Jacquelyn Evans, Ph.D.
2013 B.S. Genetics, Clemson University
2017 Ph.D. Genetics, Clemson University
Recent Publications:
Bell SM, Evans JM, Evans KM, Tsai KL, Noorai RE, Famula TR, Holle DM, Clark LA (2022). Congenital idiopathic megaesophagus in the German shepherd dog is a sex-differentiated trait and is associated with an intronic variable number tandem repeat in Melanin-Concentrating Hormone Receptor 2. PLOS Genetics 18(3):e1010044.
Abrams SR, Hawks AL, Evans JM, Famula TR, Mahaffey M, Johnson GS, Mason JM, Clark LA (2020). Variants in FtsJ RNA 2´-O-Methyltransferase 3 and Growth Hormone 1 are associated with small body size and a dental anomaly in dogs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117(40): 24929-24935.
Tsai KL, Vernau KM, Winger K, Zwueste DM, Sturges BK, Knipe M, Williams DC, Anderson KJ, Evans JM, Guo LT, Clark LA, Shelton GD (2019). Congenital myasthenic syndrome in Golden Retrievers is associated with a novel COLQ mutation. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 34(1), 258-265.
Tsai KL, Evans JM, Noorai RE, Starr-Moss AN, Clark LA (2019). Novel Y Chromosome Retrocopies in Canids Revealed through a Genome-Wide Association Study for Sex. Genes 10(4): 320.
Murphy SC, Evans JM, Tsai KL, Clark LA (2018). Length variations within the Merle retrotransposon of canine PMEL: correlating genotype with phenotype. Mobile DNA 9:26.
Cox ML, Evans JM, Davis AG, Guo LT, Levy JR, Starr-Moss AN, Salmela E, Hytonen MK, Lohi H, Campell KP, Clark LA, Shelton GD (2017). Exome sequencing reveals independent SGCD deletions causing limb girdle muscular dystrophy in Boston terriers. Skeletal Muscle 7:15.
Evans JM, Noorai RE, Tsai KL, Starr-Moss AN, Hill CM, Anderson KJ, Famula TR, Clark LA (2017). Beyond the MHC: A canine of dermatomyositis shows a complex pattern of genetic risk involving novel loci. PLoS Genetics 13(3): e1006604.
Evans JM, Cox ML, Huska J, Li F, Gaitero L, Guo LT, Casal ML, Granzier HL, Shelton GD, Clark LA (2016). Exome sequencing reveals a nebulin nonsense mutation in a dog model of nemaline myopathy. Mammalian Genome 27:495-502.
Evans, J.M., K.L. Tsai, A.N. Starr-Moss, J.M. Steiner, and L.A. Clark (2015) Association of DLA-DQB1 Alleles with Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Pembroke Welsh Corgis. Animal Genetics 46:462-465.