• 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

• 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

Books and book chapters

Book chapters

• Šatović Vukšić, E. & Plohl, M. (2021) Satellite DNAs in Physiology and Evolution. U: Ugarković, Đ. (ur.) Satellite DNAs in Physiology and Evolution. Cham, Springer International Publishing, str. 57-83 doi:10.1007/978-3-030-74889-0.

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• Plohl, M., Meštrović Radan, N. & Mravinac, B. (2012) Satellite DNA evolution. U: Garrido-Ramos, M. (ur.) Repetitive DNA. Basel, S. Karger AG, str. 126-152 doi:10.1159/000337122.

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• Cornudella, L., Debon, R., Prats, E. & Plohl, M. (2001) Satellite DNA families in bivalve molluscs. U: Mendez, J. (ur.) Los moluscos bivalvos: aspectos citogeneticos, moleculares y aplicados. La Coruna, Universidade da Coruna, str. 101-126.

Journal articles

Scientific and review papers

• Tunjić-Cvitanić, M., Pasantes, J., García-Souto, D., Cvitanić, T., Plohl, M. & Šatović-Vukšić, E. (2021) 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 (13), 6798, 21 doi:10.3390/ijms22136798.

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• Despot-Slade, E., Mravinac, B., Širca, S., Castagnone-Sereno, P., Plohl, M. & Meštrović, N. (2021) 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 (5), 1943-1965 doi:10.1093/molbev/msaa336.

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

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• Gržan, T., Despot-Slade, E., Meštrović, N., Plohl, M. & Mravinac, B. (2020) CenH3 distribution reveals extended centromeres in the model beetle Tribolium castaneum. Plos genetics, 16 (10), e1009115, 28 doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1009115.

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• Vojvoda Zeljko, T., Pavlek, M., Meštrović, N. & Plohl, M. (2020) 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, 15107, 12 doi:10.1038/s41598-020-71886-y.

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• Šatović, E., Luchetti, A., Pasantes, J., García-Souto, D., Cedilak, A., Mantovani, B. & Plohl, M. (2019) Terminal-Repeat Retrotransposons in Miniature (TRIMs) in bivalves. Scientific reports, 9, 19962, 10 doi:10.1038/s41598-019-56502-y.

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• Šatović, E. & Plohl, M. (2018) Distribution of DTHS3 satellite DNA across 12 bivalve species. Journal of Genetics, 97 (2), 575-580 doi:10.1007/s12041-018-0940-x.

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• Šatović, E., Vojvoda Zeljko, T. & Plohl, M. (2018) Characteristics and evolution of satellite DNA sequences in bivalve mollusks. The European Zoological Journal, 85 (1), 95-104 doi:10.1080/24750263.2018.1443164.

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• Šatović, E. & Plohl, M. (2017) Two new miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements in the genome of the clam Donax trunculus. Genetica, 145 (4/5), 379-385 doi:10.1007/s10709-017-9973-y.

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• García-Souto, D., Mravinac, B., Šatović, E., Plohl, M., Morán, P. & Pasantes, J. (2017) 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 (6930), 1-12 doi:10.1038/s41598-017-07231-7.

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• Šatović, E., Vojvoda Zeljko, T., Luchetti, A., Mantovani, B. & Plohl, M. (2016) Adjacent sequences disclose potential for intra-genomic dispersal of satellite DNA repeats and suggest a complex network with transposable elements. BMC Genomics, 17 (977), 1-12 doi:10.1186/s12864-016-3347-1.

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• Luchetti, A., Šatović, E., Mantovani, B. & Plohl, M. (2016) RUDI, a short interspersed element of the V-SINE superfamily widespread in molluscan genomes. Molecular genetics and genomics, 291 (3), 1419-1429 doi:10.1007/s00438-016-1194-z.

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• Pavlek, M., Gelfand, Y., Plohl, M. & Meštrović, N. (2015) 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 (6), 387-401 doi:10.1093/dnares/dsv021.

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• Paço, A., Adega, F., Meštrović, N., Plohl, M. & Chaves, R. (2015) The puzzling character of repetitive DNA in Phodopus genomes (Cricetidae, Rodentia). Chromosome Research, 23, 427-440 doi:10.1007/s10577-015-9481-9.

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• Meštrović, N., Mravinac, B., Pavlek, M., Vojvoda-Zeljko, T., Šatović, E. & Plohl, M. (2015) Structural and functional liaisons between transposable elements and satellite DNAs. Chromosome research, 23 (3), 583-596 doi:10.1007/s10577-015-9483-7.

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• Paço, A., Adega, F., Meštrović, N., Plohl, M. & Chaves, R. (2014) Evolutionary story of a satellite DNA from Phodopus sungorus (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Genome Biology and Evolution, 6 (10), 2944-2955 doi:10.1093/gbe/evu233.

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• Plohl, M., Meštrović, N. & Mravinac, B. (2014) Centromere identity from the DNA point of view. Chromosoma (Berlin), 123 (4), 313-325 doi:10.1007/s00412-014-0462-0.

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

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• Meštrović, N., Pavlek, M., Car, A., Castagnone-Sereno, P., Abad, P. & Plohl, M. (2013) Conserved DNA Motifs, Including the CENP-B Box- like, Are Possible Promoters of Satellite DNA Array Rearrangements in Nematodes. PLoS ONE, 8 (6), e6732-1 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067328.

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• Mravinac, B., Meštrović, N., Čavrak, V. & Plohl, M. (2011) TCAGG, an alternative telomeric sequence in insects. Chromosoma (Berlin), 120 (4), 367-376 doi:10.1007/s00412-011-0317-x.

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• Plohl, M. (2010) Those mysterious sequences of satellite DNAs. Periodicum biologorum, 112 (4), 403-410.

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

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• 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 (Edinburgh), 104 (6), 543-551 doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.141.

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• Petrović, V., Perez-Garcia, C., Pasantes, J., Šatović, E., Prats, E. & Plohl, M. (2009) A GC-rich satellite DNA and karyology of the bivalve mollusc Donax trunculus: a dominance of GC-rich heterochromatin. Cytogenetic and genome research, 124 (1), 63-71 doi:10.1159/000200089.

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• Meštrović, N., Plohl, M. & Castagnone-Sereno, P. (2009) 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 (1), 204-208 doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.013.

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• Plohl, M., Luchetti, A., Meštrović, N. & Mantovani, B. (2008) Satellite DNAs between selfishness and functionality: structure, genomics and evolution of tandem repeats in centromeric (hetero)chromatin. Gene, 409 (1-2), 72-82 doi:10.1016/j.gene.2007.11.013.

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• Mravinac, B. & Plohl, M. (2007) Satellite DNA junctions identify the potential origin of new repetitive elements in the beetle Tribolium mandens. Gene, 394, 45-52.

• Bruvo-Mađarić, B., Plohl, M. & Ugarković, Đ. (2007) Wide distribution of related satellite DNA families within the genus Pimelia (Tenebrionidae). Genetica, 130, 35-42.

• Meštrović, N., Castagnone-Sereno, P. & Plohl, M. (2006) Interplay of selective pressure and stochastic events directs evolution of the MEL172 satellite DNA library in root-knot nematodes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 23 (12), 2316-2325.

• Meštrović, N., Castagnone-Sereno, P. & Plohl, M. (2006) High conservation of the differentially amplified MPA2 satellite DNA family in parthenogenetic root-knot nematodes. Gene, 376, 260-267.

• Meštrović, N., Mravinac, B., Plohl, M., Ugarković, Đ. & Bruvo-Mađarić, B. (2006) Preliminary phylogeny of Tribolium beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) resolved by combined analysis of mitochondrial genes. European Journal of Entomology, 103 (3), 709-715.

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

• Meštrović, N., Randig, O., Abad, P., Plohl, M. & Castagnone-Sereno, P. (2005) Conserved and variable domains in satellite DNAs of mitotic parthenogenetic root-knot nematode speies. Gene, 362, 44-50.

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

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• Mravinac, B., Plohl, M. & Ugarković, Đ. (2005) Preservation and high sequence conservation of satellite DNAs suggest functional constraints. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 61 (4), 542-550 doi:10.1007/s00239-004-0342-y.

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• Mravinac, B., Ugarković, Đ., Franjević, D. & Plohl, M. (2005) Long inversely oriented subunits form a complex monomer of Tribolium brevicornis satellite DNA. Journal of molecular evolution, 60 (4), 513-525.

• Plohl, M., Bruvo, B., Meštrović, N., Mravinac, B., Petrović, V., Durajlija-Žinić, S. & Ugarković, Đ. (2004) Satellite DNA sequences in centromeric heterochromatin. Periodicum Biologorum, 106 (2), 95-102.

• Mravinac, B., Plohl, M. & Ugarković, Đ. (2004) Conserved patterns in the evolution of Tribolium satellite DNAs. Gene, 332, 169-177.

• Pons, J., Bruvo, B., Petitpierre, E., Plohl, M., Ugarković, Đ. & Juan, C. (2004) 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 (5), 418-428.

• Bruvo, B., Pons, J., Ugarković, Đ., Juan, C., Petitpierre, E. & Plohl, M. (2003) Evolution of low-copy number and major satellite DNA sequences coexisting in two Pimelia species-groups (Coleoptera). Gene, 312C, 85-94.

• Plohl, M., Prats, E., Martinez-Lage, A., Gonzales-Tizon, A., Mendez, J. & Cornudella, L. (2002) Telomeric localization of the vertebrate-type hexamer repeat, (TTAGGG)n, in the wedgeshell clam Donax trunculus and other marine invertebrate genomes. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277 (22), 19839-19846.

• Ugarković, Đ. & Plohl, M. (2002) Variation in satellite DNA profiles - causes and effects. EMBO Journal, 21 (22), 5955-5959.

• Mravinac, B., Plohl, M., Meštrović, N. & Ugarković, Đ. (2002) Sequence of PRAT satellite DNA "frozen" in some coleopteran species. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 54 (6), 774-783.

• Pujić, P., Durajlija-Žinić, S., Pandža, S., Mikoč, A., Plohl, M. & Gamulin, V. (2001) Ribosomal RNA operons in Streptomyces rimosus : sequence of the rrnF and comparative analysis of rrn promoter regions. Food technology and biotechnology, 39 (2), 77-81.

• Durajlija-Žinić, S., Plohl, M. & Gamulin, V. (2000) The in vivo expression of Sstreptomyces rimosus tRNA genes. Food technology and biotechnology, 38 (3), 161-166.

• Meštrović, N., Mravinac, B., Juan, C., Ugarković, Đ. & Plohl, M. (2000) Comparative study of satellite sequences and phylogeny of five species from the genus Palorus (Insecta, Coleoptera). Genome, 43 (5), 776-785.

• Durajlija-Žinić, S., Ugarković, Đ., Cornudella, L. & Plohl, M. (2000) A novel, interspersed type of organization of satellite DNA in Tribolium madens heterochromatin. Chromosome research, 8 (3), 201-212.

• Meštrović, N., Plohl, M., Mravinac, B. & Ugarković, Đ. (1998) Evolution of satellite DNAs from the genus Palorus : experimental evidence for the library hypothesis. Molecular biology and evolution, 15 (8), 1062-1068.

• Plohl, M., Meštrović, N., Bruvo, B. & Ugarković, Đ. (1998) Similarity of structural features and evolution of satellite DNAs from Palorus subdepressus (Coleoptera) and related species. Journal of molecular evolution, 46 (2), 234-239.

• Plohl, M. & Cornudella, L. (1997) 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 (2), 189-198.

• Pons, J., Bruvo, B., Juan, C., Petitpierre, E., Plohl, M. & Ugarković, Đ. (1997) Conservation of satellite DNA in species of the genus Pimelia (Tenebrionidae, Coleoptera). Gene, 205 (1-2), 183-190.

• Ugarković, Đ., Durajlija-Žinić, S. & Plohl, M. (1996) Evolution of Tribolium madens (Insecta, Coleoptera) satellite DNA through DNA inversion and insertion. Journal of molecular evolution, 42 (3), 350-358 doi:10.1007/BF02337545.

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• Plohl, M. & Cornudella, L. (1996) Characterization of a complex satellite DNA in the mollusc Donax trunculus : analysis of sequence variations and divergence. Gene, 169 (2), 157-164.

• Ugarković, Đ., Podnar, M. & Plohl, M. (1996) Satellite DNA of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum - comparative study of satellites from the genus Tribolium. Molecular biology and evolution, 13 (8), 1059-1066.

• Bruvo, B., Plohl, M. & Ugarković, Đ. (1995) Uniform distribution of satellite DNA variants on the chromosomes of tenebrionid species Alphitobius diaperinus and Tenebrio molitor.. Hereditas, 123 (1), 69-75.

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

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• Bruvo, B., Tomičić, M., Plohl, M., Hamel, D. & Ugarković, Đ. (1994) Molecular-cytogenetical characterization of heterochromatin in some tenebrionid beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera). Periodicum biologorum, 97 (1), 377-380.

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