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Marlys Houck, B.S.

Damas, J., M. Corbo, J. Kim, J. Turner-Maier, M. Farré, D.M. Larkin, O.A. Ryder, C. Steiner, M.L. Houck, S. Hall, L. Shiue, S. Thomas, T. Swale, M. Daly, J. Korlach, M. Uliano-Silva, C.J. Mazzoni, B.W. Birren, D.P. Genereux, J. Johnson, K. Lindblad-Toh, E.K. Karlsson, M.T. Nweeia, R.N. Johnson, Zoonomia Consortium, H.A. Lewin. 2022. Evolution of the ancestral mammalian karyotype and syntenic regions. Evolution 119 (40). 1-12.

Hassanin, A., M.L. Houck, D. Tshikung, B. Kadjo, H. Davis, A. Ropiquet. 2018. Multi-locus phylogeny of the tribe Tragelaphini (Mammalia, Bovidae) and species delimitation in bushbuck: Evidence for chromosomal speciation mediated by interspecific hybridization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.08.006.

Zimkus, B.M., C.K. Hassapakis, M.L. Houck. 2018. Integrating current methods for the preservation of amphibian genetic resources and viable tissues to achieve best practices for species conservation. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 12(2). 1-27.

Houck, M.L., T.L. Lear, S.J. Charter. 2017. Animal cytogenetics. Pages 1055-1102 in The AGT Laboratory Manual, Fourth Edition. Edited by M. Arsham, M. Barch, and H. Lawce. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.

Steiner, C.C., M.L. Houck, O.A. Ryder. 2017. Genetic variation of complete mitochondrial genome sequences of the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis). Conservation Genetics. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-017-1011-1.

Lewis, S., M. Duncan, M.L. Houck, R. Bloch, H. Haefele. 2016. Congenital cleft palate and cardiac septal defects in a southern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 47. 876-878.

Steiner, C.C., S.J. Charter, N. Goddard, H. Davis, M. Brandt, M.L. Houck, O.A. Ryder. 2015. Chromosomal variation and perinatal mortality in San Diego Zoo Soemmerring’s gazelles. Zoo Biology 9999. 1-11.

Steiner, C.C., S.J. Charter, M.L. Houck, O.A. Ryder. 2014. Molecular phylogeny and chromosomal evolution of Alcelaphini (Antilopinae). Journal of Heredity 105. 324-333.

Suedmeyer, W.K., J. Pearce, M. Persky, M.L. Houck. 2014. Peters anomaly in a red kangaroo (Macropus rufus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 45. 715-718.

Kouba, A.J., R.E. Lloyd, M.L. Houck, A.J. Silla, N. Calatayud, V.L. Trudeau, J. Clulow, F. Molinia, C. Langhorne, C. Vance, L. Arregui, J. Germano, D. Lermen, G.D. Togna. 2013. Emerging trends for biobanking amphibian genetic resources: The hope, reality and challenges for the next decade. Biological Conservation 164. 10-21.

Dumas, F., M.L. Houck, F. Bigoni, P. Perelman, S.A. Romanenko, R. Stanyon. 2012. Chromosome painting of the pygmy tree shrew shows that no derived cytogenetic traits link primates and scandentia. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 136. 175-179.

Houck, M.L. 2012. Classical Cytogenetics: Karyotyping. Pages 187-202 in Human Stem Cell Manual, A Labratory Guide. Edited by J. Loring, and S. Peterson. Elsevier, London, England.

Mastromonaco, G.F., M.L. Houck, D.R. Bergfelt. 2012. Disorders of sexual development in wild and captive exotic animals. Sexual Development 6. 84-95.

Wong, P.B.Y., E.O. Wiley, W.E. Johnson, O.A. Ryder, S.J. O’Brien, D. Haussler, K.-P. Koepfli, M.L. Houck, P. Perelman, G. Mastromonaco, A.C. Bentley, B. Venkatesh, Y-P. Zhang, R.W. Murphy, G10KCOS. 2012. Tissue sampling methods and standards for vertebrate genomics. GigaScience. DOI: 10.1186/2047-217X-1-8.

Ben-Nun, I.F., S.C. Montague, M.L. Houck, H.T. Tran, I. Garitaonandia, T.R. Leonardo, Y.-C. Wang, S.J. Charter, L.C. Laurent, O.A. Ryder, J.F. Loring. 2011. Induced pluripotent stem cells from highly endangered species. . Nature Methods 8. 829-831.

Gomes, N.M.V., O.A. Ryder, M.L. Houck, S.J. Charter, W. Walker, N.R. Forsyth, S.N. Austad, C. Venditti, M. Pagel, J.W. Shay, W.E. Wright. 2011. Comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: Hypotheses on ancestral states and the roles of telomeres in longevity determination. Aging Cell 10. 761-768.

Hekkala, E., M.H. Shirley, G. Amato, J.D. Austin, S.J. Charter, J. Thorbjarnarson, K.A. Vliet, M.L. Houck, R. Desalle, M.J. Blum. 2011. An ancient icon reveals new mysteries: Mummy DNA resurrects a cryptic species within the Nile crocodile. Molecular Ecology 20. 4199-4215.

Steiner, C.C, M.L. Houck, O.A. Ryder. 2011. Species identification and chromosome variation of captive two-toed sloths. Zoo Biology 30. 623-635.

Chemnick, L.G., M.L. Houck, O.A. Ryder. 2009. Banking of genetic resources: The Frozen Zoo at the San Diego Zoo. Conservation Genetics in the Age of Genomics. Edited by G. Amato, R. DeSalle, O.A. Ryder, and H.C. Rosenbaum. Columbia University Press, New York, New York/United States of America.

Davis, B.W., T. Raudsepp, A.J. Pearks Wilkerson, R. Agarwala, A.A. Schaffer, M.L. Houck, B.P. Chowdhary, W.J. Murphy. 2009. A high-resolution cat radiation hybrid and integrated FISH mapping resource for phylogenomic studies across Felidae. Genomics 93. 299-304.

Romanov, M.N., E.M. Tuttle, M.L. Houck, W.S. Modi, L.G. Chemnick, M.L. Korody, E.M.S. Mork, C.A. Otten, T. Renner, K.C. Jones, S. Dandekar, J.C. Papp, Y. Da, E.D. Green, V. Magrini, M.T. Hickenbotham, J. Glasscock, S. McGrath, E.R. Mardis, O.A. Ryder. 2009. The value of avian genomics to the conservation of wildlife. BMC Genomics. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-S2-S10.

Trifonov, V.A., R. Stanyon, A.I. Nesterenko, B. Fu, P.L. Perelman, P.C.M. O'Brien, G. Stone, N.V. Rubtsova, M.L. Houck, T.J. Robinson, M.A. Ferguson-Smith, G. Dobigny, A.S. Graphodatsky, F. Yang. 2008. Multidirectional cross-species painting illuminates the history of karyotypic evolution in Perissodactyla. Chromosome Research 16. 89-107.

Houck, M.L., O.A. Ryder. 2006. Order Perissodactyla introduction. Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes. Edited by S.J. O’Brien, J.C. Menninger, and W.G. Nash. Wiley, Somerset, New Jersey/United States of America.

Houck, M.L., O.A. Ryder. 2006. Die Genetik der Tapiridae. Die Tapire. Edited by S. Todd, and U. Ganslosser. Filander Verlag, Furth, Germany.

Houck, M.L., O.A. Ryder. 2006. Die Genetik der Tapiridae. Pages 47-58 in Die Tapire. Edited by S. Todd, and U. Ganslosser. Filander Verlag, Furth, Germany.

Lear, T.L., M.L. Houck, J. Lundquist, J.A. Fronczek, E. Bailey. 2006. Chromosome evolution in Perissodactyls: Horse chromosome 1: 14th North American colloquium on animal cytogenetics and gene mapping. Chromosome Research 14. 214.

Benirschke, K., M.L. Houck, U. Streicher, T. Nadler. 2004. Cytogenetic aspects of langurs. Pages 37-40 in Conservation of Primates in Vietnam. Edited by T. Nadler, U. Streicher, and H. Thang Long. Frankfurt Zoological Society, Help for Threatened Wildlife, Vietnam Primate Conservation Programme, Ninh Bình, Vietnam.

Bigoni, F., M.L. Houck, O.A. Ryder, J. Wienberg, R. Stanyon. 2004. Chromosome painting shows that Pygathrix nemaeus has the most basal karyotype among Asian Colobinae. International Journal of Primatology 25. 679-688.

Mayor, M.I., J.A. Sommer, M.L. Houck, J.R. Zaonarivelo, P.C. Wright, C. Ingram, S.R. Engel, E.E. Louis Jr. 2004. Specific Status of Propithecus spp. International Journal of Primatology 25. 875-900.

Houck, M.L. 2003. Cytogenetic correlates of reproductive failure in species/subspecies crosses in zoos: 13th North American colloquium on animal cytogenetics and gene mapping. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 102. 355-362.

Houck, M.L. 2003. Cytogenetic correlates of reproductive failure in species/subspecies crosses in zoos: Abstracts of the 13th North American colloquium on animal cytogenetics and gene mapping. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 102. 355-362.

Karaman, M.W., M.L. Houck, L.G. Chemnick, S. Nagpal, D. Chawannakul, D. Sudano, B.L. Pike, W. Ho, O.A. Ryder, J.G. Hacia. 2003. Comparative analysis of gene-expression patterns in human and African great ape cultured fibroblasts. Genome Research 13. 1619-1630.

Lear, T.L., M.L. Houck, O.A. Ryder. 2003. Comparative cytogenetics and gene mapping in rhinoceroses. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 102. 357.

Mains, C.M., T.L. Lear, M.L. Houck, R. Tallmadge, D. Antczak, E. Bailey. 2003. Comparative mapping of the Major Histcompatability Complex Locus in the family Equidae: 13th North American colloquium on animal cytogenetics and gene mapping. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 102. 355-362.

Myka, J.L., T.L. Lear, M.L. Houck, O.A. Ryder, E. Bailey. 2003. Homologous fission event(s) implicated for chromosomal polymorphisms among five species in the genus Equus. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 102. 217-221.

Myka, J.L., T.L. Lear, M.L. Houck, O.A. Ryder, E. Bailey. 2003. A comparative gene map for the onager, Equus hemionus onager. . Cytogenetic and Genome Research 102. 358.

Myka, J.L., T.L. Lear, M.L. Houck, O.A. Ryder, E. Bailey. 2003. Conservation of a Robertsonian chromosome polymorphism in the Equidae. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 102. 358.

Myka, J.L., T.L. Lear, M.L. Houck, O.A. Ryder, E. Bailey. 2003. FISH analysis comparing genome organization in the domestic horse (Equus caballus) to that of the Mongolian wild horse (E. przewalskii). Cytogenetic and Genome Research 102. 222-225.

Suedmeyer, W.K., M.L. Houck, J. Kreeger. 2003. Klinefelter syndrome (39, XXY) in an adult Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 34. 96-99.

Raudsepp, T., M.L. Houck, P.C. O’Brien, M.A. Ferguson-Smith, O.A. Ryder, B.P. Chowdhary. 2002. Cytogenetic analysis of California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) chromosomes: comparison with chicken (Gallus gallus) macrochromosomes. . Cytogenetic and Genome Research 98. 54-60.

Houck, M.L., A.T. Kumamoto, D.S. Gallagher Jr., K. Benirschke. 2001. Comparative cytogenetics of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus). Cytogenetic and Genome Research 93. 249-252.

Kumamoto, A.T., M.L. Houck. 2001. Cytogenetic identification of a hybrid owl monkey, Aotus nancymaae x Aotus lemurinus griseimembra. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 32. 130-133.

Lear, T.L., M.L. Houck, Y.W. Zhang, L.A. Debnar, M.R. Sutherland-Smith, L. Young, K.L. Jones, K. Benirschke. 2001. Trisomy 17 in a bonobo (Pan paniscus) and deletion of 3q in a lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla): comparison with human trisomy 18 and deletion 4q syndrome. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 95. 228-233.

Houck, M.L., S.C. Kingswood, A.T. Kumamoto. 2000. Comparative cytogenetics of tapirs, genus Tapirus (Perissodactyla, Tapiridae). Cytogenetic and Genome Research 89. 110-115.

Kingswood, S.C., A.T. Kumamoto, S.J. Charter, M.L. Houck, K. Benirschke. 2000. Chromosomes of the antelope genus Kobus (Artiodactyla, Bovidae): Karyotypic divergence by centric fusion rearrangements. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 91. 128-133.

Houck, M.L., A.T. Kumamoto, R.M. Cabrera, K. Benirschke. 1998. Chromosomal rearrangements in a Somali wild ass pedigree, Equus africanus somaliensis (Perissodactyla, Equidae). Cytogenetic and Genome Research 80. 117-122.

Gallagher, D.S., M.L. Houck, A.M. Ryan, J.E. Womack, A.T. Kumamoto. 1996. A karyotypic analysis of the lesser Malay chevrotain, Tragulus javanicus (Artiodactyla: Tragulidae). Chromosome Research 4. 545-551.

Kumamoto, A.T., S.J. Charter, M.L. Houck, M. Frahm. 1996. Chromosomes of Damaliscus (Artiodactyla,Bovidae): Simple and complex centric fusion rearrangements. Chromosome Research 4. 614-621.

Houck, M.L., O.A. Ryder, A.T. Kumamoto, K. Benirschke. 1995. Cytogenetics of the Rhinocerotidae . Verhandlungsbericht des Internationalen Symposiums uber die Erkrankungen der Zootiere 37. 25-32.

Houck, M.L., O.A. Ryder, J. Váhala, R.A. Kock, J.E. Oosterhuis. 1994. Diploid chromosome number and chromosomal variation in the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) . Journal of Heredity 85. 30-34.

Houck, M.L. 1992. Cytogenetic techniques and their application to conservation biology.  Proceedings of the Association of Zoo Veterinary Technicians 12th Annual Meeting 104-106.

Houck, M.L. 1992. Cytogenetic techniques and their application to conservation biology . Pages 104-106 in Proceedings of the Association of Zoo Veterinary Technicians 12th Annual Meeting . Association of Zoo Veterinary Technicians, Yulee, Florida.

Ryder, O.A., R.E. Benveniste, J. Jr. George, L.G. Chemnick, M.L. Houck, A.T. Kumamoto. 1989. Molecular and chromosomal evolution in the mammalian order Perissodactyla . Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. Supplement 13. 104.

Ryder, O.A., M.L. Houck, A.T. Kumamoto. 1987. Rhinoceros genetics: State of the art and application to conservation measures . American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Annual Conference Proceedings 1987. 710-714.

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