| Male mutation bias in the age of genomics: who is in the driver's seat? Joint HUGO Pacific Meeting and Asia-Pacific Human Genetics Conference. Taipei, Taiwan. March 2006. |
| Male mutation bias in the age of genomics: who is in the driver's seat? Genomics of Closely Related Organisms Conference. Tucson, AZ. January 2006. |
| Male mutation bias in the age of genomics: who is in the driver's seat? Georgia Tech - Oak Ridge International Conference on Bioinformatics. Atlanta, GA. November 2005. |
| Worldwide polymorphism and selection at the melanocortin receptor (MC1R) gene and promoter. Fifth Internation Melanocortin Meeting. Sunriver Resort, OR. August 2002. |
| Worldwide sequence variation at the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) and its promoter. PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN. June 2001. |
| Oral Presentations (presenter is in bold) |
| Wilson, M.W., K. D. Makova. Evolution and Survival on Eutherian Sex Chromosomes. EES Summer School on Sex Chromosome Evolution. Frauenchiemsee, Bavaria, Germany. September 2008. (Wilson, M.) |
| Wilson, M.W., K. D. Makova. Evolution and Survival on Eutherian Sex Chromosomes. Invited Lecture at Aarhus University. Aarhus, Denmark. September 2008. (Wilson, M.) |
| Goto, H. , L. Peng, and K. D. Makova. Evolution of Y chromosome genes in primates (Workshop). Annual meeting for the society of evolutionary studies, Japan. Tokyo, JAPAN. August, 2008. (Goto, H.) |
| Kelkar, Y., S. Tyekucheva, F. Chiaromonte, and K. D. Makova, The Genome-Wide Determinants of Microsatellite Evolution. The Society for the Study of Evolution Annual meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. June 2008. (Kelkar, Y.) |
| Wilson, M.W., K. D. Makova. Evolution and Survival on Eutherian Sex Chromosomes. Evolution Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. June 2008. (Wilson, M.) |
| Kelkar, Y., S. Tyekucheva, F. Chiaromonte, and K. D. Makova. The genome-wide determinants of microsatellite evolution. The Genome Informatics conference. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories. Cold Spring Harbor, NY. November 2007. (Makova, K. D.) |
| Makova, K. D., and M. Wilson. What does it take to stay on sex chromosomes? A survival guide for genes. The 11th Congress of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology. Uppsala, Sweden. August 2007. (Makova, K. D.) |
| Kvikstad, E. M., S. Tyekucheva, F. Chiaromonte, and K. D. Makova. A macaque’s-eye view of human insertions and deletions: Regional rate variation and mechanisms of mutagenesis. The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Annual Meeting. Halifax, . (Kvikstad, E. M.) |
| Wilson, M., and K. D. Makova. A unique type of duplication: how do genes survive on sex chromosomes? The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Annual Meeting. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. June 2007. (Wilson, M.) |
| Kelkar, Y., and K. D. Makova. Sex chromosomes and microsatellites. The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Annual Meeting. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. June 2007. (Kelkar, Y.) |
| Makova, K. D. Male mutation bias in the age of genomics: Who should be in the driver's seat? International Congress of Human Genetics. Brisbane, Australia. August 2006. (Makova, K. D.) |
| Makova, K. D. Determining the mechanisms of mutagenesis using male mutation bias phenomenon. Australasian Mutation Detection Meeting. South Stradbroke Island, Australia. August 2006. (Makova, K. D.; selected for 1 hr Plenary Talk) |
| Makova, K. D., and M. P. Goetting-Minesky. Mammalian male mutation bias: Impacts of generation time and regional variation in substitution rates. Evolution Meeting. Stony Brook, NY. June 2006. (Makova, K. D.) |
| Park, C., L. Carrel, S. Tyekucheva, F. Chiaromonte, and K.D. Makova. Genomic environment predicts expression patterns on the inactive X chromosome. Evolution Meeting. Stony Brook, NY. June 2006. (Park, C.) |
| Kelkar, Y., and K. D. Makova. Microsatellite mutations in humans and chimpanzees. Evolution Meeting. Stony Brook, NY. June 2006. (Kelkar, Y.) |
| Kvikstad, E., and K. D. Makova. Contribution of insertion/deletion events to sex chromosome architecture as inferred from human-chimpanzee genomic alignments. Evolution Meeting. Stony Brook, NY. June 2006. (Kvikstad, E.) |
| Wilson, M., and K. D. Makova. Evolution of sex-linked genes versus their autosomal counterparts: A comparison between human, mouse and opossum. Evolution Meeting. Stony Brook, NY. June 2006.. (Wilson, M.) |
| Taylor, J., S. Tyekucheva, M. Zody, F. Chiaromonte, and K. D. Makova. Strong and Weak Male Mutation Bias at Different Sites of the Primate Genomes: Lessons from the Human-Chimpanzee Comparison. Evolution Meeting. Fairbanks, AK. June 2005. (Makova, K. D.) |
| Taylor, J., S. Tyekucheva, M. Zody, F. Chiaromonte, and K. D. Makova. Mutations at CpGs: are replication errors to blame? International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology. Glasgow, Scotland. August 2004. (Makova, K. D.) |
| Makova, K. D., S. Yang, and F. Chiaromonte. Indels are male-biased too: a whole genome analysis in rodents. Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. University Park, PA. June 2004. (Makova, K. D.) |
| Makova, K. D., and W. H. Li. Male-to-female mutation rate ratio estimated from homologous chromosome Y and chromosome 3 sequences. Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Annual Meeting. Athens, GA. 2001. (Makova, K. D.) |
| Makova, K. D., M. Ramsay, T. Jenkins, and W.-H. Li. High polymorphism at the Melanocortin 1 Receptor promoter. Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting. Bloomington, IN. 2000. (Makova, K. D.) |
| Makova, K. D., M. Ramsay, T. Jenkins, and W.-H. Li. High polymorphism at the Melanocortin 1 Receptor promoter. Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Annual Meeting. New Haven, CT. 2000. (Makova, K. D.) |
| Makova, K. D., and R. J. Baker. Microsatellite variation in Apodemus (Rodentia) in regions polluted after the Chernobyl accident. Second Annual Conference of the International Chornobyl Center: International Cooperation for Chernobyl. Slavutych, Ukraine 1. (Makova, K. D.) |
| Makova, K. D. Microsatellite markers indicate high frequency of multiple paternity in genus Apodemus. Texas Tech University Graduate Forum. Lubbock, TX. 1998. (Makova, K. D.) |
| Makova, K. D., and R. J. Baker. Microsatellite markers indicate high frequency of multiple paternity in genus Apodemus. Texas Genetics Society Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. 1998. (Makova, K. D.) |
| Makova, K. D. and R. J. Baker. Microsatellites in genus Apodemus with implications to multiple paternity and evolution of flanking sequences. Society for the Study of Evolution and Systematics Annual Meeting. Boulder, CO. 1997. (Makova, K. D.) |
| Makova, K. D. Microsatellite markers for wood mouse and striped field mouse. Texas Tech University Graduate Forum. Lubbock, TX. 1997. (Makova, K. D.) |
| Makova, K. D. Microsatellite markers for wood mouse and striped field mouse. Texas Society of Mammalogists Annual Meeting. Junction, TX. 1997. (Makova, K. D.; Award for the best presentation of the meeting (Packard's Award)) |
| Makova, K. D., and R. J. Baker. Mutation rate in Microtus oeconomus cyt b gene: variation in one more species from Chernobyl. American Society of Mammalogists Annual Meeting. Grand Forks, ND. 1996. (Makova, K. D.) |
| Posters |
| Park, C., and K. D. Makova. Coding region structural heterogeneity and turnover of transcript start sites contribute to divergence in expression. Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada. July 2008. |
| Kvikstad E.M., Chiaromonte, F., Makova K.D. Ride the wavelet: scale specific dynamics of genomic contexts flanking small insertions and deletions. The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Annual Meeting. Barcelona, Spain. June, 2008. |
| Kvikstad E.M., Chiaromonte, F., Makova K.D. Ride the wavelet: scale specific dynamics of genomic contexts flanking small insertions and deletions. The Biology of Genomes. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY. May, 2008. |
| Goto, H., Peng, L., K. D. Makova. Evolution of X-degenerate Y chromosome genes in greater apes: Conservation of gene content in human and gorilla, but not chimpanzee. The Biology of Genomes 2008, 21st Annual Meeting on Genome Science. Cold Spring Harbo. |
| Park, C., L. Carrel, S. Tyekucheva, F. Chiaromonte, and K. D. Makova. Unique genomic landscape underlies human X inactivation. The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Annual Meeting. Halifax, Canada. June 2007. |
| Kelkar, Y., S. Tyekucheva, F. Chiaromonte, and K. D. Makova. The genome-wide determinants of microsatellite evolution. The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Annual Meeting. Halifax, Canada. June 2007. |
| Kvikstad, E. M., S. Tyekucheva, F. Chiaromonte, and K. D. Makova. A macaque’s-eye view of human insertions and deletions: regional rate variation and mechanisms of mutagenesis. The Biology of Genomes. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY. May 2007. |
| Kvikstad, E. M., and K. D. Makova. Contribution of insertion/deletion events to sex chromosome architecture as inferred from human-chimpanzee genomic alignments. The Biology of Genomes. Cold Spring Harbor, NY. May 2006. |
| Park, C., L. Carrel, S. Tyekucheva, F. Chiaromonte, and K. D. Makova. Unique genomic landscape underlies human X inactivation. The Biology of Genomes. Cold Spring Harbor, NY. May 2006. |
| Taylor, J., S. Tyekucheva, M. Zody, F. Chiaromonte, and K. D. Makova. Strong and Weak Male Mutation Bias at Different Sites of the Primate Genomes: Lessons from the Human-Chimpanzee Comparison. The Biology Of Genomes. Cold Spring Harbor, NY. May 2005. |
| Chung, W.-Y, R. Albert, I. Albert, A. Nekrutenko, and K. D. Makova. Evolution and Robustness of Gene Co-Expression Networks: The Role of Duplicate Genes. Systems Biology: Global Regulation of Gene Expression. Cold Spring Harbor, NY. March 2005. |
| Makova, K. D., and W. H. Li. Strong male-driven evolution in hominoids revealed by homologous noncoding regions on Y and chromosome 3. Gordon Research Conference in Molecular Evolution. Ventura, CA. 2002. |
| Makova, K. D., and R. J. Baker. Allelic homoplasy at Tumor Necrosis Factor microsatellite. Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia. 1998. |
| Makova, K. D., and R. J. Baker. Allelic homoplasy at Tumor Necrosis Factor microsatellite. Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Annual Meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia. 1998. |
| Makova, K. D., and A. Rynditch. Identification of Rous sarcoma virus regions that stipulate its species tropism. International Scientific Practical Conference on problems of HIV/AIDS. Kiev. Ukraine. 1995. |