Publications

Dissemination articles

Journal	Title
El país. 2021	El tomate no es natural, es un tesoro creado por el ingenio humano
The conversation. 2022	La domesticación del tomate en América: un viaje de ida y vuelta
The conversation. 2022	Historia del tomate: del desprecio de las élites al éxito industrial

Publications

2023

Journal	Title
EMBO Reports	Changes in lipid metabolism driven by steroid signalling modulate proteostasis in C. elegans
Procedings of the Royal Society B	Quantitative genetic analysis of floral traits shows current limits but potential evolution in the wild

2022

Journal	Title
Horticulture Research	Atlas of phenotypic, genotypic and geographical diversity present in the European traditional tomato
Journal of Experimental Botany	European traditional tomatoes galore: a result of farmers’ selection of a few diversity-rich loci
Horticulture Research	Haplotype analyses reveal novel insights into tomato history and domestication driven by long-distance migrations and latitudinal adaptations

2021

Journal	Title
Planta	Large-scale gene gains and losses molded the NLR defense arsenal during the Cucurbita evolution
Int J Mol Sci	Early Embryo Exposure to Assisted Reproductive Manipulation Induced Subtle Changes in Liver Epigenetics with No Apparent Negative Health Consequences in Rabbit
Agronomy	Integrative Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analysis at Organ Scale Reveals Gene Modules Involved in the Responses to Suboptimal Nitrogen Supply in Tomato
Industrial Crops and Products	Flower induction and development in saffron: Timing and hormone signalling pathways
Plant Methods	K-seq, an affordable, reliable, and open Klenow NGS-based genotyping technology
Genes	Discovery of a Major QTL Controlling Trichome IV Density in Tomato Using K-Seq Genotyping
J Sci Food Agric	Transcriptomic analysis of a near‐isogenic line of melon with high fruit flesh firmness during ripening

2020

Journal	Title
Scientific Reports	Long-term and transgenerational phenotypic, transcriptional and metabolic effects in rabbit males born following vitrified embryo transfer
Horticulture Research	Exploiting the diversity of tomato: the development of a phenotypically and genetically detailed germplasm collection
Frontiers in Plant Sciene	A Major QTL Located in Chromosome 8 of Cucurbita moschata Is Responsible for Resistance to Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus

2019

Journal	Title
Nature Genetics	The tomato pan-genome uncovers new genes and a rare allele regulating fruit flavor
PLOS One	De novo European eel transcriptome provides insights into the evolutionary history of duplicated genes in teleost lineages
BMC Genomics	Cold seawater induces early sexual developmental stages in the BPG axis of European eel males
Nucleic Acid Research	Cucurbit Genomics Database (CuGenDB): a central portal for comparative and functional genomics of cucurbit crops
Horticulture Research	Whole-genome resequencing of Cucurbita pepo morphotypes to discover genomic variants associated with morphology and horticulturally valuable traits

2018

Journal	Title
BMC Plant Biology	Resistance to Plum Pox Virus (PPV) in apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) is associated with down-regulation of two MATHd genes
BMC Genomics	Transcriptomic changes in Cucurbita pepo fruit after cold storage: differential response between two cultivars contrasting in chilling sensitivity
Frontiers in Plant Science	Plant Genebanks: Present Situation and Proposals for Their Improvement. the Case of the Spanish Network

2017

Journal	Title
Nucleid Acid Research	GB3.0: a platform for plant bio-design that connects functional DNA elements with associated biological data
BMC Genomics	An SNP-based saturated genetic map and QTL analysis of fruit-related traits in Zucchini using Genotyping-by-sequencing
Plant Biotechnology journal	De novo assembly of the zucchini genome reveals a whole genome duplication associated with the origin of the Cucurbita genus

2016

Journal	Title
Plant Methods	A modular toolbox for gRNA–Cas9 genome engineering in plants based on the GoldenBraid standard
BMC Genomics	Transcriptomic profiling of Melon necrotic spot virus-infected melon plants revealed virus strain and plant cultivar-specific alterations
BMC Genomics	The first de novo transcriptome of pepino (Solanum muricatum): assembly, comprehensive analysis and comparison with the closely related species S. caripense, potato and tomato
BMC Genomics	Transcriptome analysis and molecular marker discovery in Solanum incanum and S. aethiopicum, two close relatives of the common eggplant (Solanum melongena) with interest for breeding
Archives of Virology	Analysis of the coding-complete genomic sequence of groundnut ringspot virus suggests a common ancestor with tomato chlorotic spot virus

2015

Journal	Title
BMC Genomics	Genomic variation in tomato, from wild ancestors to contemporary breeding accessions
BMC Genomics	Comparative transcriptional profiling analysis of developing melon (Cucumis melo L.) fruit from climacteric and non-climacteric varieties

2014

Journal	Title
BMC Biology	ABCC transporters mediate insect resistance to multiple Bt toxins revealed by bulk segregant analysis

2013

Journal	Title
Euphytica	Spanish onion landraces (Allium cepa L.) as sources of germplasm for breeding calçots: a morphological and molecular survey
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	A cytochrome P450 regulates a domestication trait in cultivated tomato
Plant Physiology	GoldenBraid2.0: A comprehensive DNA assembly framework for Plant Synthetic Biology
Molecular Plant Pathology	Genomic analysis reveals MATH gene(s) as candidate(s) for Plum pox virus (PPV) resistance in apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.)
TAG	SNP genotyping in melons: Genetic variation, population structure and linkage disequilibrium

2012

Journal	Title
Plant Molecular Biology Reporter	A Cost-effective Double-Stranded cDNA Synthesis for Plant Microarrays
PLOS One	Variation Revealed by SNP Genotyping and Morphology Provides Insight into the Origin of the Tomato
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	The genome of melon (Cucumis melo L.)
BMC Genomics	Transcriptome sequencing for SNP discovery across Cucumis melo
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	The transcriptome of Spodoptera exigua larvae exposed to different types of microbes
BMC Genomics	High-throughput SNP genotyping in Cucurbita pepo for map construction and quantitative trait loci mapping

2011

Journal	Title
Sciencia Horticulturae	The risks of success in quality vegetable markets: Possible genetic erosion in Marmande tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) and consumer dissatisfaction.
Mol Plant Microbe Interact	Microarray analysis shows that recessive resistance to Watermelon mosaic virus in melon is associated with the induction of defense response genes.
BMC Plant Biology	A consensus linkage map for molecular markers and Quantitative Trait Loci associated with economically important traits in melon (Cucumis melo L.)
BMC Genomics	Analysis of the melon (Cucumis melo) small RNAome by high-throughput pyrosequencing
Genet Resour Crop Evol	Genetic basis of long shelf life and variability into Penjar tomato.
BMC Genomics	ngs_backbone: a pipeline for read cleaning, mapping and SNP calling using Next Generation Sequence.
The Plant Genome	Melon Transcriptome Characterization: Simple Sequence Repeats and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Discovery for High Throughput Genotyping across the Species.
BMC Genomics	Transcriptome characterization and high throughput SSRs and SNPs discovery in Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae)
Genet Resour Crop Evol	Taxonomy and genetic diversity of domesticated Capsicum species in the Andean region.

2010

Journal	Title
BMC Genomics	EcoTILLING in Capsicum species: searching for new virus resistances
Genet Res Crop Evol	Pattern of genetic variability of Solanum habrochaites in its natural area of distribution

2009

Journal	Title
Genet Res Crop Evol	Classification and phylogenetic relationships in Solanum section Lycopersicon based on AFLP and two nuclear gene sequences
Genet Res Crop Evol	Genetic and bioclimatic variation in Solanum pimpinellifolium
BMC Plant Biology	Transcriptomic analysis of tomato carpel development reveals alterations in ethylene and gibberellin synthesis during pat3/pat4 parthenocarpic fruit set
BMC Plant Biology	A set of EST-SNPs for map saturation and cultivar identification in melon
BMC Genomics	An oligo-based microarray offers novel transcriptomic approaches for the analysis of pathogen resistance and fruit quality traits in melon (Cucumis melo L.)

2008

Journal	Title
BMC Bioinformatics	MELOGEN: an EST database for melon functional genomics
TAG	Bin mapping of genomic and EST-derived SSRs in melon ( Cucumis melo L.)
Plant Disease	Tomato torrado virus is Transmitted by Bemisia tabaci and Infects Pepper and Eggplant in Addition to Tomato

2007

Journal	Title
Am J Bot	AFLP and DNA sequence variation in an Andean domesticate, pepino (Solanum muricatum, Solanaceae): implications for evolution and domestication
Plant Science	Analysis of gene expression during the fruit set of tomato: A comparative approach
Genet Res Crop Evol	Genetic structure of Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium (Solanaceae) populations collected after the ENSO event 1997-1998
Eur J Plant Pathol	Identification of a CAPS marker tightly linked to the Tomato yellow leaf curl disease resistance gene Ty-1 in tomato

2006

Journal	Title
Systematic Botany	The Implications of AFLP Data for the Systematics of the Wild Species of Solanum section Basarthrum

2004

Journal	Title
Am J Bot	Relationships, origin, and diversity of Galápagos tomatoes: implications for the conservation of natural populations

2002

Journal	Title
Hum Mutat	Mutations in myosin VIIA (MYO7A) and usherin (USH2A) in Spanish patients with Usher syndrome types I and II, respectively
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	A nuclear export signal within the high mobility group domain regulates the nucleocytoplasmic translocation of SOX9 during sexual determination

2001

Journal	Title
Nucleic Acids Res	SOX7 transcription factor: sequence, chromosomal localisation, expression,transactivation and interference with Wnt signalling

2000

Journal	Title
Gene	dfh is a Drosophila homolog of the Friedreich’s ataxia disease gene
Genome	Tirant is a new member of the gypsy family of retrotransposons in Drosophila melanogaster

1999

Journal	Title
Mol Biol Evol	Incipient GAA repeats in the primate Friedreich ataxia homologous genes

1997

Journal	Title
Am J Hum Genet	Phenotype correlation and intergenerational dynamics of the Friedreich ataxia GAA trinucleotide repeat
Nature Genetics	Frataxin fracas

1996

Journal	Title
Science	Friedreich’s Ataxia: autosomal recessive disease caused by an intronic GAA triplet repeat
Eur J Hum Genet	Evidence for a common origin of most Friedreich’s ataxia chromosomes in the Spanish population

1994

Journal	Title
Eur J Hum Genet	Mapping of Friedreich’s Ataxia locus by identification of recombination events in patients homozygous by descent