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  1. Finding the Patterns: A New Way to Measure Information in the Genetic Code Across All Life.

    Article • PLOS One, November 2025, PLOS

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  2. The Transcription Factor CaNAC81 Is Involved in the Carotenoid Accumulation in Chili Pepper Fruits

    Article • Plants, July 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  3. Estimating Transcriptome Diversity and Specialization in Capsicum annuum L.

    Article • Plants, March 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  4. Bacterial community changes in the presence of AMF in the context of maize with low phosphorus content

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  5. Associations between variables in a cohort of Mexican COVID-19 patients: A network approach (Preprint)

    Article • June 2023, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  6. Large scale sampling of Mexican maize landraces for the presence of transgenes

    Article • Transgenic Research, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  7. Gene Functional Networks from Time Expression Profiles: A Constructive Approach Demonstrated in Chili Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

    Article • Plants, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr ANA GARCES-CLAVER, Dr. Octavio Martínez

  8. Putative Transcription Factor Genes Associated with Regulation of Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Chili Pepper Fruits Revealed by RNA-Seq Coexpression Analysis

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  9. A B73×Palomero Toluqueño mapping population reveals local adaptation in Mexican highland maize

    Article • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, January 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  10. Inheritance of gene expression throughout fruit development in chili pepper

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  11. A B73 x Palomero Toluqueño mapping population reveals local adaptation in Mexican highland maize

    Article • September 2021, openRxiv

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  12. Transcriptomic analysis of a wild and a cultivated varieties of Capsicum annuum over fruit development and ripening

    Article • PLOS One, August 2021, PLOS

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  13. Context-Dependent Effects of Trichoderma Seed Inoculation on Anthracnose Disease and Seed Yield of Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris): Ambient Conditions Override Cultivar-Specific Differences

    Article • Plants, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  14. Atypical DNA methylation, sRNA-size distribution, and female gametogenesis in Utricularia gibba

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  15. Effects of the Developmental Regulator BOLITA on the Plant Metabolome

    Article • Genes, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  16. A method to analyze time expression profiles demonstrated in a database of chili pepper fruit development

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  17. Transcriptome Analyses Throughout Chili Pepper Fruit Development Reveal Novel Insights into the Domestication Process

    Article • Plants, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr ANA GARCES-CLAVER, Dr. Octavio Martínez

  18. Genome-Wide Identification and Analysis of the MYB Transcription Factor Gene Family in Chili Pepper (Capsicum spp.)

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  19. Seed morphology and cytogenetic characterization of an endangered wild cotton, Gossypium turneri Fryxell, from Mexico

    Article • Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  20. Transcriptomic analysis reveals key transcription factors associated to drought tolerance in a wild papaya (Carica papaya) genotype

    Article • PLOS One, January 2021, PLOS

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  21. An R Package for Data Mining Chili Pepper Fruit Transcriptomes

    Article • December 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  22. Atypical DNA methylation, sRNA size distribution and female gametogenesis correlate with genome compaction in Utricularia gibba

    Article • December 2020, openRxiv

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  23. Transcriptomic Analyses Throughout Chili Pepper Fruit Development Reveal Novel Insights into Domestication Process

    Article • October 2020, openRxiv

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  24. Compacta: a fast contig clustering tool for de novo assembled transcriptomes

    Article • BMC Genomics, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  25. Assessment of Capsaicinoid and Capsinoid Accumulation Patterns during Fruit Development in Three Chili Pepper Genotypes (Capsicum spp.) Carrying Pun1 and pAMT Alleles Related to Pungency

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, October 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr ANA GARCES-CLAVER, Dr. Octavio Martínez

  26. Placenta, Pericarp, and Seeds of Tabasco Chili Pepper Fruits Show a Contrasting Diversity of Bioactive Metabolites

    Article • Metabolites, September 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  27. Native Carica papaya: developing transcriptome resources to study water-deficit stress

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, September 2019, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  28. Expression analysis of genes involved in the synthesis of oleic and linoleic acids in Jatropha cinerea seeds from Northwestern Mexico

    Article • Ciência Rural, November 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  29. On an algorithmic definition for the components of the minimal cell

    Article • PLOS One, June 2018, PLOS

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  30. On an algorithmic definition for the components of the minimal cell

    Article • May 2018, openRxiv

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  31. An informational view of accession rarity and allele specificity in germplasm banks for management and conservation

    Article • PLOS One, February 2018, PLOS

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  32. Protein changes in the shoot-tips of vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) in response to osmoprotective treatments

    Article • Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  33. Transcriptional landscapes of Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)

    Article • Developmental Biology, January 2018, Elsevier

    Luis Herrera, Dr. Octavio Martínez

  34. Selection of Molecular Markers for the Estimation of Somaclonal Variation

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  35. Plant-ants use resistance-related plant odours to assess host quality before colony founding

    Article • Journal of Ecology, August 2017, Wiley

    Jorge Molina Torres, Dr. Octavio Martínez

  36. SSR-approach algorithm for maize landrace conservation

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, February 2017, Wiley

    Dr. José Luis J.L PONS- HERNANDEZ, Dr. Octavio Martínez

  37. Long non-coding RNAs are major contributors to transcriptome changes in sunflower meiocytes with different recombination rates

    Article • BMC Genomics, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  38. Phosphate starvation induces DNA methylation in the vicinity of cis-acting elements known to regulate the expression of phosphate–responsive genes

    Article • Plant Signaling & Behavior, May 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Luis Herrera, Dr. Octavio Martínez

  39. Dasylirion micropterum (Asparagaceae), a new species from Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico

    Article • Phytotaxa, March 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  40. Methylome analysis reveals an important role for epigenetic changes in the regulation of the Arabidopsis response to phosphate starvation

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  41. How Many Genes Are Expressed in a Transcriptome? Estimation and Results for RNA-Seq

    Article • PLOS One, June 2015, PLOS

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  42. In silico prediction and validation of potential gene targets for pospiviroid-derived small RNAs during tomato infection

    Article • Gene, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  43. Transcriptomic landscape of prophase I sunflower male meiocytes

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, June 2014, Frontiers

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  44. Dynamics of the chili pepper transcriptome during fruit development

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  45. Analysis and Optimization of Bulk DNA Sampling with Binary Scoring for Germplasm Characterization

    Article • PLOS One, November 2013, PLOS

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  46. Anthocyanin accumulation and expression analysis of biosynthesis-related genes during chili pepper fruit development

    Article • Biologia Plantarum, March 2013, Institute of Experimental Botany

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  47. Genetic diversity of Cuban pineapple germplasm assessed by AFLP Markers

    Article • Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, June 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  48. Transcriptional analysis of the Arabidopsis ovule by massively parallel signature sequencing

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, March 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  49. How Plants Sense Wounds: Damaged-Self Recognition Is Based on Plant-Derived Elicitors and Induces Octadecanoid Signaling

    Article • PLOS One, February 2012, PLOS

    Luis Herrera, Dr. Octavio Martínez

  50. The capsicum transcriptome DB: a "hot" tool for genomic research

    Article • Bioinformation, January 2012, Biomedical Informatics

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  51. Comparative study (AFLP and morphology) of three species of Prosopis of the Section Algarobia: P. juliflora, P. pallida, and P. limensis. Evidence for resolution of the “P. pallida–P. juliflora complex”

    Article • Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  52. Cancer Reduces Transcriptome Specialization

    Article • PLOS One, May 2010, PLOS

    Luis Herrera, Dr. Octavio Martínez

  53. The Palomero Genome Suggests Metal Effects on Domestication

    Article • Science, November 2009, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Luis Herrera, Dr. Octavio Martínez

  54. MUEGANO: A divide and conquer algorithm to overcome memory limitations when assembling shotgun projects

    Article • Nature Precedings, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  55. MUEGANO: A divide and conquer algorithm to overcome memory limitations when assembling shotgun projects

    Article • Nature Precedings, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  56. Deep sampling of the Palomero maize transcriptome by a high throughput strategy of pyrosequencing

    Article • BMC Genomics, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luis Herrera, Dr. Octavio Martínez

  57. Evaluation of diversity, specialization, and gene specificity in transcriptomes

    Article • Nature Precedings, April 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  58. Evaluation of diversity, specialization, and gene specificity in transcriptomes

    Article • Nature Precedings, April 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  59. Unified QSAR approach to antimicrobials. 4. Multi-target QSAR modeling and comparative multi-distance study of the giant components of antiviral drug–drug complex networks

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, January 2009, Elsevier

    IKERBASQUE Professor Humberto González-Díaz, Dr. Octavio Martínez

  60. In vitro embryo formation and plant regeneration from anther culture of different cultivars of Mexican husk tomato (Physalis ixocarpa Brot.)

    Article • Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), November 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  61. Defining diversity, specialization, and gene specificity in transcriptomes through information theory

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2008, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  62. Unified QSAR approach to antimicrobials. Part 3: First multi-tasking QSAR model for Input-Coded prediction, structural back-projection, and complex networks clustering of antiprotozoal compounds

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, June 2008, Elsevier

    IKERBASQUE Professor Humberto González-Díaz, Dr. Octavio Martínez

  63. The genome of Bacillus coahuilensis reveals adaptations essential for survival in the relic of an ancient marine environment

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2008, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Luis Herrera, Dr. Octavio Martínez

  64. Jasmonic acid influences mycorrhizal colonization in tomato plants by modifying the expression of genes involved in carbohydrate partitioning

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, March 2008, Wiley

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  65. AFLP Characterization of the Mexican Pineapple Germplasm Collection

    Article • Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, July 2005, American Society for Horticultural Science

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  66. Genotyping of Ochrobactrum spp. by AFLP Analysis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2005, ASM Journals

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  67. Intergeneric hybrid between cultivated sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and Tithonia rotundifolia (Mill) Blake

    Article • Helia, January 2005, National Library of Serbia

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  68. The Effect of Exogenous Jasmonic Acid on Induced Resistance and Productivity in Amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) Is Influenced by Environmental Conditions

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, May 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  69. Identification and Characterisation of Bacteria Causing Soft-rot in Agave tequilana

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, March 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  70. Analysis of Pathotypes of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum Found in the Central Region of Mexico and Resistance in Elite Germ Plasm of Phaseolus vulgaris

    Article • Plant Disease, February 2004, Scientific Societies

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  71. Morphological and molecular data to determine the origin and taxonomic status of Prosopis chilensis var. riojana (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae)

    Article • Canadian Journal of Botany, September 2003, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  72. Putative Quantitative Trait Loci for Physical and Chemical Components of Common Bean

    Article • Crop Science, May 2003, Wiley

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  73. Variation in genotype, pathotype and anastomosis groups of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum isolates from Mexico

    Article • Plant Pathology, April 2003, Wiley

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  74. Variability of Mexican isolates of Macrophomina phaseolina based on pathogenesis and AFLP genotype

    Article • Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, November 2001, Elsevier

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  75. Analysis of genetic diversity in Agave tequilana var. Azul using RAPD markers

    Article • Euphytica, May 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  76. Identification of Co-1 Anthracnose Resistance and Linked Molecular Markers in Common Bean Line A193

    Article • Plant Disease, March 2001, Scientific Societies

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  77. Assessment of genetic relationships among isolates ofMacrophomina phaseolinausing a simplified AFLP technique and two different methods of analysis

    Article • Mycologia, July 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  78. Enhanced phosphorus uptake in transgenic tobacco plants that overproduce citrate

    Article • Nature Biotechnology, April 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luis Herrera, Dr. Octavio Martínez

  79. Genetic diversity of Ustilago maydis strains

    Article • World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, February 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  80. Characterization of Mexican Isolates of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum by Using Differential Cultivars and Molecular Markers

    Article • Phytopathology, April 1998, Scientific Societies

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  81. Geographic Differentiation and Embryo Type Identification in Mangifera indica L. Cultivars Using RAPD Markers

    Article • HortScience, October 1997, American Society for Horticultural Science

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  82. Spurious linkage between markers in QTL mapping

    Article • Molecular Breeding, December 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  83. A partial genome assay for quantitative trait loci in wheat (Triticum aestivum) using different analytical techniques

    Article • Theoretical and Applied Genetics, November 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  84. Missing markers when estimating quantitative trait loci using regression mapping

    Article • Heredity, July 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez

  85. Estimating the locations and the sizes of the effects of quantitative trait loci using flanking markers

    Article • Theoretical and Applied Genetics, December 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Octavio Martínez