2021 - 2024

Synthetically induced Arabidopsis thaliana autotetraploids provide insights into the analysis of meiotic mutants with altered crossover frequency

Parra-Nunez P, Fernández-Jiménez N, Pachon-Penalba M, Sanchez-Moran E, Pradillo M, Santos JL

New Phytol. 2024 Jan;241(1):197-208. doi: 10.1111/nph.19366. Epub 2023 Nov 3.

The scaffold nucleoporins SAR1 and SAR3 are essential for proper meiotic progression in Arabidopsis thaliana

Fernández-Jiménez N, Martinez-Garcia M, Varas J, Gil-Dones F, Luis Santos JL, Pradillo M

Front Cell Dev Biol. 2023 Dec 4:11:1285695. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1285695. eCollection 2023.

The Arabidopsis Hop1 homolog ASY1 mediates cross-over assurance and interference

Pochon G, Henry IM, Yang C, Lory N, Fernández-Jiménez N, Böwer F, Hu B, Carstens L, Tsai HT, Pradillo M, Comai L, Schnittger A

PNAS Nexus. 2022 Dec 30;2(3):pgac302. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac302. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Exploitation of epigenetic variation of crop wild relatives for crop improvement and agrobiodiversity preservation

Varotto S, Krugman T, Cigliano RA, Kashkush K, Kondić-Špika A, Aravanopoulos FA, Pradillo M, Consiglio F, Aversano R, Pecinka A, Miladinović D

Theor Appl Genet. 2022 Nov;135(11):3987-4003. doi: 10.1007/s00122-022-04122-y. Epub 2022 Jun 9.

The INDEPTH (Impact of Nuclear Domains on Gene Expression and Plant Traits) Academy: a community resource for plant science

Tatout C, Mougeot G, Parry G, Baroux C, Pradillo M, Evans D

J Exp Bot. 2022 Apr 5;73(7):1926-1933. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erac005.

Editorial: Meiotic Recombination and DNA Repair: New Approaches to Solve Old Questions in Model and Non-model Plant Species

Da Ines O, Choi K, Pradillo M, Lambing C

Front Plant Sci. 2022 Feb 9:13:841402. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.841402. eCollection 2022.

Genomic and Meiotic Changes Accompanying Polyploidization

Blasio F, Prieto P, Pradillo M, Naranjo T

Plants (Basel). 2022 Jan 3;11(1):125. doi: 10.3390/plants11010125.

Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes 5/6 Complex Is Necessary for Tetraploid Genome Stability in Arabidopsis thaliana

Yang F, Fernández Jiménez N, Majka J, Pradillo M, Pecinka A

Front Plant Sci. 2021 Oct 5:12:748252. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.748252. eCollection 2021.

Defects in meiotic chromosome segregation lead to unreduced male gametes in Arabidopsis SMC5/6 complex mutants

Yang F, Fernández-Jiménez N, Tučková M, Vrána J, Cápal P, Díaz M, Pradillo M, Pecinka A

Plant Cell. 2021 Sep 24;33(9):3104-3119. doi: 10.1093/plcell/koab178.

Natural variation identifies SNI1, the SMC5/6 component, as a modifier of meiotic crossover in Arabidopsis

Zhu L, Fernández-Jiménez N, Szymanska-Lejman M, Pelé A, Underwood CJ, Serra H, Lambing C, Dluzewska J, Bieluszewski T, Pradillo M, Henderson IR, Ziolkowski PA

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Aug 17;118(33): e2021970118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2021970118.

2020 - 2016

Untangling chromatin interactions

Parry G, Pradillo M, Probst AV, Tatout C

J Exp Bot. 2020 Aug 17;71(17):5115-5118. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa334.

The role of the nuclear envelope in the regulation of chromatin dynamics during cell division

Fernández-Jiménez N, Pradillo M

J Exp Bot. 2020 Aug 17;71(17):5148-5159. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa299.

Duplication and divergence: New insights into AXR1 and AXL functions in DNA repair and meiosis

Martinez-Garcia M, Fernández-Jiménez N, Santos JL, Pradillo M

Sci Rep. 2020 Jun 1;10(1):8860. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65734-2.

How to Perform an Accurate Analysis of Metaphase I Chromosome Configurations in Autopolyploids of Arabidopsis thaliana

Parra-Nunez P, Pradillo M, Santos JL

Methods Mol Biol. 2020:2061:25-36. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9818-0_3.

Chromatin dynamics during interphase and cell division: similarities and differences between model and crop plants

Pecinka A, Chevalier C, Colas I, Kalantidis K, Varotto S, Krugman T, Michaelidis C, Vallés MP, Muñoz A, Pradillo M

J Exp Bot. 2020 Aug 17;71(17):5205-5222. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erz457.

Editorial: Advances in Plant Meiosis: From Model Species to Crops

Naranjo T, Chen C, Cheng Z, Pradillo M

Front Plant Sci 10:1627. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01627.

Karyotype evolution in Helianthemum (Cistaceae): dysploidy, achiasmate meiosis and ecological specialization in H. squamatum, a true gypsophile

Aparicio A, Escudero M, Valdés-Florido A, Pachón M, Rubio E, Albaladejo RG, Martín-Herranz S, Pradillo M

Bot J Linn Soc 191:484-501. doi: 10.1093/botlinnean/boz066.

The Cdk1/Cdk2 homolog CDKA;1 controls the recombination landscape in Arabidopsis

Wijnker E, Harashima H, Müller K, Parra-Nuñez P, de Snoo CB, van de Belt J, Dissmeyer N, Bayer M, Pradillo M, Schnittger A

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2019 Jun 18;116(25):12534-12539. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1820753116. Epub 2019 Jun 4.

The nuclear envelope in higher plant mitosis and meiosis

Evans D, Pradillo M, Graumann K

Nucleus. 2019 Dec;10(1):55-66. doi: 10.1080/19491034.2019.1587277. Epub 2019 Mar 17.

Competition for chiasma formation between identical and homologous (but not identical) chromosomes in synthetic autotetraploids of Arabidopsis thaliana

Parra-Núñez P, Pradillo M, Santos JL

Front Plant Sci. 2019 Jan 9;9:1924. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01924. eCollection 2018.

Genes involved in miRNA biogenesis affects meiosis and fertility

Pradillo M, Santos JL

Chromosome Res 26:233-241. doi: 10.1007/s10577-018-9588-x.

Insights into the role of ubiquitination in meiosis: fertility, adaptation and plant breeding

Bolaños-Villegas P, Xu W, Martinez-Garcia M, Pradillo M, Wang Y

The Arabidopsis Book (The American Society of Plant Biologists) 16:e0187. doi: 10.1199/tab.0187.

Arabidopsis thaliana FANCD2 promotes meiotic crossover formation

Kurzbauer MT, Pradillo M, Kerzendorfer C, Sims J, Ladurner R, Oliver C, Janisiw MP, Mosiolek M, Schweizer D, Copenhaver GP, Schlogelhofer P

Plant Cell 30:415-428. doi: 10.1105/tpc.17.00745.

Immunolabeling Protocols for Studying Meiosis in Plant Mutants Defective for Nuclear Envelope Components

Varas J, Pradillo M

Methods Mol Biol. 2018:1840:237-247. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8691-0_17.

Functional Analysis of Arabidopsis ARGONAUTEs in Meiosis and DNA Repair

Martínez-García M, Pradillo M

Methods Mol Biol. 2017:1640:145-158. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7165-7_10.

Loss of function of Arabidopsis microRNA-machinery genes impairs fertility, and has effects on homologous recombination and meiotic chromatin dynamics

Oliver C, Pradillo M, Jover-Gil S, Cuñado N, Ponce MR, Santos JL

Sci Rep 7:9280. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07702-x.

In favor of establishment: Regulation of chromatid cohesion in plants

Bolaños-Villegas P, De K, Pradillo M, Liu D, Makaroff CA

Front Plant Sci 8:846. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00846.

The absence of the Arabidopsis chaperone complex CAF-1 produces mitotic chromosome abnormalities and changes in the expression profiles of genes involved in DNA repair

Varas J, Santos JL, Pradillo M

Front Plant Sci 8:525. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00525.

Accurate chromosome segregation at first meiotic division requires AGO4, a protein involved in RNA-dependent DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana

Oliver C, Santos JL, Pradillo M

Genetics 204:543-553. Highlighted article. doi: 10.1534/genetics.116.189217.

2015 - 2011

Analysis of the relationships between double-strand breaks, synaptonemal complex and crossovers using the Atfas1-4 mutant

Varas J, Sánchez-Morán E, Copenhaver GP, Santos JL, Pradillo M

PLoS Genet 11:e1005301. Cover of the journal in the month of July. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005301.

Involvement of the cohesin cofactor PDS5 (SPO76) during meiosis and DNA repair in Arabidopsis thaliana

Pradillo M, Knoll A, Oliver C, Varas J, Corredor E, Puchta H, Santos JL

Front Plant Sci 6:1034. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01034.

Absence of SUN1 and SUN2 proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana leads to a delay in meiotic progression and defects in synapsis and recombination

Varas J, Graumann K, Osman K, Pradillo M, Evans DE, Santos JL, Armstrong SJ

Plant J 81:329-346. doi: 10.1111/tpj.12730.

An analysis of univalent segregation in meiotic mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana: a possible role for synaptonemal complex

Pradillo M, López E, Romero C, Sánchez-Morán E, Cuñado N, Santos JL

Genetics. 2007 Feb;175(2):505-11. doi: 10.1534/genetics.106.067595. Epub 2006 Dec 6.

Understanding the cytological diploidization mechanism of polyploid wild wheats

Cuñado N, Blázquez S, Melchor L, Pradillo M, Santos JL

Cytogenet Genome Res. 2005;109(1-3):205-9. doi: 10.1159/000082401.

2021 - 2024

2020 - 2016

2015 - 2011

2010 - 2006