Mika Asai-coakwell
Assistant Professor
Animal and Poultry Science
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Biography
Dr. Mika Asai-Coakwell has received his PhD in Animal and Poultry Science from ETH University, Switzerland. Currently she is working as Assistant Professor, Department of Animal and Poultry Science in University of Saskatchewan. Her research area includes Bovine Molecular Genetics, Genetics of Development and Disease in Livestock species, etc. She have authored several research articles.
Research Interest
Bovine Molecular Genetics, Genetics of Development and Disease in Livestock species, Ocular Genetics in Livestock and Companion animals, Genomics
Publications
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Asai M, Berryere TG, Schmutz SM. The scurs locus in cattle maps to bovine chromosome 19. Animal Genetics. 2004 Feb 1;35(1):34-9.
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Asai-Coakwell M, French CR, Ye M, Garcha K, Bigot K, Perera AG, Staehling-Hampton K, Mema SC, Chanda B, Mushegian A, Bamforth S. Incomplete penetrance and phenotypic variability characterize Gdf6-attributable oculo-skeletal phenotypes. Human molecular genetics. 2009 Jan 6;18(6):1110-21.
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Asai-Coakwell M, March L, Dai XH, DuVal M, Lopez I, French CR, Famulski J, De Baere E, Francis PJ, Sundaresan P, Sauvé Y. Contribution of growth differentiation factor 6-dependent cell survival to early-onset retinal dystrophies. Human molecular genetics. 2013 Jan 9;22(7):1432-42.
