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Maya Spichal

University of North Carolina at Chapel HillORCID 0000-0002-1043-1715Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genetics· 2 Developmental Biology· 1

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Organism:C. elegans· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Bree Heestand· 3 shared Shawn Cameron AhmediD· 3 shared Katherine Kretovich BillmyreiD· 2 shared Matt SimoniD· 2 shared Stephen Frenk· 2 shared Ahna R. SkopiD· 1 shared Aisa Sakaguchi· 1 shared Alicia S. WellmaniD· 1 shared

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintMay 13, 2025

DAF-16/Foxo suppresses the transgenerational sterility of prg-1 piRNA mutants via a systemic small RNA pathway

Matt Simon, Maya Spichal, Bree Heestand…·Shawn Cameron Ahmed

4 citations

C. elegansexperimental assay

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Developmental BiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedMar 3, 2021

A reproductive arrest program triggered by defects in Piwi and germ granules

Maya Spichal, Bree Heestand, Katherine Kretovich Billmyre…·Shawn Cameron Ahmed

The paper shows that defects in Piwi and germ granules in C. elegans lead to reproductive arrest through altered germ granules, not transposon activation, causing sterility.

35 citations

C. elegansexperimental assay

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GeneticsPLoS GeneticsPeer-reviewedMar 28, 2019

The conserved phosphatase GSP-2/PP1 promotes germline immortality via small RNA-mediated genome silencing during meiosis

Katherine Kretovich Billmyre, Anna-Lisa Doebley, Maya Spichal…·Shawn Cameron Ahmed

This paper identifies a meiosis-specific function of the phosphatase GSP-2 in promoting germ cell immortality through small RNA-mediated genome silencing in C. elegans.

8 citations

C. elegansstatistical model

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