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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Tomato yellow leaf curl virus transmission efficacy is determined by symbiotic bacteria in the vector the sweet potato whitefly Bemisia tabaci

E. Zchori-Fein, Y.. Gottlieb, H. Czosnek, E. Chiel, F. Vavre, Frédéric Fleury...

Entomological Research . 37(1) : A42-A43

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A Survey of the Bacteriophage WO in the Endosymbiotic Bacteria Wolbachia

L. Gavotte, H. Henri, R. Stouthamer, D. Charif, S. Charlat, M. Boulétreau...

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 24 : 427-435

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Variable-Number Tandem Repeats as Molecular Markers for Biotypes of Pasteuria ramosa in Daphnia spp

L. Mouton, G. Nong, J.F. Preston, D. Ebert

Applied and Environmental Microbiology . 73 : 3715-3718

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Evolutionary Pathways of the tirant LTR Retrotransposon in the Drosophila melanogaster Subgroup of Species

M. Fablet, S. Souames, C. Biémont, Cristina Vieira

Journal of Molecular Evolution . 64 : 438-447

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The effects of age at mating on female life-history traits in a seed beetle

A.A. Maklakov, N. Kremer, G. Arnqvist

Behavioral Ecology . 18 : 551-555

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The Sublethal Effects of Pesticides on Beneficial Arthropods

N. Desneux, A. Decourtye, Jean-Marie Delpuech

Annual Review of Entomology . 52 : 81-106

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Interaction between host genotype and environmental conditions affects bacterial density in Wolbachia symbiosis

L. Mouton, H. Henri, D. Charif, M. Boulétreau, F. Vavre

Biology Letters . 3 : 210-213

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Reverse Arrangement of rRNA Subunits in the Microsporidium Glugoides intestinalis

D. Refardt, L. Mouton

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology . 54 : 83-85

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Insertion polymorphism of transposable elements and population structure of Anopheles gambiae M and S molecular forms in Cameroon

M. Boulesteix, F. Simard, C. Antonio-Nkondjio, P. Awono-Ambene, D. Fontenille, C. Biémont

Molecular Ecology . 16 : 441-452

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Mitspieler der Evolution

C. Biémont, Cristina Vieira

Spektrum der Wissenschaft . S44 : 44-49

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Artifical transfer and morphological description of virus particles associated with superparasitism behaviour in a parasitoid wasp.

Julien Varaldi, M. Ravallec, C. Labrosse, M. Lopez-Ferber, M. Boulétreau, Frédéric Fleury

Journal of Insect Physiology . 52 ( 11-12 ) : 1202-1212

DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.09.002

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Superparasitism evolution: adaptation or manipulation?

Sylvain Gandon, Ana R Rivero, Julien Varaldi

The American Naturalist . 167 ( 1 ) : E1-E22

DOI: 10.1086/498398

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The virus infecting the parasitoid Leptopilina boulardi exerts a specific action on superparasitism behaviour

Julien Varaldi, S. Petit, M. Boulétreau, Frédéric Fleury

Parasitology . 132 : 747-756

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Ongoing loss of the tirant transposable element in natural populations of Drosophila simulans

M. Fablet, J.F. Donald, C. Biémont, Cristina Vieira

Gene . 375 : 54-62

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Differences in genome size between closely related species: the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup.

Matthieu Boulesteix, Michèle Weiss, Christian Biémont

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 23 ( 1 ) : 162-7

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj012

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Ageing and the evolution of female resistance to remating in seed beetles

A.A. Maklakov, N. Kremer, G. Arnqvist

Biology Letters . 2 : 62-64

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Unicoloniality recognition and genetic differentiation in a native Formica ant

B. Holzer, M. Chapuisat, N. Kremer, C. Finet, L. Keller

Journal of Evolutionary Biology . 19 : 2031-2039

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A Newly Discovered Virus Manipulates Superparasitism Behavior in a Parasitoid Wasp

Julien Varaldi, Sylvain Gandon, Ana R Rivero, Sabine Patot, Frédéric Fleury

Insect Symbiosis . 2 : 119-139

DOI: 10.1201/9781420005936

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Effect of temperature on Wolbachia density and impact on cytoplasmic incompatibility

L. Mouton, H. Henri, M. Boulétreau, F. Vavre

Parasitology . 132 : 49-56

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Differences in Genome Size Between Closely Related Species : The Drosophila melanogaster Species Subgroup

M. Boulesteix, M. Weiss, C. Biémont

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 23 : 162-167

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Differences in genom size between closely related species : the drosophila melanogaster species subgroup.

M. Boulesteix, M. Weiss, C. Biemont

Molecular Biology and Evolution . ( 23 ) : 162-167

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Junk DNA as an evolutionary force

C. Biémont, Cristina Vieira

Nature . 443 : 521-524

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Increase of the Behavioral Response to Kairomones by the Parasitoid Wasp Leptopilina heterotoma Surviving Insecticides

Jean-Marie Delpuech, C. Bardon, M. Boulétreau

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology . 49 : 186-191

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Evaluation des effets sublétaux d'insecticides sur des insectes auxiliaires entomophages.

Laure Kaiser, Jean-Marie Delpuech, Philippe Kreiter, Jean-Noël Reboulet, Nicolas Desneux

Programme national d'écotoxicologie: avancées récentes .

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Multiple infections and diversity of cytoplasmic incompatibility in a haplodiploid species

L. Mouton, H. Henri, M. Boulétreau, F. Vavre

Heredity . 94 : 187-192

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An efficient procedure for purification of the obligate intracellular Wolbachia pipientis and representative amplification of its genome by multiple displacement amplification

Patrick Mavingui, Van Tran Van, Estelle Labeyrie, Edwige Rancès, Fabrice Vavre, Pascal Simonet

Applied and Environmental Microbiology . 71 : 6910-6917

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Transposable elements in mosquitoes

Matthieu Boulesteix, Christian Biémont

Cytogenetics and Genome Research . 110 : 500--509

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Is genome size influenced by colonization of new environments in dipteran species ?

C. Nardon, G. Deceliere, C. Loevenbruck, M. Weiss, Cristina Vieira, C. Biémont

Molecular Ecology . 14 : 869-878

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New regulatory regions of Drosophila 412 retrotransposable element generated by recombination

N. Mugnier, C. Biémont, Cristina Vieira

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 22 : 747-757

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Adaptive male effects on female ageing in seed beetles

A.A. Maklakov, N. Kremer, G. Arnqvist

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 272 : 2485-2489

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