Caroline Angelard
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Caroline obtained her PhD in our group in 2010 and is now working as an EU funded Marie Curie Fellow jointly between our department and the University of Indiana, USA in the group of James D. Bever on the ecology and evolution of mycorrhizas.
She is currently working in Indiana but can be contacted at her University of Lausanne email address.
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My scientific interests are focused on evolution related questions. I am very interested in levels of selections, adaptation process and especially in selfish genes.
During my master thesis I studied a selfish gene in Drosophila simulans : sex-ratio meiotic drive. The progeny of males who carry selfish gene (sex-ratio males) is biased toward females. So we can imagine the disappearance of the population because of a strong excess of females. I tried to find how these genes do not invade natural populations by the study of "sex-ratio males" fitness in competition with "standard males". I found many strong deleterious effects associated with the selfish gene.
Phd project : The Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF)
The roots of over 60% of plant species form intimate symbioses with AMF. It is through this symbiosis that plants obtain phosphorus and protection from pathogens. Because the fungus never goes through a stage in its life cycle, where only one nucleus is passed on to the next generation, this could allow genetic differences to evolve among the nuclei.
I study genetic variation in these fungi in order to know whether selection and drift are acting to maintain within-individual genetic diversity.
Curriculum vitae
Born on September 7, 1982 in Chatenay Malabry, France (92).
2005-2010 Phd supervised by Ian Sanders: "Contribution of selection and drift to maintenance of genetic variation in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) individuals ".
2004-2005 Master degree (DEA) in Genomes, Cells, Development, Evolution in University of Orsay (Paris XI, France): " Sex-ratio meiotic drive and sexual selection in Drosophila simulans" (More information)
2000-2004 Studies in Biology in University of Albi and Montpellier in France.
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Drawing, music, movies, nature, reading (King, Werber, Dawkins, Gould), animals...
