Publications
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R Petroll, RK Papareddy, R Krela, A Laigle, Q Riviere, K Bišová, I Mozgová, and M Borg, "The expansion and diversification of epigenetic regulatory networks underpins major transitions in the evolution of land plants," Molecular Biology and Evolution 42 (4), msaf064 (2025).

CS Misra, AGG Sousa, H Khan, A Pasha, NJ Provart, M Borg, and JD Becker, "Transcriptome dynamics in the Arabidopsis male germline during pollen-pistil interactions," The Plant Journal 121 (6), e70095 (2025).

P Liu, J Vigneau, R Craig, J Barrera-Redondo, E Avdievich, C Martinho, M Borg, FB Haas, C Liu, and SM Coelho, "3D chromatin maps of a brown alga reveal U/V sex chromosome spatial organization," Nature Communications 15 (1), 9590 (2024).

J Vigneau, C Martinho, O Godfroy, M Zheng, FB Haas, M Borg, and SM Coelho, "Interactions between U and V sex chromosomes during the life cycle of Ectocarpus," Development 151 (20), dev202677 (2024).

M Borg, "Red algae," Current Biology 34 (18), R841-R842 (2024).

Y Voichek, B Huriev, C Michaud, A Schmücker, Z Vargara, B Desvoyes, C Guttierez, V Nizhynska, B Jaegle, M Borg, F Berger, M Nordborg, and M Ingouff, "Cell-cycle status of male and female gametes during Arabidopsis reproduction," Plant Physiology 194 (1), 412-421 (2024).

M Borg, SA Krueger-Hadfield, C Destombe, J Collén, A Lipinska, and SM Coelho, "Red macroalgae in the genomic era," New Phytologist 240 (2), 471-488 (2023).

A Rauf, T Khatab, M Borg, and D Twell, "Genetic control of generative cell shape by DUO1 in Arabidopsis," Plant Reproduction 36 (3), 243-254 (2023).

LR Brownfield, DD Figueiredo, M Borg, and A Schmidt, "Editorial: Plant development and reproduction at single cell and cell type-specific resolution," Frontiers in Plant Science 14, 1261685 (2023).

J Gueno, M Borg, S Bourdareau, G Cossard, O Godfroy, A Lipinska, T Tirichine, JM Cock, and S Coelho, "Chromatin landscape associated with sexual differentiation in a UV sex determination system," Nucleic Acids Research 50 (6), 3307-3322 (2022).

J Vigneau and M Borg, "The epigenetic origin of life history transitions in plants and algae," Plant Reproduction 34 (4), 267-285 (2021).

I Julca, C Ferrari, M Flores-Tornero, S Proost, A-C Lindner, D Hackenberg, L Steinbachová, C Michaelidis, S Gomes Pereira, CS Misra, T Kawashima, M Borg, F Berger, J Goldberg, M Johnson, D Honys, D Twell, S Sprunck, T Dresselhaus, JD Becker, and M Mutwil, "Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals conserved programmes underpinning organogenesis and reproduction in land plants," Nature Plants 7, 1143-1159 (2021).

M Borg, D Jiang, and F Berger, "Histone variants take center stage in shaping the epigenome," Current Opinion in Plant Biology 61, 101991 (2021).

M Darino, K-S Chia, J Marques, D Aleksza, LM Soto-Jiménez, I Saado, S Uhse, M Borg, R Betz, J Bindics, K Zienkiewicz, I Feussner, Y Petit-Houdenot, and A Djamei, "Ustilago maydis effector Jsi1 interacts with Topless corepressor, hijacking plant jasmonate/ethylene signaling," New Phytologist 229 (6), 3393-3407 (2021).

M Borg, RK Papareddy, R Dombey, E Axelsson, MD Nodine, D Twell, and F Berger, "Epigenetic reprogramming rewires transcription during the alternation of generations in Arabidopsis," eLife 10, e61894 (2021).

B Lei, M Capella, SA Montgomery, M Borg, A Osakabe, M Goiser, A Muhammad, S Braun, and F Berger, "A Synthetic Approach to Reconstruct the Evolutionary and Functional Innovations of the Plant Histone Variant H2A.W," Current Biology 31 (1), 182-191 (2021).

D Jiang, M Borg, ZJ Lorković, SA Montgomery, A Osakabe, R Yelagandula, E Axelsson, and F Berger, "The evolution and functional divergence of the histone H2B family in plants," PLoS Genetics 16 (7), e1008964 (2020).

M Borg, Y Jacob, D Susaki, C LeBlanc, D Buendía, E Axelsson, T Kawashima, P Voigt, L Boavida, J Becker, T Higashiyama, R Martienssen, and F Berger, "Targeted reprogramming of H3K27me3 resets epigenetic memory in plant paternal chromatin," Nature Cell Biology 22 (6), 621-629 (2020).

A Yan, M Borg, F Berger, and Z Chen, "The atypical histone variant H3.15 promotes callus formation in Arabidopsis thaliana," Development 147 (11), e184895 (2020).

M Borg, D Buendía, and F Berger, "A simple and robust protocol for immunostaining Arabidopsis pollen nuclei," Plant Reproduction 32 (1), 39-43 (2019).