Evolutionary Genetics of Interactions Group
Members

Ingénieur d'études CDD
CNRS

Maître de conférences
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 43 29 16

Post-doc
CNRS

Chargé de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 33 04 72 44 81 01
Post-doc
CNRS

Chargé de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 33 04 72 43 29 12

Maîtresse de conférence universitaire
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 43 29 16

Professeur des universités
UCBL

Doctorante
CNRS
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42

Doctorant
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Post-doc
CNRS

Chargée de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 33 04 72 44 81 01

Doctorante
INSA
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Post-doc
CNRS

Maîtresse de conférences
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 43 29 10

Doctorante
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Doctorante
UCBL
Stagiaire
UCBL
Doctorante
UCBL

Stagiaire
UCBL

Maître de conférence universitaire
UCBL
Tel: 33 04 72 44 81 01

Directeur de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 33 04 72 43 19 21

Professeure des universités
UCBL
Tel: 33 04 72 44 82 16

Doctorant
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Professeur des universités
VetAgro-Sup
Tel: 33 04 78 87 27 02
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.
The team is structured along two main axis:
- Intragenomic interactions: transposable elements (resp. Marie Fablet)
Ex1: The evolutionary dynamics of transposable elements (TEs) in genomes, in relation to their natural variability. Our models include 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.
Ex2: Interactions between ET control and anti-viral immunity. We are studying the molecular mechanisms of RNA interference at the origin of the entanglement of these two processes, as well as the co-evolutionary implications, using experimental infections of different viruses on several Drosophila lines.
People involved : CV, MB, MF
- Symbiosis, the driving force of evolution (resp. Natacha Kremer)
Ex1 : Certain symbiotic bacteria provide metabolic capacities that the insect lacks. We are analysing these interactions in haematophagous insects (bedbugs, ticks) and phytophagous insects (the whitefly Bemisia tabaci) using approaches combining phenotype analysis, genetics, physiology and metabolomics.
Ex2: Parasitoid insects have domesticated viral genes enabling them to bypass the immune responses of their hosts. We are studying the frequency and adaptive significance of these events and, more generally, looking into the factors structuring horizontal transfers in host-parasitoid communities.
People involved: NK, LM, LZ, JMD, JV, FV, SC
Publications
Display of 31 to 60 publications on 460 in total
Dynamics of endosymbionts in bed bugs during development
Groupe Régional de Recherche en Microbiologie des Interactions (G-RREMI) .
Poster
see the publicationFunctional analysis of interactions between bed bugs and their nutritional symbiont Wolbachia
Rencontres du Réseau Ecologie des Interactions Durables 2023 .
Poster
see the publicationFunctional analysis of interactions between bed bugs and their nutritional symbiont Wolbachia
Journée scientifique enjeu « santé globale et bio‐ingénierie » de l'INSA Lyon .
Poster
see the publicationContribution of TE to the phenotype and plasticity in Drosophila melanogaster
CNET (24th congrès national des éléments transposables) .
Poster
see the publicationGenomic changes during the evolution of the Coxiella genus along the parasitism-mutualism continuum
Peer Community Journal . 3 : e41
Journal article
see the publicationThe for gene as one of the drivers of foraging variations in a parasitic wasp
Molecular Ecology . 32 ( 7 ) : 1760-1776
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16834
Journal article
see the publicationPlant choice for oviposition in the phytophagous insect Bemisia tabaci: cytotype, including symbionts, knows best!
Animal Behaviour . 200 : 147-157
Journal article
see the publicationLarval density in the invasive Drosophila suzukii : Immediate and delayed effects on life‐history traits
Ecology and Evolution . 13 ( 8 ) : 1760-1776
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10433
Journal article
see the publicationThe for gene as one of the drivers of foraging variations in a parasitic wasp
Molecular Ecology . 32 ( 7 ) : 1760-1776
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16834
Journal article
see the publicationStudy of host-symbionts coevolution in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci: an experimental evolution approach
13e Rencontre du Réseau Français de Biologie Adaptative des Pucerons et Organismes Associés (BAPOA) .
Conference paper
see the publicationSecondary symbionts influence feeding and oviposition behavior in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci
XII European Congress of Entomology .
Poster
see the publicationThe for gene as one of the drivers of foraging variations in a parasitic wasp
Molecular Ecology . 32 ( 7 ) : 1760-1776
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16834
Journal article
see the publicationA comprehensive evolutionary scenario for the origin and neofunctionalization of the Drosophila speciation gene Odysseus (OdsH)
G3 . 14 ( 3 ) : jkad299
Journal article
see the publicationA major 6 Mb superlocus is involved in pyrethroid resistance in the common bed bug Cimex lectularius
Evolutionary Applications . 16 ( 5 ) : 1012 - 1028
DOI: 10.1111/eva.13550
Journal article
see the publicationNutritional symbioses in triatomines: who is playing?
Peer Community In Evolutionary Biology . : 100629
Journal article
see the publicationImpact of Heat Stress on Transposable Element Expression and Derived Small RNAs in Drosophila subobscura
Genome Biology and Evolution . 15 ( 11 ) : evad189
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evad189
Journal article
see the publicationLarval density in the invasive Drosophila suzukii : Immediate and delayed effects on life‐history traits
Ecology and Evolution . 13 ( 8 ) : e10433
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10433
Journal article
see the publicationA quantitative, genome-wide analysis in Drosophila reveals transposable elements’ influence on gene expression is species-specific
Genome Biology and Evolution . 15 ( 9 ) : evad160
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evad160
Journal article
see the publicationChimeraTE: a pipeline to detect chimeric transcripts derived from genes and transposable elements
Nucleic Acids Research . 51 ( 18 ) : 9764-9784
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad671
Journal article
see the publicationEndoparasitoid lifestyle promotes endogenization and domestication of dsDNA viruses
eLife . 12 : e85993
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.85993
Journal article
see the publicationRNA Viruses Are Prevalent and Active Tenants of the Predatory Mite Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
Microbial ecology .
Journal article
see the publicationThe for gene as one of the drivers of foraging variations in a parasitic wasp
Molecular Ecology . 32 ( 7 ) : 1760-1776
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16834
Journal article
see the publicationSex differences in adult lifespan and aging rate across mammals: A test of the ‘Mother Curse hypothesis’
Mechanisms of Ageing and Development . 212 : 111799
Journal article
see the publicationAnalysis of density and localization of the nutritional obligatory symbiont Wolbachia during development of bedbugs
Rencontres du Groupe Régional de Recherche en Microbiologie des Interactions (G-RREMI) 2022 .
Poster
see the publicationAnalysis of density and localization of the nutritional obligatory symbiont Wolbachia during the development of bed bugs
10th congress of the International Symbiosis Society (ISS) - 3rd International Conference on Holobionts (joint meeting) .
Poster
see the publicationThe assembly of the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae is dominated by transposable elements and shades light on the evolution of endosymbiosis in a major crop pest.
Arthropod Genomics Symposium 2022 .
Conference paper
see the publicationEfficient compartmentalization in insect bacteriomes protects symbiotic bacteria from host immune system
10th congress of the International Symbiosis Society (ISS) - 3rd International Conference on Holobionts (joint meeting) .
Poster
see the publicationTransposable element regulation in the cereal weevil Sitophilus oryzae and its potential association with an endosymbiotic bacteria
CNET (23d congrès national des éléments transposables) .
Conference paper
see the publication