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Fields of interest:

• Non-coding repetitive sequences
• Heterochromatin
• Centromeres
• Telomeres
• Genome organization and evolution in eukaryotes

Recent publications:

M. Plohl, A. Luchetti, N. Meštrovic and B. Mantovani:
Satellite DNAs between selfishness and functionality: structure, genomics and evolution of tandem repeats in centromeric heterochromatin,
Gene, Vol. 409, (2008), pp. 72-82.

B. Mravinac and M. Plohl:
Satellite DNA junctions identify the potential origin of new repetitive elements in the beetle Tribolium madens,
Gene, Vol. 394, (2007), pp. 45-52.

N. Meštrović, P. Castagnone-Sereno and M. Plohl:
Interplay of selective pressure and stochastic events directs evolution of the MEL 172 satellite DNA library in root-knot nematodes,
Mol. Biol. Evol., Vol. 23, (2006), pp. 2316-2325.

N. Meštrović, O. Randig, P. Abad, M. Plohl and P. Castagnone-Sereno:
Conserved and variable domains in satellite DNAs of mitotic parthenogenetic root-knot nematode speies,
Gene, Vol. 362, (2005), pp. 44-50.

V. Petrović and M. Plohl:
Sequence divergence and conservation in organizationally distinct subfamilies of Donax trunculus satellite DNA,
Gene, Vol. 362, (2005), pp. 37-43.

B. Mravinac, Đ. Ugarković, D. Franjević and M. Plohl:
Long inversely oriented subunits form a complex monomer of Tribolium brevicornis satellite DNA,
J. Mol. Evol., Vol. 60, (2005), pp. 513-525.

B. Bruvo, J. Pons, Đ. Ugarković, C. Juan, E. Petitpierre and M. Plohl:
Evolution of low-copy number and major satellite DNA sequences coexisting in two Pimelia species-groups (Coleoptera),
Gene, Vol. 312, (2003), pp. 85-94.

M. Plohl, E. Prats, A. Martinez-Lage, A. Gonzales-Tizon, J. Mendez and L. Cornudella:
Telomeric localization of the vertebrate-type hexamer repeat, (TTAGGG)n, in the wedgeshell clam Donax trunculus and other marine invertebrate genomes,
J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 277, (2002), pp. 19839-19846.

N. Meštrović, B. Mravinac, C. Juan, Đ. Ugarković and M. Plohl:
Comparative study of satellite sequences and phylogeny of five species from the genus Palorus (Insecta, Coleoptera),
Genome, Vol. 43, (2000), pp. 776-785.

S. Durajlija Žinić, Đ. Ugarković, L. Cornudella and M. Plohl:
A novel, interspersed type of organization of satellite DNAs in Tribolium madens heterochromatin,
Chromosome Res., Vol. 8, (2000), pp. 201-212.