Publications/Presentations
Hamilton, J.A., M. Okada, T. Korves, and J. Schmitt. “The role of climate adaptation in colonization success in Arabidopsis thaliana.” Invasion Genetics: The Baker and Stebbins Legacy, edited by Barrett, C.H. et al., John Wiley & Sons, 2017, pp. 300-312.
Dwyer, H.E., M. Jasieniuk, M. Okada, and A.M. Shapiro (2015) Molecular evidence for hybridization in Colias (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): Are Colias hybrids really hybrids? Ecology and Evolution 5:2865-2877.
Fiedler, J., C. Lanzatella, M. Okada, J. Jenkins, J. Schmutz, C.M. Tobias (2015) High-density SNP linkage map of lowland switchgrass using genotyping by sequencing. Plant Genome Vol 8, doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2014.10.0065.
Hamilton, J.A., M. Okada, T. Korves, and J. Schmitt (2015) The role of climate adaptation in colonization success in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Ecology 24:2253-2263.
Okada, M., B.D. Hanson, K. J. Hembree, Y. Peng, A. Shrestha, C.N. Stewart, Jr., S.D. Wright, and M. Jasieniuk (2014) Evolution and spread of glyphosate resistance in Conyza bonariensis in California and a comparison with closely related C. canadensis. Weed Research 55:173-184.
Peng Y., Z. Lai, T. Lane, M.N. Rao, M. Okada, M. Jasieniuk, H. O'Geen, R.W. Kim, R.D. Sammons, L. Rieseberg, and C.N. Stewart, Jr. (2014) De novo genome assembly of the economically-important weed horseweed from integrated data obtained from multiple platforms of next-generation sequence data. Plant Physiology 166:1241-1254.
Okada, M. and M. Jasieniuk (2014) Inheritance of glyphosate resistance in hairy fleabane (Conyza bonariensis) from California. Weed Science 62:258-266.
Okada, M., B.D. Hanson, K. J. Hembree, Y. Peng, A. Shrestha, C.N. Stewart, Jr., S.D. Wright, and M. Jasieniuk (2013) Evolution and spread of glyphosate resistance in Conyza canadensis in California. Evolutionary Applications 6:761-777.
Osuna M, D., M. Okada, R. Ahmad, A.J. Fischer, and M. Jasieniuk (2011) Genetic diversity and spread of thiobencarb resistant early watergrass (Echinochloa oryzoides) in California. Weed Science 59:195-201.
Okada, M., C. Lanzatella, and C.M. Tobias (2011) Single-locus EST-SSR markers for characterization of population genetic diversity and structure across ploidy levels in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 58:919-931.
Zalapa, J.E., D.L. Price, S.M. Kaeppler, M. Okada, C.M. Tobias, and M.D. Casler (2011) Hierarchical classification of switchgrass cultivars using EST-SSR and chloroplast sequences: ecotypes, ploidies, gene pools and cultivars. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 122:805-807.
Okada, M., C. Lanzatella, M. Saha, J. Bouton, R. Wu, and C.M. Tobias (2010) Complete switchgrass genetic maps reveal subgenome collinearity, preferential pairing, and multilocus interactions. Genetics 185:745-760.
Okada, M., B.J. Grewell, and M. Jasieniuk (2009) Clonal spread of invasive Ludwigia species in freshwater wetlands of California. Aquatic Botany 91:123-129.
Okada, M., M. Lyle, and M. Jasieniuk. (2009) Inferring the geographical origin of the invasive apomictic grass Cortaderia jubata using microsatellite markers. Diversity and Distributions 15:148-157.
Okada, M., R. Ahmad, and M. Jasieniuk. (2007) Microsatellite variation points to local landscape plantings as sources of invasive pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana) populations in California. Molecular Ecology 16:4956-4971.
Ahmad, R., M. Okada, J. Firestone, C. Mallek, and M. Jasieniuk. (2006) Development of microsatellite markers for cultivar identification in the ornamental pampas grass Cortaderia selloana. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 131:499-505
Okada, M., T.K. Lowrey, and R. Whitkus. (2000) Quantitative morphological variation in Tetramolopium (Asteraceae) in Hawaii and the Cook Islands. Plant Systematics and Evolution 221:1-13.
Okada, M., R. Whitkus, and T. K. Lowrey. (1997) Genetics of adaptive radiation in Hawaii and Cook Islands species of Tetramolopium (Asteraceae; Astereae): I. Nuclear RFLP marker diversity. American Journal of Botany 84:1236-1246.
Gradziel, T.M., M. Okada, and D.A. St. Clair. (1993) Pollen tube hypertrophy in embryo sacs during interspecific hybridization in Solanum and Lycopersicon. Sexual Plant Reproduction 6:147-152.
Education
1997
University of California, Riverside
Ph.D., Botany
1992
University of California, Davis,
M.S., Genetics
1987
University of California, Davis
B.S., Botany
