Evolutionary Genetics of Interactions Group

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Living systems are made up of a multitude of interlocking levels of organization, involving cooperation and conflict. Cooperation and the selection of systems operating in a coordinated manner has allowed so-called "major" evolutionary transitions, towards new scales of individuality, such as the eukaryotic cell. Nevertheless, natural selection continues to operate at all scales, generating possible evolutionary conflicts between the different components of the individual.

Our research is in line with this perspective, and aims to better understand the nature and evolutionary implications of the interactions between the multiple components of organisms, from genes to symbiotic bacteria, viruses and transposable elements. We also explore the impact of these interactions on the dynamics of genetic information, through horizontal transfer, or on genetic innovation and adaptation, through domestication. Our research, mainly experimental, but also theoretical, is implemented on arthropod models, and is mainly related to genetics and evolutionary genomics.

These interactions are addressed in the team at the following scales:

  • Interactions between loci within genomes (intra-genomic) (CV, MF, MB), through the evolutionary dynamics of transposable elements, studied in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans, as well as species of agronomic or societal interest, such as the invasive species D. suzukii or the tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus.
  • Interactions and co-evolution between eukaryotic hosts and bacterial symbionts manipulating its reproduction or providing metabolic capacities that the insect host lacks (LM, NK, FV, LZ). We are analyzing these interactions in hematophagous (bed bug, Cimex lectularius) and phytophagous insects (whitefly Bemisia tabaci and the drosophila D. suzukii) using approaches combining genetics, physiology and metabolomics.
  • Interactions between organisms (simple or composite) and their biotic or abiotic environments (NK, LZ, MB, LM, FV, JMD, JV, MF). For example, the immuno-regulatory impact of bacterial symbionts and transposable elements is evaluated in contexts of infection by pathogenic viruses. This research is based, among others, on experimental evolution of drosophila populations and transcriptomics. The impact of insecticides or oxidative stress is also studied on different models (fruit flies, parasitoids, bed bugs).
  • Interactions between organisms or consortium of organisms at the community level (JV, MB, SC), especially in parasitoid insects that have domesticated viral genes, allowing them to bypass the immune responses of their hosts. We are studying the frequency and adaptive implications of these events and, more generally, the factors structuring horizontal transfers in host-parasitoid communities.

 

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Genomic characterization of viruses associated with the parasitoid Anagyrus vladimiri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

Yehuda Izraeli, David Lepetit, Shir Atias, Netta Mozes-Daube, Gal Wodowski, Oded Lachman...

DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001810

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Efficient compartmentalization in insect bacteriomes protects symbiotic bacteria from host immune system

Mariana Galvão Ferrarini, Elisa Dell’aglio, Agnès Vallier, Séverine Balmand, Carole Vincent-Monégat, Sandrine Hughes...

Microbiome . 10 ( 1 ) : 156

DOI: 10.1186/s40168-022-01334-8

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High Stability of the Epigenome in Drosophila Interspecific Hybrids

Alejandra Bodelón, Marie Fablet, Philippe Veber, Cristina Vieira, Maria Pilar García Guerreiro

Genome Biology and Evolution . 14 ( 2 )

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evac024

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Influence of bacterial symbionts on host niche and ecological diversification: an integrative approach in a whitefly model

Sylvain Benhamou, Isabelle Rahioui, Hélène Henri, Pedro da Silva, Hubert Charles, Abdelaziz Heddi...

26.International Congress of Entomology .

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Analyses of symbiotic bacterial communities in the plant pest Bemisia tabaci reveal high prevalence of Candidatus Hemipteriphilus asiaticus on the African continent

Laurence Mouton, Hélène Henri, Rahim Romba, Zainab Belgaidi, Olivier Gnankiné, Fabrice Vavre

Peer Community Journal .

DOI: 10.24072/pci.zool.100011

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High-throughput genomics and transcriptomics to decipher host-symbiont molecular dialogue in the cereal weevil Sitophilus oryzae andSodalis pierantonius endosymbiotic association

Nicolas Parisot, Mariana Galvão Ferrarini, Clément Goubert, Carlos Vargas-Chávez, Agnès Vallier, Benjamin Gillet...

ISS 2022 - 10th Congress of the International Symbiosis Society .

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Analyses of symbiotic bacterial communities in the plant pest Bemisia tabaci reveal high prevalence of Candidatus Hemipteriphilus asiaticus on the African continent

Laurence Mouton, Hélène Henri, Rahim Romba, Zainab Belgaidi, Olivier Gnankiné, Fabrice Vavre

Peer Community In Zoology .

DOI: 10.24072/pci.zool.100011

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From Wolbachia genomics to phenotype: molecular models of cytoplasmic incompatibility must account for the multiplicity of compatibility types

Alice Namias, Mathieu Sicard, Mylène Weill, Sylvain Charlat

Current Opinion in Insect Science . 49 : 78-84

DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2021.12.005

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High Stability of the Epigenome in Drosophila Interspecific Hybrids

Alejandra Bodelón, Marie Fablet, Philippe Veber, Cristina Vieira, Maria Pilar García Guerreiro

Genome Biology and Evolution . 14 ( 2 )

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evac024

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Sex‐related differences in aging rate are associated with sex chromosome system in amphibians

Hugo Cayuela, Jean-François Lemaître Lemaître, Jean‐paul Léna, Victor Ronget, Iñigo Martínez‐solano, Erin Muths...

Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution . 76 ( 2 ) : 346-356

DOI: 10.1111/evo.14410

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Influence of secondary symbionts on host plant utilization and selection in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci.

Sylvain Benhamou, Isabelle Rahioui, Hélène Henri, Zainab Belgaidi, Hubert Charles, Pedro da Silva...

10. Congress of the International Symbiosis Society - 3rd International Conference on Holobionts .

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Role of symbionts in insects' ecological diversification: cytotype influences exploitation of an unfavorable host plant in the sap-feeder Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae).

Sylvain Benhamou, Isabelle Rahioui, Hélène Henri, Hubert Charles, Pedro da Silva, Abdelaziz Heddi...

DECRYPthèse E2M2 .

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Transposable Element Expression and Regulation Profile in Gonads of Interspecific Hybrids of Drosophila arizonae and Drosophila mojavensis wrigleyi

Cecília Artico Banho, Daniel Siqueira Oliveira, Annabelle Haudry, Marie Fablet, Cristina Vieira, Claudia Marcia Aparecida Carareto

Cells . 10 ( 12 ) : 3574

DOI: 10.3390/cells10123574

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The Worldwide Invasion of Drosophila suzukii Is Accompanied by a Large Increase of Transposable Element Load and a Small Number of Putatively Adaptive Insertions

Vincent Mérel, Patricia Gibert, Inessa Buch, Valentina Rodriguez Rada, Arnaud Estoup, Mathieu Gautier...

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 38 ( 10 ) : 4252-4267

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab155

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Infections by Transovarially Transmitted DMelSV in Drosophila Have No Impact on Ovarian Transposable Element Transcripts but Increase Their Amounts in the Soma

Marlène Roy, Barbara Viginier, Camille A Mayeux, Maxime Ratinier, Marie Fablet

Genome Biology and Evolution . 13 ( 9 )

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evab207

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Phenotypic and Transcriptomic Responses to Stress Differ According to Population Geography in an Invasive Species

Pierre Marin, Angelo Jaquet, Justine Picarle, Marie Fablet, Vincent Merel, Marie-Laure Delignette-Muller...

Genome Biology and Evolution . 13 ( 9 ) : evab208

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evab208

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The genome of the cereal pest Sitophilus oryzae : a transposable element haven

Nicolas Parisot, Carlos Vargas-Chavez, Clément Goubert, Patrice Baa-Puyoulet, Severine Balmand, Louis Beranger...

DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.03.408021

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Natural Selection beyond Life? A Workshop Report

Sylvain Charlat, André Ariew, Pierrick Bourrat, María Ferreira Ruiz, Thomas Heams, Philippe Huneman...

Life . 11 ( 10 ) : 1051

DOI: 10.3390/life11101051

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Transposable Element Expression and Regulation Profile in Gonads of Interspecific Hybrids of Drosophila arizonae and Drosophila mojavensis wrigleyi

Cecília Artico Banho, Daniel Siqueira Oliveira, Annabelle Haudry, Marie Fablet, Claudia Marcia Aparecida Carareto, Cristina Vieira

Cells . 10 ( 12 ) : 3574

DOI: 10.3390/cells10123574

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DROP: Molecular voucher database for identification of Drosophila parasitoids

Chia-Hua Lue, Matthew L Buffington, Sonja Scheffer, Matthew Lewis, Tyler A Elliott, Amelia R I Lindsey...

Molecular Ecology Resources .

DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13435

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The transposable element-rich genome of the cereal pest Sitophilus oryzae

Nicolas Parisot, Carlos Vargas-Chávez, Clément Goubert, Patrice Baa-Puyoulet, Severine Balmand, Louis Beranger...

BMC Biology . 19 ( 1 ) : 1-29

DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01158-2

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Cytotype Affects the Capability of the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci MED Species To Feed and Oviposit on an Unfavorable Host Plant

Sylvain Benhamou, Isabelle Rahioui, Hélène Henri, Hubert Charles, Pedro da Silva, Abdelaziz Heddi...

mBio . 12 ( 6 ) : 1-16

DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00730-21

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Wolbachia load variation in Drosophila is more likely caused by drift than by host genetic factors

Alexis Bénard, Hélène Henri, Camille Noûs, Fabrice Vavre, Natacha Kremer

Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology .

DOI: 10.1101/2020.11.29.402545

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Role of symbionts in insects’ ecological diversification: cytotype influences exploitation of an unfavorable host plant in the sap-feeder Bemisia tabaci

Sylvain Benhamou, Isabelle Rahioui, Hélène Henri, Hubert Charles, Pedro da Silva, Abdelaziz Heddi...

DECRYPthèse E2M2 Edition 20 .

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Role of symbionts in insects’ ecological diversification: cytotype influences exploitation of an unfavorable host plant in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Sylvain Benhamou, Isabelle Rahioui, Hélène Henri, Hubert Charles, Pedro da Silva, Abdelaziz Heddi...

G-RREMI 2021 - Groupe Régional de Recherche en Microbiologie des Interactions .

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CPCN - BILAN DE MANDATURE 2016 – 2021

Olivier Coutard, Pierre-Olivier Amblard, Claude Amra, Brigitte Bacroix, Pascal Barone, Yannick Barthe...

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CPCN - BILAN DE MANDATURE 2016 – 2021

Olivier Coutard, Pierre-Olivier Amblard, Claude Amra, Brigitte Bacroix, Pascal Barone, Yannick Barthe...

Conférence des Présidents du Comité National .

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Phenotypic and Transcriptomic Responses to Stress Differ According to Population Geography in an Invasive Species

Pierre Marin, Angelo Jaquet, Justine Picarle, Marie Fablet, Vincent Merel, Marie-Laure Delignette-Muller...

Genome Biology and Evolution . 13 ( 9 )

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evab208

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The worldwide invasion of Drosophila suzukii is accompanied by a large increase of transposable element load and a small number of putatively adaptive insertions

Vincent Mérel, Patricia Gibert, Inessa Buch, Valentina Rodriguez Rada, Arnaud Estoup, Mathieu Gautier...

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 38 ( 10 ) : 4252-4267

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab155

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