Cai B, Tiscareño Andrade M, Luo Y, Lefranc S, Cao F, Chambon A, Yuan X, Peuch M, Zhang Ya, Hurel A, Guérin J, Vrielynck N, Mézard C, Andrey P, Cromer L, Yang C, Grelon M (2025). Identification of the cytoplasmic motor-LINC complex involved in rapid chromosome movements during meiotic prophase in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nat Plants,11(8):1608-1627. PubMed | DOI

Vrielynck N, Peuch M, Durand S, Lian Q, Chambon A, Hurel A, Guérin J, Guerois R, Mercier R, Grelon M, Mézard C (2023). SCEP1 and SCEP2 are two new components of the synaptonemal complex central element. Nat Plants, doi: 10.1038/s41477-023-01558-y. PubMed | DOI

Emmenecker C, Mézard C, Kumar R (2022). Repair of DNA double-strand breaks in plant meiosis: role of eukaryotic RecA recombinases and their modulators. Plant Reprod, 36(1):17-41. PubMed | DOI

Vrielynck N, Schneider K, Rodriguez M, Sims J, Chambon A, Hurel A, De Muyt A, Ronceret A, Krsicka O, Mézard C, Schlögelhofer P, Grelon M (2021). Conservation and divergence of meiotic DNA double strand break forming mechanisms in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nucleic Acids Res, 49(17):9821-9835. PubMed | DOI

Christophorou N, She W, Long J, Hurel A, Beaubiat S, Idir Y, Tagliaro-Jahns M, Chambon A, Solier V, Vezon D, Grelon M, Feng X, Bouché N, Mézard C (2020). AXR1 affects DNA methylation independently of its role in regulating meiotic crossover localization. PLoS Genet, 16:e1008894. PubMed | DOI

Hurel A, Phillips D, Vrielynck N, Mézard C, Grelon M, Christophorou N (2018). A cytological approach to studying meiotic recombination and chromosome dynamics in Arabidopsis thaliana male meiocytes in three dimensions. Plant J, 95:385-396. PubMed | DOI

Choi K, Reinhard C, Serra H, Ziolkowski PA, Underwood CJ, Zhao X, Hardcastle TJ, Yelina NE, Griffin C, Jackson M, Mézard C, Mcvean G, Copenhaver GP, Henderson IR (2016). Recombination Rate Heterogeneity within Arabidopsis Disease Resistance Genes. PLoS Genet, 12:e1006179. PubMed | DOI

Robert T, Vrielynck N, Mézard C, De Massy B, Grelon M (2016). A new light on the meiotic DSB catalytic complex. Semin Cell Dev Biol, 54:165-176. PubMed | DOI

Vrielynck N, Chambon A, Vezon D, Pereira L, Chelysheva L, De Muyt A, Mézard C, Mayer C, Grelon M (2016). A DNA topoisomerase VI-like complex initiates meiotic recombination. Science, 351:939-943. PubMed | DOI

Mézard C, Jahns MT, Grelon M (2015). Where to cross? New insights into the location of meiotic crossovers. Trends Genet, 31:393-401. PubMed | DOI

Basu-Roy S, Gauthier F, Giraut L, Mézard C, Falque M, Martin OC (2013). Hot regions of noninterfering crossovers coexist with a nonuniformly interfering pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics, 195:769-779. PubMed | DOI

Drouaud J, Khademian H, Giraut L, Zanni V, Bellalou S, Henderson IR, Falque M, Mézard C (2013). Contrasted patterns of crossover and non-crossover at Arabidopsis thaliana meiotic recombination hotspots. PLoS Genet, 9:e1003922. PubMed | DOI

Yelina NE, Choi K, Chelysheva L, Macaulay M, De Snoo B, Wijnker E, Miller N, Drouaud J, Grelon M, Copenhaver GP, Mézard C, Kelly KA, Henderson IR (2012). Epigenetic remodeling of meiotic crossover frequency in Arabidopsis thaliana DNA methyltransferase mutants. PLoS Genet, 8:e1002844. PubMed | DOI

Giraut L, Falque M, Drouaud J, Pereira L, Martin OC, Mézard C (2011). Genome-wide crossover distribution in Arabidopsis thaliana meiosis reveals sex-specific patterns along chromosomes. PLoS Genet, 7:e1002354. PubMed | DOI

Muyt A, Mercier R, Mézard C, Grelon M (2009). Meiotic recombination and crossovers in plants. Genome Dyn, 5:14-25. PubMed | DOI

Drouaud J, Mercier R, Chelysheva L, Bérard A, Falque M, Martin O, Zanni V, Brunel D, Mézard C (2007). Sex-specific crossover distributions and variations in interference level along Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 4. PLoS Genet, 3:e106. PubMed | DOI

Falque M, Mercier R, Mézard C, De Vienne D, Martin OC (2007). Patterns of recombination and MLH1 foci density along mouse chromosomes: modeling effects of interference and obligate chiasma. Genetics, 176:1453-1467. PubMed | DOI

Mézard C, Vignard J, Drouaud J, Mercier R (2007). The road to crossovers: plants have their say. Trends Genet, 23:91-99. PubMed | DOI

Drouaud J, Camilleri C, Bourguignon PY, Canaguier A, Bérard A, Vezon D, Giancola S, Brunel D, Colot V, Prum B, Quesneville H, Mézard C (2006). Variation in crossing-over rates across chromosome 4 of Arabidopsis thaliana reveals the presence of meiotic recombination "hot spots". Genome Res, 16:106-114. PubMed | DOI

Mézard C (2006). Meiotic recombination hotspots in plants. Biochem Soc Trans, 34:531-534. PubMed | DOI