Publications of the Group

Creff, A.; Rhodes, J.; Salaün, C.; Larive, J.; Bayle, V.; Garmendia-Calvo, M.; Turley, E.; Nobori, T.; Figueiredo, D.D.; Landrein, B. et al.; Zipfel, C.; Ingram, G.: An embryo-derived peptide signal directs endosperm polarity in Arabidopsis. Science 393, pp. 1002 - 1008 (2026)

Zhang, M.; Castellani, M.; Steckenborn, S.; Majka, M.; Tsipas, G.; Nascimento, T.; Neumann, U.; Thangavel, G.; Robledillo, L. A.; Lux, T. et al.; Deberón, L.; Pfordt, U.; Campoy, J. A.; Vijayan, A.; Timmers, T.; Sargheini, N.; Marek, M.; Sun, H.; Hofstatter, P. G.; Huettel, B.; Dreissig, S.; Mayer, K. F. X.; Figueiredo, D.D.; Vanzela, A. L. L.; Schneeberger, K.; Marques, A.: Sex without crossovers mimics clonal reproduction in Rhynchospora tenuis. Nature (2026)

Iltas, Ö.; Salomon, L.; Kovačik, M.; Čertner, M.; Talacko, P.; Harant, K.; Hafidh, S.; Lafon Placette, C.: The abundance of pollen coat small signaling proteins shows limited convergence between independent selfing transitions inArabidopsisandCapsella. New Phytologist 250 (5), pp. 3460 - 3474 (2026)

Pankaj, R.; Lima, R. B.; Luo , G.-Y.; Ehlert, S. T.; Del Toro-De León, G.; Bente, H.; Finger, P.; Sato, H.; Figueiredo, D.D.: Removal of seed coat H3K27me3 in Arabidopsis requires non-canonical functions of brassinosteroid receptors. The Plant Cell 38 (6), koag182 (2026)

Figueiredo, D.D.; Sharma, R. A.: The mysterious dialogue between the embryo, endosperm, and seed coat, and its implications on seed traits. Journal of Experimental Botany 77 (7), pp. 1876 - 1990 (2026)

Le veve, A.; Iltas, Ö.; Dutheil, J.; Lafon Placette, C.: Limited directional selection but coevolutionary signals among imprinted genes in A. lyrata. Peer Community Journal 6, e26 (2026)

Florez-Rueda, A.M.; Scharmann, M.; de Souza, L. P.; Fernie, A. R.; Bachelier, J. B.; Figueiredo, D.D.: Genomic imprinting in an early-diverging angiosperm reveals an ancient mechanism for seed initiation in flowering plants. New Phytologist 249 (4), pp. 1580 - 1591 (2025)

Pankaj, R.; Lima, R. B.; Figueiredo, D.D.: Hormonal regulation and crosstalk during early endosperm and seed coat development. Plant Reproduction 38 (1), 5 (2025)

Pankaj, R.; Shoejaeyfar, S.; Figueiredo, D.D.: An epiQTL underlying asexual seed formation in Arabidopsis. Plant Reproduction 37, pp. 463 - 468 (2024)

Lima, R. B.; Pankaj, R.; Ehlert, S. T.; Finger, P.; Fröhlich, A.; Bayle, V.; Landrein, B.; Sampathkumar, A.; Figueiredo, D.D.: Seed coat-derived brassinosteroid signaling regulates endosperm development. Nature Communications 15 (1), 9352 (2024)

Florez-Rueda, A.M.; Miguel, C.M.; Figueiredo, D.D.: Comparative transcriptomics of seed nourishing tissues: uncovering conserved and divergent pathways in seed plants. The Plant Journal 119 (2), pp. 1134 - 1157 (2024)

Chen, B.; Maas, L.; Figueiredo, D.D.; Zhong, Y.; Reis, R.; Li, M.; Horstman, A.; Riksen, T.; Weemen, M.; Liu, H. et al.; Siemons, C.; Chen, S.; Angenent, G. C.; Boutilier, K.: BABY BOOM regulates early embryo and endosperm development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (25), e2201761119 (2022)

Brownfield, L. R.; Figueiredo, D.D.; Borg, M.; Schmidt, A.: Plant development and reproduction at single cell and cell typespecific resolution. Frontiers in Plant Science 14, 1261685 (2023)

Lima, R. B.; Figueiredo, D.D.: Sex on steroids: how brassinosteroids shape reproductive development in plants. Plant and Cell Physiology 65 (10), pp. 1581 - 1600 (2024)