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Grace McKown

Stowers Institute for Medical ResearchORCID 0009-0007-2168-6071Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genetics· 2 Developmental Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:Drosophila· 2 Organism:mouse· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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Cynthia J. StaberiD· 2 shared R. Scott HawleyiD· 2 shared Zulin YuiD· 2 shared Anna M. GalligosiD· 1 shared BORIS Y. RUBINSTEINiD· 1 shared Carrie Carmichael· 1 shared Dai TsuchiyaiD· 1 shared Jennifer L. GertoniD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprintMay 20, 2026

Nucleolar Dynamics During Oogenesis

Ruoyu Li, Grace McKown, Dai Tsuchiya…·Kamena K. Kostova

This study investigates nucleolar changes during zebrafish oogenesis and finds similar patterns in mouse oocytes, suggesting conserved nucleolar remodeling for translational adaptation.

DOI 10.64898/2026.05.19.726235

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GeneticsChromosomaPeer-reviewedNov 10, 2025

Using evolution as a tool: Replacing corolla in Drosophila melanogaster with its Drosophila mauritiana ortholog creates a novel hypomorphic allele

Stefanie Williams, Grace McKown, Zulin Yu…·R. Scott Hawley

The paper creates a hypomorphic allele of the Drosophila melanogaster corolla gene by replacing it with its D. mauritiana ortholog, revealing defects in SC maintenance and crossover distribution while avoiding severe phenotypes.

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintMay 16, 2025

The recombination landscape of Drosophila melanogaster can be repatterned by a single gene

Stacie E. Hughes, Cynthia J. Staber, Grace McKown…·R. Scott Hawley

Replacing the c(3)G gene in Drosophila melanogaster with that of Drosophila mauritiana alters crossover patterns, reducing the centromere effect and increasing centromere-proximal crossovers.

DOI 10.1101/2025.05.16.654569

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