Kira Marshall
B.S. Zoology, Colorado State University
M.S. Animal Science, University of Missouri
Ph.D. Genetics, Yale University
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Gibson Lab

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Kira is a postdoctoral research associate in the Gibson lab.
Featured Publications
Marshall KL, Stadtmauer DJ, Maziarz J, Wagner GP, Lesch BJ. Evolutionary innovations in germline biology of placental mammals identified by transcriptomics of first-wave spermatogenesis in opossum. Dev Cell. 2025 Feb 24;60(4):646-664.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.10.013
Pregnancies following long luteal phases in southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum).
Pennington PM, Marshall KL, Capiro JM, Howard L, Durrant BS. Pregnancies following long luteal phases in southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum). Zoo Biology. 2020; 39: 141–144. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21529
Pennington PM, Marshall KL, Capiro JM, Felton RG, Durrant BS. Ovulation induction in anovulatory southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) without altrenogest. Conserv Physiol. 2019 Jun 24;7(1):coz033. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coz033.
Marshall KL, Wang J, Ji T, Rivera RM. The effects of biological aging on global DNA methylation, histone modification, and epigenetic modifiers in the mouse germinal vesicle stage oocyte. Anim Reprod. 2018 Dec 5;15(4):1253-1267. doi: 10.21451/1984-3143-AR2018-0087.
The effects of superovulation and reproductive aging on the epigenome of the oocyte and embryo
Marshall KL, Rivera RM. The effects of superovulation and reproductive aging on the epigenome of the oocyte and embryo. Mol Reprod Dev. 2018; 85: 90–105. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrd.22951