Publications

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Mika, K. and Lynch, V.J. (2022). Transposable elements continuously remodel the regulatory landscape, transcriptome, and function of decidual stromal cells. Genome Biology and Evolution, 14 (12), evac164. Link

Mika, K., Whittington, C.M., McAllan, B.M., and Lynch, V.J. (2022). Gene expression phylogenies and ancestral transcriptome reconstruction resolves major transitions in the origins of pregnancy. eLife, 11:e74297 Link

Mika, K., Marinic, M., Singh, M., Muter, J., Brosens, J.J., and Lynch, V.J. (2021). Evolutionary transcriptomics implicates new genes and pathways in human pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes. eLife, 10:e69584. Link

Mika, K., Okamoto, A.S., Shubin, N.H., and Welch, D.B.M. (2021). Bacterial community dynamics during embryonic development of the little skate (Leucoraja erinacea). Animal Microbiome, 3, 72. Link

Marinic, M., Mika, K., Chigurupati, S., and Lynch, V.J. (2021). Evolutionary transcriptomics implicates HAND2 in the origins of implantation and regulation of gestation length. eLife, 10:e61257. Link

Fry, E., Kim, S.K., Chigurupati, S., Mika, K.M., Ratan, A., Dammermann, A., Mitchell, B.J., Miller, W., and Lynch, V.J. (2020). Functional Architecture of Deleterious Genetic Variants in the Genome of a Wrangel Island Mammoth, 12(3), 48-58. Link

Mika, K.M., Li, X., DeMayo, F.J., and Lynch, V.J. (2018). An ancient fecundability-associated polymorphism creates a new GATA2 binding site in a distal enhancer of HLA-F. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 103, 509-521. Link

Hoekstra, L. A., Julick, C. R., Mika, K. M., and Montooth, K. L. (2018). Energy demand and the context‐dependent effects of genetic interactions underlying metabolism. Evolution Letters, 2(2), 102-113. Link

Trizzno, M., Park, Y., Holsbach-Beltrame, M., Aracena, K., Mika, K., Caliskan, M., Perry, G.H., Lynch, V.J., and Brown, C.D. (2017). Transposable elements are the primary source of novelty in primate gene regulation. Genome Research, 27, 1623-1633. Link

Mika, K.M. and Lynch, V.J., (2016). An ancient fecundability-associated polymorphism switches a repressor into an enhancer of endometrial TAP2 expression. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 99(5), 1059-1071. Link

Sulak, M., Fong, L., Mika, K., Chigurupati, S., Yon, L., Mongan, N.P., Emes, R.D. and Lynch, V.J., (2016). TP53 copy number expansion is associated with the evolution of increased body size and an enhanced DNA damage response in elephants. eLife, 5:e11994. Link