Octavio M. Palacios-Gimenez - Publications

Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. & Palacios-Gimenez, O.M. (2025). Repetitive DNAs: The “invisible” regulators of insect adaptation and speciation. Current Opinion in Insect Science 67: 101295. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2024.101295External link 

Jayaprasad, S., Peona, V., Ellerstrand, S.J., Rossini, R., Bunikis, I., Pettersson, O.V., Olsen, R.-A., Rubin, C.-J., Einarsdottir, E., Bonath, F., Bradford, T.M., Cooper, S.J.B., Hansson, B., Suh, A., Kawakami, T., Schielzeth, H. & Palacios-Gimenez, O.M. (2024). Orthopteran neo-sex chromosomes reveal dynamics of recombination suppression and evolution of supergenes. Molecular Ecology 33: e17567. doi: 10.1111/mec.17567External link 

Li, X., Jayaprasad, S., Einarsdottir, E., Cooper, S.J.B., Suh, A., Kawakami, T. & Palacios-Gimenez, O.M. (2024). Chromosome-level genome assembly of the morabine grasshopper 
19. Scientific Data 11: 997. doi: 10.1038/s41597-024-03858-0External link

Castillo, E.R.D., Scattolini, M.C., Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Martí, D.A., Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. & Cigliano, M.M. (2023). Karyotype evolution in Ronderosia grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 20: 1-17. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac090External link 

Peona, V., Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Lutgen, D., Olsen, R.A., Alaei Kakhki, N., Andriopoulos, P., Bontzorlos, V., Schweizer, M., Suh, A. & Burri, R. (2023). An annotated chromosome-scale reference genome for Eastern black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca). G3 - Genes Genomes Genetics doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad088External link 

Mahadevaraju, S., Fear, J.M., Akeju, M., Galletta, B.J., Pinheiro, M.M.L.S., Avelino, C.C., Cabral-de-Mello, D.C., Conlon, K., Dell’Orso, S., Demere, Z., Mansuria, K., Mendonça, C.A., Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Ross, E., Savery, M., Yu, K., Smith, H.E., Sartorelli, V., Yang, H., Rusan, N.M., Vibranovski, M.D., Matunis, E. & Oliver, B. (2021). Dynamic sex chromosome expression in Drosophila male germ cells. Nature Communications 12: 892. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-20897-yExternal link

Martí, E., Milani, D., Bardella, V.B., Albuquerque, L., Song, H., Palacios-Gimenez, O.M. & Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. (2021). Cytogenomic analysis unveils mixed molecular evolution and recurrent chromosome rearrangements shaping the multigene families on Schistocerca grasshopper genomes. Evolution doi: 10.1111/evo.14287External link

Peona, V., Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Blommaert, J., Liu, J., Haryoko, T., Jønsson, K.A., Irestedt, M., Zhou, Q., Jern, P. & Suh, A. (2021). The avian W chromosome is a refugium for endogenous retroviruses with likely effects on female-biased mutational load and genetic incompatibilities. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 376: 20200186. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0186External link

Santander, M.D., Cabral-de-Mello, D.C., Taffarel, A., Martí, D.A., Palacios-Gimenez, O.M. & Castollo, E.R.D. (2021). New insights into the six decades of Mesa’s hypothesis of chromosomal evolution in Ommexechinae grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 20: 1-15. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa188/6138200External link

Ferretti, A.B.S.M., Milani, D., Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Ruiz-Ruano, F.J. & Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. (2020). High dynamism for neo-sex chromosomes: satellite DNAs reveal complex evolution in a grasshopper. Heredity 125: 124-137. doi: 10.1038/s41437-020-0327-7External link

Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Koelman, J., Palmada-Flores, M., Bradford, T.M., Jones, K.K., Cooper, S.J.B., Kawakami, T. & Suh, A. (2020). Comparative analysis of morabine grasshopper genomes reveals highly abundant transposable elements and rapidly proliferating satellite DNA repeats. BMC Biology 18: 199. doi: 10.1186/s12915-020-00925-xExternal link

Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Milani, D., Song, H., Marti, D.A., Lopez-Leon, M.D., Ruiz-Ruano, F.J., Camacho, J.P.M. & Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. (2020). Eight million years of satellite DNA evolution in grasshoppers of the genus Schistocerca illuminate the ins and outs of the library hypothesis. Genome Biology and Evolution 12: 88-102. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evaa018External link

Milani, D., Bardella, V.B., Ferretti, A.B.S.M., Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Melo, A.D., Moura, R.C., Loreto, V., Song, H.J. & Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. (2018). Satellite DNAs unveil clues about the ancestry and composition of B chromosomes in three grasshopper species. Genes 9: 523. doi: 10.3390/genes9110523External link

Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Bardella, V.B., Lemos, B. & Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. (2018). Satellite DNAs are conserved and differentially transcribed among Gryllus cricket species. DNA Research 25: 137-147. doi: 10.1093/dnares/dsx044External link

Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Milani, D., Lemos, B., Castillo, E.R., Marti, D.A., Ramos, E., Martins, C. & Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. (2018). Uncovering the evolutionary history of neo-XY sex chromosomes in the grasshopper Ronderosia bergii (Orthoptera, Melanoplinae) through satellite DNA analysis. BMC Evolutionary Biology 18: 2. doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-1113-xExternal link

Bernardino, A.C.S., Cabral-de-Mello, D.C., Machado, C.B., Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Santos, N. & Loreto, V. (2017). B chromosome variants of the grasshopper Xyleus discoideus angulatus are potentially derived from pericentromeric DNA. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 152: 213-221. doi: 10.1159/000480036External link

Castillo, E.R.D., Taffarel, A., Maronna, M.M., Cigliano, M.M., Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. & Marti, D.A. (2017). Phylogeny and chromosomal diversification in the Dichroplus elongatus species group (Orthoptera, Melanoplinae). PLoS One 12: e0172352. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172352External link

Milani, D., Palacios-Gimenez, O.M. & Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. (2017). The U2 snDNA is a useful marker for B chromosome detection and frequency estimation in the grasshopper Abracris flavolineata. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 151: 36-40. doi: 10.1159/000458468External link

Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Dias, G.B., de Lima, L.G., Kuhn, G.C.E.S., Ramos, E., Martins, C. & Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. (2017). High-throughput analysis of the satellitome revealed enormous diversity of satellite DNAs in the neo-Y chromosome of the cricket Eneoptera surinamensis. Scientific Reports 7: 6422. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-06822-8External link

Bueno, D., Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Marti, D.A., Mariguela, T.C. & Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. (2016). The 5S rDNA in two Abracris grasshoppers (Ommatolampidinae: Acrididae): molecular and chromosomal organization. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 291: 1607-1613. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00438-016-1204-1External link

Menezes-de-Carvalho, N.Z., Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Milani, D. & Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. (2015). High similarity of U2 snDNA sequence between A and B chromosomes in the grasshopper Abracris flavolineata. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 290: 1787-1792. doi:10.1007/s00438-015-1033-7External link

Palacios-Gimenez, O.M. & Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. (2015). Repetitive DNA chromosomal organization in the cricket Cycloptiloides americanus: a case of the unusual X₁X₂0 sex chromosome system in Orthoptera. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 290: 623-631. doi: 10.1007/s00438-014-0947-9External link

Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Carvalho, C.R., Soares, F.A.F. & Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. (2015). Contrasting the chromosomal organization of repetitive DNAs in two Gryllidae crickets with highly divergent karyotypes. PLoS One 10: e0143540. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143540External link

Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Marti, D.A. & Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. (2015). Neo-sex chromosomes of Ronderosia bergi: insight into the evolution of sex chromosomes in grasshoppers. Chromosoma 124: 353-365. doi: 10.1007/s00412-015-0505-1External link

Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Bueno, D. & Cabral-De-Melo, D.C. (2014). Chromosomal mapping of two Mariner-like elements in the grasshopper Abracris flavolineata (Orthoptera: Acrididae) reveals enrichment in euchromatin. European Journal of Entomology 111: 329-334. doi: 10.14411/eje.2014.052External link

Bueno, D., Palacios-Gimenez, O.M. & Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. (2013). Chromosomal mapping of repetitive DNAs in the grasshopper Abracris flavolineata reveal possible ancestry of the B chromosome and H3 histone spreading. PLoS One 8: e66532. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066532External link

Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Castillo, E.R., Marti, D.A. & Cabral-de-Mello, D.C. (2013). Tracking the evolution of sex chromosome systems in Melanoplinae grasshoppers through chromosomal mapping of repetitive DNA sequences. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13: 167. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-167External link