Mika Asai-Coakwell
Assistant Professor- Address
- 6D26 - 51 Campus Drive
Research Area(s)
- Bovine molecular genetics
- Genetics of development and disease in livestock species
- Ocular genetics in livestock and companion animals
- Genomics
Department
Animal and Poultry Science
Education
- Ph.D., ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
- M.Sc., University of Saskatchewan
- B.Sc., University of Saskatchewan
Selected Publications
Asai-Coakwell, M., March, L., Dai, X.H., Duval, M., Lopez, I., French, C.R., Famulski, J., De Baere, E., Francis, P.J., Sundaresan, P., Sauvé, Y., Koenekoop, R.K., Berry, F.B., Allison, W.T., Waskiewicz, A.J., Lehmann, O.J. 2013. Contribution of growth differentiation factor 6-dependent cell survival to early-onset retinal dystrophies. Human Molecular Genetics, 22(7): 1432-1442. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/dds560
Ye, M., Berry-Wynne, K.M., Asai-Coakwell, M., Sundaresan, P., Footz, T., French, C.R., Abitbol, M., Fleisch, V.C., Corbett, N., Allison, W.T., Drummond, G., Walter, M.A., Underhill, T.M., Waskiewicz, A.J., and Lehmann, O.J. 2010. Mutation of the bone morphogenetic protein GDF3 causes ocular and skeletal anomalies. Human Molecular Genetics, 19(2): 287-298. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddp496
Asai-Coakwell, M., French, C.R., Ye, M., Garcha, K., Bigot, K., Perera, A.G., Staehling-Hampton, K., Mema, S.C., Chanda, B., Mushegian, A., Bamforth, S., Doschak, M.R., Li, G., Dobbs, M.B., Giampietro, P.F., Brooks, B.P., Vijayalakshmi, P., Sauvé, Y., Abitbol, M., Sundaresan, P., Heyningen, V.V., Pourquié, O., Underhill, T.M., Waskiewicz, A.J., Lehmann, O.J. 2009. Incomplete penetrance and phenotypic variability characterize Gdf6-attributable oculo-skeletal phenotypes. Human Molecular Genetics, 18(6): 1110-1121. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddp008
Chanda, B., Asai-Coakwell, M., Ye, M., Mungall, A.J., Barrow, M., Dobyns, W.B., Behesti, H., Sowden, J.C., Carter, N.P., Walter, M.A., and Lehmann, O.J. 2008. Human Molecular Genetics, 17(22): 3446-3458. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddn238
Asai-Coakwell, M., French, C.R., Berry, K.M., Ye, M., Koss, R., Somerville, M., Mueller, R., van Heyningen, V., Waskiewicz, A.J., and Lehmann, O.J. 2007. GDF6, a novel locus for a spectrum of ocular developmental anomalies. American Journal of Human Genetics, 80(2): 306-315. https://doi.org/10.1086/511280
Asai, M., Berryere, T.G., and Schmutz, S,M. 2004. The scurs locus in cattle maps to bovine chromosome 19. Animal Genetics, 35: 34-39. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2003.01079.x