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.

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

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The Aculeata of French Polynesia. III. Sphecidae, with the record of three new species for the Society Islands (Hymenoptera)

Thibault Ramage, Sylvain Charlat, Frédéric Jacq

Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France . 120 ( 2 ) : 157-163

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Detection of genetically isolated entities within the Mediterranean species of Bemisia tabaci: new insights into the systematics of this worldwide pest

Laurence Mouton, Olivier Gnankiné, Hélène Henri, Gabriel Terraz, Guillaume Ketoh, Thibaud Martin...

Pest Management Science . 71 ( 3 ) : 452-458

DOI: 10.1002/ps.3834

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Parasite-Parasite Interactions in the Wild: How To Detect Them?

Eléonore Hellard, David Fouchet, Fabrice Vavre, Dominique Pontier

Trends in Parasitology .

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Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) host-plant variants: two host strains or two distinct species?

Pascaline Dumas, Fabrice Legeai, Claire Lemaitre, Erwan Scaon, Marion Orsucci, Karine Labadie...

Genetica . 143 ( 3 ) : 305-316

DOI: 10.1007/s10709-015-9829-2

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De 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).

Clément Goubert, Laurent Modolo, Cristina Vieira, Claire Valientemoro, Patrick Mavingui, Matthieu Boulesteix

Genome Biology and Evolution . 7 ( 4 ) : 1192-205

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De 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)

Clément Goubert, Laurent Modolo, Cristina Vieira, Claire Valiente Moro, Patrick Mavingui, Matthieu Boulesteix

Genome Biology and Evolution . 7 ( 4 ) : 1192-1205

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv050

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The chemistry of negotiation: Rhythmic, glycan-driven acidification in a symbiotic conversation

Julia Schwartzman, Eric Koch, Elizabeth Heath-Heckman, Lawrence Zhou, Natacha Kremer, Margaret Mcfall-Ngai...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 112 ( 2 ) : 566 - 571

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1418580112

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Nuclear and cytoplasmic differentiation among Mediterranean populations of Bemisia tabaci : testing the biological relevance of cytotypes

Gabriel Terraz, Gwenaelle Gueguen, Judit Arnó, Frédéric Fleury, Laurence Mouton

Pest Management Science . 70 ( 10 ) : 1503-1513

DOI: 10.1002/ps.3792

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Nuclear and cytoplasmic differentiation among Mediterranean populations of Bemisia tabaci : testing the biological relevance of cytotypes

Gabriel Terraz, Gwénaelle Gueguen, Frédéric Fleury, Laurence Mouton, Judit Arnó

Pest Management Science . 70 ( 10 ) : 1503-1513

DOI: 10.1002/ps.3792

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The Genome of Cardinium cBtQ1 Provides Insights into Genome Reduction, Symbiont Motility, and Its Settlement in Bemisia tabaci

Diego Santos-Garcia, Pierre-Antoine Rollat-Farnier, Francisco Beitia, Einat Zchori-Fein, Fabrice Vavre, Laurence Mouton...

Genome Biology and Evolution . 6 ( 4 ) : 1013-1030

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu077

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Variable expression levels detected in the Drosophila effectors of piRNA biogenesis

Marie Fablet, Abdou Akkouche, Virginie Braman, Cristina Vieira

Gene . 537 ( 1 ) : 149-153

DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.11.095

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Host Control of Insect Endogenous Retroviruses: Small RNA Silencing and Immune Response

Marie Fablet

Viruses . 6 : 4447-4464

DOI: 10.3390/v6114447

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Wolbachia Divergence and the Evolution of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in Culex pipiens

Célestine Atyame Nten, Pierrick Labbe, Emilie E. Dumas, Pascal Milesi, Sylvain Charlat, Philippe Fort...

PLoS ONE . 9 ( 1 ) : e87336

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087336

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A Genome-Wide Survey of Genetic Instability by Transposition in Drosophila Hybrids

Doris Vela, Antonio Fontdevila, Cristina Vieira, García Guerreiro María Pilar

PLoS ONE . 9 : 87 - 87

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088992.s005

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Could interallelic interactions be a key to the epigenetic aspects of fitness-trait inbreeding depression?

C. Biemont, Cristina Vieira

Heredity . 112 : 219-20

DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2013.80

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Microbial impacts on insect evolutionary diversification: from patterns to mechanisms

Fabrice Vavre, Natacha Kremer

Current Opinion in Insect Science . 4 : 29--34

DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2014.08.003

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Epidemiology of asexuality induced by the endosymbiotic Wolbachia across phytophagous wasp species: host plant specialization matters.

Thomas Boivin, Hélène Henri, Fabrice Vavre, Cindy Gidoin, Philippe Veber, Jean-Noël Candau...

Molecular Ecology Notes . 23 ( 9 ) : 2362-2375

DOI: 10.1111/mec.12737

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Signs of Neutralization in a Redundant Gene Involved in Homologous Recombination in Wolbachia Endosymbionts

Myriam Badawi, Isabelle Giraud, Fabrice Vavre, Pierre Grève, Richard Cordaux

Genome Biology and Evolution . 10 ( 6 ) : 2654-2664

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu207

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Manipulation of arthropod sex determination by endosymbionts: diversity and molecular mechanisms

Wen-Juan Ma, Fabrice Vavre, Leo W. Beukeboom

Sexual Development . : 59-73

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The Evolution of Sex Ratio Distorter Suppression Affects a 25 cM Genomic Region in the Butterfly Hypolimnas bolina

Emily A Hornett, Bruce Moran, Louise A Reynolds, Sylvain Charlat, Samuel Tazzyman, Nina Wedell...

PLoS Genetics . 10 ( 12 ) : e1004822

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004822

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The Drosophila Su(var)3–7 Gene Is Required for Oogenesis and Female Fertility, Genetically Interacts with piwi and aubergine, but Impacts Only Weakly Transposon Silencing

Denis Basquin, Anne Spierer, Flora Begeot, Dmitry E Koryakov, Anne-Laure Todeschini, Stéphane Ronsseray...

PLoS ONE . 9 ( 5 ) : e96802

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096802

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Genomic regions harboring insecticide resistance-associated Cyp genes are enriched by transposable element fragments carrying putative transcription factor binding sites in two sibling Drosophila species

Claudia M A Carareto, Eric H Hernandez, Cristina Vieira

Gene . 537 ( 1 ) : 93-99

DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.11.080

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The oxidative environment: a mediator of interspecies communication that drives symbiosis evolution

Y. Moné, David Monnin, Natacha Kremer

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 281 ( 1785 ) : 20133112 - 20133112

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.3112

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A model symbiosis reveals a role for sheathed-flagellum rotation in the release of immunogenic lipopolysaccharide

Caitlin Brennan, Jason Hunt, Natacha Kremer, Benjamin Krasity, Michael Apicella, Margaret Mcfall-Ngai...

eLife . 3

DOI: 10.7554/eLife.01579

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The dual nature of haemocyanin in the establishment and persistence of the squid - vibrio symbiosis

Natacha Kremer, Julia Schwartzman, Rene Augustin, Lawrence Zhou, Edward G. Ruby, Stéphane Hourdez...

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 281 ( 1785 ) : 20140504

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0504

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Exposure to hycanthone alters chromatin structure around specific gene functions and specific repeats in Schistosoma mansoni.

David Roquis, Julie M. J. Lepesant, Emanuel Villafan, Jérôme Boissier, Cristina Vieira, Celine Cosseau...

Frontiers in Genetics . 5 : 207

DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00207

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Specific Activation of an I-Like Element in Drosophila Interspecific Hybrids

Elias a G Carnelossi, Emmanuelle Lerat, Hélène Henri, Sonia Martinez, Claudia M A Carareto, Cristina Vieira

Genome Biology and Evolution . 6 : 1806 - 1817

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu141

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The Genome of Cardinium cBtQ1 Provides Insights into Genome Reduction, Symbiont Motility, and Its Settlement in Bemisia tabaci

Diego Santos-Garcia, Pierre-Antoine Rollat-Farnier, Francisco Beitia, Einat Zchori-Fein, Fabrice Vavre, Laurence Mouton...

Genome Biology and Evolution . 6 ( 4 ) : 1013-1030

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The sublethal effects of deltamethrin on Trichogramma behaviors during the exploitation of host patches

Jean-Marie Delpuech, Maxime Delahaye

Science of the Total Environment . 447 : 274-279

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.096

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The influence of male wing shape on mating success in Drosophila melanogaster

Bf. Menezes, Fm. Vigoder, Aa. Peixoto, J. Varaldi, Bc. Bitner-Mathé

Animal Behaviour . 85 : 1217--1223

DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.03.008

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