Publications

2024

• R.B. Correia, J.M. Almeida, M. Wyrwoll, I. Julca, D. Sobral, C.S. Misra, S. Di Persio, L.G. Guilgur, H. Schuppe, N. Silva, P. Prudêncio, A. Nóvoa, A.S. Leocádio, J. Bom, S. Laurentino, M. Mallo, S. Kliesch, M. Mutwil, L.M. Rocha, F. Tüttelmann, J.D. Becker and P. Navarro-Costa. The conserved transcriptional program of metazoan male germ cells uncovers ancient origins of human infertility. eLife. Preprint posted in 2023.

• J.D. Bowman, N. Silva, E. Schüftan, J.M. Almeida, R.B. Correia, R.A Oliveira, F. Tüttelmann, D. Enard, P. Navarro-Costa and V.J. Lynch. Pervasive relaxed selection on spermatogenesis genes coincident with the evolution of polygyny in gorillas. eLife. Preprint posted in 2023.

2023

• C. Krausz, P. Navarro-Costa, M. Wilke and F. Tüttelmann. EAA/EMQN best practice guidelines for molecular diagnosis of Y-chromosomal microdeletions: State of the art 2023. Andrology.

2021

• C.E. Plancha, P. Rodrigues, M. Marques, J.M. Almeida and P. Navarro-Costa. The time is ripe for oocyte in vitro maturation. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 38, 1281-1283.

• J. Costa, O. Santos, A. Virgolino, M.E. Pereira, M. Stefanovska-Petkovska, H. Silva, P. Navarro-Costa, M. Barbosa, R.C. Neves, I.D. Silva, V. Alarcão, R. Vargas and M.J. Heitor. MAternal Mental Health in the WORKplace (MAMH@WORK): A Protocol for Promoting Perinatal Maternal Mental Health and Wellbeing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (5), 2558.

2020

• P. Navarro-Costa, A. Molaro, C.S. Misra, C. Meiklejohn and P.J.I. Ellis. Sex and suicide: the curious case of Toll-Like Receptors. PLOS Biology, 18 (3): e3000663.

• P. Navarro-Costa and R.G. Martinho. The emerging role of transcriptional regulation in the oocyte-to-zygote transition. PLOS Genetics, 16 (3), e1008602.

2018

• P. Prudêncio, L.G. Guilgur, J. Sobral, J.D. Becker, R.G. Martinho and P. Navarro-Costa. The Trithorax group protein dMLL3/4 instructs the assembly of the zygotic genome at fertilization. EMBO reports, 19, e45728. Preprint posted in 2018.

• P. Navarro-Costa. A (micro)environmental perspective on the evolution of female reproductive aging. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 35(12), 2129-213.

2016

• P. Navarro-Costa, A. McCarthy, P. Prudêncio, C. Greer, G. Guilgur, J.D. Becker, J. Secombe, P. Rangan and R.G. Martinho. Early programming of the oocyte epigenome temporally controls late prophase I transcription and chromatin remodelling. Nature Communications, 7 (1), 1-15.

2014

• P. Pereira, P. Navarro-Costa, R.G Martinho and J.D. Becker. Evolutionarily conserved mechanisms of male germline development in flowering plants and animals. Biochemical Society Transactions, 42, 377-382.

2012

• P. Navarro-Costa. Sex, rebellion and decadence: The scandalous evolutionary history of the human Y chromosome. BBA Molecular Basis of Disease, 1822, 1851-1863.

2011

• P. Navarro-Costa and C.E. Plancha. Heterochromatin: the hidden epigenetic geography of the Y chromosome. Human Reproduction Update, 17 (letter).

2010

• P. Navarro-Costa, P. Nogueira, M. Carvalho, F. Leal, I. Cordeiro, C. Calhaz-Jorge, J. Gonçalves and C.E. Plancha. Incorrect DNA methylation of the DAZL promoter CpG island associates with defective human sperm. Human Reproduction, 25, 2647-2654.

• P. Navarro-Costa, C.E. Plancha and J. Gonçalves. Genetic dissection of the AZF regions of the human Y chromosome: thriller or filler for male (in)fertility? BioMed Research International, 2010:936569.

• P. Navarro-Costa, J. Gonçalves and C.E. Plancha. The AZFc region of the Y chromosome: at the crossroads between genetic diversity and male infertility. Human Reproduction Update, 6, 525-542.

2007

• P. Navarro-Costa, L. Pereira, C. Alves, L. Gusmão, C. Proença, P. Marques-Vidal, T. Rocha, S.C. Correia, S. Jorge, A. Neves, A.P. Soares, J. Nunes, C. Calhaz-Jorge, A. Amorim, C.E. Plancha and J. Gonçalves. Characterizing partial AZFc deletions of the Y chromosome with amplicon-specific sequence markers. BMC Genomics, 8:342.

2005

• P. Navarro-Costa, S.C. Correia, A. Gouveia-Oliveira, F. Negreiro, S. Jorge, A.J. Cidadão, M.J. Carvalho and C.E. Plancha. Effects of mouse ovarian tissue cryopreservation on granulosa cell-oocyte interaction. Human Reproduction, 20, 1607-1614.