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Department of Ecology and Evolution

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Alvarez Group - Ecological Genomics in Space and Time

Presentation

We work in the field of Ecological Genomics, which examines how wild organisms and populations adapt to different environments.

Our group investigates :

Genetic changes associated with ecological shifts and environmental perturbations
Genetic and ecological mechansims associated with trophic changes
Molecular processes associated with ecological diversification
Comparative phylogeography in plants and associated pollinators and evolution of specificity in plant-insect interactions
Molecular regulation associated with biotic and abiotic changes

Softwares

RawGeno is an R CRAN library automating the scoring of AFLP electropherograms.
Its development is realized by Dr. Nils Arrigo (Univ. Lausanne). The library includes a graphical user interface to simplify its use.

Publications

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In Press

Biogeography and ecological diversification of a mayfly clade in New Guinea

Cozzarolo Camille-Sophie, Balke Michael, Buerki Sven, Arrigo Nils, Pitteloud Camille, Gueuning Morgan, Salamin Nicolas, Sartori Michel, Alvarez Nadir Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [serval:BIB_003F3950383D]

2019

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Genomic signatures accompanying the dietary shift to phytophagy in polyphagan beetles.

Seppey M., Ioannidis P., Emerson B.C., Pitteloud C., Robinson-Rechavi M., Roux J., Escalona H.E., McKenna D.D., Misof B., Shin S. et al., 2019/05/17. Genome Biology, 20 (1) p. 98. Peer-reviewed.

[URN] [DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_4EC401109BAD]

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Bacterial communities within Phengaris (Maculinea) alcon caterpillars are shifted following transition from solitary living to social parasitism of Myrmica ant colonies.

Szenteczki M.A., Pitteloud C., Casacci L.P., Kešnerová L., Whitaker MRL, Engel P., Vila R., Alvarez N., 2019/04. Ecology and evolution, 9 (8) pp. 4452-4464. Peer-reviewed.

[URN] [DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_DC22A357DABE]

2018

A tale of two forests: ongoing aridification drives population decline and genetic diversity loss at continental scale in Afro-Macaronesian evergreen-forest archipelago endemics.

Mairal M., Caujapé-Castells J., Pellissier L., Jaén-Molina R., Álvarez N., Heuertz M., Sanmartín I., 2018/11/30. Annals of botany, 122 (6) pp. 1005-1017. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_D6A12EF2ABE0]

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Spatial and temporal genetic dynamics of the grasshopper <i>Oedaleus decorus</i> revealed by museum genomics.

Schmid S., Neuenschwander S., Pitteloud C., Heckel G., Pajkovic M., Arlettaz R., Alvarez N., 2018/02. Ecology and evolution, 8 (3) pp. 1480-1495. Peer-reviewed.

[URN] [DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_7E8FE095D4D3]

Long-term in situ persistence of biodiversity in tropical sky islands revealed by landscape genomics.

Mastretta-Yanes A., Xue A.T., Moreno-Letelier A., Jorgensen T.H., Alvarez N., Piñero D., Emerson B.C., 2018/01. Molecular ecology, 27 (2) pp. 432-448. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_A56107088672]

Phylogeography and population genomics of a lotic water beetle across a complex tropical landscape.

Lam A.W., Gueuning M., Kindler C., Van Dam M., Alvarez N., Panjaitan R., Shaverdo H., White L.T., Roderick G.K., Balke M., 2018. Molecular Ecology, 27 (16) pp. 3346-3356. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_4094282A6A2A]

Biotic drivers of river and floodplain geomorphology - New molecular methods for assessing present-day and past biota : Biotic drivers of river and floodplain geomorphology recorded by eDNA

Larsen A., Alvarez N., Sperisen C., Lane S.N., 2018. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43 (1) pp. 333-338. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_8D7156B56B4C]

2017

High Rate of Protein Coding Sequence Evolution and Species Diversification in the Lycaenids

Pellissier Loïc, Kostikova Anna, Litsios Glenn, Salamin Nicolas, Alvarez Nadir, 2017/08/23. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5.

[DOI] [serval:BIB_786E9C9B2A12]

HyRAD - X, a versatile method combining exome capture and RAD sequencing to extract genomic information from ancient DNA

Schmid Sarah, Genevest Rémi, Gobet Erika, Suchan Tomasz, Sperisen Christoph, Tinner Willy, Alvarez Nadir, 2017/05/07. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Peer-reviewed.

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Large-scale phylogenetic analysis of Amorphophallus (Araceae) derived from nuclear and plastid sequences reveals new subgeneric delineation

Claudel C., Buerki S., Chatrou L.W., Antonelli A., Alvarez N., Hetterscheid W., 2017. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 184 (1) pp. 32-45. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_E86259537C08]

Evidence for mega-landslides as drivers of island colonization

García-Olivares V., López H., Patiño J., Alvarez N., Machado A., Carracedo J.C., Soler V., Emerson B.C., 2017. Journal of Biogeography, 44 (5) pp. 1053-1064. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_02D5EBC00B46]

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Elevation in tropical sky islands as the common driver in structuring genes and communities of freshwater organisms.

Gueuning M., Suchan T., Rutschmann S., Gattolliat J.L., Jamsari J., Kamil A.I., Pitteloud C., Buerki S., Balke M., Sartori M. et al., 2017. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) p. 16089. Peer-reviewed.

[URN] [DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_9F701DCBE041]

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Genomics of extreme ecological specialists: multiple convergent evolution but no genetic divergence between ecotypes of Maculinea alcon butterflies.

Koubínová D., Dincă V., Dapporto L., Vodă R., Suchan T., Vila R., Alvarez N., 2017. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) p. 13752. Peer-reviewed.

[URN] [DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_D431D0966B45]

Global phylogeography of the insect pest Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchinae) relates to the history of its main host, Vigna unguiculata

Kébé K., Alvarez N., Tuda M., Arnqvist G., Fox C.W., Sembène M., Espíndola A., 2017. Journal of Biogeography, 44 (11) pp. 2515-2526. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_DC98A5678E0C]

Climatic niche evolution is faster in sympatric than allopatric lineages of the butterfly genus Pyrgus.

Pitteloud C., Arrigo N., Suchan T., Mastretta-Yanes A., Vila R., Dincă V., Hernández-Roldán J., Brockmann E., Chittaro Y., Kleckova I. et al., 2017. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological sciences, 284 (1852) p. 20170208. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_A136102DA93B]

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Genetic consequences of Quaternary climatic oscillations in the Himalayas: Primula tibetica as a case study based on restriction site-associated DNA sequencing.

Ren G., Mateo R.G., Liu J., Suchan T., Alvarez N., Guisan A., Conti E., Salamin N., 2017. The New Phytologist, 213 (3) pp. 1500-1512.

[URN] [DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_5361B0AEFA93]

When different contact zones tell different stories: putative ring species in the Megachile concinna species complex (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Soltani G.G., Bénon D., Alvarez N., Praz C.J., 2017. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 121 (4) pp. 815-832. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_F78939108F9F]

Assessing the potential of RAD-sequencing to resolve phylogenetic relationships within species radiations: the fly genus Chiastocheta (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) as a case study.

Suchan T., Espíndola A., Rutschmann S., Emerson B.C., Gori K., Dessimoz C., Arrigo N., Ronikier M., Alvarez N., 2017. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 114 pp. 189-198. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_1CBC34940B2F]

2016

Genome fingerprinting confirms the species status of the Loosestrifes Lysimachia punctata and L. verticillata (Primulaceae)

Triponez Yann, Şepitci Begüm, Alvarez Nadir, 2016/12/01. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 149 (3) pp. 335-338.

[DOI] [serval:BIB_AA9C0600B80F]

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Group members

Group leader

Prof. Nadir Alvarez

Graduate students

Past members

Post-docs

Graduate student

Sven Buerki
Anahi Espindola
Khadim Kébé
Sarah Schmid
Tomasz Suchan
Yann Triponez

SNSF Investigator

Master student

Lucas Bassin
David Berthold
Julien Burnier
Morgan Gueuning
Aurélien Labhardt
Marylaure de La Harpe
Makiala Kisanga
Mr. Patrice Pfäuti
Camille Pitteloud
Alexis Reding
Natacha Revel
Giti Ghazi Soltani
Ana Salgado
Sarah Schmid
Mathieu Seppey
Jean-Luc Sequeira

Staff

David Roy

Guests

Yurena Arjona Farina
Alicia Mastretta-Yanes
Mario Mairal

How to apply

nadir.alvarez@unil.ch

Lab meetings

Biophore - CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
Tel. +41 21 692 41 60
Fax +41 21 692 41 65

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