Dynamique des Génomes et des Populations

Dynagen Research Activities

Our research focuses on developping and applying data analysis methods for the understanding of genetic and phenotypic diversity of livestock species and the evolution of their genomes.

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Members

Researchers
Thomas Faraut
Sylvain Foissac
David Robelin
Bertrand Servin	Webpage

PhD Students
Cyriel Paris

Post-docs
Sonia Eynard

Former Members
Simon Boitard
Claude Chevalet
Sarah Djebali-Quelen	Webpage
Jason Lapeyronnie
Camille Mestre
Morgane Petit

Contact

Bertrand Servin

Publications

2020

Morris KM, Hindle MM, Boitard S, et al. The Quail Genome: Insights into Social Behaviour, Seasonal Biology and Infectious Disease Response. BMC biology. 2020;18:14. doi:10.1186/s12915-020-0743-4.

2019

Vignal A, Boitard S, Thebault N, et al. A guinea fowl genome assembly provides new evidence on evolution following domestication and selection in galliformes. Molecular ecology resources. 2019;19:997—1014. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.13017.
Jay F, Boitard S, Austerlitz F. An ABC Method for Whole-Genome Sequence Data: Inferring Paleolithic and Neolithic Human Expansions. Mol Biol Evol. 2019;36(7):1565-1579. doi:10.1093/molbev/msz038.
Paris C, Servin B, Boitard S. Inference of Selection from Genetic Time Series Using Various Parametric Approximations to the Wright-Fisher Model. G3 (Bethesda). 2019;9(12):4073-4086. doi:10.1534/g3.119.400778.
Oget C, Servin B, Palhiere I. Genetic diversity analysis of French goat populations reveals selective sweeps involved in their differentiation. Anim Genet. 2019;50(1):54-63. doi:10.1111/age.12752.
Grusea S, Rodríguez W, Pinchon D, Chikhi L, Boitard S, Mazet O. Coalescence times for three genes provide sufficient information to distinguish population structure from population size changes. J Math Biol. 2019;78(1-2):189-224. doi:10.1007/s00285-018-1272-4.
Robic A, Faraut T, Djebali S, et al. Analysis of pig transcriptomes suggests a global regulation mechanism enabling temporary bursts of circular RNAs. RNA Biol. 2019:1-15. doi:10.1080/15476286.2019.1621621.

2018

Chikhi L, Rodríguez W, Grusea S, Santos P, Boitard S, Mazet O. The IICR (inverse instantaneous coalescence rate) as a summary of genomic diversity: insights into demographic inference and model choice. Heredity (Edinb). 2018;120(1):13-24. doi:10.1038/s41437-017-0005-6.
Rochus CMarie, Tortereau F, Plisson-Petit F, et al. Revealing the selection history of adaptive loci using genome-wide scans for selection: an example from domestic sheep. BMC Genomics. 2018;19(1):71. doi:10.1186/s12864-018-4447-x.
Alberto FJ, Boyer F, Orozco-terWengel P, et al. Convergent genomic signatures of domestication in sheep and goats. Nat Commun. 2018;9(1):813. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03206-y.