PUBLICATIONS
2025
Güney G, Schmitt K, Zicola J, Toprak U, Rostás M, Scholten S, and Cedden D. The microRNA pathway regulates obligatory aestivation in the cabbage stem flea beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala. Commun Biol. 2025:8(1):1288.
Zhang Z, Wanney W, Xu Y, Zicola J, Hancock AM, Schmitz RJ, and Johannes F. Mapping genetic modifiers of epimutation rates reveals a punctuated-equilibrium model of CG methylome evolution. 2025:2025.06.14.659605.
Zicola J, Tergemina E, Göktay M, Neto C, Schmitz RJ, and Hancock AM. Major effect mutations drive DNA methylation variation after colonization of a novel habitat. 2025a:2025.06.14.659694.
Zicola J, Weber B, Tu X, Bader R, Zisis D, Aesaert S, Salvi S, Krajewski P, Van Lijsebettens M, Li C, et al. Vegetative to generative1 (Vgt1) is an enhancer affecting flowering time and jasmonate signaling in maize by promoting the expression of Zea mays Related to APETALA 2.7. Plant Physiol. 2025b:kiaf468.
2024
Cedden D, Güney G, Scholten S, and Rostás M. Lethal and sublethal effects of orally delivered double-stranded RNA on the cabbage stem flea beetle, Psylliodes chrysocephala. Pest Manag Sci. 2024:80(5):2282–2293. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7494
Güney G, Cedden D, Körnig J, Ulber B, Beran F, Scholten S, and Rostás M. Physiological and transcriptional changes associated with obligate aestivation in the cabbage stem flea beetle (Psylliodes chrysocephala). Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2024:173:104165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2024.104165
Zicola J, Dasari P, Hahn KK, Ziese-Kubon K, Meurer A, Buhl T, and Scholten S. De novo transcriptome assembly of the oak processionary moth Thaumetopoea processionea. BMC Genomic Data. 2024:25(1):55. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-024-01237-7
2023
Zicola J. Spotlight on a long noncoding RNA: hID1 regulates seed germination after red light exposure. Plant Cell. 2023b:koac353. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac353
Zicola J. The small RNA family gets bigger: AGO1-bound noncanonical sRNAs are upregulated under nutrient deprivation in Chlamydomonas. Plant Cell. 2023c:35(6):1623–1625. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad092
Zicola J. Transposable element variation in Arabidopsis: Far Eastern accessions are loaded up. Plant Cell. 2023d:koad306. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad306
Sana S, Vollhardt I, Kubon K, Rostás M, and Scholten S. De novo transcriptome assemblies of five major European oilseed rape insect pests. BMC Genomic Data. 2023:24(1):15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-023-01115-8
2022
Tergemina E, Elfarargi AF, Flis P, Fulgione A, Göktay M, Neto C, Scholle M, Flood PJ, Xerri S-A, Zicola J, et al. A two-step adaptive walk rewires nutrient transport in a challenging edaphic environment. Sci Adv. 2022:8(20):eabm9385. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm9385
Zicola J. MITE not be that bad after all: A transposon promoting drought resistance in apple. Plant Cell. 2022a:34(10):3505–3506. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac231
Zicola J. RDR2 in maize: One-way road to double-stranded RNA. Plant Cell. 2022b:koac100. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac100
2021
Tian H, Li Y, Wang C, Xu X, Zhang Y, Zeb Q, Zicola J, Fu Y, Turck F, Li L, et al. Photoperiod-responsive changes in chromatin accessibility in phloem-companion and epidermis cells of Arabidopsis leaves. Plant Cell. 2021:33(3):475–491. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koaa043
Before 2020
Seifert F, Thiemann A, Schrag TA, Rybka D, Melchinger AE, Frisch M, and Scholten S. Small RNA-based prediction of hybrid performance in maize. BMC Genomics. 2018b:19(1):371. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-018-4708-8
Seifert F, Thiemann A, Grant-Downton R, Edelmann S, Rybka D, Schrag TA, Frisch M, Dickinson HG, Melchinger AE, and Scholten S. Parental Expression Variation of Small RNAs Is Negatively Correlated with Grain Yield Heterosis in a Maize Breeding Population. Front Plant Sci. 2018a:9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00013
Westhues M, Schrag TA, Heuer C, Thaller G, Utz HF, Schipprack W, Thiemann A, Seifert F, Ehret A, Schlereth A, et al. Omics-based hybrid prediction in maize. Theor Appl Genet. 2017:130(9):1927–1939. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-017-2934-0
Dickinson H and Scholten S. And Baby Makes Three: Genomic Imprinting in Plant Embryos. PLOS Genet. 2013:9(12):e1003981. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003981
Scholten S. Genomic imprinting in plant embryos. Epigenetics. 2010:5(6):455–459. https://doi.org/10.4161/epi.5.6.12313
Meyer S, Pospisil H, and Scholten S. Heterosis associated gene expression in maize embryos 6 days after fertilization exhibits additive, dominant and overdominant pattern. Plant Mol Biol. 2007:63(3):381–391. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-006-9095-x
Gutiérrez-Marcos JF, Costa LM, Prà MD, Scholten S, Kranz E, Perez P, and Dickinson HG. Epigenetic asymmetry of imprinted genes in plant gametes. Nat Genet. 2006:38(8):876–878. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1828
Scholten S, Lörz H, and Kranz E. Paternal mRNA and protein synthesis coincides with male chromatin decondensation in maize zygotes. Plant J. 2002:32(2):221–231. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01418.x