publications

2024

1. 

   Clinal Variation in Short Tandem Repeats Linked to Gene Expression in Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)

   Chathurani Ranathunge, and Mark E Welch

   Biomolecules, 2024

   DOI Bib

   

   @article{ranathunge2024clinal,
     title = {Clinal Variation in Short Tandem Repeats Linked to Gene Expression in Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)},
     author = {Ranathunge, Chathurani and Welch, Mark E},
     journal = {Biomolecules},
     volume = {14},
     number = {8},
     pages = {944},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {MDPI},
     doi = {10.3390/biom14080944},
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2023

1. 

   promor: a comprehensive R package for label-free proteomics data analysis and predictive modeling

   Chathurani Ranathunge, Sagar S Patel, Lubna Pinky, and 6 more authors

   Bioinformatics Advances, 2023

   DOI Bib

   

   @article{ranathunge2023promor,
     title = {promor: a comprehensive R package for label-free proteomics data analysis and predictive modeling},
     author = {Ranathunge, Chathurani and Patel, Sagar S and Pinky, Lubna and Correll, Vanessa L and Chen, Shimin and Semmes, O John and Armstrong, Robert K and Combs, C Donald and Nyalwidhe, Julius O},
     journal = {Bioinformatics Advances},
     volume = {3},
     number = {1},
     pages = {vbad025},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {Oxford University Press},
     doi = {10.1093/bioadv/vbad025},
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2. Developing a Framework for Multi-Scale Modeling of the Digital Patient: Insights from Current Status and Future Directions.

   C Donald Combs, Lubna Pinky, Chathurani Ranathunge, and 4 more authors

   SIMULTECH, 2023

   Bib

   @article{combs2023developing,
     title = {Developing a Framework for Multi-Scale Modeling of the Digital Patient: Insights from Current Status and Future Directions.},
     author = {Combs, C Donald and Pinky, Lubna and Ranathunge, Chathurani and Patel, Sagar and Cuper, Taryn and Armstrong, Robert K and Alpino, Robert J},
     journal = {SIMULTECH},
     pages = {143--158},
     year = {2023},
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2022

1. 

   A comparative study of population genetic structure reveals patterns consistent with selection at functional microsatellites in common sunflower

   Chathurani Ranathunge, Melody E Chimahusky, and Mark E Welch

   Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2022

   DOI Bib

   

   @article{ranathunge2022comparative,
     title = {A comparative study of population genetic structure reveals patterns consistent with selection at functional microsatellites in common sunflower},
     author = {Ranathunge, Chathurani and Chimahusky, Melody E and Welch, Mark E},
     journal = {Molecular Genetics and Genomics},
     volume = {297},
     number = {5},
     pages = {1329--1342},
     year = {2022},
     publisher = {Springer Berlin Heidelberg},
     doi = {10.1007/s00438-022-01920-3},
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2. PROMOR App: A web application for label-free quantification (LFQ) proteomics data analysis and predictive modeling

   Sagar Patel, Chathurani Ranathunge, Lubna Pinky, and 4 more authors

   In 2022 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2022

2021

1. 

   Microsatellites as agents of adaptive change: an RNA-Seq-based comparative study of transcriptomes from five helianthus species

   Chathurani Ranathunge, Sreepriya Pramod, Sébastien Renaut, and 4 more authors

   Symmetry, 2021

   DOI Bib

   

   @article{ranathunge2021microsatellites,
     title = {Microsatellites as agents of adaptive change: an RNA-Seq-based comparative study of transcriptomes from five helianthus species},
     author = {Ranathunge, Chathurani and Pramod, Sreepriya and Renaut, S{\'e}bastien and Wheeler, Gregory L and Perkins, Andy D and Rieseberg, Loren H and Welch, Mark E},
     journal = {Symmetry},
     volume = {13},
     number = {6},
     pages = {933},
     year = {2021},
     publisher = {MDPI},
     doi = {10.3390/sym13060933},
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2020

1. 

   Transcribed microsatellite allele lengths are often correlated with gene expression in natural sunflower populations

   Chathurani Ranathunge, Gregory L Wheeler, Melody E Chimahusky, and 3 more authors

   Molecular Ecology, 2020

   DOI Bib

   

   @article{ranathunge2020transcribed,
     title = {Transcribed microsatellite allele lengths are often correlated with gene expression in natural sunflower populations},
     author = {Ranathunge, Chathurani and Wheeler, Gregory L and Chimahusky, Melody E and Perkins, Andy D and Pramod, Sreepriya and Welch, Mark E},
     journal = {Molecular Ecology},
     volume = {29},
     number = {9},
     pages = {1704--1716},
     year = {2020},
     publisher = {Wiley},
     doi = {10.1111/mec.15440},
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2018

1. 

   Transcriptome profiles of sunflower reveal the potential role of microsatellites in gene expression divergence

   Chathurani Ranathunge, Gregory L Wheeler, Melody E Chimahusky, and 5 more authors

   Molecular Ecology, 2018

   DOI Bib

   

   @article{ranathunge2018transcriptome,
     title = {Transcriptome profiles of sunflower reveal the potential role of microsatellites in gene expression divergence},
     author = {Ranathunge, Chathurani and Wheeler, Gregory L and Chimahusky, Melody E and Kennedy, Meaghan M and Morrison, Jesse I and Baldwin, Brian S and Perkins, Andy D and Welch, Mark E},
     journal = {Molecular Ecology},
     volume = {27},
     number = {5},
     pages = {1188--1199},
     year = {2018},
     doi = {10.1111/mec.14522},
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2013

1. Analysis of the promoter region of the rubber elongation factor gene (ref) of Hevea brasiliensis

   R. A. R Mahendra, D. P. S.T.G Attanayaka, N. V Chandrasekharan, and 2 more authors

   In Proceedings of 12th Agricultural Research Symposium, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2013
2. Investigation on rubber elongation factor Gene (ref) variation among natural rubber producing plants.

   H. M. P. Herath, D. P. S.T.G Attanayaka, Chathurani Ranathunge, and 1 more author

   In Proceedings of 12th Agricultural Research Symposium, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2013

2010

1. Genetic diversity of cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) germplasm collected from five districts of Sri Lanka as revealed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD)

   C Ranathunge, DPSTG Attanayaka, DADS Samarajeewa, and 1 more author

   In Proceedings of 10th agricultural research symposium, 2010