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Meiotic pairing through barcode-like satellite DNA repeats. Skrutl, L., Ropp, C.J., Sintsova, A. and Jagannathan, M.#. 2024.
Patterns of crossover distribution in Drosophila mauritiana necessitate a re-thinking of the centromere effect on crossing over. Hawley, R.S.#, Price, A., Li.H, Jagannathan, M., Staber, C., Hughes, S.E., Williams, S., Perera, A., Egidy, R.R., Lawlor, A., Miller, D.E. and Blumenstiel, J.P. 2024
2019 - Present (ETH Zürich)
* indicates co-first authorship and # indicates corresponding authorship
Multi-tissue characterization of the constitutive heterochromatin proteome in Drosophila identifies a link between satellite DNA organization and transposon repression. Chavan, A.*, Skrutl, L.*, Uliana, F., Pfister, M., Tirian, L., Baptista, D., Handler, D., Burke, D., Brändle, F., Sintsova, A., Beltrao, P., Brennecke, J. and Jagannathan, M#. 2025. PLoS Biology
A nuclear architecture screen in Drosophila identifies Stonewall as a link between chromatin position at the nuclear periphery and germline stem cell fate. Chavan, A.*, Harke, J.*, Nguyen, S.C., Isenhart, R., Kotb, N.M., Sintsova, A., Ulukaya, G., Uliana, F., Ashiono, C., Kutay, U., Pegoraro, G., Rangan, P., Joyce, E.F.# and Jagannathan, M.#. 2024. Genes & Development.
Genome organization regulates nuclear pore complex formation and promotes differentiation during Drosophila oogenesis. Kotb, N.M., Ulukaya, G., Chavan, A., Proskauer, L., Joyce, E.F., Hasson, D., Jagannathan, M. and Rangan, P#. 2024. Genes & Development.
Principles and functions of pericentromeric satellite DNA clustering into chromocenters. Brändle, F.*, Frühbauer, B.* and Jagannathan, M.#. 2022. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology.
Defective satellite DNA clustering into chromocenters underlies hybrid incompatibility in Drosophila. Jagannathan, M.# and Yamashita, Y.M.#. 2021. Molecular Biology and Evolution.
2013 - 2019 (HHMI/University of Michigan)
The modular mechanism of chromocenter formation in Drosophila. Jagannathan, M.*,#, Cummings, R.* and Yamashita, Y.M.#. 2019. eLife.
Evolution repeats itself in building a species barrier. Jagannathan, M.# and Yamashita, Y.M.#. 2018. Developmental Cell.
A conserved function for pericentromeric satellite DNA. Jagannathan, M., Cummings, R. and Yamashita, Y.M.#. 2018. eLife.
Comparative analysis of satellite DNA in the Drosophila melanogaster species complex. Jagannathan, M.*, Warsinger-Pepe, N.*, Watase, G.J.* and Yamashita, Y.M.#. 2017. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics.
Function of junk: pericentromeric satellite DNA in chromosome maintenance. Jagannathan, M. and Yamashita, Y.M.#. 2017. Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology.