Matthew Breen :: PhD :: C.Biol :: FRSB ::
Professor of Genomics and the Oscar J. Fletcher Distinguished Professor of Comparative Oncology Genetics

  • Thomas, R., Duke, S.E., Karlsson, E.K., Evans, A., Ellis, P., Lindblad-Toh, K., Langford, C.F. and Breen, M. (2008). A genome assembly-integrated dog 1Mb BAC microarray: a cytogenetic resource for canine cancer studies and comparative genomic analysis. Cytogenetics and Genome Research 122:110-121. [PUBMED LINK]
  • Young, A.C., Kirkness, E. and Breen, M. (2008). Tackling the characterization of canine chromosomal breakpoints with an integrated in-situ/in-silico approach: The canine PAR and PAB. Chromosome Research 16:1193-1202 [PUBMED LINK]
  • Modiano, J. F. and M. Breen (2008). Shared pathogenesis of human and canine tumors – an inextricable link between cancer and evolution. Cancer Therapy (6) 239-246.
  • Breen, M. Canine cytogenetics – from band to basepair. Cytogenet Genome Res 2008;120:50-60 [PUBMED LINK]
  • Zaunbrecher GM, Dunne PW, Mir B, Breen M, Piedrahita JA. (2008). Enhancement of extra chromosomal recombination in somatic cells by affecting the ratio of homologous recombination (HR) to non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). Anim Biotechnol. 2008;19(1):6-21. [PUBMED LINK]
  • Breen. M and Langford, C.F. (2008). Chromosome Structure and Function – Comparative Cytogenetics. In: Encyclopedia of the Human Genome. Macmillan Publishers Ltd. Nature Publishing Group, Hampshire, U.K.
  • Breen, M. and Modiano, J. (2008). Evolutionarily Conserved Cytogenetic Changes in Hematologic Malignancies of Dogs and Humans – Man and his best friend share more than companionship. Chromosome Research 16:145–154. [PUBMED LINK]