Melissa Harris
- Grad Group: Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
- Major Professor: Carol A. Erickson
- Lab Phone: 530.752.3634
- Email Melissa
Degrees
- BS - University of California, Davis - Genetics - 2000
- PhD - University of California, Davis - Cell and Developmental Biology - 2008
Research Interest Summary
Pigment patterning in early development
Research Interests
Pigment patterning in early development
Publications
- Harris ML, Erickson CA (2008) Overcoming ephrin repulsion along the dorsolateral melanoblast migratory pathway through upregulation of the G-protein coupled receptor, Ednrb2. In preparation
- Kasemeier-Kulesa JC, Harris ML, Erickson CA (2007) Sema3a does not guide trunk neural crest cell migration in the avian embyo. In preparation
- De Freitas PF, Borges ME, Ferreira Fde F, Portella ACP, Harris ML, Erickson CA, Faraco CD (2007) The distribution of ephrins and PNA-positive glycocongugates is correlated with atypical melanoblast migration in Silky chicken embryos. In revision, submitted Developmental Dynamic
- Harris ML, Erickson CA (2007) Lineage specification in patterning the neural crest. Review, Developmental Dynamics 236, 1-19
- Toonen RJ, Locke M, Grosberg RK. (2004) Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci from the Dungeness crab, Cancer magister. Molecular Ecology Notes 4, 30-32.
- Locke MM, Penedo MC, Bricker SJ, Millon LV, Murray JD (2002) Linkage of the grey coat color locus to microsatellites on horse chromosome 25. Animal Genetics 33, 329-37.
- Locke MM, Ruth LS, Millon LV, Penedo MC, Murray JD, Bowling AT (2001) The cream dilution gene, responsible for the palomino and buckskin coat colors, maps to horse chromosome 21. Animal Genetics 32, 340-3.
- Locke MM, Baack E, Toonen R. Strand Manual for DNA Analysis. (2000) www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/informatics/STRand/docs/STRand_Manual.pdf