GECO Evolutionary and Computational Genomics

Bioinformatics, Phylogeny and Evolutionary Genomics Group

Baobab Group

The main goal of the GECO department is to foster integration and synergies between theoretical and methodological research relevant for the analysis of genomes (computational genomics) and empirical analysis of genomic and multi-omic data (evolutionary and functional genomics). The department is structured in two teams, BAOBAB and BPGE:

BAOBAB is deeply rooted in computer science. Its strengths are in algorithms, models, and mathematical analysis of graphs and networks, with applications to transcriptomics and metabolic networks.

BPGE is oriented towards bioinformatics, phylogenetics and evolutionary genomics. Its research projects cover a broad range of subjects, such as methodological developments for phylogenetic inference, their applications to the reconstruction of the evolutionary history of bacteria and archaea, the role of mobile genetic elements in the evolution of bacteria and of antibioresistance, or the role of recombination, of genomic rearrangements and of transposable elements in the evolution of eukaryotic genomes.

As detailed on their pages, the research conducted in both teams integrates deep and long-ranging theoretical and methodological (algorithmic and computational) developments with data analysis driven by empirical questions. This integration is bi-directional: methodological developments are guided by empirical questions and then used in empirical applications, while theoretical modeling helps clarify the conceptual basis of subsequent empirical analyses.

Publications

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Genetic structure and sex-biased gene flow in the history of southern African populations

Vladimir Bajić, Chiara Barbieri, Alexander Hübner, Tom Tom Güldemann, Christfried Naumann, Linda Gerlach...

American Journal of Physical Anthropology . 167 ( 3 ) : 656-671

DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23694

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Matriclans shape populations: Insights from the Angolan Namib Desert into the maternal genetic history of southern Africa

Sandra Oliveira, Anne-Maria Fehn, Teresa Aço, Fernanda Lages, Magdalena Gayà-Vidal, Brigitte Pakendorf...

American Journal of Physical Anthropology . 165 ( 3 ) : 518-535

DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23378

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High-resolution mitochondrial DNA analysis sheds light on human diversity, cultural interactions, and population mobility in Northwestern Amazonia

Leonardo Arias, Chiara Barbieri, Guillermo Barreto, Mark Stoneking, Brigitte Pakendorf

American Journal of Physical Anthropology . 165 ( 2 ) : 238-255

DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23345

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Strong selection during the last millennium for African ancestry in the admixed population of Madagascar

Denis Pierron, Margit Heiske, Harilanto Razafindrazaka, Veronica Pereda-Loth, Jazmin Sanchez, Omar Alva...

Nature Communications . 9 ( 1 ) : 932

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03342-5

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The Comoros Show the Earliest Austronesian Gene Flow into the Swahili Corridor

Nicolas Brucato, Verónica Fernandes, Stéphane Mazières, Pradiptajati Kusuma, Murray Cox, Joseph Wainaina Ng'Ang'A...

American Journal of Human Genetics . 102 ( 1 ) : 58-68

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.11.011

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Cultural Innovations Influence Patterns of Genetic Diversity in Northwestern Amazonia

Leonardo Arias, Roland Schröder, Alexander Hübner, Guillermo Barreto, Mark Stoneking, Brigitte Pakendorf

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 35 ( 11 ) : 2719-2735

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy169

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Biased Inference of Selection Due to GC-Biased Gene Conversion and the Rate of Protein Evolution in Flycatchers When Accounting for It

Paulina Bolívar, Carina Mugal, Matteo Rossi, Alexander Nater, Mi Wang, Ludovic Dutoit...

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 35 ( 10 ) : 2475-2486

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy149

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Sex‐biased gene expression, sexual antagonism and levels of genetic diversity in the collared flycatcher ( Ficedula albicollis ) genome

Ludovic Dutoit, Carina Mugal, Paulina Bolívar, Mi Wang, Krystyna Nadachowska-Brzyska, Linnéa Smeds...

Molecular Ecology . 27 ( 18 ) : 3572-3581

DOI: 10.1111/mec.14789

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Positive selection on human gamete-recognition genes

Michael Hart, Daryn Stover, Vanessa Guerra, Sahar Mozaffari, Carole Ober, Carina Mugal...

PeerJ . 6 : e4259

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4259

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Thermodynamic constraints for identifying elementary flux modes

Sabine Pérès, Stefan Schuster, Philippe Dague

Biochemical Society Transactions . 46 ( 3 ) : 641-647

DOI: 10.1042/BST20170260

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Identifying Biomarkers of Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Using a Dynamic Metabolic Model: The Cell Passage Effect

Benoît Laflaquière, Gabrielle Leclercq, Chandarong Choey, Jingkui Chen, Sabine Pérès, Caryn Ito...

Metabolites . 8 ( 1 ) : 18

DOI: 10.3390/metabo8010018

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Metabolic view of tumor growth: a kinetic model to screen potential therapeutic targets

Sabine Pérès

Computational systems biology for cancer .

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Close inbreeding and low genetic diversity in Inner Asian human populations despite geographical exogamy

Nina Marchi, Philippe Mennecier, Myriam Georges, Sophie Lafosse, Tatyana Hegay, Choduraa Dorzhu...

Scientific Reports . 8 : 9397

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-27047-3

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Bounding the Order of a Graph Using Its Diameter and Metric Dimension: A Study Through Tree Decompositions and VC Dimension

Laurent Beaudou, Peter Dankelmann, Florent Foucaud, Michael Antony Henning, Arnaud Mary, Aline Parreau

SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics . 32 ( 2 ) : 902 - 918

DOI: 10.1137/16M1097833

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A novel subfamily of bacterial AAT-fold basic amino acid decarboxylases and functional characterization of its first representative: Pseudomonas aeruginosa LdcA

Diego Carriel, Pierre Simon Garcia, Florence Castelli, Patricia Lamourette, François Fenaille, Céline Brochier-Armanet...

Genome Biology and Evolution . 10 ( 11 ) : 3058-3075

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy228

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Progress and Prospects in Gender Visibility at SMBE Annual Meetings

Jos Käfer, Andrea Betancourt, Avelyne S. Villain, Marie Fernandez, Clémentine Vignal, Gabriel Marais...

Genome Biology and Evolution . 10 ( 3 ) : 901-908

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy056

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Unbiased Estimate of Synonymous and Nonsynonymous Substitution Rates with Nonstationary Base Composition

Laurent Guéguen, Laurent Duret

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 35 ( 3 ) : 734-742

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx308

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Exploring and Visualising Spaces of Tree Reconciliations

Katharina Huber, Vincent Moulton, Marie-France Sagot, Blerina Sinaimeri

Systematic Biology . : 1-36

DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syy075

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Pierce's Disease of Grapevines: A Review of Control Strategies and an Outline of an Epidemiological Model

Ifigeneia Kyrkou, Taneli Pusa, Lea Ellegaard-Jensen, Marie-France Sagot, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen

Frontiers in Microbiology . 9 : 1-23

DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02141

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Hydrogen peroxide production and myo-inositol metabolism as important traits for virulence of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

Mariana G. Ferrarini, Scheila Gabriele Mucha, Delphine Parrot, Guillaume Meiffren, José Fernando Ruggiero Bachega, Gilles Comte...

Molecular Microbiology . : 1-45

DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13957

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A fast and agnostic method for bacterial genome-wide association studies: bridging the gap between k-mers and genetic events

Magali Jaillard, Leandro Lima, Maud Tournoud, Pierre Mahé, Alex van Belkum, Vincent Lacroix...

PLoS Genetics . 14 ( 11 ) : 1-28

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007758

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Complementarity of assembly-first and mapping-first approaches for alternative splicing annotation and differential analysis from RNAseq data

Clara Benoit-Pilven, Camille Marchet, Emilie Chautard, Leandro Lima, Marie-Pierre Lambert, Gustavo Sacomoto...

Scientific Reports . 8 ( 1 )

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21770-7

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Loss-of-Function Mutations in UNC45A Cause a Syndrome Associating Cholestasis, Diarrhea, Impaired Hearing, and Bone Fragility

Clothilde Esteve, Ludmila Francescatto, Perciliz Tan, Aurélie Bourchany, Cécile de Leusse, Evelyne Marinier...

American Journal of Human Genetics . 102 ( 3 ) : 364 - 374

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.01.009

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PASTA repeats of the protein kinase StkP interconnect cell constriction and separation of Streptococcus pneumoniae

L. Zucchini, C. Mercy, Ps. Garcia, C. Cluzel, V. Gueguen-Chaignon, F. Galisson...

Nature Microbiology . 3 ( 2 ) : 197-209

DOI: 10.1038/s41564-017-0069-3

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Obligate sugar oxidation in Mesotoga spp., phylum Thermotogae , in the presence of either elemental sulfur or hydrogenotrophic sulfate-reducers as electron acceptor

Khaled Fadhlaoui, Wagdi Ben Hania, Fabrice Armougom, Manon Joseph, Marie-Laure Fardeau, Gaël Erauso...

Environmental Microbiology . 20 ( 1 ) : 281-292

DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13995

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Conditional Approximate Bayesian Computation: A New Approach for Across-Site Dependency in High-Dimensional Mutation–Selection Models

Simon Laurin-Lemay, Nicolas Rodrigue, Nicolas Lartillot, Herve Philippe

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 35 ( 11 ) : 2819-2834

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy173

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Population specific dynamics and selection patterns of transposable element insertions in European natural populations

Emmanuelle Lerat, Clément Goubert, Sara Guirao-Rico, Miriam Merenciano, Anne-Béatrice Dufour, Cristina Vieira...

Molecular Ecology . : 1-17

DOI: 10.1111/mec.14963

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Life History Traits Impact the Nuclear Rate of Substitution but Not the Mitochondrial Rate in Isopods

Nathanaëlle Saclier, Clémentine François, Lara Konecny-Dupré, Nicolas Lartillot, Laurent Guéguen, L. Duret...

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 35 ( 12 ) : 2900-2912

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy184

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PRDM9 Methyltransferase Activity Is Essential for Meiotic DNA Double-Strand Break Formation at Its Binding Sites

Boubou Diagouraga, Julie Clément, L. Duret, Jan Kadlec, Bernard de Massy, Frédéric Baudat

Molecular Cell . 69 ( 5 ) : 853 - 865.e6

DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.01.033

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Codon Usage Bias in Animals: Disentangling the Effects of Natural Selection, Effective Population Size, and GC-Biased Gene Conversion

Nicolas Galtier, Camille Roux, Marjolaine Rousselle, Jonathan Romiguier, Emeric Figuet, Sylvain Glemin...

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 35 ( 5 ) : 1092 - 1103

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy015

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