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Chiang, C-Y, Jezek, J, Mu, P, Di, Y, Klucnika, A, Jaburek, M, Jezek, P & Ma, H 2024, 'Two mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms modulate cardiolipin binding and lead to synthetic lethality', Nature Communications, vol. 15, no. 1, 611. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44964-2
YZ Li, A, Di, Y, Rathore, S, Chiang, C-Y, Jezek, J & Ma, H 2023, 'Milton assembles large mitochondrial clusters, mitoballs, to sustain spermatogenesis', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 120, no. 34, e2306073120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2306073120
Klucnika, A, Mu, P, Jezek, J, McCormack, M, Di, Y, Bradshaw, CR & Ma, H 2023, 'REC drives recombination to repair double-strand breaks in animal mtDNA', Journal of Cell Biology, vol. 222, no. 1, e202201137. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202201137
Klucnika, A & Ma, H 2020, 'Mapping and editing animal mitochondrial genomes: can we overcome the challenges?', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0187
van den Ameele, J, YZ Li, A, Ma, H & Chinnery, P 2020, 'Mitochondrial heteroplasmy beyond the oocyte bottleneck', Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2019.10.001
Chiang, AC-Y, McCartney, E, O'Farrell, PH & Ma, H 2019, 'A Genome-wide Screen Reveals that Reducing Mitochondrial DNA Polymerase Can Promote Elimination of Deleterious Mitochondrial Mutations', Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.10.060
Klucnika, A & Ma, H 2019, 'A battle for transmission: the cooperative and selfish animal mitochondrial genomes', Open Biology. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.180267
Ma, H & O'Farrell, PH 2016, 'Selfish drive can trump function when animal mitochondrial genomes compete', Nature Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3587
Ma, H & O'Farrell, PH 2015, 'Selections that isolate recombinant mitochondrial genomes in animals', eLife. https://doi.org/papers3://publication/doi/10.7554/eLife.07247
Ma, H, Xu, H & O'Farrell, PH 2014, 'Transmission of mitochondrial mutations and action of purifying selection in Drosophila melanogaster', Nature Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2919
Hagen, F, Ceresini, PC, Polacheck, I, Ma, H, van Nieuwerburgh, F, Gabaldon, T, Kagan, S, Pursall, ER, Hoogveld, HL, van Iersel, LJJ, Klau, GW, Kelk, SM, Stougie, L, Bartlett, KH, Voelz, K, Pryszcz, LP, Castaneda, E, Lazera, M, Meyer, W, Deforce, D, Meis, JF, May, RC, Klaassen, CHW & Boekhout, T 2013, 'Ancient Dispersal of the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus gattii from the Amazon Rainforest', PLOS One, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. e71148. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071148, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071148
Voelz, K, Ma, H, Phadke, S, Byrnes, EJ, Zhu, P, Mueller, O, Farrer, RA, Henk, DA, Lewit, Y, Hsueh, Y, Fisher, MC, Idnurm, A, Heitman, J & May, RC 2013, 'Transmission of Hypervirulence Traits via Sexual Reproduction within and between Lineages of the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus gattii', PLoS Genetics, vol. 9, no. 9, e1003771. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003771, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003771
Byrnes, EJ, Li, W, Lewit, Y, Ma, H, Voelz, K, Ren, P, Carter, DA, Chaturvedi, V, Bildfell, RJ, May, R & Heitman, J 2010, 'Emergence and Pathogenicity of Highly Virulent Cryptococcus gattii Genotypes in the Northwest United States', PLoS pathogens, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. e1000850. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000850
Ma, H & May, RC 2010, 'Mitochondria and the regulation of hypervirulence in the fatal fungal outbreak on Vancouver Island', Virulence, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 197-201. https://doi.org/10.4161/viru.1.3.11053
Ma, H, Hagen, F, Stekel, DJ, Johnston, SA, Sionov, E, Falk, R, Polacheck, I, Boekhout, T & May, RC 2009, 'The fatal fungal outbreak on Vancouver Island is characterized by enhanced intracellular parasitism driven by mitochondrial regulation', National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings, vol. 106, no. 31, pp. 12980-12985. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0902963106
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