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Linda Ballard
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IT Specialist

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Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Reference genomes of channel catfish and blue catfish reveal multiple pericentric chromosome inversions Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Waldbieser, G.C., Liu, S., Yuan, Z., Older, C.E., Gao, D., Shi, C., Bosworth, B.G., Li, N., Boa, L., Kirby, M.A., Jin, Y., Wood, M.L., Scheffler, B.E., Simpson, S.A., Youngblood, R.C., Duke, M.V., Ballard, L.L., Phillipy, A., Koren, S., Liu, Z. 2023. Reference genomes of channel catfish and blue catfish reveal multiple pericentric chromosome inversions. BMC Biology. 21:67. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-023-01556-8.
Development of nuclear microsatellite markers to facilitate germplasm conservation and population genetics studies of five groups of tropical perennial plants with edible fruits and shoots: ranbutan (Nephelium lappaceumt) Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Arias De Ares, R.S., Ballard, L.L., Duke, M.V., Simpson, S.A., Liu, X.F., Orner, V.A., Sobolev, V., Scheffler, B.E., Martinez-Castillo, J. 2020. Development of nuclear microsatellite markers to facilitate germplasm conservation and population genetics studies of five groups of tropical perennial plants with edible fruits and shoots: ranbutan (Nephelium lappaceumt). Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-020-00965-w.
New tools to screen wild peanut species for aflatoxin accumulation and genetic fingerprinting Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Arias De Ares, R.S., Sobolev, V., Massa, A.N., Orner, V.A., Walk, T., Simpson, S.A., Ballard, L.L., Puppala, N., Scheffler, B.E., De Blass, F., Tallury, S.P., Guillermo, S. 2018. New tools to screen wild peanut species for aflatoxin accumulation and genetic fingerprinting. Biomed Central (BMC) Plant Biology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-018-1355-9.
Genome sequences of three strains of Aspergillus flavus for the biological control of Aflatoxin Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Weaver, M.A., Scheffler, B.E., Duke, M.V., Ballard, L.L., Abbas, H.K., Grodowitz, M.J. 2017. Genome sequences of three strains of Aspergillus flavus for the biological control of Aflatoxin. American Society for Microbiology, Genome Announcements. 5(44):e01204-e01217x. https://doi:10.1128/genomeA.01204-17.
Naturally occurring high oleic acid cottonseed oil: identification and functional analysis of a mutant allele of Gossypium barbadense fatty acid desaturase-2 - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Shockey, J., Dowd, M., Mack, B., Gilbert, M., Scheffler, B., Ballard, L., Frelichowski, J., Mason, C. 2017. Naturally occurring high oleic acid cottonseed oil: identification and functional analysis of a mutant allele of Gossypium barbadense fatty acid desaturase-2. Planta. 245:611-622.
Colistin resistance mcr-1 gene bearing Escherichia coli from the United States - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Meinersmann, R.J., Ladely, S.R., Plumblee Lawrence, J.R., Hall, M.C., Simpson, S.A., Ballard, L.L., Scheffler, B.E., Genzlinger, L.L., Cook, K.L. 2016. Colistin resistance mcr-1 gene bearing Escherichia coli from the United States. Genome Announcements. 4(5):898-16.
The channel catfish genome sequence provides insights into the evolution of scale formation in teleosts - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Liu, Z., Liu, S., Yao, J., Bao, L., Jiang, C., Want, R., Sun, L., Li, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, J., Zhou, T., Zeng, Q., Fu, Q., Gao, S., Li, N., Koren, S., Jiang, Y., Zimim, A., Xu, P., Phillippy, A., Geng, X., Song, L., Sun, F., Li, C., Want, X., Chen, A., Jin, Y., Yuan, Z., Yang, Y., Tan, S., Peatman, E., Lu, J., Qin, Z., Dunham, R., Li, Z., Sonstegard, T.S., Feng, J., Danzmann, R.G., Schroeder, S.G., Scheffler, B.E., Duke, M.V., Ballard, L.L., Kucuktas, H., Kaltenboeck, L., Liu, H., Armbruster, J., Xie, Y., Kirby, M.A., Tian, Y., Moore Flanagan, M.E., Mu, W., Waldbieser, G.C. 2016. The channel catfish genome sequence provides insights into the evolution of scale formation in teleosts. Nature Communications. 7:11757.
Development of a large set of microsatellite markers in Zapote Maney (Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) (H.E. Moore & Stearn) and their potential use in the study of the species - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Arias De Ares, R.S., Castillo, J.M., Sobolev, V., Blancarte-Jasso, N.H., Simpson, S.A., Ballard, L.L., Duke, M.V., Liu, X.F., Irish, B.M., Scheffler, B.E. 2015. Development of a large set of microsatellite markers in Zapote Maney (Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) (H.E. Moore & Stearn) and their potential use in the study of the species. Molecules. 20(60):11400-11417.
Complete genome sequence of an attenuated Sparfloxacin-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae strain 138spar - (Other)
Wei Pridgeon, Y., Zhang, D., Zhang, L., Ballard, L.L., Scheffler, B.E. 2014. Complete genome sequence of an attenuated Sparfloxacin-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae strain 138spar. Genbank. Accession No. CP007565.1.
Development and characterization of seashore paspulum SSR markers and identification of markers associated with salt tolerance - (Abstract Only)
Harris-Shultz, K.R., Raymer, P., Duke, M.V., Ballard, L.L., Scheffler, B.E., Arias De Ares, R.S. 2012. Development and characterization of seashore paspulum SSR markers and identification of markers associated with salt tolerance. Visions for a Sustainable Planet. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA 2012 International Annual Meetings. Oct. 21-24, 2012, Cincinnati, OH. Agronomy Abstracts. p. 143.
Batch Isolation of Microsatellites for Tropical Plant Species Pyrosequencing - (Abstract Only)
Arias De Ares, R.S., Irish, B.M., Ballard, L.L., Duke, M.V., Liu, X.F., Simpson, S.A., Scheffler, B.E. 2010. Batch Isolation of Microsatellites for Tropical Plant Species Pyrosequencing. Plant and Animal Genome. Abstract P089.
Metagenomic analysis of the turkey gut RNA virus community - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Day, J.M., Ballard, L.L., Duke, M.V., Scheffler, B.E., Zsak, L. 2010. Metagenomic analysis of the turkey gut RNA virus community. Virology Journal. 7:313.
UPIC + GO: Zeroing in on informative markers - (Other)
Ford, D., Arias, R.S., Ballard, L.L., Scheffler, B.E., Duke, M.V., Simpson, S.A., Newsome, A. 2010. UPIC + GO: Zeroing in on informative markers. Eighth Annual Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Conference, International Society of Computational Biology (ISCB), December 09-11, 2010, Aspen, CO. Meeting Proceedings.
UPIC: Perl scripts to determine the number of SSR markers to run - (Other)
Arias, R.S., Ballard, L.L., Scheffler, B.E. 2009. UPIC: Perl scripts to determine the number of SSR markers to run. Molecular markers in Horticulture Symposium, July 29-31, 2009, Corvallis, Oregon State University. Meeting Proceedings.
UPIC: Perl scripts to determine the number of SSR markers to run - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Arias, R.S., Ballard, L.L., Scheffler, B.E. 2009. UPIC: How Many SSR Markers to Run. Bioinformation 3(8):352-360, http://www.bioinformation.net/003/007800032009.htm
Analysis of expressed sequence tags from Uromyces appendiculatus hyphae and haustoria and their comparison to sequences from other rust fungi - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Tucker, M.L., Puthoff, D.P., Neelam, A., Ehrenfried, M.L., Scheffler, B.E., Ballard, L.L., Campbell, K.B., Cooper, B. 2008. Analysis of expressed sequence tags from Uromyces appendiculatus hyphae and haustoria and their comparison to sequences from other rust fungi. Phytopathology. 98:1126-1135.