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Merritt Khaipho-Burch

Cornell UniversityORCID 0000-0002-1503-6853Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 3 Organism:zebrafish· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Research Focus:variant effect prediction· 1

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Genetic variation at transcription factor binding sites largely explains phenotypic heritability in maize

Julia Engelhorn, Samantha J. Snodgrass, Amelie Kok, Arun Somwarpet Seetharam, Michael C. Schneider, Tatjana Kiwit, Ayush Singh, Michael Banf, Duong Thi Hai Doan, Merritt Khaipho-Burch, Daniel E. Runcie, Víctor A. Sánchez-Camargo, Rechien Bader, J. Vladimir Torres‐Rodríguez, Guangchao Sun, , Thomas Hartwig

The paper identifies genetic variants at transcription factor binding sites that explain a large portion of phenotypic heritability in maize under different water conditions.

Nature Genetics · Aug 11, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics

Haplotype Associated RNA Expression (HARE) Improves Prediction of Complex Traits in Maize

Anju Giri, Merritt Khaipho-Burch, Edward S. Buckler, Guillaume P. Ramstein

This paper introduces HARE, a method for imputing cis haplotype-associated RNA expression to improve genomic prediction of complex traits across maize populations.

PLoS Genetics · Oct 4, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetics

Variation in upstream open reading frames contributes to allelic diversity in protein abundance

Joseph L. Gage, Sujina Mali, Fionn McLoughlin, Merritt Khaipho-Burch, Brandon Monier, Julia N. Bailey-Serres, Richard David Vierstra, Edward S. Buckler

The paper shows that variations in upstream open reading frames (uORFs) affect protein abundance by repressing or derepressing translation of the main open reading frame (mORF), contributing to allelic diversity in protein levels.

bioRxiv · May 25, 2021 · PreprintGenomics