Jiri Macas

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Czechia Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Czechia Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• RepeatExplorer: a Galaxy-based web server for genome-wide characterization of eukaryotic repetitive elements from next-generation sequence reads.

  Petr Novák;Pavel Neumann;Jiří Pech;Jaroslav Steinhaisl

  789
  Citations

• A reference genome for pea provides insight into legume genome evolution

  Jonathan Kreplak;Mohammed Amin Madoui;Petr Cápal;Petr Novák

  514
  Citations

• Graph-based clustering and characterization of repetitive sequences in next-generation sequencing data.

  Petr Novák;Pavel Neumann;Jiří Macas

  513
  Citations

• Systematic survey of plant LTR-retrotransposons elucidates phylogenetic relationships of their polyprotein domains and provides a reference for element classification

  Pavel Neumann;Petr Novák;Nina Hoštáková;Jiří Macas

  421
  Citations

• TAREAN: a computational tool for identification and characterization of satellite DNA from unassembled short reads

  Petr Novák;Laura Ávila Robledillo;Andrea Koblížková;Iva Vrbová

  329
  Citations

• Repetitive DNA in the pea ( Pisum sativum L.) genome: comprehensive characterization using 454 sequencing and comparison to soybean and Medicago truncatula

  Jiří Macas;Pavel Neumann;Alice Navrátilová

  323
  Citations

• Pea (Pisum sativum L.) in the Genomic Era

  Petr Smýkal;Gregoire Aubert;Judith Burstin;Clarice J. Coyne

  310
  Citations

• Global analysis of repetitive DNA from unassembled sequence reads using RepeatExplorer2.

  Petr Novák;Pavel Neumann;Jiří Macas

  280
  Citations

• Repeatless and Repeat-Based Centromeres in Potato: Implications for Centromere Evolution

  Zhiyun Gong;Zhiyun Gong;Yufeng Wu;Andrea Koblížková;Giovana A. Torres;Giovana A. Torres

  262
  Citations

• Plant centromeric retrotransposons: a structural and cytogenetic perspective

  Pavel Neumann;Alice Navrátilová;Andrea Koblížková;Eduard Kejnovský

  250
  Citations

• Loading of Arabidopsis Centromeric Histone CENH3 Occurs Mainly during G2 and Requires the Presence of the Histone Fold Domain

  Inna Lermontova;Veit Schubert;Joerg Fuchs;Sabina Klatte

  244
  Citations

• Genetics of sex determination in flowering plants

  Sarah Grant;Andreas Houben;Boris Vyskot;Jiri Siroky

  239
  Citations

• In Depth Characterization of Repetitive DNA in 23 Plant Genomes Reveals Sources of Genome Size Variation in the Legume Tribe Fabeae.

  Jiří Macas;Petr Novák;Jaume Pellicer;Jana Čížková

  229
  Citations

• Selfish supernumerary chromosome reveals its origin as a mosaic of host genome and organellar sequences

  Mihaela Maria Martis;Sonja Klemme;Ali Mohammad Banaei-Moghaddam;Frank R. Blattner

  228
  Citations

• Analysis of Nuclear DNA Content and Ploidy in Higher Plants

  David W. Galbraith;Georgina M. Lambert;Jiri Macas;Jaroslav Dolezel

  186
  Citations

• Next Generation Sequencing Reveals Genome Downsizing in Allotetraploid Nicotiana tabacum, Predominantly through the Elimination of Paternally Derived Repetitive DNAs

  Simon Renny-Byfield;Michael Chester;Michael Chester;Ales Kovařík;Steven C. Le Comber

  184
  Citations

• The giant diploid faba genome unlocks variation in a global protein crop

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  181
  Citations

• Genomic Repeat Abundances Contain Phylogenetic Signal

  Steven Dodsworth;Mark W. Chase;Laura J. Kelly;Ilia J. Leitch

  164
  Citations

• Stretching the Rules: Monocentric Chromosomes with Multiple Centromere Domains

  Pavel Neumann;Alice Navrátilová;Elizabeth Schroeder-Reiter;Andrea Koblížková

  157
  Citations

• Comparative Genome Analysis Reveals Divergent Genome Size Evolution in a Carnivorous Plant Genus

  Giang T. H. Vu;Giang T. H. Vu;Thomas Schmutzer;Fabian Bull;Hieu X. Cao

  153
  Citations

• PlantSat: a specialized database for plant satellite repeats

  Jirí Macas;Tibor Mészáros;Marcela Nouzová

  147
  Citations

• Significant Expansion of Vicia pannonica Genome Size Mediated by Amplification of a Single Type of Giant Retroelement

  Pavel Neumann;Andrea Koblízková;Alice Navrátilová;Jirí Macas

  144
  Citations

• Nuclear dynamics in Arabidopsis thaliana.

  Eva Chytilova;Jiri Macas;Elwira Sliwinska;Susanne M. Rafelski

  140
  Citations

• Highly abundant pea LTR retrotransposon Ogre is constitutively transcribed and partially spliced.

  Pavel Neumann;Dana Pozarkova;Jiri Macas

  129
  Citations

• Survey of repetitive sequences in Silene latifolia with respect to their distribution on sex chromosomes.

  Tomas Cermak;Zdenek Kubat;Roman Hobza;Andrea Koblizkova

  123
  Citations

• Green Fluorescent Protein Targeted to the Nucleus, a Transgenic Phenotype Useful for Studies in Plant Biology

  Eva Chytilova;Eva Chytilova;Jiri Macas;David W. Galbraith

  111
  Citations

• Diploidization and genome size change in allopolyploids is associated with differential dynamics of low‐ and high‐copy sequences

  Simon Renny-Byfield;Ales Kovarik;Laura J. Kelly;Laura J. Kelly;Jiri Macas

  108
  Citations

• The holocentric species Luzula elegans shows interplay between centromere and large-scale genome organization.

  Stefan Heckmann;Jiri Macas;Katrin Kumke;Jörg Fuchs

  100
  Citations

• Flow cytogenetics and plant genome mapping

  Jaroslav Dolezel;Marie Kubaláková;Jan Bartos;Jirí Macas

  97
  Citations

• Sobo, a Recently Amplified Satellite Repeat of Potato, and Its Implications for the Origin of Tandemly Repeated Sequences

  Ahmet L. Tek;Junqi Song;Jiri Macas;Jiming Jiang

  93
  Citations

• Development of a composite map in Vicia faba , breeding applications and future prospects

  Belen Roman;Zlatko Šatović;Dana Pozarkova;Jiri Macas

  91
  Citations

• High-copy sequences reveal distinct evolution of the rye B chromosome.

  Sonja Klemme;Ali Mohammad Banaei-Moghaddam;Jiri Macas;Thomas Wicker

  87
  Citations

• Next-Generation Sequencing Reveals the Impact of Repetitive DNA Across Phylogenetically Closely Related Genomes of Orobanchaceae

  Mathieu Piednoël;Andre J. Aberer;Gerald M. Schneeweiss;Jiri Macas

  86
  Citations

• Chromosome sorting and PCR-based physical mapping in pea (Pisum sativum L.).

  Pavel Neumann;Dana Pozárková;Jan Vrána;Jaroslav Dolezel

  83
  Citations

• Development of a genetic composite map of Vicia faba using F2 populations derived from trisomic plants

  M. C. Vaz Patto;A. M. Torres;A. Koblizkova;J. Macas

  83
  Citations

• Molecular and cytogenetic analysis of repetitive DNA in pea (pisum sativum L.).

  Pavel Neumann;Marcela Nouzová;Jirí Macas

  82
  Citations

• Retand: a novel family of gypsy-like retrotransposons harboring an amplified tandem repeat.

  Eduard Kejnovsky;Zdenek Kubat;Jiri Macas;Roman Hobza

  80
  Citations