Publications

Singha KP, Phelps MP, Overturf K, Hardy RW, Kumar V. 2025. Additive mixtures improve the performance of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, fed high plant-based diets through a long-term feeding trial. Accepted, in press. Scientific Reports

Iritani AT, Barnes EM, Phelps MP. 2025. Influence of egg size and parental genetics on the metabolic rate of Chinook and pink salmon embryos. Accepted. Conservation Physiology; 13(1): coaf062, https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaf062

Andersen, LK*, Thompson, NF*, Abernathy JW, Ahmed RO, Ali A, Al-Tobasei R, Beck BH, Calla B, Delomas TA, Dunham RA, Elsik CG, Fuller SA, García JC, Gavery MR, Hollenbeck CM, Johnson KM, Kunselman E, Legacki EL, Liu S, Liu Z, Martin B, Matt JL, May SA, Older CE, Overturf K, Palti Y, Peatman EJ, Peterson BC, Phelps MP, Plough LV, Polinski MP, Proestou DA, Purcell CM, Quiniou SMA, Raymo G, Rexroad CE, Riley KL, Roberts SB, Roy LA, Salem M, Simpson K, Waldbieser GC, Wang H, Waters CD, and Reading BJ. 2025. Advancing genetic improvement in the omics era: status and priorities for United States aquaculture. BMC Genomics 26, 155 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-11247-z

Blasko T, Larson S, Phelps MP. 2024. Rapid identification of invasive brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) through CRISPR-based environmental DNA detection. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society; 153.6 (2024): 822-832. https://doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10494

Richman J, Phelps MP. 2024. Activin signaling pathway specialization during embryonic and skeletal muscle development in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Marine Biotechnology; 26(4):766-775. PMID: 39052141 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-024-10345-5

Richman J Δ, Davis L° and Phelps MP. 2024. Gene Function is a Driver of Activin Signaling Pathway Evolution Following Whole-Genome Duplication in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Genome Biology and Evolution, 16(5), p.evae096. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae096

Blasko T Δ and Phelps MP, 2024. Streamside detection of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) environmental DNA with CRISPR technology. Environmental DNA, 6(2), p.e549. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.549

Dimos, BA and Phelps MP. 2023. A homology guide for Pacific salmon genus Oncorhynchus resolves patterns of ohnolog retention, resolution and local adaptation following the salmonid-specific whole-genome duplication event. Ecology and Evolution, 2023;13(4):e9994. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9994

Phelps MP, Seeb LW, Seeb JE. 2020 Transforming ecology and conservation biology through genome editing. Conservation Biology. 34(1):54–65.

Phelps MP and Yablonka-Reuveni Zipora. 2021. Female outperformance in voluntary running persists in dystrophin-null and klotho-overexpressing mice. Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases, 8:S5271-S281. PMID: 34275905, DOI: 10.3233/JND-210703

Phelps MP. 2019. Increasing eDNA capabilities with CRISPR technology for real-time monitoring of ecosystem biodiversity. Molecular Ecology Resources. 19(5):1103-1105

Pellenz S*, Phelps MP*, Tang W, Hovde B, Sinit R, Fu W, Li H, Chen E, Monnat R.  2019. New human chromosomal sites with “safe harbor” potential for targeted transgene insertion. Human Gene Therapy. 30(7): 814-812

Phelps MP, Yang H°, Patel S°, Rahman MM, McFadden G, Chen E. 2018.  Oncolytic virus-mediated RAS targeting in rhabdomyosarcoma. Molecular Therapy Oncolytics. 11 (2018): 52-61.

Bengtsson NE, Hall JK, Odom GL, Phelps MP, Andrus CR, Hawkins RD, Hauschka SD, Chamberlain JR, Chamberlain JS. 2017.  Muscle-specific CRISPR/Cas9 dystrophin gene editing ameliorates pathophysiology in a mouse model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Nature Communications. 8:14454.

Phelps MP, Bailey JN°, Vleeshouwer-Neumann T, Chen EY. 2016b.  CRISPR screen identifies the NCOR/HDAC3 complex as a major suppressor of differentiation in rhabdomyosarcoma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113(52):15090-15095.

Kehrli K, Phelps M, Lazarchuk P, Chen E, Monnat R Jr, Sidorova JM. 2016.  Class I histone deacetylase HDAC1 and WRN RECQ helicase contribute additively to protect replication forks upon hydroxyurea-induced arrest. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(47):24487-24503

Phelps M, Stuelsatz P, Yablonka-Reuveni Z. 2016a.  Expression profile and overexpression outcome indicate a role for BKlotho in skeletal muscle fibro/adipogenesis. The FEBS Journal. 283(9):1653-68.

Phelps M, Chen E. 2016.  Zebrafish rhabdomyosarcoma. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 916:371-89

Vleeshouwer-Neumann T, Phelps M, Bammler TK, MacDonald JW, Jenkins I, Chen EY. 2015.  Histone deacetylase inhibitors antagonize distinct pathways to suppress tumorigenesis of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. PLOS ONE, 10(12): e0144320.

Yablonka-Reuveni Z, Danoviz ME, Phelps M, Stuelsatz P. 2015.  Myogenic-specific ablation of Fgfr1 impairs FGF2-mediated proliferation of satellite cells at the myofiber niche but does not abolish the capacity for muscle regeneration. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 7:85.

Phelps M., Pettan-Brewer C., Ladiges W., Yablonka-Reuveni, Z. 2013b.  Decline in muscle strength and running endurance in klotho deficient C57BL/6 mice. Biogerontology, 14(6): 729-39

Phelps M.P., Jaffe I.M., Bradley T.M. 2013a.  Muscle growth in teleost fish is regulated by factors utilizing the activin II B receptor.  Journal of Experimental Biology., 216:3742-3750

Phelps M.P. and Bradley T.M. 2012.  The potential of enhancing muscle growth in cultured fish through the inhibition of members of the transforming growth factor-B superfamily. Aquaculture Biotechnology. Chapter 19, Wiley-Blackwell.

Medeiros E.F., Phelps M.P., Fuentes F.D., Bradley T.M.  2009.  Overexpression of follistatin in trout stimulates increased muscling.  American Journal Physiology Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology., 297(1): R235-242