Publications
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Meiotic HORMA domain proteins prevent untimely centriole disengagement during Caenorhabditis elegans spermatocyte meiosis.
Schvarzstein M,
Pattabiraman D, Bembenek JN, Villeneuve AM.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
2013;
110
(10):
E898-907
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COSA-1 reveals robust homeostasis and separable licensing and reinforcement steps governing meiotic crossovers.
Yokoo R,
Zawadzki KA, Nabeshima K, Drake M, Arur S, Villeneuve AM.
Cell.
2012;
149
(1):
75-87
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HAL-2 promotes homologous pairing during Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis by antagonizing inhibitory effects of synaptonemal complex precursors.
Zhang W,
Miley N, Zastrow MS, MacQueen AJ, Sato A, Nabeshima K, Martinez-Perez E, Mlynarczyk-Evans S, Carlton PM, Villeneuve AM.
PLoS Genet.
2012;
8
(8):
e1002880
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Robust crossover assurance and regulated interhomolog access maintain meiotic crossover number.
Rosu S,
Libuda DE, Villeneuve AM.
Science.
2011;
334
(6060):
1286-9
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Assembly of the Synaptonemal Complex is a Highly Temperature-Sensitive Process that is Supported by PGL-1 during Caenorhabditis elegans Meiosis.
Bilgir C,
Dombecki CR, Chen PF, Villeneuve AM, Nabeshima K.
G3 (Bethesda).
2013
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Full-length synaptonemal complex grows continuously during meiotic prophase in budding yeast.
Voelkel-Meiman K,
Moustafa SS, Lefrançois P, Villeneuve AM, MacQueen AJ.
PLoS Genet.
2012;
8
(10):
e1002993
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An asymmetric chromosome pair undergoes synaptic adjustment and crossover redistribution during Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis: implications for sex chromosome evolution.
Henzel JV,
Nabeshima K, Schvarzstein M, Turner BE, Villeneuve AM, Hillers KJ.
Genetics.
2011;
187
(3):
685-99
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Chromosome painting reveals asynaptic full alignment of homologs and HIM-8-dependent remodeling of X chromosome territories during Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis.
Nabeshima K,
Mlynarczyk-Evans S, Villeneuve AM.
PLoS Genet.
2011;
7
(8):
e1002231
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Coordinating cohesion, co-orientation, and congression during meiosis: lessons from holocentric chromosomes.
Schvarzstein M,
Wignall SM, Villeneuve AM.
Genes Dev.
2010;
24
(3):
219-28
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Differential localization and independent acquisition of the H3K9me2 and H3K9me3 chromatin modifications in the Caenorhabditis elegans adult germ line.
Bessler JB,
Andersen EC, Villeneuve AM.
PLoS Genet.
2010;
6
(1):
e1000830
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Meiotic errors activate checkpoints that improve gamete quality without triggering apoptosis in male germ cells.
Jaramillo-Lambert A,
Harigaya Y, Vitt J, Villeneuve A, Engebrecht J.
Curr Biol.
2010;
20
(23):
2078-89
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The synaptonemal complex shapes the crossover landscape through cooperative assembly, crossover promotion and crossover inhibition during Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis.
Hayashi M,
Mlynarczyk-Evans S, Villeneuve AM.
Genetics.
2010;
186
(1):
45-58
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A Caenorhabditis elegans RNA-directed RNA polymerase in sperm development and endogenous RNA interference.
Gent JI,
Schvarzstein M, Villeneuve AM, Gu SG, Jantsch V, Fire AZ, Baudrimont A.
Genetics.
2009;
183
(4):
1297-314
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Analysis of meiotic recombination in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Hillers KJ,
Villeneuve AM.
Methods Mol Biol.
2009:
557
77-97
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Lateral microtubule bundles promote chromosome alignment during acentrosomal oocyte meiosis.
Wignall SM,
Villeneuve AM.
Nat Cell Biol.
2009;
11
(7):
839-44
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Crossovers trigger a remodeling of meiotic chromosome axis composition that is linked to two-step loss of sister chromatid cohesion.
Martinez-Perez E,
Schvarzstein M, Barroso C, Lightfoot J, Dernburg AF, Villeneuve AM.
Genes Dev.
2008;
22
(20):
2886-901
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Ensuring an exit strategy: RTEL1 restricts rogue recombination.
Villeneuve AM,
Cell.
2008;
135
(2):
213-5
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A role for Caenorhabditis elegans chromatin-associated protein HIM-17 in the proliferation vs. meiotic entry decision.
Bessler JB,
Reddy KC, Hayashi M, Hodgkin J, Villeneuve AM.
Genetics.
2007;
175
(4):
2029-37
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C. elegans germ cells switch between distinct modes of double-strand break repair during meiotic prophase progression.
Hayashi M,
Chin GM, Villeneuve AM.
PLoS Genet.
2007;
3
(11):
e191
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Differential timing of S phases, X chromosome replication, and meiotic prophase in the C. elegans germ line.
Jaramillo-Lambert A,
Ellefson M, Villeneuve AM, Engebrecht J.
Dev Biol.
2007;
308
(1):
206-21
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SYP-3 restricts synaptonemal complex assembly to bridge paired chromosome axes during meiosis in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Smolikov S,
Eizinger A, Schild-Prufert K, Hurlburt A, McDonald K, Engebrecht J, Villeneuve AM, Colaiácovo MP.
Genetics.
2007;
176
(4):
2015-25
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Synapsis-defective mutants reveal a correlation between chromosome conformation and the mode of double-strand break repair during Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis.
Smolikov S,
Eizinger A, Hurlburt A, Rogers E, Villeneuve AM, Colaiácovo MP.
Genetics.
2007;
176
(4):
2027-33
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Regulation of sperm activation by SWM-1 is required for reproductive success of C. elegans males.
Stanfield GM,
Villeneuve AM.
Curr Biol.
2006;
16
(3):
252-63
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Chromosome sites play dual roles to establish homologous synapsis during meiosis in C. elegans.
MacQueen AJ,
Phillips CM, Bhalla N, Weiser P, Villeneuve AM, Dernburg AF.
Cell.
2005;
123
(6):
1037-50
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Crossing over is coupled to late meiotic prophase bivalent differentiation through asymmetric disassembly of the SC.
Nabeshima K,
Villeneuve AM, Colaiácovo MP.
J Cell Biol.
2005;
168
(5):
683-9
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HTP-1-dependent constraints coordinate homolog pairing and synapsis and promote chiasma formation during C. elegans meiosis.
Martinez-Perez E,
Villeneuve AM.
Genes Dev.
2005;
19
(22):
2727-43
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A component of C. elegans meiotic chromosome axes at the interface of homolog alignment, synapsis, nuclear reorganization, and recombination.
Couteau F,
Nabeshima K, Villeneuve A, Zetka M.
Curr Biol.
2004;
14
(7):
585-92
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C. elegans HIM-17 links chromatin modification and competence for initiation of meiotic recombination.
Reddy KC,
Villeneuve AM.
Cell.
2004;
118
(4):
439-52
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Chromosome-wide regulation of meiotic crossover formation in Caenorhabditis elegans requires properly assembled chromosome axes.
Nabeshima K,
Villeneuve AM, Hillers KJ.
Genetics.
2004;
168
(3):
1275-92
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Methods for analyzing checkpoint responses in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Gartner A,
MacQueen AJ, Villeneuve AM.
Methods Mol Biol.
2004:
280
257-74
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A gene recommender algorithm to identify coexpressed genes in C. elegans.
Owen AB,
Stuart J, Mach K, Villeneuve AM, Kim S.
Genome Res.
2003;
13
(8):
1828-37
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Chromosome-wide control of meiotic crossing over in C. elegans.
Hillers KJ,
Villeneuve AM.
Curr Biol.
2003;
13
(18):
1641-7
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Synaptonemal complex assembly in C. elegans is dispensable for loading strand-exchange proteins but critical for proper completion of recombination.
Colaiácovo MP,
MacQueen AJ, Martinez-Perez E, McDonald K, Adamo A, La Volpe A, Villeneuve AM.
Dev Cell.
2003;
5
(3):
463-74
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A targeted RNAi screen for genes involved in chromosome morphogenesis and nuclear organization in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline.
Colaiácovo MP,
Stanfield GM, Reddy KC, Reinke V, Kim SK, Villeneuve AM.
Genetics.
2002;
162
(1):
113-28
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Synapsis-dependent and -independent mechanisms stabilize homolog pairing during meiotic prophase in C. elegans.
MacQueen AJ,
Colaiácovo MP, McDonald K, Villeneuve AM.
Genes Dev.
2002;
16
(18):
2428-42
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C. elegans mre-11 is required for meiotic recombination and DNA repair but is dispensable for the meiotic G(2) DNA damage checkpoint.
Chin GM,
Villeneuve AM.
Genes Dev.
2001;
15
(5):
522-34
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Development. How to stimulate your partner.
Villeneuve AM,
Science.
2001;
291
(5511):
2099-101
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Nuclear reorganization and homologous chromosome pairing during meiotic prophase require C. elegans chk-2.
MacQueen AJ,
Villeneuve AM.
Genes Dev.
2001;
15
(13):
1674-87
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Whence meiosis?
Villeneuve AM,
Hillers KJ.
Cell.
2001;
106
(6):
647-50
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Caenorhabditis elegans msh-5 is required for both normal and radiation-induced meiotic crossing over but not for completion of meiosis.
Kelly KO,
Dernburg AF, Stanfield GM, Villeneuve AM.
Genetics.
2000;
156
(2):
617-30
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Transgene-mediated cosuppression in the C. elegans germ line.
Dernburg AF,
Zalevsky J, Colaiácovo MP, Villeneuve AM.
Genes Dev.
2000;
14
(13):
1578-83
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Crossing over during Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis requires a conserved MutS-based pathway that is partially dispensable in budding yeast.
Zalevsky J,
MacQueen AJ, Duffy JB, Kemphues KJ, Villeneuve AM.
Genetics.
1999;
153
(3):
1271-83
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Meiotic recombination in C. elegans initiates by a conserved mechanism and is dispensable for homologous chromosome synapsis.
Dernburg AF,
McDonald K, Moulder G, Barstead R, Dresser M, Villeneuve AM.
Cell.
1998;
94
(3):
387-98
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Chromosome Organization, Meiosis and Mitosis. in C. elegans, II. (ed. D. Riddle, B. Meyer, Blumenthal, T. and Priess, J.)
Villeneuve, A. M.,
Albertson, D. G., Rose, A. M.,.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
1997
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Telomeric repeats (TTAGGC)n are sufficient for chromosome capping function in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Wicky C,
Villeneuve AM, Lauper N, Codourey L, Tobler H, Müller F.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
1996;
93
(17):
8983-8
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A cis-acting locus that promotes crossing over between X chromosomes in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Villeneuve AM,
Genetics.
1994;
136
(3):
887-902
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