GECO Evolutionary and Computational Genomics
Bioinformatics, Phylogeny and Evolutionary Genomics Group
Segurel Laure
Chargée de recherche
CNRS
Batiment Mendel, 2ème étage. Bureau 12.025
Broad research interests : I am a CNRS researcher in population genetics, broadly interested in using genetic data to understand species evolution, more specifically to investigate how species adapt to their environment. During my PhD at the Musée de l'Homme with E Heyer and R Vitalis (UMR7206 - Paris), I worked in anthropological genetics, to decipher how various cultural features (matrimonial rules, language) shape the genetic diversity in Central Asia. I further worked on identifying selective pressures on various metabolic genes involved in adaptation to diet in herders and farmers from Central Asia. During my post-doc at UChicago with M Przeworski, I studied how recombination evolved between humans and chimpanzees, and across human populations, and I looked for signatures of balancing selection in humans and chimpanzees genomes. I also investigated what are the different determinants of neutral genetic diversity, as well as the factors influencing mutation rates. Since I got recruited at the CNRS in 2013 (UMR7206 - Paris), I continued working on human adaptation to changes in diet by studying lactase persistence using both modern and ancient DNA. In parallel, I am interested in understanding how humans and their associated microbes are co-evolving. Specifically, I developed a project in Cameroon to better understand how the human gut (and oral) microbiota evolved in response to changes in human diet, especially linked to the growing urbanisation and industrialisation of human populations. I am currently working at the LBBE (UMR5558 - Lyon) and developing projects on balancing selection (a mode of adaptation that maintains genetic diversity), to study its prevalence and underlying mechanisms both in primates and in birds, which have contrasted recombination landscapes and effective population sizes.
Publications
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The porphyran degradation system of the human gut microbiota is complete, phylogenetically diverse and geographically structured across Asian populations
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see the publicationProposed mechanism for the selection of lactase persistence in childhood
BioEssays . 45 ( 7 )
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see the publicationPopulation designations in biomedical research: limitations and perspectives
HLA: Immune Response Genetics . 101 ( 1 ) : 3-15
DOI: 10.1111/tan.14852
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see the publicationModelling the spatiotemporal spread of beneficial alleles using ancient genomes
Preprint
see the publicationModeling the spatiotemporal spread of beneficial alleles using ancient genomes
eLife . 11
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.73767
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see the publicationCodiversification of gut microbiota with humans
Science . 377 ( 6612 ) : 1328-1332
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see the publicationNo evidence for female kin association, indications for extragroup paternity, and sex‐biased dispersal patterns in wild western gorillas
Ecology and Evolution . 11 ( 12 ) : 7634-7646
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7596
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see the publicationElevated rates of horizontal gene transfer in the industrialized human microbiome
Cell . 184 ( 8 ) : 2053-2067.e18
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see the publicationChanges in the Human Gut Microbiota Associated With Colonization by Blastocystis sp. and Entamoeba spp. in Non-Industrialized Populations
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology . 11 : 533528
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see the publicationThe human gut microbiome and health inequities
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 118 ( 25 ) : e2017947118
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see the publicationWhy and when was lactase persistence selected for? Insights from Central Asian herders and ancient DNA
PLoS Biology . 18 ( 6 ) : e3000742
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see the publicationResponse of the human gut and saliva microbiome to urbanization in cameroon
Scientific Reports . 10 ( 1 )
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see the publicationUse of shotgun metagenomics for the identification of protozoa in the gut microbiota of healthy individuals from worldwide populations with various industrialization levels
PLoS ONE . 14 : e0211139
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see the publicationUse of shotgun metagenomics for the identification of protozoa in the gut microbiota of healthy individuals from worldwide populations with various industrialization levels
PLoS ONE . 14 ( 2 ) : e0211139
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see the publicationClose inbreeding and low genetic diversity in Inner Asian human populations despite geographical exogamy
Scientific Reports . 8 : 9397
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see the publicationMicrobiome intestinal ancien et problématiques médicales contemporaines
Médecine/Sciences . 33 : 984-990
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see the publicationOn the Evolution of Lactase Persistence in Humans
Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics . 18 ( 1 ) : 297-319
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see the publicationSex-specific genetic diversity is shaped by cultural factors in Inner Asian human populations
American Journal of Physical Anthropology . 162 ( 4 ) : 627-640
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23151
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see the publicationLatitude as a co-driver of human gut microbial diversity?
BioEssays . 39 ( 3 ) : 1600145
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see the publicationGut Protozoa: Friends or Foes of the Human Gut Microbiota?
Trends in Parasitology . 33 ( 12 ) : 925-934
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see the publicationDetection and interpretation of shared genetic influences on 42 human traits
Nature Genetics . 48 ( 7 ) : 709-717
DOI: 10.1038/ng.3570
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see the publicationDetection of Allelic Frequency Differences between the Sexes in Humans: A Signature of Sexually Antagonistic Selection
Genome Biology and Evolution . 8 ( 5 ) : 1489-1500
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw090
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see the publicationVariation in Rural African Gut Microbiota Is Strongly Correlated with Colonization by Entamoeba and Subsistence
PLoS Genetics . 11 ( 11 ) : e1005658
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see the publicationHuman genetic data reveal contrasting demographic patterns between sedentary and nomadic populations that predate the emergence of farming
European Journal of Human Genetics . 22 ( 10 ) : 1201-1207
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see the publicationDeterminants of Mutation Rate Variation in the Human Germline
Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics . 15 ( 1 ) : 47-70
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see the publicationTroX: a new method to learn about the genesis of aneuploidy from trisomic products of conception
Bioinformatics . 30 ( 14 ) : 2035-2042
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see the publicationMicrosatellite data show recent demographic expansions in sedentary but not in nomadic human populations in Africa and Eurasia
European Journal of Human Genetics . 22 ( 10 ) : 1201-1207
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.2
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see the publicationPreserving immune diversity through ancient inheritance and admixture
Current Opinion in Immunology . 30 : 79-84
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see the publicationRelationship between life-style and demography: new insights on human's demographic History from modern genetic data
New Zealand annual Phylogenomics meeting .
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see the publicationHuman Genetic Data Reveal Contrasting Demographic Patterns between Sedentary and Nomadic Populations That Predate the Emergence of Farming
Molecular Biology and Evolution . 30 ( 12 ) : 2629 - 2644
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