Publications of R. Mercier

Capilla-Perez, L.; Solier, V.; Gilbault, E.; Lian, Q.; Goel, M.; Goel, M.; Huettel, B.; Keurentjes, J. J. B.; Loudet, O.; Mercier, R.: Enhanced recombination empowers the detection and mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci. Communications Biology 7 (1), 829 (2024)

Carrere, S.; Routaboul, J.-M.; Savourat, P.; Bellenot, C.; Lopéz Marin, H.; Sahoo, A.; Monnens, T. Q.; Ricou, A.; Camilleri, C.; Declerck, N. et al.; Laufs, P.; Mercier, R.; Noel, L. D.: A fully sequenced collection of homozygous EMS mutants for forward and reverse genetic screens in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal (2024)

Emmenecker, C.; Pakzad, S.; Ture, F.; Guerin, J.; Hurel, A.; Chambon, A.; Girard, C.; Mercier, R.; Kumar, R.: FIGL1 attenuates meiotic interhomolog repair and is counteracted by the RAD51 paralog XRCC2 and the chromosome axis protein ASY1 during meiosis. New Phytologist 244 (6), pp. 2442 - 2457 (2024)

Ernst, M.; Mercier, R.; Zwicker, D.: Interference length reveals regularity of crossover placement across species. Nature Communications 15, 8973 (2024)

Fernandes, J. B.; Naish, M.; Lian, Q.; Burns, R.; Tock, A. J.; Rabanal, F. A.; Wlodzimierz, P.; Habring, A.; Nicholas, R. E.; Weigel, D. et al.; Mercier, R.; Henderson, I. R.: Structural variation and DNA methylation shape the centromere-proximal meiotic crossover landscape in Arabidopsis. Genome Biology 25 (1), 30 (2024)

Kim, H.; Kim, J.; Son, N.; Kuo, P.; Morgan, C.; Chambon, A.; Byun, D.; Park, J.; Lee, Y.; Park, Y. M. et al.; Fozard, J. A.; Guérin, J.; Hurel, A.; Lambing, C.; Howard, M.; Hwang, I.; Mercier, R.; Grelon, M.; Henderson, I. R.; Choi, K.: Control of meiotic crossover interference by a proteolytic chaperone network. Nature Plants 10, pp. 453 - 468 (2024)

Lian, Q.; Huettel, B.; Walkemeier, B.; Mayjonade, B.; Lopez-Roques, C.; Gil, L.; Roux, F.; Schneeberger, K.; Mercier, R.: A pan-genome of 69 Arabidopsis thaliana accessions reveals a conserved genome structure throughout the global species range. Nature Genetics 56, pp. 982 - 991 (2024)

Lian, Q.; Mercier, R.: Constants and variations in 69 diverse genomes of Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature Genetics 56 (5), pp. 748 - 749 (2024)

López, H.; Mercier, R.: Meiosis: The silk moth and the elephant. Current Biology 34 (11), pp. R211 - R213 (2024)

Wang, Y.; Fuentes, R. R.; van Rengs, W. M. J.; Effgen, S.; Zaidan, M. W. A.; Franzen, R.; Susanto, T.; Fernandes, J. B.; Mercier, R.; Underwood, C. J.: Harnessing clonal gametes in hybrid crops to engineer polyploid genomes. Nature Genetics 56, pp. 1075 - 1079 (2024)

Zainu, A.; Dupaigne, P.; Bouchouika, S.; Cau, J.; Clement, J. A. J.; Auffret, P.; Ropars, V.; Charbonnier, J.-B.; de Massy, B.; Mercier, R. et al.; Kumar, R.; Baudat, F.: FIGNL1-FIRRM is essential for meiotic recombination and prevents DNA damage-independent RAD51 and DMC1 loading. Nature Communications 15 (1), 7015 (2024)

Girard, C.; Zwicker, D.; Mercier, R.: The regulation of meiotic crossover distribution: a coarse solution to a century-old mystery? Biochemical Society Transactions 28 (51), pp. 1179 - 1190 (2023)

Lian, Q.; Maestroni, L.; Gaudin, M.; Llorente, B.; Mercier, R.: Meiotic recombination is confirmed to be unusually high in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. iScience 26 (9), 107614 (2023)

Mahlandt, A.; Singh, D. K.; Mercier, R.: Engineering apomixis in crops. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 136 (6), 131 (2023)

Singh, D. K.; Gamboa, R. S.; Singh, A. K.; Walkemeier, B.; Van Leene, J.; De Jaeger, G.; Siddiqi, I.; Guerois, R.; Crismani, W.; Mercier, R.: The FANCC-FANCE-FANCF complex is evolutionarily conserved and regulates meiotic recombination. Nucleic Acids Research 51 (3), pp. 2516 - 2528 (2023)

Singh, D. K.; Lian, Q.; Durand, S.; Fernandes, J. B.; Chambon, A.; Hurel, A.; Walkemeier, B.; Solier, V.; Kumar, R.; Mercier, R.: HEIP1 is required for efficient meiotic crossover implementation and is conserved from plants to humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (23), e2221746120 (2023)

Thangavel, G.; Hofstatter, P. G.; Mercier, R.; Marques, A.: Tracing the evolution of the plant meiotic molecular machinery. Plant Reproduction (2023)

Vrielynck, N.; Peuch, M.; Durand, S.; Lian, Q.; Chambon, A.; Hurel, A.; Guerin, J.; Guerois, R.; Mercier, R.; Grelon, M. et al.; Mezard, C.: SCEP1 and SCEP2 are two new components of the synaptonemal complex central element. Nature Plants 9, pp. 2016 - 2030 (2023)

Durand, S.; Lian, Q.; Jing, J.; Ernst, M.; Grelon, M.; Zwicker, D.; Mercier, R.: Joint control of meiotic crossover patterning by the synaptonemal complex and HEI10 dosage. Nature Communications 13, 5999 (2022)

Lian, Q.; Solier, V.; Walkemeier, B.; Durand, S.; Huettel, B.; Schneeberger, K.; Mercier, R.: The megabase-scale crossover landscape is largely independent of sequence divergence. Nature Communications 13 (1), 3828 (2022)

Underwood, C. J.; Mercier, R.: Engineering Apomixis: Clonal Seeds Approaching the Fields. Annual Review of Plant Biology 73, pp. 201 - 225 (2022)

Vernet, A.; Meynard, D.; Lian, Q.; Mieulet, D.; Gibert, O.; Bissah, M.; Rivallan, R.; Autran, D.; Leblanc, O.; Meunier, A. C. et al.; Frouin, J.; Taillebois, J.; Shankle, K.; Khanday, I.; Mercier, R.; Sundaresan, V.; Guiderdoni, E.: High-frequency synthetic apomixis in hybrid rice. Nature Communications 13 (1), 7963 (2022)

Capilla-Perez, L.; Durand, S.; Hurel, A.; Lian, Q.; Chambon, A.; Taochy, C.; Solier, V.; Grelon, M.; Mercier, R.: The synaptonemal complex imposes crossover interference and heterochiasmy in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118 (12), e2023613118 (2021)

Lee, C. H.; Hawker, N. P.; Peters, J. R.; Lonhienne, T. G. A.; Gursanscky, N. R.; Matthew, L.; Brosnan, C. A.; Mann, C. W. G.; Cromer, L.; Taochy, C. et al.; Ngo, Q. A.; Sundaresan, V.; Schenk, P. M.; Kobe, B.; Borges, F.; Mercier, R.; Bowman, J. L.; Carroll, B. J.: DEFECTIVE EMBRYO AND MERISTEMS genes are required for cell division and gamete viability in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics 17 (5), e1009561 (2021)

Crismani, W.; Mercier, R.: Don't Forget Your Sister: Directing Double-Strand Break Repair at Meiosis. Developmental Cell 53 (4), pp. 374 - 376 (2020)