• 1981 B.Sc.: Zagreb, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Biology 
• 1985 M.Sc.: Zagreb, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Molecular Biology 
• 1990 Ph.D.: Zagreb, University of Zagreb and Ruđer Bošković Institute (Biology)

• 2007 - present: Evolution, properties and functional interactions of satellite DNA sequences, MZOŠ RH

• The impact of repetitive sequences on the molecular evolution and architecture of bivalve genomes - GENREP

  08.12.2025 - 07.12.2028 | 199,660.00 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• Elucidating the role of "dark matter" in the functioning of the genome of the economically important beetle Tenebrio molitor

  01.01.2025 - 31.01.2027 | 13,000.00 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• Invertebrate centromere genomics - CENGEN

  01.10.2015 - 10.01.2019 | 132,324.64 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• Evolution, properties and functional interactions of satellite DNA sequences

  01.01.2007 - 01.01.2009 | 0.00 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• Biodiversity in Croatia: genetic characterization of autochtonous flora and fauna and economically important species and breeds

  01.01.2004 - 30.12.2006 | 1,250,000.00 HRK

  CroRISIRB

• 2010: Ruđer Bošković Institute award

• Osijek, J. J. Strossmayer University, Department of Biology: Molecular genetics  
• Zagreb, University of Zagreb, Facuolty of Agronomy, study of Agroecology: Molecular microbiology
• Zagreb, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Doctoral study: Noncoding DNA sequences in eukaryotic genomes
• Zagreb, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Medicine, Doctoral Study of Neurosciences: Human genome and neural system
• J. J. Strossmayer University on Osijek, University of Dubrovnik and Ruđer Bošković Institute, Doctoral Study of Molecular Biosciences: Structural Genomics

• Mravinac B., Meštrović, N., Čavrak, V., Plohl, M. (2011) TCAGG, an alternative telomeric sequence in insects. Chromosoma, 120, 367-376.
• Mravinac, B., Plohl, M. (2010) Parallelism in evolution of highly repetitive DNAs in sibling species. Mol. Biol. Evol., 27, 1857-1867.  
• Plohl, M., Petrović, V., Luchetti, A., Ricci, A., Šatović, E., Passamonti, M., Mantovani, B. (2010) Long-term conservation vs. high sequence divergence: the case of an extraordinarily old satellite DNA in bivalve mollusks. Heredity 104, 543-551.  
• Plohl, M., Luchetti, A., Meštrović, N., Mantovani, B. (2008) Satellite DNAs between selfishness and functionality: structure, genomics and evolution of tandem repeats in centromeric heterochromatin. Gene 409, 72-82
• Meštrović, N., Castagnone-Sereno, P., Plohl, M. (2006) Interplay of selective pressure and stochastic events directs evolution of the MEL 172 satellite DNA library in root-knot nematodes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 23, 2316-2325
• Ugarković, Đ. and Plohl, M. (2002) Variation in satellite DNA profiles-causes and effects. EMBO J. 21, 5955-5959
• Plohl, M., Prats, E., Martinez-Lage, A., Gonzales-Tizon, A., Mendez, J. and Cornudella, L. (2002) Telomeric localization of the vertebrate-type hexamer repeat, (TTAGGG)_n, in the wedgeshell clam Donax trunculus and other marine invertebrate genomes. J. Biol. Chem. 277,  19839-19846
• Meštrović, N., Plohl, M., Mravinac, B. and Ugarković, Đ. (1998) Evolution of satellite DNAs from the genus Palorus - experimental evidence for the "library" hypothesis. Mol. Biol. Evol. 15, 1062-1068
• Plohl, M., Meštrović, N., Bruvo, B. and Ugarković, Đ. (1998) Similarity of structural features and evolution of satellite DNAs from Palorus subdepressus (Coleoptera) and related species. J. Mol. Evol. 46, 234-239
• Ugarković, Đ., Podnar, M. and Plohl, M. (1996) Satellite DNA of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum - comparative study of satellites from the genus Tribolium. Mol. Biol. Evol. 13, 1059-1066
• Plohl, M., Lucijanić - Justić, V., Ugarković, Đ., Petitpierre, E. and Juan, C. (1993) Satellite DNA and heterochromatin of the flour beetle Tribolium confusum. Genome 36, 467-475
•  Plohl, M., Borštnik, B., Lucijanić - Justić, V. and Ugarković, Đ. (1992) Evidence for random distribution of sequence variants in Tenebrio molitor satellite DNA. Genet. Res. 60, 7-13

Original scientific paper

• Šatović Vukšić, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Satellite DNAs in Physiology and Evolution // Satellite DNAs in Physiology and Evolution. | Cham: Springer, 2021. str. 57-83 . doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-74889-0

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• Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica | Satellite DNA evolution // Repetitive DNA. | Basel: Karger Publishers, 2012. str. 126-152 . doi: 10.1159/000337122

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• Cornudella, Luis ; Debon, Rosa ; Prats, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Familias de DNA satelite en moluscos bivalvos // Los moluscos bivalvos: aspectos citogeneticos, moleculares y aplicados. | La Coruña: Universidade da Coruña, 2001. str. 101-126-x

Original scientific paper

• Majcen, Patrik; Sermek, Antonio; Ugarković, Đurđica; Oppert, Brenda; Plohl, Miroslav; Šatović-Vukšić, Eva | Integrative satellitomics reveals distinct patterns of organization, transcription and evolution of satellite DNAs in Tenebrio molitor // Biology direct, 21 (2026), 1; 74, 17. doi: 10.1186/s13062-026-00808-1

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• Oppert, Brenda; Dossey, Aaron T; Chu, Fu-Chyun; Šatović-Vukšić, Eva; Plohl, Miroslav; Smith, Timothy PL; Koren, Sergey; Olmstead, Morgan L; Leierer, Dewey; Ragan, Gail et al. | The genome of the Yellow Mealworm, Tenebrio molitor: it’s bigger than you think // Genes, 14 (2023), 12; 2209, 20. doi: 10.3390/genes14122209

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• Gržan, Tena ; Dombi, Mira ; Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Veseljak, Damira ; Volarić, Marin ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica | The Low-Copy-Number Satellite DNAs of the Model Beetle Tribolium castaneum // Genes, 14 (2023), 5; 999, 21. doi: 10.3390/genes14050999

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• Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Širca, Saša ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka | Satellitome analyses in nematodes illuminate complex species history and show conserved features in satellite DNAs // BMC biology, 20 (2022), 1; 259, 19. doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01460-7

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• Oppert, Brenda ; Muszewska, Anna ; Steczkiewicz, Kamil ; Šatović-Vukšić, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Fabrick, Jeffrey ; Vinokurov, Konstantin ; Koloniuk, Igor ; Johnston, J. ; Smith, Timothy et al. | The Genome of Rhyzopertha dominica (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae): Adaptation for Success // Genes, 13 (2022), 3; 13030446, 43. doi: 10.3390/genes13030446

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• Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Širca, Saša ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka | The Centromere Histone Is Conserved and Associated with Tandem Repeats Sharing a Conserved 19-bp Box in the Holocentromere of Meloidogyne Nematodes // Molecular biology and evolution, 38 (2021), 5; 1943-1965. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msaa336

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• Tunjić-Cvitanić, Monika ; Pasantes, Juan J. ; García-Souto, Daniel ; Cvitanić, Tonči ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Šatović-Vukšić, Eva | Satellitome Analysis of the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas Reveals New Pattern of Satellite DNA Organization, Highly Scattered across the Genome // International journal of molecular sciences, 22 (2021), 13; 6798, 21. doi: 10.3390/ijms22136798

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• Gržan, Tena ; Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica | CenH3 distribution reveals extended centromeres in the model beetle Tribolium castaneum // PLOS genetics, 16 (2020), 10; e1009115, 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009115

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• Vojvoda Zeljko, Tanja ; Pavlek, Martina ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav | Satellite DNA‑like repeats are dispersed throughout the genome of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas carried by Helentron non‑autonomous mobile elements // Scientific reports, 10 (2020), 1; 15107, 12. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71886-y

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• Šatović, Eva ; Luchetti, Andrea ; Pasantes, Juan J. ; García-Souto, Daniel ; Cedilak, Andrea ; Mantovani, Barbara ; Plohl, Miroslav | Terminal-Repeat Retrotransposons in Miniature (TRIMs) in bivalves // Scientific reports, 9 (2019), 19962, 10. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-56502-y

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• Šatović, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Two new miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements in the genome of the clam Donax trunculus // Genetica ('s-Gravenhage), 145 (2017), 4/5; 379-385. doi: 10.1007/s10709-017-9973-y

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• García-Souto, Daniel ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Šatović, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Morán, Paloma ; Pasantes, Juan J. | Methylation profile of a satellite DNA constituting the intercalary G+C-rich heterochromatin of the cut trough shell Spisula subtruncata (Bivalvia, Mactridae) // Scientific reports, 7 (2017), 6930; 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07231-7

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• Šatović, Eva ; Vojvoda Zeljko, Tanja ; Luchetti, Andrea ; Mantovani, Barbara ; Plohl, Miroslav | Adjacent sequences disclose potential for intra-genomic dispersal of satellite DNA repeats and suggest a complex network with transposable elements // Bmc genomics, 17 (2016), 977; 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-3347-1

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• Luchetti, Andrea ; Šatović, Eva ; Mantovani, Barbara ; Plohl, Miroslav | RUDI, a short interspersed element of the V-SINE superfamily widespread in molluscan genomes // Molecular genetics and genomics, 291 (2016), 3; 1419-1429. doi: 10.1007/s00438-016-1194-z

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• Pavlek, Martina ; Gelfand, Yevgeniy ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka | Genome-wide analysis of tandem repeats in Tribolium castaneum genome reveals abundant and highly dynamic tandem repeat families with satellite DNA features in euchromatic chromosomal arms // Dna research, 22 (2015), 6; 387-401. doi: 10.1093/dnares/dsv021

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• Paço, Ana ; Adega, Filomena ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Chaves, Raquel | The puzzling character of repetitive DNA in Phodopus genomes (Cricetidae, Rodentia) // Chromosome research, 23 (2015), 427-440. doi: 10.1007/s10577-015-9481-9

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• Paço, A. ; Adega, F. ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Chaves, R. | Evolutionary story of a satellite DNA from Phodopus sungorus (Rodentia, Cricetidae) // Genome biology and evolution, 6 (2014), 10; 2944-2955. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evu233

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• Šatović, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Tandem repeat-containing MITEs in the clam Donax trunculus // Genome biology and evolution, 5 (2013), 12; 2549-2559. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evt202

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• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Pavlek, Martina ; Car, Ana ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Abad, Pierre ; Plohl, Miroslav | Conserved DNA Motifs, Including the CENP-B Box- like, Are Possible Promoters of Satellite DNA Array Rearrangements in Nematodes // PLoS One, 8 (2013), 6; e6732-1-e6732-. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067328

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• Mravinac, Brankica ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Čavrak, Vladimir Vanja ; Plohl, Miroslav | TCAGG, an alternative telomeric sequence in insects // Chromosoma (Berlin), 120 (2011), 4; 367-376. doi: 10.1007/s00412-011-0317-x

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• Mravinac, Brankica ; Plohl, Miroslav | Parallelism in evolution of highly repetitive DNAs in sibling species // Molecular biology and evolution, 27 (2010), 8; 1857-1867. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msq068

  doimbe.oxfordjournals.orgmbe.oxfordjournals.org

• Plohl, Miroslav ; Petrović, Vlatka ; Luchetti, Andrea ; Ricci, Andrea ; Šatović, Eva ; Passamonti, Marco ; Mantovani, Barbara | Long-term conservation vs. high sequence divergence : the case of an extraordinarily old satellite DNA in bivalve mollusks // Heredity (Edinburgh), 104 (2010), 6; 543-551. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.141

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• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe | Relevance of satellite DNA genomic distribution in phylogenetic analysis: a case study with root-knot nematodes of the genus Meloidogyne // Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 50 (2009), 1; 204-208. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.013

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• Petrović, Vlatka ; Perez-Garcia, Concepcion ; Pasantes, Juan ; Šatović, Eva ; Prats, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | A GC-rich satellite DNA and karyology of the bivalve mollusc Donax trunculus: a dominance of GC-rich heterochromatin // Cytogenetic and genome research, 124 (2009), 1; 63-71. doi: 10.1159/000200089

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• Bruvo-Mađarić, Branka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Wide distribution of related satellite DNA families within the genus Pimelia (Tenebrionidae) // Gene, 130 (2007), 35-42-x

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• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav | High conservation of the differentially amplified MPA2 satellite DNA family in parthenogenetic root-knot nematodes // Gene, 376 (2006), 260-267-x

• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Bruvo-Mađarić, Branka | Preliminary phylogeny of Tribolium beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) resolved by combined analysis of mitochondrial genes // European journal of entomology, 103 (2006), 3; 709-715

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• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav | Interplay of selective pressure and stochastic events directs evolution of the MEL172 satellite DNA library in root-knot nematodes // Molecular biology and evolution, 23 (2006), 12; 2316-2325-x

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• Petrović, Vlatka ; Plohl, Miroslav | Sequence divergence and conservation in organizationally distinct subfamilies of Donax trunculus satellite DNA // Gene, 362 (2005), 37-43. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.06.044

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• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Randig, Onivaldo ; Abad, Pierre ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe | Conserved and variable domains in satellite DNAs of mitotic parthenogenetic root-knot nematode speies // Gene, 362 (2005), 44-50-x

• Mravinac, Brankica ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Preservation and high sequence conservation of satellite DNAs suggest functional constraints // Journal of molecular evolution, 61 (2005), 4; 542-550. doi: 10.1007/s00239-004-0342-y

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• Mravinac, Brankica ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Franjević, Damjan ; Plohl, Miroslav | Long inversely oriented subunits form a complex monomer of Tribolium brevicornis satellite DNA // Journal of molecular evolution, 60 (2005), 4; 513-525. doi: 10.1007/s00239-004-0236-z

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• Mravinac, Brankica ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Conserved patterns in the evolution of Tribolium satellite DNAs // Gene, 332 (2004), 169-177. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.02.055

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• Pons, Joan ; Bruvo, Branka ; Petitpierre, Eduard ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Juan, Carlos | Complex structural features of satellite DNA sequences in the genus Pimelia (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): random differential amplification from a common "satellite DNA library" // Heredity (Edinburgh), 92 (2004), 5; 418-428-x

• Bruvo, Branka ; Pons, Joan ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Juan, Carlos ; Petitpierre, Eduard ; Plohl, Miroslav | Evolution of low-copy number and major satellite DNA sequences coexisting in two Pimelia species-groups (Coleoptera) // Gene, 312C (2003), 85-94-x

• Mravinac, Brankica ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Sequence of PRAT satellite DNA "frozen" in some coleopteran species // Journal of molecular evolution, 54 (2002), 6; 774-783-x

• Plohl, Miroslav ; Prats, Eva ; Martinez-Lage, Andres ; Gonzales-Tizon, Ana ; Mendez, Josefina ; Cornudella, Luis | Telomeric localization of the vertebrate-type hexamer repeat, (TTAGGG)n, in the wedgeshell clam Donax trunculus and other marine invertebrate genomes // The Journal of biological chemistry, 277 (2002), 22; 19839-19846-x

• Pujić, Petar ; Durajlija-Žinić, Sonja ; Pandža, Suada ; Mikoč, Andreja ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Gamulin, Vera | Ribosomal RNA operons in Streptomyces rimosus : sequence of the rrnF and comparative analysis of rrn promoter regions // Food technology and biotechnology, 39 (2001), 2; 77-81

• Durajlija-Žinić, Sonja ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Cornudella, Luis ; Plohl, Miroslav | A novel, interspersed type of organization of satellite DNA in Tribolium madens heterochromatin // Chromosome research, 8 (2000), 3; 201-212. doi: 10.1023/a:1009244711527

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• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Juan, Carlos ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Plohl, Miroslav | Comparative study of satellite sequences and phylogeny of five species from the genus Palorus (Insecta, Coleoptera) // Genome (Ottawa), 43 (2000), 5; 776-785. doi: 10.1139/gen-43-5-776

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• Durajlija-Žinić, Sonja ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Gamulin, Vera | The in vivo expression of Sstreptomyces rimosus tRNA genes // Food technology and biotechnology, 38 (2000), 3; 161-166

• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Evolution of satellite DNAs from the genus Palorus : experimental evidence for the library hypothesis // Molecular biology and evolution, 15 (1998), 8; 1062-1068. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026005

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• Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Bruvo, Branka ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Similarity of structural features and evolution of satellite DNAs from Palorus subdepressus (Coleoptera) and related species // Journal of molecular evolution, 46 (1998), 2; 234-239. doi: 10.1007/PL00006298

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• Pons, Joan ; Bruvo, Branka ; Juan, Carlos ; Petitpierre, Eduard ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Conservation of satellite DNA in species of the genus Pimelia (Tenebrionidae, Coleoptera) // Gene, 205 (1997), 1-2; 183-190-x

• Plohl, Miroslav ; Cornudella, Luis | Characterization of interrelated sequence motifs in four satellite DNAs and their distribution in the genome of the mollusc Donax trunculus // Journal of molecular evolution, 44 (1997), 2; 189-198-x

• Ugarković, Đurđica ; Durajlija-Žinić, Sonja ; Plohl, Miroslav | Evolution of Tribolium madens (Insecta, Coleoptera) satellite DNA through DNA inversion and insertion // Journal of molecular evolution, 42 (1996), 3; 350-358. doi: 10.1007/BF02337545

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• Plohl, Miroslav ; Cornudella, Luis | Characterization of a complex satellite DNA in the mollusc Donax trunculus : analysis of sequence variations and divergence // Gene, 169 (1996), 2; 157-164

• Ugarković, Đurđica ; Podnar, Martina ; Plohl, Miroslav | Satellite DNA of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum - comparative study of satellites from the genus Tribolium // Molecular biology and evolution, 13 (1996), 8; 1059-1066. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025668

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• Bruvo, Branka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Uniform distribution of satellite DNA variants on the chromosomes of tenebrionid species Alphitobius diaperinus and Tenebrio molitor. // Hereditas (Lund), 123 (1995), 1; 69-75

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• Ugarković, Đurđica ; Plohl, Miroslav | Characterization of two abundant satellite DNAs from the mealworm Tenebrio obscurus // Journal of molecular evolution, 39 (1994), 5; 489-495. doi: 10.1007/BF00173418

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• Bruvo, Branka ; Tomičić, Maja ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Hamel, Darka ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Molecular-cytogenetical characterization of heterochromatin in some tenebrionid beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) // Periodicum biologorum, 97 (1994), 1; 377-380

Review article (scientific)

• Garrido-Ramos, Manuel A.; Plohl, Miroslav; Šatović-Vukšić, Eva | Satellite DNA Genomics: The Ongoing Story // International journal of molecular sciences, 26 (2025), 23; 11291-23. doi: 10.3390/ijms262311291

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• Šatović-Vukšić, Eva; Majcen, Patrik; Plohl, Miroslav | Satellite DNAs rising from the transposon graveyards // Dna research, 32 (2025), 5; dsaf026, 9. doi: 10.1093/dnares/dsaf026

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• Šatović-Vukšić, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Satellite DNAs—From Localized to Highly Dispersed Genome Components // Genes, 14 (2023), 3; 742, 22. doi: 10.3390/genes14030742

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• Šatović, Eva ; Tunjić-Cvitanić, Monika ; Plohl, Miroslav | Tools and databases for solving problems in detection and identification of repetitive DNA sequences // Periodicum biologorum, 121-122 (2020), 1-2; 7-14. doi: 10.18054/pb.v121-122i1-2.10571

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• Šatović, Eva ; Vojvoda Zeljko, Tanja ; Plohl, Miroslav | Characteristics and evolution of satellite DNA sequences in bivalve mollusks // The European zoological journal, 85 (2018), 1; 95-104. doi: 10.1080/24750263.2018.1443164

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• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Pavlek, Martina ; Vojvoda-Zeljko, Tanja ; Šatović, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Structural and functional liaisons between transposable elements and satellite DNAs // Chromosome research, 23 (2015), 3; 583-596. doi: 10.1007/s10577-015-9483-7

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• Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica | Centromere identity from the DNA point of view // Chromosoma (Berlin), 123 (2014), 4; 313-325. doi: 10.1007/s00412-014-0462-0

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• Plohl, Miroslav | Those mysterious sequences of satellite DNAs // Periodicum biologorum, 112 (2010), 4; 403-410

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• Plohl, Miroslav ; Luchetti, Andrea ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mantovani, Barbara | Satellite DNAs between selfishness and functionality: structure, genomics and evolution of tandem repeats in centromeric (hetero)chromatin // Gene, 409 (2008), 1-2; 72-82. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.11.013

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• Plohl, Miroslav | The species-specificity and evolution of satellite DNAs with emphasis on satellite DNAs in tenebrionid beetles // Entomologia Croatica, 9 (2005), 85-96-x

• Plohl, Miroslav ; Bruvo, Branka ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Petrović, Vlatka ; Durajlija-Žinić, Sonja ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Satellite DNA sequences in centromeric heterochromatin // Periodicum biologorum, 106 (2004), 2; 95-102-x

• Ugarković, Đurđica ; Plohl, Miroslav | Variation in satellite DNA profiles - causes and effects // EMBO journal, 21 (2002), 22; 5955-5959-x

Short communication

• Šatović, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Distribution of DTHS3 satellite DNA across 12 bivalve species // Journal of genetics, 97 (2018), 2; 575-580. doi: 10.1007/s12041-018-0940-x

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Other

• Šatović-Vukšić, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Classification Problems of Repetitive DNA Sequences // DNA (Basel), 1 (2021), 2; 84-90. doi: 10.3390/dna1020009

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Popular science article

• Šatović-Vukšić, Eva; Plohl, Miroslav | Mysteries of Repetitive DNA Segments // Frontiers for young minds, 13 (2025), 1560485, 8. doi: 10.3389/frym.2025.1560485

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• Šatović-Vukšić, Eva; Plohl, Miroslav | The Secret World of “Jumping” DNA // Frontiers for young minds, 12 (2024), 1279209, 9. doi: 10.3389/frym.2024.1279209

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Editorial

• Šatović-Vukšić, Eva; Garrido-Ramos, Manuel A.; Plohl, Miroslav | Special Issue “Repetitive DNA” // International journal of molecular sciences, 27 (2026), 10; 4402-1-4. doi: 10.3390/ijms27104402

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• Garrido-Ramos, Manuel A.; Plohl, Miroslav; Šatović-Vukšić, Eva | Editorial for the Special Issue “Satellite DNA Genomics” // Genes, 15 (2024), 9; 1223, 3. doi: 10.3390/genes15091223

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Conference abstract

• Šatović Vukšić, Eva; Majcen, Patrik; Sermek, Antonio; Ugarković, Đurđica; Oppert, Brenda; Plohl, Miroslav | Understanding the role and evolutionary dynamics of "dark matter of the genome" of the economically important beetle Tenebrio molitor // Abstract book - Congress of the European society for evolutionary biology (ESEB) 2025. | European society for evolutionary biology (ESEB), 2025. str. 838-838

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• Šatović Vukšić, Eva; Tunjić Cvitanić, Monika; Pasantes, Juan; García Souto, Daniel; Cvitanić, Tonči; Plohl, Miroslav | Bivalves disclose novel pattern of satellite dna organization, highly dispersed and closely connected to helitron mobile elements // HDBMB22 : From Science to Knowledge : Book of Abstracts of the Congress of the Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology / Dulić, Morana ; Sinčić, Nino ; Vrhovac Madunić, Ivana (ur.). | Zagreb: Grafokor d.o.o., 2022, P80, 184

• Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Širca, Saša ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka | Satellitome evolution illuminates complex species history and satellite DNA transcriptomes show coordinated expression in Meloidogyne nematodes // 7th International Congress of Nematology ICN 2022 "Crossing borders: a world of nematode diversity and impact to discover" : book of abstracts. | 2022. str. 327-327

• Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Širca, Saša ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka | Epigenomics of holocentromere // Simpozij studenata doktorskih studija PMF-a : knjiga sažetaka = PhD student symposium 2021 : book of abstracts. | Zagreb: Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2021. str. 185-186

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• Gržan, Tena ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica | CENH3 proteins as epigenetic determinants of Tribolium centromeres // Molecular Biophysics: ABC of the puzzle of Life. The third COST-sponsored ARBRE-MOBIEU. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biofizičko društvo, 2019. str. 91-91

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• Despot Slade, Evelin ; Pavlek, Martina ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Castagnone-Sereno, Phillipe ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka | Centromere of the nematode Meloidogyne ; characterization of centromere specific H3 protein (CENH3) and underlying DNA sequences // Molecular Biophysics: ABC of the puzzle of Life. | Institut Ruđer Bošković ; Hrvatsko biofizičko društvo, 2019. str. 82-82

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• Šatović, Eva ; Tunjić, Monika ; Vojvoda Zeljko, Tanja ; Plohl, Miroslav | Tandem repeat-containing mobile elements at the centromeres of the pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas // HDBMB2019 - crossroads in life sciences, Book of Abstracts. | 2019. str. 124-124

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• Plohl, Miroslav | Tandemly repeated DNA sequences and the centromeres // HDBMB 2019 Crossroads in Life Sciences. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo za biokemiju i molekularnu biologiju (HDBMB), 2019. str. 38-38

• Gržan, Tena ; Despot Slade, Evelin ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica | Centromere epigenomics of the three closely related Tribolium species // HDBMB 2019 Crossroads in Life Sciences : Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo za biokemiju i molekularnu biologiju (HDBMB), 2019. str. 86-86

• Despot Slade, Evelin ; Širca, Saša ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka | Comparative satellitome analysis reveals the polyploid hybrid origin in holocentric nematodes // 4th Congress of Croatian Geneticists with International Participation : Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko genetičko društvo, 2018. str. 43-43

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• Despot Slade, Evelin ; Pavlek, Martina ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Castagnone-Sereno, Phillipe ; Plohl Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka | Root-knot nematodesas a model for centromere (epi)genomics and satellitome research // 4th Congress of Croatian Geneticists with International Participation : Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko genetičko društvo, 2018. str. 35-35

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• Gržan, Tena ; Dombi, Mira ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica | Low-copy satellite DNAs of the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum revealed by next generation sequencing // Zbornik sažetaka 13. hrvatskog biološkog kongresa. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2018. str. 279-280

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• Plohl, Miroslav | Satelitne sekvence DNA u centromernim kromosomskim područjima // Zbornik sažetaka 13. Hrvatskog biološkog kongresa. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2018. str. 115-116

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• Vojvoda Zeljko, Tanja ; Šatović, Eva, Plohl, Miroslav | Genomi školjkaša ukazuju na transpozicijsku mobilnost satelitnih ponavljanja // Book of abstracts of 12th Croatian Biological Congress with International Participation / Klobučar, Göran ; Kopjar, Nevenka ; Gligora Udovič, Marija ; Lukša, Žaklin ; Jelić, Dušan - Zagreb : Croatian Biological Society, 2015. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2015. str. 280-281

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• Vojvoda Zeljko, Tanja ; Bakarić, Robert ; Plohl, Miroslav | MITE - like elements with internal tandem repeats in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1796) // The Interplay of Biomolecules, HDBMB 2014. | 2014. str. 138-138

• Vojvoda Zeljko, Tanja ; Bakarić, Robert ; Plohl, Miroslav | Interweaving of satellite DNAs and mobile elements in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793). | Canterbury, 2014. str. 124-124

• Plohl, M | Genomic composition and turnover of satellite DNA repeats // The 19th International Chromosome Conference. | Bologna, 2013. str. 15-15

• Meštrović Radan, Nevenka ; Pavlek, Martina ; Car, Ana ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Abad, Pierre ; Plohl, Miroslav | Conserved DNA motifs, including the CENP-B box-like, are involved in satellite DNA array rearrangements // The 19th International Chromosome Conference, Bologna, 2013.. | 2013. str. 1-1

• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Pavlek, Martina ; Castagnone- Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav | Satellite DNAs library in the process of forming: the nematode view // Book of Abstracts of the 3rd Congress of Croatian Geneticists with international participation, 2012/ Jasna Franekić, Verica Garaj-Vrhovac (ur.). | 2012

• Pavlek, Martina ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović Radan , Nevenka | Highly repeated non-coding DNA in Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera) genome // 18th International Chromosome Conference, Delegate book, Manchester, UK.. | Manchester, 2011. str. 1-1

• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav | Origins and evolution of satellite DNAs: the nematode view // 63rd International Symposium on Crop Protection. | Ghent University, 2011

• Šatović, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Transposable elements shaping genomic framework of satellite DNA repeats // 18th International Chromosome Conference - Delegate Book. | 2011

• Plohl, Miroslav | Contrasting patterns in genomic composition of satellite DNA repeats // Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting 2010 Programme and Abstract Book. | Prag: Society for Experimental Biology, 2010. str. 265-265

• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Pavlek, Martina ; Car, Ana ; Plohl, Miroslav | How satellite DNAs in the “library” are created? // Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting 2010 Programme and abstract book, Prague. | Prag: Society for Experimental Biology, 2010. str. 264-264

• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Pavlek, Martina, ; Car, Ana ; Plohl, Miroslav | Complex organization of satellite DNA library in the root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne chitwoodi and M. fallax // Nemagenics: Exploiting genomics to understand plant-nematode interactions - Proceedings of the fourth annual meeting. | Lisabon, 2010. str. 47-47

• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Pavlek, Martina ; Žižek, Marta ; Plohl, Miroslav | Analysis of satellite DNAs in the sequenced genome of Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera) // EMBO Young Scientists Forum- Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb, 2009. str. 42-x

• Šatović, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Analysis of nucleosome arrangement on Tenebrio molitor satellite DNA // EMBO Young Scientists Forum - Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb, 2009. str. 48-48

• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Pavlek, Martina ; Žižek, Marta ; Plohl, Miroslav | Analysis of satellite DNAs in the sequenced genome of Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera) // The architecture of life, 1st IRB Barcelona PhD Student Symposium. | Barcelona, 2009. str. 44-44

• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Pavlek, Martina ; Žižek, Marta ; Plohl, Miroslav | Analysis of satellite DNAs in the sequenced genome of Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera) // 10. Hrvatski biološki kongres : zbornik sažetaka. | 2009

• Šatović, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Isolation and characterization of new repetitive sequences from the mollusk Donax trunculus // The architecture of life. | Barcelona, 2009. str. 49-49

• Šatović, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Izolacija i karakterizacija novih repetitivnih sekvenci iz mekušca Donax trunculus // Zbornik sažetaka 10. hrvatskog biološkog kongresa. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2009. str. 81-81

• Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Radan Meštrović, Nevenka | Dvojnost u evoluciji satelitnih DNA: brze promjene nasuprot opstojnosti nukleotidnog slijeda // Zbornik sažetaka 10. hrvatskog biološkog kongresa. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2009. str. 45-46

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• Šatović, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Položaji nukleosoma na satelitnoj DNA vrste Tenebrio molitor // 50 godina molekularne biologije u Hrvatskoj Zbornik sažetaka. | Zagreb, 2008. str. 65-65

• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav | Satellite DNAs : secret parts of genomes // Znanstveni simpozij "50 godina molekularne biologije u Hrvatskoj" : program i zbornik sažetaka = Scientific symposium "50 years of molecular biology in Croatia". | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2008. str. 19-19

• Plohl, Miroslav | Tandem repetitive DNA sequences in (peri)centromeric regions // ESF Exploratory Workshop on Heterochromatin structure and function: from repetitive DNA sequences to epigenetics. | 2008

• Meštrović Radan, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Castagnone- Sereno, Philippe | Relevance of satellite DNA genomic distribution in phylogenetic analysis: a case study with root-knot nematodes of the genus Meloidogyne // COST 872 Exploiting genomics to understand plant- nematode interaction, Slovenia, 2008. | 2008. str. 1-1

• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav | Two-stage model of evolution of satellite DNA sequences: an interplay of selective constraints and stochastic events // Zbornik sažetaka 9. hrvatskog biološkog kongresa. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2006. str. 58-59

• Mravinac, B ; Ugarković, Đ ; Plohl, M | What a difference "junk" DNAs make // Embo Workshop 2005 - Chromosome structural elements: from DNA sequence to function. | Rim: Casa Editrice Universita degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", 2005. str. 30-x

• Petrović, Vlatka ; Plohl, Miroslav | Intricate patterns of sequence divergence and conservation in an organizationally complex Donax trunculus satellite DNA family // Embo workshop 2005 - Chromosome structural elements: from DNA sequence to function. | Rim: Casa Editrice Universita degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", 2005. str. 31-x

• Petrović, Vlatka ; Plohl, Miroslav | Diversification of satellite DNA variants in Donax trunculus genome // 9th Evolutionary Biology Meeting at Marseilles. | Marseille, 2005. str. 59-x

• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav | The MEL-172 satellite DNA library in parthenogenetic Meloidogyne species: conserved pattern of nucleotide variability along the monomers // Abstracts of the Embo Workshop 2005 "Chromosome structural elements : from DNA sequence to function". | Rim: Casa Editrice Universita degli Studi di Roma, 2005. str. 25-25

• Mravinac, Brankica ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Plohl, Miroslav | What a difference "junk" DNAs make... // HDBMB 2004 Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Farmaceutsko-biokemijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2004. str. 108-x

• Mravinac, Brankica ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Pezer, Željka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Conserved satellite DNA sequences in the pericentromeric heterochromatin of tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera, Insecta) // Chromosome Research 12, Supplement 1, 15th International Chromosome Conference. | London : Delhi: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004. str. 19-20-x

• Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Durajlija-Žinić, Sonja ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Organizational pattern of satellite arrays indicate high dynamics of recombinational events in centromeric heterochromatin of tenebrionid beetles // 3rd Elmau Conference on Nuclear Organization. | Witten, 2004. str. 43-43-x

• Plohl, Miroslav | Tandemly repeated noncoding sequences: from junk DNA to notable genomic components // HDBMB 2004 : Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Farmaceutsko-biokemijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2004. str. 35-35-x

• Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Durajlija-Žinić, Sonja ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Organizational pattern of satellite arrays indicate high dynamics of recombinational events in centromeric heterochromatin of tenebrionid beetles // Prvi kongres hrvatskih znanstvenika iz domovine i inozemstva, : knjiga sažetaka. | Zagreb: Ministarstvo znanosti, obrazovanja i sporta Republike Hrvatske, 2004. str. 144-144

• Ugarković, Đurđica ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Bruvo, Branka ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav | Evolutionary dynamics of satellite DNAs in some coleopteran genera // 9th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology : Book of Abstracts. | Leeds: Leeds University, 2003. str. 522-522-x

• Mravinac, Brankica ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Satelitne DNA roda Tribolium (Coleoptera) / Satellite DNAs of the genus Tribolium (Coleoptera) // 8. hrvatski biološki kongres, Zbornik sažetaka. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2003. str. 23-24-x

• Plohl, Miroslav | Satellite DNAs in Tenebrionid beetles - 15 years of research // 45 years of molecular biology in Croatia, 50 years of double helix. | Zagreb: Farmaceutsko-biokemijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2003. str. 14-15-x

• Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Bruvo, Branka ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Petrović, Vlatka ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Are noncoding DNA sequences responsible for speciation? // Zbornik sažetaka Osmog hrvatskog biološkog kongresa. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2003. str. 18-18

• Petrović, Vlatka ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Plohl, Miroslav | Diversity of satellite DNAs in the bivalve mollusk Donax trunculus // 45 years of molecular biology in Croatia ; 50 years of double helix. | Zagreb: Farmaceutsko-biokemijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2003. str. 36-36-x

• Petrović, Vlatka ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Plohl, Miroslav | Diversification of satellite DNA variants in the Donax trunculus genome // Zbornik sažetaka 8. hrvatskog biološkog kongresa. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2003. str. 25-26

• Petrović, Vlatka ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Plohl, Miroslav | Characterization of two novel satellite DNAs from the mollusc Donax trunculus // 1st Croatian Congress on Molecular Life Sciences, Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Farmaceutsko-biokemijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2002. str. 111-111-x

• Mravinac, Brankica ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Franjević, Damjan ; Plohl, Miroslav | Satellite DNA sequences of three species from the genus Tribolium (Insecta, Coleoptera) // 1st Croatian Congress on Molecular Life Sciences, Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Farmaceutsko-biokemijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2002. str. 104-104-x

• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Phylogeny of Tribolium beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) resolved by combined analysis of mitochondrial genes: congruence with morphological data // 1st Croatian Congress on Molecular Life Sciences, Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Farmaceutsko-biokemijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2002. str. 103-103-x

• Ugarković, Đurđica ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Bruvo, Branka ; Plohl, Miroslav | Evolutionary dynamics of satellite DNAs // 1st Croatian Congress on Molecular Life Sciences with international participation- book of abstracts. | Zagreb: Farmaceutsko-biokemijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2002. str. 62-x

• Mravinac, Brankica ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Satellite DNA sequences "frozen" during the evolution of some insect species // Eight Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. | Aarhus: University of Aarhus, 2001. str. 68-x

• Plohl, Miroslav ; Durajlija-Žinić, Sonja ; Cornudella, Luis ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Unusual organization of DNA sequences in Tribolium madens heterochromatin // EMBO Workshop on Centromeres Kinetochores and Spindle Interactions : abstracts. | Heidelberg: EMBL, 2000. str. 84-84

• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Diversity of satellite profiles and low rate of satellite DNA sequence change // Seventh Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology : abstracts. | Barcelona: Press Line, S.L., 1999. str. 292-292

• Podnar, Martina ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Tvrtković, Nikola | Analysis of some Adriatic populations of Podarcis sicula using RAPD markers // Abstracts of the third international symposium on the Lacertids of the Mediterranean basin. | Zagreb: Hyla, 1998. str. 14-14-x

• Bruvo, Branka ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Plohl, Miroslav | Satellite DNAs of the species Pimelia criba and Pimelia elevata (Insecta, Coleoptera) // 13th International Chromosome Conference. | Basel: Karger Publishers, 1998. str. 125-125-x

• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Plohl, Miroslav | Satellite sequences in pericentromeric heterochromatin of species from the genus Palorus (Insecta, Coleoptera) - evidence for the library hypothesis // Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics (13th International Chromosome Conference). | Basel: Karger Publishers, 1998. str. 132-132-x

• Ugarković, Đurđica ; Plohl, Miroslav | Comparative study of satellite DNAs from the genus Tribolium // Junk DNA: The role and the evolution of noncoding sequences. | International Society of Molecular Evolution, 1997. str. 56-56-x

• Pons, Joan ; Bruvo, Branka ; Juan, Carlos ; Petitpierre, Eduard ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Sequence conservation among satellite DNAs of the genus Pimelia (Tenebrionidae, Coleoptera) // International Society of Molecular Evolution : A Symposium in Honor of Emile Zuckerkandl "Junk DNA : The role and the evolution of noncoding sequences" : abstracts. | International Society of Molecular Evolution, 1997. str. 22-22-22

• Durajlija-Žinić, Sonja ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Organization and evolution of Tribolium madens (Insecta, Coleoptera) satellite DNA // Svečani sastanak hrvatskih biokemičara uz 20. obljetnicu osnutka društva : knjiga sažetaka = 20th Anniversary Meeting of Croatian Biochemical Society : abstracts. | Zagreb: Farmaceutsko-biokemijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 1996. str. 82-82

• Durajlija, Sonja ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Molecular-cytogenetical characterization of heterochromatin in Tribolium madens species // Simpozij u počast Zdravka Lorkovića : zbornik sažetaka priopćenja = Symposium in honour of Zdravko Lorković : proceedings of abstracts. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 1995. str. 39-39

• Gamulin, Vera ; Pujić, Petar ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Durajlija, Sonja | Characteristics of transfer and ribosomal RNAs from Streptomyces rimosus // Godišnji međunarodni sastanak hrvatskih biokemičara i Jubilarni simpozij u čast prof.dr. Pavla Mildnera : knjiga sažetaka = Annual meeting of Croatian Biochemists with international participation and Jubilee Symposium in Honor of Prof.Dr. Pavao Mildner : abstracts. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biokemijsko društvo, 1993. str. 60-60

• Plohl, Miroslav ; Pujić, Petar ; Durajlija, Sonja ; Gamulin, Vera | Characterization of the ribosomal RNA operon rrnF from Streptomyces rimosus // 9th Regional Meeting of Biochemists, Biophysicists and Biotechnologists : abstracts. | Zagreb: Croatian Biochemical Society, 1990. str. 48-48

Review article (scientific)

• Plohl, Miroslav | Razvoj tehnika sekvenciranja i istraživanje satelitnih DNK // Povijest i filozofija tehnike 2025 / Jović, Franjo (ur.). | Zagreb: HRO CIGRE, 2025. str. 163-186

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• Plohl, Miroslav | Kratki pregled istraživanja genoma u svjetlu opće teorije sustava // Povijest i filozofija tehnike : 11. simpozij PIFT 2023. : zbornik radova / Jović, Franjo (ur.). | Zagreb: HRO CIGRE, 2023. str. 19-42

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Conference abstract

• Paco, Ana ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Adega, Filomena ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Chaves, Raquel | Different organization patterns of a satellite DNA sequence in closely related species, Phodopus sungorus and Peromyscus eremicus (Rodentia, Cricetidae) // Chromosome research, 2010. str. 727-727

• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav | An interplay of selective pressure and stochastic events direct evolution of satellite DNA library // The FEBS journal, 2007. str. 81-81

• Petrović, Vlatka ; Perez-Garcia, Carlos ; Pasantes, Juan ; Prats, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Characterization of a subtelomeric satellite DNA in the mollusc Donax trunculus // The FEBS journal, 2007. str. 344-344

• Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Durajlija-Žinić, Sonja | Organizational pattern of beetle satellite DNAs indicates high dynamics of recombinational events in centromeric heterochromatin // Chromosome research, 2007. str. 27-28

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• Petrović, Vlatka ; Durajlija-Žinić, Sonja ; Franjević, Damjan ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Plohl, Miroslav | Short interspersion pattern of satellite DNA arrays in heterochromatin of tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera) // Chromosome research, 2001. str. 124-125

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Unpublished conference paper

• Plohl, Miroslav | Changes and persistence in the evolution of satellite DNAs // Darwin 2009 | Zagreb, Hrvatska, 20.02.2009-20.02.2009

• Plohl, Miroslav | DNK, geni i genomi - molekularni nacrt živih bića // Seminari Narodne knjižnice "Hrvatski skup" | Pučišća, Hrvatska, 13.08.2007-13.08.2007

• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav | Two-stage model of evolution of satellite DNA sequences: an interplay of selective constraints and stochastic events // Genome Evolution in Eukaryotes (GEE) | Bertinoro, Italija, 17.09.2006-22.09.2006

• Plohl, Miroslav | Genske i negenske sekvence DNA u eukariotskom genomu // Kolokvij Hrvatskog biološkog društva 1885: Dvostruka uzvojnica - pedeset godina poslije | Zagreb, Hrvatska, 25.02.2003-27.02.2003

Doctoral thesis

• Gržan, Tena | Centromerna epigenetika vrsta roda Tribolium / Mravinac, Brankica ; Plohl, Miroslav (mentor). | Osijek, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku / Sveučilište u Dubrovniku, 2020

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• Vojvoda Zeljko, Tanja | Karakterizacija pokretnih genetičkih elemenata koji sadrže uzastopno ponovljene nizove DNA u pacifičke kamenice Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) / Plohl, Miroslav (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2015

• Šatović, Eva | Organizacija ponovljenih sekvenci DNA u genomima tri vrste školjkaša / Plohl, Miroslav (mentor). | Zagreb, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, 2013

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• Petrović, Vlatka | Organizacija i evolucijska dinamika satelitnih DNA u eukariotskim genomima: školjkaši kao model / Plohl, Miroslav (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2007

• Mravinac, Brankica | Evolucija satelitnih DNA nekih vrsta roda Tribolium (Coleoptera) / Plohl, Miroslav (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2004

• Meštrović, Nevenka | Evolucija uzastopno ponovljenih sekvenci DNA u vrstama roda Palorus (Coleoptera) / Plohl, Miroslav (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 1999

Master's thesis (university)

• Car, Ana | Analiza "biblioteke" satelitnih DNA u partenogenetskog oblića Meloidogyne fallax (Karssen, 1996) / Plohl, Miroslav (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2007

• Mušec, Sanja | Telomerne sekvence (TTAGG)n u genomima nekih vrsta kukaca iz porodice Chrysomelidae / Plohl, Miroslav (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2004

• Tomić, Nera | Organizacija satelitskih DNA u genomima vrsta Tenebrio molitor i Tenebrio obscurus (Coleoptera) određena metodom fluorescencijske hibridizacije in situ / Plohl, Miroslav (mentor). | Zagreb, Prehrambeno-biotehnološki fakultet, 2004

• Blažević, Dinko | Sačuvanost telomerne sekvence (TTAGG)n u kukaca kornjaša (Coleoptera) / Plohl, Miroslav (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2004

Master of Science thesis

• Mikuška, Alma | Usporedba faune obada (Tabanidae) s područja Republike Hrvatske s faunom obada na području Bosne i Hercegovine / Krčmar, Stjepan (mentor); Plohl, Miroslav (suvoditelj) (neposredni voditelj) . | Osijek, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, 2007

• Petrović, Vlatka | Strukturna i organizacijska raznolikost satelitskih DNA u genomu školjkaša Donax trunculus / Plohl, Miroslav (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2004

Popular science article

• Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Telomere - stanični sat na krajevima kromosoma // Priroda, 886, 8-10., 2001

• Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Tajanstvene centromere // Priroda, broj 874, 22-23, 2000

• Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Fluorescencijska hibridizacija in situ // Priroda, rujan, 12-13, 1996

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