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Rebecca Zufall

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Houston
DepartmentBiology
Address4800 Calhoun Rd
Houston TX 77004
Phone713-743-8172
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    R01GM101352     (ZUFALL, REBECCA)May 1, 2013 - Apr 30, 2018
    NIH/NIGMS
    Mutation accumulation in the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Dunthorn M, Zufall RA, Chi J, Paszkiewicz K, Moore K, Mahé F. Meiotic Genes in Colpodean Ciliates Support Secretive Sexuality. Genome Biol Evol. 2017 Jun 01; 9(6):1781-1787. PMID: 28854634.
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    2. Warren A, Patterson DJ, Dunthorn M, Clamp JC, Achilles-Day UEM, Aescht E, Al-Farraj SA, Al-Quraishy S, Al-Rasheid K, Carr M, Day JG, Dellinger M, El-Serehy HA, Fan Y, Gao F, Gao S, Gong J, Gupta R, Hu X, Kamra K, Langlois G, Lin X, Lipscomb D, Lobban CS, Luporini P, Lynn DH, Ma H, Macek M, Mackenzie-Dodds J, Makhija S, Mansergh RI, Martín-Cereceda M, McMiller N, Montagnes DJS, Nikolaeva S, Ong'ondo GO, Pérez-Uz B, Purushothaman J, Quintela-Alonso P, Rotterová J, Santoferrara L, Shao C, Shen Z, Shi X, Song W, Stoeck T, La Terza A, Vallesi A, Wang M, Weisse T, Wiackowski K, Wu L, Xu K, Yi Z, Zufall R, Agatha S. Beyond the "Code": A Guide to the Description and Documentation of Biodiversity in Ciliated Protists (Alveolata, Ciliophora). J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2017 Jul; 64(4):539-554. PMID: 28061024.
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    3. Long H, Winter DJ, Chang AY, Sung W, Wu SH, Balboa M, Azevedo RBR, Cartwright RA, Lynch M, Zufall RA. Low Base-Substitution Mutation Rate in the Germline Genome of the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophil. Genome Biol Evol. 2016 12 01; 8(12):3629-3639. PMID: 27635054.
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    4. Dimond KL, Zufall RA. Hidden genetic variation in the germline genome of Tetrahymena thermophila. J Evol Biol. 2016 Jun; 29(6):1284-92. PMID: 26998689; PMCID: PMC4899097 [Available on 06/01/17].
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    5. Dunthorn M, Zufall RA, Lobban C. Report of the 2014 joint workshop of the international research coordination network for biodiversity of ciliates and the british society for protist biology. Eur J Protistol. 2015 Feb; 51(1):118-9. PMID: 25721365.
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    6. Long H, Zufall RA. Mutational robustness of morphological traits in the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila. J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2015 Mar-Apr; 62(2):249-54. PMID: 25227613; PMCID: PMC4346436.
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    7. Phadke SS, Paixão T, Pham T, Pham S, Zufall RA. Genetic background alters dominance relationships between mat alleles in the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila. J Hered. 2014 Jan-Feb; 105(1):130-5. PMID: 24190504.
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    8. Long HA, Paixão T, Azevedo RB, Zufall RA. Accumulation of spontaneous mutations in the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila. Genetics. 2013 Oct; 195(2):527-40. PMID: 23934880; PMCID: PMC3781978.
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    9. Spring KJ, Pham S, Zufall RA. Chromosome copy number variation and control in the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata. PLoS One. 2013; 8(2):e56413. PMID: 23437129; PMCID: PMC3577910.
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    10. Spring KJ, Zufall RA. Chilodonella uncinata is not pathogenic to Culex pipiens mosquitoes. J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2013 May-Jun; 60(3):317-20. PMID: 23413784.
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    11. Graur D, Zheng Y, Price N, Azevedo RB, Zufall RA, Elhaik E. On the immortality of television sets: "function" in the human genome according to the evolution-free gospel of ENCODE. Genome Biol Evol. 2013; 5(3):578-90. PMID: 23431001; PMCID: PMC3622293.
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    12. Zufall RA, Dimond KL, Doerder FP. Restricted distribution and limited gene flow in the model ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila. Mol Ecol. 2013 Feb; 22(4):1081-91. PMID: 23094694.
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    13. Phadke SS, Cooper L, Zufall RA. Is Evolution of Mating Preferences Inevitable? Random Mating in the Multisex System of Tetrahymena thermophila. Int J Evol Biol. 2012; 2012:201921. PMID: 23056994; PMCID: PMC3465944.
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    14. Zufall RA, Sturm M, Mahon BC. Evolution of germline-limited sequences in two populations of the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata. J Mol Evol. 2012 Apr; 74(3-4):140-6. PMID: 22411695.
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    15. Vanaphan N, Dauwalder B, Zufall RA. Diversification of takeout, a male-biased gene family in Drosophila. Gene. 2012 Jan 10; 491(2):142-8. PMID: 22020223.
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    16. Paixão T, Phadke SS, Azevedo RB, Zufall RA. Sex ratio evolution under probabilistic sex determination. Evolution. 2011 Jul; 65(7):2050-60. PMID: 21729059.
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    17. Long H, Zufall RA. Diverse modes of reproduction in the marine free-living ciliate Glauconema trihymene. BMC Microbiol. 2010 Apr 13; 10:108. PMID: 20388205; PMCID: PMC2873486.
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    18. McGrath CL, Zufall RA, Katz LA. Variation in macronuclear genome content of three ciliates with extensive chromosomal fragmentation: a preliminary analysis. J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2007 May-Jun; 54(3):242-6. PMID: 17552979.
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    19. Zufall RA, Katz LA. Micronuclear and macronuclear forms of beta-tubulin genes in the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata reveal insights into genome processing and protein evolution. J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2007 May-Jun; 54(3):275-82. PMID: 17552983.
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    20. Zufall RA, McGrath CL, Muse SV, Katz LA. Genome architecture drives protein evolution in ciliates. Mol Biol Evol. 2006 Sep; 23(9):1681-7. PMID: 16760419.
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    21. Zufall RA, Robinson T, Katz LA. Evolution of developmentally regulated genome rearrangements in eukaryotes. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 2005 Sep 15; 304(5):448-55. PMID: 16032699.
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    22. Zufall RA, Rausher MD. Genetic changes associated with floral adaptation restrict future evolutionary potential. Nature. 2004 Apr 22; 428(6985):847-50. PMID: 15103375.
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    23. Rutter MT, Zufall RA. Pathway length and evolutionary constraint in amino acid biosynthesis. J Mol Evol. 2004 Feb; 58(2):218-24. PMID: 15042343.
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    24. Zufall RA, Rausher MD. The genetic basis of a flower color polymorphism in the common morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea). J Hered. 2003 Nov-Dec; 94(6):442-8. PMID: 14691310.
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