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

Display of 241 to 270 publications on 460 in total

New national and regional bryophyte records, 31

L. T. Ellis, Autun L. Alegro, Halina Bednarek-Ochyra, Ryszard Ochyra, A. Bergamini, Annalena Cogoni...

Journal of Bryology . 34 ( 2 ) : 123-134

DOI: 10.1179/1743282012Y.0000000009

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Level of protection and testing scheme

Anne Alix, Gavin Lewis, George Broufas, Mike Coulson, Jean-Marie Delpuech, Axel Dinter...

Escort 3: Linking non-target Arthropod testing and risk assessment with protection goals . : 16-24

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A snapshot of histone modifications within transposable elements in Drosophila wild type strains.

Rita Rebollo, Béatrice Horard, Flora Begeot, Marion Delattre, Eric Gilson, Cristina Vieira

PLoS ONE . 7 ( 9 ) : 1-7

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044253

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An inherited virus influences the coexistence of parasitoid species through behaviour manipulation.

Sabine Patot, Roland Allemand, Frédéric Fleury, Julien Varaldi

Ecology Letters . 15 ( 6 ) : 603-10

DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01774.x

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Influence of the virus LbFV and of Wolbachia in a host-parasitoid interaction.

Julien Martinez, Anne Duplouy, Megan Woolfit, Fabrice Vavre, Scott L O'Neill, Julien Varaldi

PLoS ONE . 7 ( 4 ) : 1-10

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035081

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Heritable variation in an extended phenotype: the case of a parasitoid manipulated by a virus.

Julien Martinez, Frédéric Fleury, Julien Varaldi

Journal of Evolutionary Biology . 25 ( 1 ) : 54-65

DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02405.x

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An inherited Virus manipulating the behavior of its parasitoid host : epidemiology and evolutionary consequences

Julien Varaldi, Julien Martinez, Sabine Patot, David Lepetit, Frédéric Fleury, Sylvain Gandon

Parasitoid Viruses. Symbionts and Pathogens . 978-0-12-384858-1 : 203-214

DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384858-1.00017-5

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Population genetic structure and secondary endosymbionts of Q Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from Greece

A. Tsagkarakou, L. Mouton, J.B. Kristoffersen, E. Dokianakis, M. Grispou, K. Bourtzis

Bulletin of Entomological Research . 102 : 353-365

DOI: 10.1017/S0007485311000757

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A comparative analysis of the amounts and dynamics of transposable elements in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans.

Cristina Vieira, Marie Fablet, Emmanuelle Lerat, Matthieu Boulesteix, Rita Rebollo, Nelly Burlet...

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity . 113 : 83-86

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.04.001

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Modulation of Symbiont Lipid A Signaling by Host Alkaline Phosphatases in the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis

B. Rader, Natacha Kremer, M. Apicella, W. Goldman, M. Mcfall-Ngai

mBio . 3 ( 3 )

DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00093-12

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Effects of deltamethrin on the specific discrimination of sex pheromones in two sympatric Trichogramma species

Jean-Marie Delpuech, C. Dupont, R. Allemand

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety . 84 : 32--38

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.06.007

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Complete Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum" BT-QVLC, an Obligate Symbiont That Supplies Amino Acids and Carotenoids to Bemisia tabaci.

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

Journal of Bacteriology . 194 ( 23 ) : 6654-6655

DOI: 10.1128/JB.01793-12

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Evolution and control of host-microbe symbiosis in arthropods: an RNAseq-based transcriptomic analysis

Yves Moné, F. Chevalier, M.C. Carpentier, N. Kremer, Patrick Mavingui, V. Raquin...

7. International Wolbachia conference . 978-2-911320-44-6

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Evidence of diversity and recombination in Arsenophonus symbionts of the Bemisia tabaci species complex

L. Mouton, M. Thierry, H. Henri, R. Baudin, O. Gnankine, Bernard Reynaud...

BMC Microbiology . 12(Suppl 1) : 1-15

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-S1-S10

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tirant, a newly discovered active endogenous retrovirus in Drosophila simulans.

Abdou Akkouche, Rita Rebollo, Nelly Burlet, Caroline Esnault, Sonia Martinez, Barbara Viginier...

Journal of Virology . 86 ( 7 ) : 3675-3681

DOI: 10.1128/JVI.07146-11

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Mod/Resc Parsimony Inference: Theory and application

Igor Nor, Danny Hermelin, Sylvain Charlat, Jan Engelstadter, Max Reuter, Olivier Duron...

Information and Computation . 213 : 23-32

DOI: 10.1016/j.ic.2011.03.008

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International Congress on Transposable Elements (ICTE) 2012 in Saint Malo and the sea of TE stories.

Abdelkader Aïnouche, Mireille Bétermier, Mick Chandler, Richard Cordaux, Gaël Cristofari, Jean-Marc Deragon...

Mobile DNA . 3 ( 1 ) : 17

DOI: 10.1186/1759-8753-3-17

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Transposon proliferation in an asexual parasitoid.

Ken Kraaijeveld, Brechtje Zwanenburg, Benjamin Hubert, Cristina Vieira, Sylvia de Pater, Jacques J.M. van Alphen...

Molecular Ecology . 21 ( 16 ) : 3898-3906

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.5582.x

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High-resolution melting technology: a new tool for studying the Wolbachia endosymbiont diversity in the field.

H. Henri, Laurence Mouton

Molecular Ecology Resources . 12 ( 1 ) : 75-81

DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03064.x

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Influence of Wolbachia on host gene expression in an obligatory symbiosis.

Natacha Kremer, Delphine Charif, Hélène Henri, Frédérick F. Gavory, Patrick Wincker, Patrick Mavingui...

BMC Microbiology . 12 ( Suppl 1 ) : 1-16

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-S1-S7

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Survey of Wolbachia and Its Phage WO in the Uzifly Exorista sorbillans (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Nm. Guruprasad, Laurence Mouton, P Sumithra, Hp. Puttaraju

Current Microbiology . 63 : 267-272

DOI: 10.1007/s00284-011-9973-6

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Cloning of the unculturable parasite Pasteuria ramosa and its Daphnia host reveals extreme genotype-genotype interactions: Cloning reveals extreme host specificity

Pepijn Luijckx, Frida Ben-Ami, Laurence Mouton, Louis Du Pasquier, Dieter Ebert

Ecology Letters . 14 ( 2 ) : 125-131

DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01561.x

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Effect of Wolbachia infection and temperature variations on the fecundity of the Uzifly Exorista sorbillans (Diptera: Tachinidae)

N. M. Guruprasad, Laurence Mouton, H. P. Puttaraju

Symbiosis . 54 : 151-158

DOI: 10.1007/s13199-011-0138-y

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Characterisation of a large family of polymorphic collagen-like proteins in the endospore-forming bacterium Pasteuria ramosa

K. Mcelroy, Laurence Mouton, L. Du Pasquier, Q. Weihong, E. Dieter

Research in Microbiology . 162 : 701-714

DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2011.06.009

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Side effects of fungicides on the abundance and the species diversity of the natural populations of Drosophila and their hymenopterous parasitoids in orchards

J-M. Delpuech, Roland Allemand

Phytoparasitica . 39 : 429-435

DOI: 10.1007/s12600-011-0180-6

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Does a parthenogenesis-inducing Wolbachia induce vestigial cytoplasmic incompatibility?

Ken Kraaijeveld, Barbara M Reumer, Laurence Mouton, Natacha Kremer, Fabrice Vavre, Jacques J.M. van Alphen

The Science of Nature Naturwissenschaften . 98 ( 3 ) : 175-80

DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0756-x

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RNA-seq without a reference genome: a comparison of the mapping and the assembly approaches

M.-C. Carpentier, J. Charif, Vincent Lacroix, Marie-France Sagot, Fabrice Vavre

JOBIM .

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Rickettsia ‘In’ and ‘Out’: Two Different Localization Patterns of a Bacterial Symbiont in the Same Insect Species

Ayelet Caspi-Fluger, Moshe Inbar, Netta Mozes-Daube, Laurence Mouton, Martha Hunter, Einat Zchori-Fein

PLoS ONE . 6 ( 6 )

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021096

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Effect of Wolbachia infection and temperature variations on the fecundity of the Uzifly Exorista sorbillans (Diptera: Tachinidae)

N.M. Guruprasad, L. Mouton, H.P. Puttaraju

Symbiosis . 54 : 151-158

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