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 181 to 210 publications on 460 in total
Population genetics of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus, an invasive vector of human diseases
Heredity . 117 ( 3 ) : 125-34
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2016.35
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see the publicationHow and how much does RAD-seq bias genetic diversity estimates?
BMC Evolutionary Biology . 16 : 240
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see the publicationAdditional heritable virus in the parasitic wasp Leptopilina boulardi: prevalence, transmission and phenotypic effects
Journal of General Virology . 97 : 523-535
DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000360
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see the publicationSNP calling from RNA-seq data without a reference genome: identification, quantification, differential analysis and impact on the protein sequence
Nucleic Acids Research .
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw655
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see the publicationInfluence of oxidative homeostasis on bacterial density and cost of infection in Drosophila–Wolbachia symbioses
Journal of Evolutionary Biology . 29 : 1211-1222
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12863
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see the publicationWolbachia -mediated protection against viruses in the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii
Insect Molecular Biology . 25 ( 5 ) : 595-603
DOI: 10.1111/imb.12245
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see the publicationWolbachia in European Populations of the Invasive Pest Drosophila suzukii: Regional Variation in Infection Frequencies
PLoS ONE . 11 ( 1 ) : e0147766
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see the publicationThe draft genome sequence of the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae as a model to explore the host-symbiont interactions in a nascent stage of endosymbiosis
Journées Ouvertes Biologie Informatique Mathématiques (JOBIM) .
Poster
see the publicationDrosophila Females Undergo Genome Expansion after Interspecific Hybridization
Genome Biology and Evolution . 8 ( 3 ) : 556-561
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw024
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see the publicationIs genome size of Lepidoptera linked to host plant range?
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata . 159 ( 3 ) : 354-361
DOI: 10.1111/eea.12446
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see the publicationThe sublethal effects of endosulfan on the circadian rhythms and locomotor activity of two sympatric parasitoid species
Chemosphere . 132 : 200-5
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see the publicationCompetitive outcome of multiple infections in a behavior-manipulating virus/wasp interaction
Ecology and Evolution . 5 ( 24 ) : S934-S945
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1749
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see the publicationGenome reduction and potential metabolic complementation of the dual endosymbionts in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci
BMC Genomics . 16 : 226
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see the publicationThe Recent Evolution of a Maternally-Inherited Endosymbiont of Ticks Led to the Emergence of the Q Fever Pathogen, Coxiella burnetii
PLoS Pathogens . 11 ( 5 )
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see the publicationTwo Host Clades, Two Bacterial Arsenals: Evolution through Gene Losses in Facultative Endosymbionts.
Genome Biology and Evolution . 7 ( 3 ) : 839-855
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv030
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see the publicationThe Aculeata of French Polynesia. III. Sphecidae, with the record of three new species for the Society Islands (Hymenoptera)
Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France . 120 ( 2 ) : 157-163
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see the publicationDetection of genetically isolated entities within the Mediterranean species of Bemisia tabaci: new insights into the systematics of this worldwide pest
Pest Management Science . 71 ( 3 ) : 452-458
DOI: 10.1002/ps.3834
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see the publicationParasite-Parasite Interactions in the Wild: How To Detect Them?
Trends in Parasitology .
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see the publicationSpodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) host-plant variants: two host strains or two distinct species?
Genetica . 143 ( 3 ) : 305-316
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see the publicationDe novo assembly and annotation of the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) repeatome with dnaPipeTE from raw genomic reads and comparative analysis with the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti).
Genome Biology and Evolution . 7 ( 4 ) : 1192-205
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see the publicationDe novo assembly and annotation of the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) repeatome with dnaPipeTE from raw genomic reads and comparative analysis with the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti)
Genome Biology and Evolution . 7 ( 4 ) : 1192-1205
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv050
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see the publicationThe chemistry of negotiation: Rhythmic, glycan-driven acidification in a symbiotic conversation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 112 ( 2 ) : 566 - 571
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see the publicationNuclear and cytoplasmic differentiation among Mediterranean populations of Bemisia tabaci : testing the biological relevance of cytotypes
Pest Management Science . 70 ( 10 ) : 1503-1513
DOI: 10.1002/ps.3792
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see the publicationNuclear and cytoplasmic differentiation among Mediterranean populations of Bemisia tabaci : testing the biological relevance of cytotypes
Pest Management Science . 70 ( 10 ) : 1503-1513
DOI: 10.1002/ps.3792
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see the publicationThe Genome of Cardinium cBtQ1 Provides Insights into Genome Reduction, Symbiont Motility, and Its Settlement in Bemisia tabaci
Genome Biology and Evolution . 6 ( 4 ) : 1013-1030
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu077
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see the publicationVariable expression levels detected in the Drosophila effectors of piRNA biogenesis
Gene . 537 ( 1 ) : 149-153
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see the publicationHost Control of Insect Endogenous Retroviruses: Small RNA Silencing and Immune Response
Viruses . 6 : 4447-4464
DOI: 10.3390/v6114447
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see the publicationWolbachia Divergence and the Evolution of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in Culex pipiens
PLoS ONE . 9 ( 1 ) : e87336
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see the publicationA Genome-Wide Survey of Genetic Instability by Transposition in Drosophila Hybrids
PLoS ONE . 9 : 87 - 87
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see the publicationCould interallelic interactions be a key to the epigenetic aspects of fitness-trait inbreeding depression?
Heredity . 112 : 219-20
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2013.80
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