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Anastasia McKinlay

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Indiana University & HHMI, USA
Biography

Anastasia McKinlay is a Research Associate in Prof. Craig Pikaard’s lab, in the Department of Biology, Indiana University. With a background in molecular biology and genomics, she adapts ultra-long sequencing technologies and develops tools to study the highly repetitive ribosomal RNA gene-containing genomic loci, known as nucleolus organizer regions, or NORs.

Recent publications

Fultz, D., McKinlay, A., Enganti, R., and Pikaard, C. Sequence and epigenetic landscapes of active and silent nucleolus organizers in Arabidopsis. Sci. Adv. 9(44) (2023).
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj4509

McKinlay, A., Fultz, D., Wang, F., and Pikaard, C. Targeted enrichment of rRNA gene tandem arrays for ultra-long sequencing by selective restriction enzyme digestion. Front. Plant Sci. 12 (2021).
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.65604

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