Evolutionary Genetics of Interactions Group
Members

Ingénieur d'études CDD
CNRS

Maître de conférences
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 43 29 16

Post-doc
CNRS

Chargé de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 33 04 72 44 81 01
Post-doc
CNRS

Chargé de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 33 04 72 43 29 12

Maîtresse de conférence universitaire
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 43 29 16

Professeur des universités
UCBL

Doctorante
CNRS
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42

Doctorant
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Post-doc
CNRS

Chargée de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 33 04 72 44 81 01

Doctorante
INSA
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Post-doc
CNRS

Maîtresse de conférences
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 43 29 10

Doctorante
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Doctorante
UCBL
Stagiaire
UCBL
Doctorante
UCBL

Stagiaire
UCBL

Maître de conférence universitaire
UCBL
Tel: 33 04 72 44 81 01

Directeur de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 33 04 72 43 19 21

Professeure des universités
UCBL
Tel: 33 04 72 44 82 16

Doctorant
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Professeur des universités
VetAgro-Sup
Tel: 33 04 78 87 27 02
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 361 to 390 publications on 460 in total
Differences in genome size between closely related species: the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup.
Molecular Biology and Evolution . 23 ( 1 ) : 162-7
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see the publicationOutbreeding selects for spiteful cytoplasmic elements
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 273 : 923-929
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see the publicationEvolution of Male Killer Suppression in a Natural Population
PLoS Biology . 4 : 1643-1648
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see the publicationThe evolution of cytoplasmic incompatibility types: integrating segregation inbreeding and outbreeding
Genetics . 172 : 2601-2611
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see the publicationAgeing and the evolution of female resistance to remating in seed beetles
Biology Letters . 2 : 62-64
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see the publicationUnicoloniality recognition and genetic differentiation in a native Formica ant
Journal of Evolutionary Biology . 19 : 2031-2039
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see the publicationA Newly Discovered Virus Manipulates Superparasitism Behavior in a Parasitoid Wasp
Insect Symbiosis . 2 : 119-139
Book chapter
see the publicationEffect of temperature on Wolbachia density and impact on cytoplasmic incompatibility
Parasitology . 132 : 49-56
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see the publicationDifferences in Genome Size Between Closely Related Species : The Drosophila melanogaster Species Subgroup
Molecular Biology and Evolution . 23 : 162-167
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see the publicationDifferences in genom size between closely related species : the drosophila melanogaster species subgroup.
Molecular Biology and Evolution . ( 23 ) : 162-167
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see the publicationCompeting selfish genetic elements in the butterfly Hypolimnas bolina
Current Biology . 16 : 2453-2458
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see the publicationIncrease of the Behavioral Response to Kairomones by the Parasitoid Wasp Leptopilina heterotoma Surviving Insecticides
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology . 49 : 186-191
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see the publicationEvaluation des effets sublétaux d'insecticides sur des insectes auxiliaires entomophages.
Programme national d'écotoxicologie: avancées récentes .
Book chapter
see the publicationMultiple infections and diversity of cytoplasmic incompatibility in a haplodiploid species
Heredity . 94 : 187-192
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see the publicationAn efficient procedure for purification of the obligate intracellular Wolbachia pipientis and representative amplification of its genome by multiple displacement amplification
Applied and Environmental Microbiology . 71 : 6910-6917
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see the publicationTransposable elements in mosquitoes
Cytogenetics and Genome Research . 110 : 500--509
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see the publicationPrevalence and penetrance variation of male-killing Wolbachia across Indo-Pacific populations of the butterfly Hypolimnas bolina
Molecular Ecology . 14 : 3525-3530
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see the publicationIs genome size influenced by colonization of new environments in dipteran species ?
Molecular Ecology . 14 : 869-878
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see the publicationNew regulatory regions of Drosophila 412 retrotransposable element generated by recombination
Molecular Biology and Evolution . 22 : 747-757
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see the publicationAdaptive male effects on female ageing in seed beetles
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 272 : 2485-2489
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see the publicationWolbachia requierement for oogenesis : occurence within the genus Asobara (Hynoptera, Braconidae) and evidence for intraspecific variation in A. tabida.
Heredity . 95 : 394-400
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see the publicationSuperparasitism acceptance and patch-leaving mechanisms in parasitoids: A comparison between two sympatric wasps
Animal Behaviour . 69 : 1227-1234
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see the publicationCost induced by viral particles manipulating superparasitism behaviour in the parasitoid Leptopilina boulardi
Parasitology . 131 : 161-168
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see the publicationÉvaluation des effets sublétaux d'insecticides sur des insectes auxiliaires entomophages
incollection . -- : 85-96
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see the publicationEfficient procedure for purification of obligate intracellular Wolbachia pipientis and representative amplification of its génome by multiple-pisplacement amplification
Applied and Environmental Microbiology . 71 ( 11 ) : 6910-6917
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see the publicationWolbachia requirement for oogenesis: occurrence within the genus Asobara (Hymenoptera Braconidae) and evidence for intraspecific variation in A. tabida
Heredity . -- : 267-282
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see the publicationExploring the evolution of Wolbachia compatibility types: a simulation approach
Genetics . 170 : 495-507
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see the publicationInteractions between inherited bacteria and their hosts: The Wolbachia paradigm
incollection . -- : 119-141
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see the publicationWhat transposable elements tell us about genome organization and evolution: the case of Drosophila
Cytogenetics and Genome Researchearch . 110 : 25-34
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