Evolution, génomes, comportement et écologie (EGCE)

Laboratory presentation

The Evolution, Genome, Behavior and Ecology laboratory (EGCE) studies the biodiversity evolution using a multi-scale approach (from the genome to the species community). It combines experimentation and modeling. The study models are insects (bees, drosophiles, lepidoptera), xenopus, fish, amphibians. This research includes work on reproductive and food behaviors as well as adaptation to environmental change. The problems of global warming and anthropogenic environments raise major socio-economic issues: new food sources, biodiversity protection, bio-control (insect pests and vectors of human diseases). Programs are developed in partnership with the countries of the South by the researchers of the IRD members of the laboratory.

The 20 latest publications

Title Authors Publication date Source
Ancient and Nonuniform Loss of Olfactory Receptor Expression Renders the Shark Nose a De Facto Vomeronasal Organ Maxime Policarpo, Didier Casane 04/04/23 Molecular Biology and Evolution
A population genetics theory for piRNA-regulated transposable elements Siddharth S. Tomar, Aurélie Hua-Van, Arnaud Le Rouzic 04/01/23 Theoretical Population Biology
A low-cost IoT network to monitor microclimate variables in ecosystems François Rebaudo, P. A. Calatayud 04/01/23 Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Resolving between novelty and homology in the rapidly evolving phallus of Drosophila Jean R. David, Amir Yassin 03/01/23 Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution
Dominance mechanisms in supergene alleles controlling butterfly wing pattern variation: insights from gene expression in Heliconius numata Héloïse Bastide 02/01/23 Heredity
Ants act as olfactory bio-detectors of tumours in patient-derived xenograft mice Jean Christophe Sandoz 01/25/23 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Estimating the impact of biological control of maize stemborers on productivity and poverty in Kenya: a continuous treatment approach Bruno LeRu 01/01/23 Environment, Development and Sustainability
Multisite imaging of neural activity using a genetically encoded calcium sensor in the honey bee Julie Carcaud, Jean Christophe Sandoz 01/01/23 PLoS Biology
Developmental Differentiations of Major Maize Stemborers Due to Global Warming in Temperate and Tropical Climates Judith Legrand 01/01/23 Insects
Long-term evolution of quantitative traits in the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup Amir Yassin, Jean R. David 12/01/22 Genetica
Antenna movements as a function of odorants’ biological value in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) Hanna Cholé, Alice Merlin, Nicholas Henderson, Estelle Paupy, Prisca Mahé, Gérard Arnold, Jean Christophe Sandoz 12/01/22 Scientific Reports
Gustatory function of sensilla chaetica on the labial palps and antennae of three tortricid moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Frédéric Marion-Poll 12/01/22 Scientific Reports
Combining OSMAC, metabolomic and genomic methods for the production and annotation of halogenated azaphilones and ilicicolins in termite symbiotic fungi N. Pollet 12/01/22 Scientific Reports
What complete mitochondrial genomes tell us about the evolutionary history of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens J. Guilliet, N. Pollet, J. Filée 12/01/22 BMC Ecology
No evidence for asymmetric sperm deposition in a species with asymmetric male genitalia Michael Lang 11/24/22 PeerJ
Brain size and behavioral specialization in the jataí stingless bee (Tetragonisca angustula) Lohan Valadares, Jean Christophe Sandoz 09/01/22 Journal of Comparative Neurology
The fate of a suppressed X-linked meiotic driver: experimental evolution in Drosophila simulans Héloïse Bastide, David Ogereau, Catherine Montchamp-Moreau 09/01/22 Chromosome Research
Optimization of sampling designs for pedigrees and association studies Arnaud Le Rouzic 09/01/22 Biometrics
Competitive Plant-Mediated and Intraguild Predation Interactions of the Invasive Spodoptera frugiperda and Resident Stemborers Busseola fusca and Chilo partellus in Maize Cropping Systems in Kenya P. A. Calatayud 09/01/22 Insects
Using phenotypic plasticity to understand the structure and evolution of the genotype–phenotype map Arnaud Le Rouzic 08/01/22 Genetica

Number of publications of the laboratory by scientific field (2016-2021)

Every paper can be classified in one or more scientific fields. The figure below shows the lab's number of publications in each scientific field, according to the ASJC classification (Elsevier)