COEVOL Multi-Scale Coevolution

Evolutionary Genetics of Interactions Group

The Cocoon Group

Living systems are highly integrated, with a multitude of levels of organization, from molecular and intra-cellular scales to ecosystems. Complex organisms are themselves consortia of macro- and micro-organisms, which work together with their host to build the individual. Yet, each of these organisms can function and evolve in the short term according to its own logic, possibly in conflict with other higher or lower levels, or with other time scales. The once common idea among evolutionists that natural selection results in organisms perfectly adapted to their environment is now severely undermined. Not only because, as the Red Queen explains to Alice, one has to run relentlessly to keep its place in a changing environment, or because past evolutionary history and chance constrain the possibilities of present adaptation, but also because different levels of selection have interests that are generally difficult to reconcile.

Multi-scale coevolution resets classical questions in evolutionary biology

One example, of particular interest is the question of the source of heritable variations. The phenotype of organisms in a population is influenced not only by variations in their nuclear and mitochondrial genomes, the dynamics of which is the object of population genetics, but also more and more patently by the consortium of microbes and genetic elements that constitute its microbiome and virome. The hologenome designates this complex assembly of genetic materials, which obey different rules of transmission and different evolutionary strategies. The ability of symbionts to manipulate host phenotypes or to interfere with each other influences the evolutionary dynamics of all players in ways that are yet poorly understood. In addition, new questions arise, such as the importance of co-adaptation in these systems and their consequences in maintaining cohesive biological systems.

  •  Symbiosis: a response to and a source of divergent selection

Using a variety of approaches combining experimental evolution, genomic, functional, phenotypic and behavioral data, we aim to test whether symbiosis facilitates diversification and to characterize the underlying microevolutionary processes.

  •  Ecological networks of horizontal gene transfer

We develop original methods to detect gene transfer and we investigate the factors that influence the routes of gene transfers among microbes but also among insects.

  •  The interplay between symbiosis, infection and immunity and its evolutionary consequences

We try to understand the intimate interaction of hosts with pathogens, symbionts and transposable elements and how it affects the extended phenotype of the host.

  • Transgenerational inheritance and environment changes

We try to decipher the molecular mechanisms that underlie rapid adaptation to environment and to test for transgenerational inheritance of fitness traits.

  •  Intragenomic conflicts and demography

We are developing models to test whether changes in the demography of the host affect the dynamics of transposable elements.

  • The determinism of phenotypic convergence

We study the genomic basis of convergent phenotypic evolution in particular in the case of animals and plants adaptation to increasing temperature and decreasing water.

  • Reconciling the tree of life

We develop phylogenetic methods for “reconciling” gene/species or host/symbiont histories and use these methods to explore the bulk of extinct or undescribed species and the history of association of symbiotic microbes with their hosts.

Integrating methods

The methods we use to tackle the questions raised by multi-scale co-evolution extend from theory, modelling and simulation to big data analysis, lab (notably on insects), and to a lesser extent, field activities.

Implication of research, responsibility of researchers and citizen sciences

From our research (some of which have immediate consequences in health, agriculture and ecology) and our concerns about the responsibility of scientists in society, we are committed to promote an “implicative” research. The implicative position means that we try to work on the link between science and society, not only through a one-way communication, applying or explaining our science, but also favoring early discussions on research projects, that may influence our research directions.

Publications

Display of 211 to 240 publications on 748 in total

Modeling trophic dependencies and exchanges among insects’ bacterial symbionts in a host-simulated environment

Itai Opatovsky, Diego Santos-Garcia, Zhepu Ruan, Tamar Lahav, Shany Ofaim, Laurence Mouton...

BMC Genomics . 19 : 402

DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-4786-7

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Sterile insect technique and Wolbachia symbiosis as potential tools for the control of the invasive species Drosophila suzukii

Katerina Nikolouli, Hervé Colinet, D Renault, Thomas Enriquez, Laurence Mouton, Patricia Gibert...

Journal of Pest Science . 91 ( 2 ) : 489-503

DOI: 10.1007/s10340-017-0944-y

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An attempt to select non-genetic variation in resistance to starvation and reduced chill coma recovery time in Drosophila melanogaster

Bianca Menezes, Judit Salces-Ortiz, Héloise Muller, Nelly Burlet, Sonia Martinez, Marie Fablet...

Journal of Experimental Biology . 221 ( 23 ) : jeb186254

DOI: 10.1242/jeb.186254

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Transposable Element Dynamics in an Invasive Species

V. Mérel, Marie Fablet, M. Boulesteix, Arnaud A Estoup, Patricia Gibert, Cristina Vieira

Congrès National des Éléments Transposables (CNET 2018) .

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Evaluating the essentiality of the primary endosymbiont of the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae through genome analysis

Carlos Vargas-Chavez, Nicolas Parisot, C. Goubert, Patrice Baa-Puyoulet, Severine Balmand, M. Boulesteix...

VI Meeting of the Spanish Society for Evolutionary Biology (SESBE) .

Poster

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Les sciences historiques : un impensé épistémologique dans l'enseignement de l'évolution

Fabienne Paulin, Sylvain Charlat, Eric Triquet

Recherches en éducation .

Journal article

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Multiple convergent supergene evolution events in mating-type chromosomes

Sara E Branco, Fantin E Carpentier, Ricardo Rodriguez de La Vega, Hélène Badouin, Alodie Snirc, Stéphanie Le Prieur...

Nature Communications . 9 ( 1 ) : 2000

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04380-9

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Tanglegrams are misleading for visual evaluation of tree congruence

Damien M. de Vienne

Preprint

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Phylogenetic signal from rearrangements in 18 Anopheles species by joint scaffolding extant and ancestral genomes

Yoann Anselmetti, Wandrille Duchemin, Eric Tannier, Cedric Chauve, Sèverine Bérard

BMC Genomics . 19 ( S2 ) : 1-15

DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-4466-7

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Helena and BS: two travellers between the genera Drosophila and Zaprionus

M C Simão, Annabelle A. Haudry, A Granzotto, N de Setta, C M A Carareto

Genome Biology and Evolution .

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy184

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Sex gap in aging and longevity: can sex chromosomes play a role?

Gabriel A.B. Marais, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Cristina Vieira, Ingrid Plotton, Damien Sanlaville, François Gueyffier...

Biology of Sex Differences . 9 ( 1 ) : 1-14

DOI: 10.1186/s13293-018-0181-y

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Genetic exchange in eukaryotes through horizontal transfer: connected by the mobilome

Gabriel Luz Wallau, Cristina Vieira, Élgion Lúcio Silva Loreto

Mobile DNA . 9 ( 1 ) : 1-16

DOI: 10.1186/s13100-018-0112-9

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Development of a PCR-RFLP assay to identify Drosophila melanogaster among field-collected larvae

Vincent Raquin, Hélène Henri, Marine Vallat, François Leulier, Patricia Gibert, Natacha Kremer

Ecology and Evolution . 8 ( 20 ) : 10067 - 10074

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4453

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Persistent Interactions with Bacterial Symbionts Direct Mature-Host Cell Morphology and Gene Expression in the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis

Natacha Kremer, Eric Koch, Adil El Filali, Lawrence Zhou, Elizabeth Heath-Heckman, Edward Ruby...

mSystems . 3 ( 5 )

DOI: 10.1128/mSystems.00165-18

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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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The Importance of Revisiting Legionellales Diversity

Olivier Duron, Patricia Doublet, Fabrice Vavre, Didier Bouchon

Trends in Parasitology . 34 ( 12 ) : 1027 - 1037

DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2018.09.008

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De Taranis au Jupiter cavalier à l’anguipède : réflexions autour du substrat celtique dans la religion gallo-romaine

Florian Blanchard

Celtic religions in the roman period. Personal, local, and global . Celtics studies publications ( XX ) : 309-324

Book chapter

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Influence of Microbial Symbionts on Plant-Insect Interactions

David Giron, F. Dedeine, G. Dubreuil, E. Huguet, L. Mouton, Yannick Outreman...

Insect-Plant Interactions in a Crop Protection Perspective . 81 : 225-257

DOI: 10.1016/bs.abr.2016.09.007

Book chapter

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Biodiversité, évolution et fonctionnement des écosystèmes

Isabelle Arzul, Salvador Bailon, David Bass, Pierre Boudry, Philippe Béarez, Elodie Blanchard...

Les Cahiers des prospectives . hors série : 25-33.

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MareyMap online: A user-friendly web application and database service for estimating recombination rates using physical and genetic maps

Aurélie Siberchicot, Adrien Bessy, Laurent Gueguen, Gabriel A. B. Marais

Genome Biology and Evolution . 9 ( 10 ) : 2506-2509

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx178

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Pitfalls in supermatrix phylogenomics

Herve Philippe, Damien M. de Vienne, Vincent Ranwez, Béatrice Roure, Denis Baurain, Frédéric Delsuc

European Journal of Taxonomy . 283 : 1-25

DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.283

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Transcriptomic signatures shaped by cell proportions shed light on comparative developmental biology

S. Pantalacci, Laurent Guéguen, C. Petit, A. Lambert, R. Peterkova, M. Sémon

Genome Biology . 18 : 29

DOI: 10.1186/s13059-017-1157-7

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Genome sequencing of the behaviour manipulating virus LbFV reveals a possible new virus family

D. Lepetit, B. Gillet, S. Hughes, K. Kraaijeveld, Julien Varaldi

Genome Biology and Evolution . 8 : 3718-3738

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw277

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Obligate dependence does not preclude changing partners in a Russian dolls symbiotic system

Emmanuelle Jousselin, Fabrice Vavre

Peer Community In Evolutionary Biology . : 1-2

DOI: 10.24072/pci.evolbiol.100002

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Managing cold tolerance and quality of mass-produced Drosophila suzukii flies to facilitate the application of biocontrol through incompatible and sterile insect techniques

Katerina Nikolouli, F. Sassú, Thomas Enriquez, Patricia Gibert, Frédéric Vavre, Laurence Mouton...

Third FAO–IAEA International Conference on Area-wide Management of Insect Pests .

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TEtools facilitates big data expression analysis of transposable elements and reveals an antagonism between their activity and that of piRNA genes

Emmanuelle Lerat, Marie Fablet, Laurent Modolo, Hélène Lopez-Maestre, Cristina Vieira

Nucleic Acids Research . 45 : 13

DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw953

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High-Throughput Sequencing of Transposable Element Insertions Suggests Adaptive Evolution of the Invasive Asian Tiger Mosquito Towards Temperate Environments

Clément Goubert, Hélène Henri, Guillaume Minard, Claire Valiente Moro, Patrick Mavingui, Cristina Vieira...

Molecular Ecology . 26 ( 15 ) : 1-14

DOI: 10.1111/mec.14184

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The global impact of Wolbachia on mitochondrial diversity and evolution

Marie Cariou, Laurent Duret, Sylvain Charlat

Journal of Evolutionary Biology . 30 ( 12 ) : 2204-2210

DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13186

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SONIFICATION OF PHYLOGENETIC TREES: LISTENING TO EVOLUTION

Henri Boutin, Damien de Vienne

Journées d'Informatique Musicale (JIM) 2017 .

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DeCoSTAR: Reconstructing the ancestral organization of genes or genomes using reconciled phylogenies

Wandrille Duchemin, Yoann Anselmetti, Murray Patterson, Yann Ponty, Sèverine Bérard, Cedric Chauve...

Genome Biology and Evolution . 9 ( 5 ) : 1312-1319

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx069

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