Publications by authors named "Margot Paris"

Little is known about the metabolic basis of life-history trade-offs but lipid stores seem to play a pivotal role. During reproduction, an energetically highly costly process, animals mobilize fat reserves. Conversely, reduced or curtailed reproduction promotes lipid storage in many animals.

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Species are seen as the fundamental unit of biotic diversity, and thus their delimitation is crucial for defining measures for diversity assessments and studying evolution. Differences between species have traditionally been associated with variation in morphology. And yet, the discovery of cryptic diversity suggests that the evolution of distinct lineages does not necessarily involve morphological differences.

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The topographic gradients of the Tropical Andes may have triggered species divergence by different mechanisms. Topography separates species' geographical ranges and offers climatic heterogeneity, which could potentially foster local adaptation to specific climatic conditions and result in narrowly distributed endemic species. Such a pattern is found in the Andean centered palm genus .

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Target capture has emerged as an important tool for phylogenetics and population genetics in nonmodel taxa. Whereas developing taxon-specific capture probes requires sustained efforts, available universal kits may have a lower power to reconstruct relationships at shallow phylogenetic scales and within rapidly radiating clades. We present here a newly developed target capture set for Bromeliaceae, a large and ecologically diverse plant family with highly variable diversification rates.

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Drosophila melanogaster is a leading model in population genetics and genomics, and a growing number of whole-genome data sets from natural populations of this species have been published over the last years. A major challenge is the integration of disparate data sets, often generated using different sequencing technologies and bioinformatic pipelines, which hampers our ability to address questions about the evolution of this species. Here we address these issues by developing a bioinformatics pipeline that maps pooled sequencing (Pool-Seq) reads from D.

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  • - The Bromeliaceae family, particularly the genus Tillandsia, has undergone significant diversification due to key innovations like the shift from C to CAM photosynthesis, which helps adaptations to dry environments.
  • - Researchers used phylogenomic techniques and RNA sequencing to explore how these photosynthetic changes are linked to other adaptations for surviving in xeric conditions, including genetic and metabolic shifts.
  • - Findings indicate that the evolution of CAM involved the expansion of certain genes related to growth regulation and the reprogramming of stress response genes, providing insight into how these adaptive traits are repeatedly developed in this diverse plant group.
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  • Researchers sequenced the genome of the pineapple variety Ananas comosus var. bracteatus CB5, revealing insights into its genetic structure with 29,412 identified genes across 25 chromosomes.
  • The study compared multiple pineapple genomes and revealed specific genetic traits related to fiber production, sugar accumulation, and fruit maturation, confirming varied domestication processes across cultivars.
  • The findings indicate a blend of sexual and asexual reproduction in the domestication of clonally propagated crops, encouraging further investigation into these processes for other similar species.
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The tribe Geonomateae is a widely distributed group of 103 species of Neotropical palms which contains six ecologically important understory or subcanopy genera. Although it has been the focus of many studies, our understanding of the evolutionary history of this group, and in particular of the taxonomically complex genus , is far from complete due to a lack of molecular data. Specifically, the previous Sanger sequencing-based studies used a few informative characters and partial sampling.

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  • This research focuses on understanding genetic diversification in palms, an important plant family, using advanced whole genome sequencing to create molecular markers for better studies at various evolutionary levels.
  • The study developed a comprehensive set of genomic markers covering 4,184 regions, including genes and neutral areas, designed to avoid issues like copy number variation, enabling analysis of evolutionary rates.
  • The newly created markers were tested across different palm sub-families, achieving high specificity and efficiency, which will enhance the analysis of genomic diversity and facilitate future research combining new and existing datasets.
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Genomic imprinting is a conspicuous feature of the endosperm, a triploid tissue nurturing the embryo and synchronizing angiosperm seed development. An unknown subset of imprinted genes (IGs) is critical for successful seed development and should have highly conserved functions. Recent genome-wide studies have found limited conservation of IGs among distantly related species, but there is a paucity of data from closely related lineages.

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Background And Aims: Defective hybrid seed development in angiosperms might mediate the rapid establishment of intrinsic post-zygotic isolation between closely related species. Extensive crosses within and among three lineages of wild tomatoes (Solanum section Lycopersicon) were performed to address the incidence, developmental timing and histological manifestations of hybrid seed failure. These lineages encompass different, yet fairly recent, divergence times and both allopatric and partially sympatric pairs.

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  • Understanding the drivers and limits of species radiations is key in evolutionary genetics, but connecting micro- and macroevolutionary methods has been challenging, leading to research gaps.
  • Current studies show a focus on certain taxa, with many species-rich groups like arthropods, plants, and fungi being understudied, mainly due to limitations in sample size and nuclear genome data.
  • The authors advocate for using whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and targeted resequencing to improve population and species sampling, making it possible to explore the genetic basis of species radiations more effectively.
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Hybrid seed failure represents an important postzygotic barrier to interbreeding among species of wild tomatoes (Solanum section Lycopersicon) and other flowering plants. We studied genome-wide changes associated with hybrid seed abortion in the closely related Solanum peruvianum and S. chilense where hybrid crosses yield high proportions of inviable seeds due to endosperm failure and arrested embryo development.

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Speciation often involves repeated episodes of genetic contact between divergent populations before reproductive isolation (RI) is complete. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) holds great promise for unravelling the genomic bases of speciation. We have studied two ecologically divergent, hybridizing species of the 'model tree' genus Populus (poplars, aspens, cottonwoods), Populus alba and P.

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The bacterial insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti) is an increasingly popular alternative to chemical insecticides for controlling mosquito populations. Because Bti toxicity relies on the action of four main toxins, resistance to Bti is very likely a complex phenotype involving several genes simultaneously.

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  • The study investigates genetic variation in two divergent lineages of Populus alba using whole-genome sequencing to identify areas of significant differentiation and low genetic diversity.
  • Researchers discovered over 9,000 high-differentiation SNPs, with certain SNPs shared across populations and associated with predicted genes linked to functional traits.
  • The findings highlight the role of selective pressures in shaping genetic diversity and enhance our knowledge of evolutionary mechanisms in temperate tree species after postglacial recolonization.
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Worldwide evolution of mosquito resistance to chemical insecticides represents a major challenge for public health, and the future of vector control largely relies on the development of biological insecticides that can be used in combination with chemicals (integrated management), with the expectation that populations already resistant to chemicals will not become readily resistant to biological insecticides. However, little is known about the metabolic pathways affected by selection with chemical or biological insecticides. Here we show that Aedes aegypti, a laboratory mosquito strain selected with a biological insecticide (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, Bti) evolved increased transcription of many genes coding for endopeptidases while most genes coding for detoxification enzymes were under-expressed.

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Background: Despite the intensive use of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) toxins for mosquito control, little is known about the long term effect of exposure to this cocktail of toxins on target mosquito populations. In contrast to the many cases of resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins observed in other insects, there is no evidence so far for Bti resistance evolution in field mosquito populations. High fitness costs measured in a Bti selected mosquito laboratory strain suggest that evolving resistance to Bti is costly.

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Sprays of commercial preparations of the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis are widely used for the control of mosquito larvae. Despite an abundant literature on B.

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Effective vector control is currently challenged worldwide by the evolution of resistance to all classes of chemical insecticides in mosquitoes. In Martinique, populations of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti have been intensively treated with temephos and deltamethrin insecticides over the last fifty years, resulting in heterogeneous levels of resistance across the island. Resistance spreading depends on standing genetic variation, selection intensity and gene flow among populations.

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Mosquito control is often the main method used to reduce mosquito-transmitted diseases. In order to investigate the genetic basis of resistance to the bio-insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti), we used information on polymorphism obtained from cDNA tag sequences from pooled larvae of laboratory Bti-resistant and susceptible Aedes aegypti mosquito strains to identify and analyse 1520 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs).

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Background: Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) is a natural larval mosquito pathogen producing pore-forming toxins targeting the midgut of Diptera larvae. It is used worldwide for mosquito control.

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Genome scans based on anonymous Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) markers scattered throughout the genome are becoming an increasingly popular approach to study the genetic basis of adaptation and speciation in natural populations. A shortcoming of this approach is that despite its efficiency to detect signatures of selection, it can hardly help pinpoint the specific genomic region(s), gene(s), or mutation(s) targeted by selection. Here, we present two methods to be undertaken after performing an AFLP-based genome scan to easily obtain the sequences of AFLP loci detected as outliers by population genomics approaches.

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The Amplified fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) is one of the cost-effective and useful fingerprinting techniques to study non-model species. One crucial AFLP step in the AFLP procedure is the choice of restriction enzymes and selective bases providing good-quality AFLP profiles. Here, we present a user-friendly program (ISIF) that allows carrying out in silico AFLPs on species for which whole genome sequences are available.

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AFLP-based genome scans are widely used to study the genetics of adaptation and to identify genomic regions potentially under selection. However, this approach usually fails to detect the actual genes or mutations targeted by selection owing to the difficulties of obtaining DNA sequences from AFLP fragments. Here, we combine classical AFLP outlier detection with 454 sequencing of AFLP fragments to obtain sequences from outlier loci.

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