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  • Colizzi FS, Veenstra JA, Rezende GL, Helfrich-Förster C, Martínez-Torres D. Pigment-dispersing factor is present in circadian clock neurons of pea aphids and may mediate photoperiodic signalling to insulin-producing cells. Open Biol. 2023 Jun;13(6):230090. doi: 10.1098/rsob.230090. Epub 2023 Jun 28. PMID: 37369351.
  • Barberà, M., Collantes-Alegre, J.M. and Martínez-Torres, D. 2022. Mapping and quantification of cryptochrome expression in the brain of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Insect Mol. Biol. 31:159-169. doi: 10.1111/imb.12747.
  • Cuti P, Barberà M, Veenstra JA, Martínez-Torres D. 2021. Progress in the characterization of insulin-like peptides in aphids: Immunohistochemical mapping of ILP4. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 136:103623. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2021.103623.
  • Adouani, R.B.; Mdellel, L.; Kamel, M.B.H.; Martínez-Torres, D. 2021. Morphology, genetics and biology of Pterochloroides persicae Cholodkovsky (Hemiptera: Lachninae) and their effect on Pauesia antennata Mukerji (Hymenoptera:Aphidinae) behaviour. African Entomology. 18: 59 - 68.
  • Colizzi, F.S.; Beer, K.; Cuti, P.; Deppisch, P; Martínez-Torres, D.; Yoshii, T.; Helfrich-Forster, C. 2021. Antibodies against the Clock proteins Period and Cryptochrome reveal the neuronal organization of the circadian clock in the pea aphid.  Frontiers In Physiology. 12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.705048
  • Rispe, Claude; Legeai, Fabrice; Nabity, Paul D.; Fernández, Rosa; Arora, Arinder K.; others. 2020. The GenomeSequence of the Grape Phylloxera Provides Insights into the Evolution, Adaptation, and Invasion Routes of an Iconic Pest. BMC Biology. 18: 1 - 25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-020-00820-5
  • Barberà, M.; Cañas-Cañas, R.; Martínez-Torres, D. 2019.Insulin-like peptides involved in photoperiodism in the aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2019.1031850965-1748
  • Cashiragi, A.; Martínez, D.; Pérez-Hidalgo, N. 2019. Confirmation of the presence of Pachypappa warshavensis (Nasonov, 1894) [Hemiptera: Aphididae] in the Iberian Peninsula. Redia-Giornale Di Zoologia. 102: 113 - 119. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19263/REDIA-102.19.17
  • Barberà, M.; Escrivá, L.; Collantes-Alegre, J.M.; Meca, G.; Rosato, E.; Martínez-Torres, D. 2018. Melatonin in the seasonal response of the aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Insect Science. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.12652
  • Collantes-Alegre, J.M., Mattenberg, F., Barberà, M. and Martínez-Torres, D. 2018. Characterisation, analysis of expression and localisation of the opsin gene repertoire from the perspective of photoperiodism in the aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Journal of Insect Physiology, 104: 48-59.
  • Gómez, K.; Martínez-Torres, D.; Espadaler, X. 2018. Phylogeny of the ant genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Iberian Peninsula, with the description of a new species. Sociobiology. 65: 208-217.
  • Barberà, M; Collantes-Alegre, J.M. and Martínez-Torres, D. 2017. Characterisation, analysis of expression and localisation of circadian clock genes from the perspective of photoperiodism in the aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 83: 54-67
  • Barberà, M. and Martínez-Torres, D. 2017. Identification of the prothoracicotropic hormone (Ptth) coding gene and localization of its site of expressionin the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum.  Insect Molecular Biology, 26: 654-664.
  • Escrivá, L., Manyes, L., Barberà, M., Martinez Torres, D. and Meca, G. 2016. Determination of melatonin in Acyrthosiphon pisum aphids by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.  Journal of Insect Physiology, 86: 48-53.
  • Salazar, A.; Fürstenau, B.; Quero, C.; Pérez-Hidalgo, N.; Carazo, P.; Font, E. and Martínez-Torres, D. (2015) Aggressive mimicry coexists with mutualism in an aphid. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112: 1101-1106.
  • Barbera, M, Mengual, B, Collantes-Alegre, JM, Cortes, T, Gonzalez, A and Martinez-Torres, D (2013) Identification, characterization and analysis of expression of genes encoding arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferases in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Insect Molecular Biology 22: 623-634.
  • Lassaad, M.; Martinez-Torres, D*.; Kamel Monia, B.H. 2013. Two mitochondrial haplotypes in Pterochloroides persicae Cholodovsky (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Lachninae) associated with different feeding sites. Insect Science.20: 637 - 642.
  • The International Aphid Genomics Consortium (Including Martinez-Torres, D.;
  • Cortés, T.; Ortiz-Rivas, B.). 2010. Genome sequence of the pea aphid Acyrtoshipum pisum.  Plos Biology. 8.
  • Ortiz-Rivas, B.; Martínez-Torres, D. 2010. Combination of molecular data support the existence of three main lineages in the phylogeny of aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and the basal position of the subfamily Lachninae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55: 305 – 317.
  • Cortés, T.; Ortiz-Rivas, B; Martínez-Torres, D. 2010. Identification and characterization of circadian clock genes in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Insect Molecular Biology. 19: 123 - 139.
  • Ortíz-Rivas,B.; Martínez-Torres,D.; Pérez Hidalgo,N. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of Iberian Fordini (Aphididae: Eriosomatinae): implications for the taxonomy of genera Forda and Paracletus. Systematic Entomology.34: 293 - 306.
  • Cortés T, Tagu D, Simon JC, Moya A, Martínez-Torres D. 2008. Sex versus parthenogenesis: a transcriptomic approach of photoperiod response in the model aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Gene. 408(1-2):146-56. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.10.030.
  • Le Trionnaire G, Jaubert S, Sabater-Muñoz B, Benedetto A, Bonhomme J, Prunier-Leterme N, Martinez-Torres D, Simon JC, Tagu D. 2007. Seasonal photoperiodism regulates the expression of cuticular and signalling protein genes in the pea aphid. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 37(10):1094-102. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.06.008.
  • Ortiz-Rivas B, Moya A, Martínez-Torres D. 2004. Molecular systematics of aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae): new insights from the long-wavelength opsin gene. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 30(1): 24-37. doi: 10.1016/s1055-7903(03)00155-6. 
  • Ramos S, Moya A, Martínez-Torres D. 2003. Identification of a gene overexpressed in aphids reared under short photoperiod. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 33(3):289-98. doi: 10.1016/s0965-1748(02)00243-6.