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Alvarez Group - Ecological Genomics in Space and Time

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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.

Advanced search is available through Serval

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Publications

In preparation | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |

In preparation

Biotic drivers of river and floodplain geomorphology – new molecular methods for assessing present-day and past biota

Larsen Annegret, Alvarez Nadir, Sperisen Christoph, Lane Stuart Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.

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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.

[serval:BIB_1A650E740F18]

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., 2017/04/12. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 284 (1852) p. 20170208. Peer-reviewed.

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

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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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]

Is hybridization driving the evolution of climatic niche in Alyssum montanum.

Arrigo N., de La Harpe M., Litsios G., Zozomová-Lihová J., Španiel S., Marhold K., Barker M.S., Alvarez N., 2016/07. American journal of botany, 103 (7) pp. 1348-1357. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_A49D942D5B81]

Clustering Genes of Common Evolutionary History.

Gori K., Suchan T., Alvarez N., Goldman N., Dessimoz C., 2016/06. Molecular biology and evolution, 33 (6) pp. 1590-1605. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_36DE5D65E7A5]

Insights into the genetic structure of the cowpea pest Callosobruchus maculatus in Africa

Kebe K., Alvarez N., Espindola A., Justy F., Olivieri I., Sembene M., 2016. Journal of Pest Science, 89 (2) pp. 449-458. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_DEBFDCD7F99D]

Past climate-driven range shifts and population genetic diversity in arctic plants

Pellissier L., Bronken Eidesen P., Ehrich D., Descombes P., Schoenswetter P., Tribsch A., Bakke Westergaard K., Alvarez N., Guisan A., Zimmermann N.E. et al., 2016. Journal of Biogeography, 43 (3) pp. 461-470. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_D5BB09102093]

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Differential phenotypic and genetic expression of defence compounds in a plant-herbivore interaction along elevation.

Salgado A.L., Suchan T., Pellissier L., Rasmann S., Ducrest A.L., Alvarez N., 2016. Royal Society Open Science, 3 (9) p. 160226. Peer-reviewed.

[URN] [DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_9989493A8966]

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Hybridization Capture Using RAD Probes (hyRAD), a New Tool for Performing Genomic Analyses on Collection Specimens.

Suchan T., Pitteloud C., Gerasimova N.S., Kostikova A., Schmid S., Arrigo N., Pajkovic M., Ronikier M., Alvarez N., 2016. PLoS One, 11 (3) pp. e0151651. Peer-reviewed.

[URN] [DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_DE2A6EE2908D]

2015

Combining conservative and variable markers to inferthe evolutionary history of Prunus subgen. Amygdalus s.l.under domestication

Delplancke M., Yazbek M., Arrigo N., Espindola A., Joly H., Alvarez N., 2015. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 63 (2) pp. 221-234. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_C9E8669194C7]

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Uncovering Cryptic Parasitoid Diversity in Horismenus (Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae).

Kenyon S.G., Buerki S., Hansson C., Alvarez N., Benrey B., 2015. Plos One, 10 (9) pp. e0136063. Peer-reviewed.

[URN] [DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_43B6E5D467C5]

Restriction site-associated DNA sequencing, genotyping error estimation and de novo assembly optimization for population genetic inference.

Mastretta-Yanes A., Arrigo N., Alvarez N., Jorgensen T.H., Piñero D., Emerson B.C., 2015. Molecular Ecology Resources, 15 (1) pp. 28-41. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_005801125839]

Fifty years after Ehrlich and Raven, is there support for plant-insect coevolution as a major driver of species diversification?

Suchan T., Alvarez N., 2015. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 157 (1) pp. 98-112.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_BB9E6BF0DA9A]

Asymmetrical nature of the Trollius-Chiastocheta interaction: insights into the evolution of nursery pollination systems

Suchan T., Beauverd M., Trim N., Alvarez N., 2015. Ecology and Evolution, 5 (21) pp. 4766-4777.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_ECEC52EBE930]

2014

Proto-South-East Asia as a trigger of early angiosperm diversification

Buerki S., Forest F., Alvarez N., 2014. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 174 (3) pp. 326-333.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_919EC0CB6F7B]

Comparative phylogeography of mutualists and the effect of the host on the genetic structure of its partners.

Espindola A., Carstens B.C., Alvarez N., 2014. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113 (4) pp. 1021-1035. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_7C7117410FA0]

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Gene duplication, population genomics, and species-level differentiation within a tropical mountain shrub.

Mastretta-Yanes A., Zamudio S., Jorgensen T.H., Arrigo N., Alvarez N., Piñero D., Emerson B.C., 2014. Genome Biology and Evolution, 6 (10) pp. 2611-2624. Peer-reviewed.

[URN] [DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_52D8AF2F52E4]

Wheat alleles introgress into selfing wild relatives: empirical estimates from approximate Bayesian computation in Aegilops triuncialis.

Pajkovic M., Lappe S., Barman R., Parisod C., Neuenschwander S., Goudet J., Alvarez N., Guadagnuolo R., Felber F., Arrigo N., 2014. Molecular Ecology, 23 (20) pp. 5089-5101. Peer-reviewed.

[URN] [DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_F38A9A03E51F]

The altitudinal niche breadth hypothesis in plant-insect interaction

Rasmann S., Alvarez N., Pellissier L., 2014. pp. 339-360 dans Voelckel C., Jander G. (eds.) Plant Insect Interactions chap. 10, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_789DFCACCCC5]

Decoupled post-glacial history in mutualistic plant-insect interactions: insights from the yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) and its associated oil-collecting bees (Macropis europaea and M-fulvipes)

Triponez Y., Arrigo N., Espíndola A., Alvarez N., 2014. Journal of Biogeography, 42 (4) pp. 630-640. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_31034849255E]

2013

The complex history of the olive tree: from Late Quaternary diversification of Mediterranean lineages to primary domestication in the northern Levant.

Besnard G., Khadari B., Navascués M., Fernández-Mazuecos M., El Bakkali A., Arrigo N., Baali-Cherif D., Brunini-Bronzini de Caraffa V., Santoni S., Vargas P. et al., 2013. Proceedings of the Royal Society. B Biological Sciences, 280 (1756) p. 20122833. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_1BF4E0E21FB9]

Identifying genetic signatures of selection in a non-model species, alpine gentian (Gentiana nivalis L.), using a landscape genetic approach

Bothwell H., Bisbing S., Crawford L., Overgaard Therkildsen N., Alvarez N., Holderegger R., Manel S, 2013. Conservation Genetics, 14 (2) pp. 467-481. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_20E2EDE8B3DB]

The abrupt climate change at the Eocene-Oligocene boundary and the emergence of South-East Asia triggered the spread of sapindaceous lineages.

Buerki S., Forest F., Stadler T., Alvarez N., 2013. Annals of Botany, 112 (1) pp. 151-160. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_919869C2C307]

Evolutionary history of almond tree domestication in the Mediterranean basin.

Delplancke M., Alvarez N., Benoit L., Espíndola A., I Joly H., Neuenschwander S., Arrigo N., 2013. Molecular Ecology, 22 (4) pp. 1092-1104. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_518F08C4D8E8]

A deep dig-hindsight on Holocene plant composition from ancient environmental DNA

Gugerli F., Alvarez N., Tinner W., 2013. Molecular Ecology, 22 (13) pp. 3433-3436. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_7D10657E943D]

Nature, evolution and characterisation of rhizospheric chemical exudates affecting root herbivores

Hiltpold I., Bernklau E., Bjostad L.B., Alvarez N., Miller-Struttmann N.E., Lundgren J.G., Hibbard B.E., 2013. pp. 97-157 dans Johnson S.N., Hiltpold I., Turlings T.C.J. (eds.) Behaviour and physiology of root herbivores, Elsevier.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_74DD61EF9E79]

Phylogenetic alpha and beta diversities of butterfly communities correlate with climate in the western Swiss Alps

Pellissier L., Alvarez N., Espíndola A., Pottier J., Dubuis A., Pradervand J.N., Guisan A., 2013. Ecography, 36 (5) pp. 541-550.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_3C69A64B1CFB]

Morphological, ecological and genetic aspects associated with endemism in the Fly Orchid group.

Triponez Y., Arrigo N., Pellissier L., Schatz B., Alvarez N., 2013. Molecular Ecology, 22 (5) pp. 1431-1446. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_422DBFDEFA3B]

2012

Contrasting diffusion of Quaternary gene pools across Europe: the case of the arctic-alpine Gentiana nivalis L. (Gentianaceae).

Alvarez N., Manel S., Schmitt T., 2012. Flora, 207 (6) pp. 408-413. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_C697435EF290]

Automated scoring of AFLPs using RawGeno v 2.0, a free R CRAN library.

Arrigo N., Holderegger R., Alvarez N., 2012. Methods in Molecular Biology, 888 pp. 155-175.

[DOI] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_AE55C0F3CDCA]

Climate oscillations and species interactions: large-scale congruence but regional differences in the phylogeographic structures of an alpine plant and its monophagous insect

Borer M., Arrigo N., Buerki S., Naisbit R.E., Alvarez N., 2012. Journal of Biogeography, 39 (8) pp. 1487-1498. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_96C7576DC12C]

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Reconstructing the origins of high-alpine niches and cushion life form in the genus Androsace S.L. (Primulaceae).

Boucher F.C., Thuiller W., Roquet C., Douzet R., Aubert S., Alvarez N., Lavergne S., 2012. Evolution, 66 (4) pp. 1255-1268. Peer-reviewed.

[URN] [DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_218B805A8799]

Gene flow among wild and domesticated almond species: insights from chloroplast and nuclear markers

Delplancke M., Alvarez N., Espíndola A., Joly H., Benoit L., Brouck E., Arrigo N., 2012. Evolutionary Applications, 5 (4) pp. 317-329. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_09BAD78BC553]

Ecological and historical drivers of diversification in the fly genus Chiastocheta Pokorny.

Espíndola A., Buerki S., Alvarez N., 2012. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 63 (2) pp. 466-474. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_AB4BAD58DF7B]

Phylogenetic relationships in the subfamily Psychodinae (Diptera, Psychodidae)

Espíndola A., Buerki S., Jacquier A., Jezek J., Alvarez N., 2012. Zoologica Scripta, 41 (5) pp. 489-498. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_61BD6E922FB9]

Predicting present and future intra-specific genetic structure through niche hindcasting across 24 millennia.

Espíndola A., Pellissier L., Maiorano L., Hordijk W., Guisan A., Alvarez N., 2012. Ecology Letters, 15 (7) pp. 649-657.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_CCDE94041E52]

Forecasting changes in population genetic structure of alpine plants in response to global warming.

Jay F., Manel S., Alvarez N., Durand E.Y., Thuiller W., Holderegger R., Taberlet P., François O., 2012. Molecular Ecology, 21 (10) pp. 2354-2368. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_468079EE8777]

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Broad-scale adaptive genetic variation in alpine plants is driven by temperature and precipitation.

Manel S., Gugerli F., Thuiller W., Alvarez N., Legendre P., Holderegger R., Gielly L., Taberlet P., IntraBioDiv Consortium, 2012. Molecular Ecology, 21 (15) pp. 3729-3738. Peer-reviewed.

[URN] [DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_8651B3434C5B]

Pollinators as drivers of plant distribution and assemblage into communities

Pellissier L., Alvarez N., Guisan A., 2012. pp. 392-413 dans Patiny S. (eds.) Evolution of plant-pollinator interactions chap. 14, Cambridge University Press.

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Molecular substitution rate increases in myrmecophilous lycaenid butterflies (Lepidoptera)

Pellissier L., Litsios G., Guisan A., Alvarez N., 2012. Zoologica Scripta, 41 (6) pp. 651-658. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_C347165A1B57]

Investigating the relationship between pollination strategies and the size-advantage model in zoophilous plants using the reproductive biology of Arum cylindraceum and other European Arum species as case studies

Revel N., Alvarez N., Gibernau M., Espíndola A., 2012. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 6 (1) pp. 35-44. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_F4177CF4ACA6]

Genetic diversity in widespread species is not congruent with species richness in alpine plant communities.

Taberlet P., Zimmermann N.E., Englisch T., Tribsch A., Holderegger R., Alvarez N., Niklfeld H., Coldea G., Mirek Z., Moilanen A. et al., 2012. Ecology Letters, 15 (12) pp. 1439-1448. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_72B77FA347EB]

2011

Cleaning wrasse species vary with respect to dependency on the mutualism and behavioural adaptations in interactions

Barbu L., Guinand C., Bergmüller R., Alvarez N., Bshary R., 2011. Animal Behaviour, 82 (5) pp. 1067-1074. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_51E13FCEEF75]

Ecological niche overlap in sister species: how do oil-collecting bees Macropis europaea and M. fulvipes (Hymenoptera: Melittidae) avoid competition and hybridization?

Bassin L., Alvarez N., Pellissier L., Triponez Y., 2011. Apidologie, 42 (5) pp. 579-595. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_D3536756903C]

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Does a shift in host plants trigger speciation in the Alpine leaf beetle Oreina speciosissima (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)?

Borer M., van Noort T., Arrigo N., Buerki S., Alvarez N., 2011. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11 (310) p. 310. Peer-reviewed.

[URN] [DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_37D5673EA868]

Insights into the biogeographical history of the Lower Guinea Forest Domain: evidence for the role of refugia in the intraspecific differentiation of Aucoumea klaineana.

Born C., Alvarez N., McKey D., Ossari S., Wickings E.J., Hossaert-McKey M., Chevallier M.H., 2011. Molecular Ecology, 20 (1) pp. 131-142. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_F93083DC1820]

An evaluation of new parsimony-based versus parametric inference methods in biogeography: a case study using the globally distributed plant family Sapindaceae

Buerki S., Forest F., Alvarez N., Nylander J.A.A., Arrigo N., Sanmartín I., 2011. Journal of Biogeography, 38 (3) pp. 531‐550. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_63F1C438EA67]

Comparative performance of supertree algorithms in large data sets using the soapberry family (Sapindaceae) as a case study.

Buerki S., Forest F., Salamin N., Alvarez N., 2011. Systematic Biology, 60 (1) pp. 32-44. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_AD8F3F9AC659]

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Comparative phylogeography in a specific and obligate pollination antagonism.

Espíndola A., Alvarez N., 2011. PLoS One, 6 (12) pp. e28662. Peer-reviewed.

[URN] [DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_EAD16B8E5B09]

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Variation in the proportion of flower visitors of Arum maculatum along its distributional range in relation with community‐based climatic niche analyses

Espíndola A., Pellissier L., Alvarez N., 2011. Oikos, 120 (5) pp. 728-734. Peer-reviewed.

[URN] [DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_D25CE50D88D7]

Les Chalcidiens (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) associés au genre Ficus spp. (Moracee) du Sénégal : répartition, abondance et diversité

Kébé K., Alvarez N., Thiaw C., Sembéné M., 2011. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles, 92 (3-4) pp. 137-152.

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Break zones in the distributions of alleles and species in alpine plants

Thiel-Egenter C., Alvarez N., Holderegger R., Tribsch A., Englisch T., Wohlgemuth T., Colli L., Gaudeul M., Gielly L., Jogan N. et al., 2011. Journal of Biogeography, 38 (4) pp. 772-782. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_24BD62077FEE]

Discordances between phylogenetic and morphological patterns in alpine leaf beetles attest to an intricate biogeographic history of lineages in postglacial Europe.

Triponez Y., Buerki S., Borer M., Naisbit R.E., Rahier M., Alvarez N., 2011. Molecular Ecology, 20 (11) pp. 2442-2463. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_0715D06FD788]

2010

Comprendre la dispersion des espèces dans l'espace et dans le temps : un défi pour les biogéographes

Alvarez N., Espíndola A., 2010. Actes de la Société Jurassienne d'Emulation, 113 pp. 27-41.

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Phylogeography and historical biogeography of obligate specific mutualisms.

Alvarez N., Kjellberg F., McKey D., Hossaert-McKey M., 2010. pp. 31-39 dans Morand S., Krasnov B.R. (eds.) The geography of host-parasite interactions chap. 3, Oxford University Press.

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Origin and expansion of the allotetraploid Aegilops geniculata, a wild relative of wheat.

Arrigo N., Felber F., Parisod C., Buerki S., Alvarez N., David J., Guadagnuolo R., 2010. New Phytologist, 187 (4) pp. 1170-1180. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_AFC229AC4B8B]

The phylogeography of an alpine leaf beetle: divergence within Oreina elongata spans several ice ages.

Borer M., Alvarez N., Buerki S., Margraf N., Rahier M., Naisbit R.E., 2010. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 57 (2) pp. 703-709. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_F36B6ECFA5FB]

Phylogeny and circumscription of Sapindaceae revisited: molecular sequence data, morphology and biogeography support recognition of a new family, Xanthoceraceae

Buerki S., Lowry P.P., Alvarez N., Razafimandimbison S.G., Kupfer P., Callmander M.W., 2010. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 143 (2) pp. 148-159. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_3E01ABCA198E]

New insights into the phylogenetics and biogeography of Arum (Araceae): unravelling its evolutionary history

Espíndola A., Buerki S., Bedalov M., Küpfer P., Alvarez N., 2010. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 163 (1) pp. 14-32. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_0BA2308A8660]

Phylogeny of subtribe Gentianinae (Gentianaceae): biogeographic inferences despite limitations in temporal calibration points

Favre A., Yuan Y.M., Küpfer P., Alvarez N., 2010. Taxon, 59 (6) pp. 1701-1711. Peer-reviewed.

[WoS] [serval:BIB_2C3FE07AE86C]

Population genetic structure of two primary parasitoids of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera), Chelonus insularis and Campoletis sonorensis (Hymenoptera): to what extent is the host plant important?

Jourdie V., Alvarez N., Molina-Ochoa J., Williams T., Bergvinson D., Benrey B., Turlings T.C.J., Franck P., 2010. Molecular Ecology, 19 (10) pp. 2168-2179. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_4B58532680C9]

Phylogeography of Chelonus insularis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Campoletis sonorensis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), two primary neotropical parasitoids of the fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Jourdie V., Virla E., Murillo H., Bento J. M. S., Turlings T. C., Alvarez N., 2010. Annals of the Entomological of America, 103 (5) pp. 742-749. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_3D4EB89F022F]

The effect of host plant and isolation on the genetic structure of phytophagous insects: A preliminary study on a bruchid beetle

Restoux G., Hossaert-McKey M., Benrey B., Alvarez N, 2010. European Journal of Entomology, 107 (3) pp. 299-304. Peer-reviewed.

[WoS] [serval:BIB_48A7854407BB]

2009

History or ecology? Substrate type as a major driver of patial genetic structure in Alpine plants

Alvarez N., Thiel-Egenter C., Tribsch A., Holderegger R., Manel S., Schoenswetter P., Taberlet P., Brodbeck S., Gaudeul M., Gielly L. et al., 2009. Ecology Letters, 12 (7) pp. 632-640. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_9D005D566DEF]

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Evaluating the impact of scoring parameters on the structure of intra-specific genetic variation using RawGeno, an R package for automating AFLP scoring

Arrigo N., Tuszynski J.W., Ehrich D., Gerdes T., Alvarez N., 2009. BMC Bioinformatics, 10 (33) pp. 1-14. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_58C0C9CBA91F]

Malagasy Dracaena Vand. ex L. (Ruscaceae): an investigation of discrepancies between morphological features and spatial genetic structure at a small evolutionary scale

Buerki S., Callmander M.W., Schuepfer F., Ravokatra M., Kuepfer P., Alvarez N., 2009. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 280 (1-2) pp. 15-28. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_BDE5F16EFE2B]

Plastid and nuclear DNA markers reveal intricate relationships at subfamilial and tribal levels in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae)

Buerki S., Forest F., Acevedo-Rodriguez P., Callmander M.W., Nylander J.A.A., Harrington M., Sanmartin I., Kuepfer P., Alvarez N., 2009. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 51 (2) pp. 238-258. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_57D2CBAB18D3]

Genetic structure and evolution of Alpine polyploid complexes: Ranunculus kuepferi (Ranunculaceae) as a case study.

Burnier J., Buerki S., Arrigo N., Küpfer P., Alvarez N., 2009. Molecular Ecology, 18 (17) pp. 3730-3744. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_C7EA74106AD5]

Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in two primary parasitoids of the noctuid Spodoptera frugiperda: Chelonus insularis and Campoletis sonorensis (Hymenoptera)

Jourdie V., Alvarez N., Turlings T.C.J., Franck P., 2009. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9 (1) pp. 171-173. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_A08263BD7097]

Do Sebacinales commonly associate with plant roots as endophytes?

Selosse M.-A., Dubois M.-P., Alvarez N., 2009. Mycological Research, 113 (10) pp. 1062-1069. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_EFF3785D447B]

Effects of species traits on the genetic diversity of high-mountain plants: a multi-species study across the Alps and the Carpathians

Thiel-Egenter C., Gugerli F., Alvarez N., Brodbeck S., Cieslak E., Colli L., Englisch T., Gaudeul M., Gielly L., Korbecka G. et al., 2009. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 18 (1) pp. 78-87. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_1BF3B90BC53A]

2008

SIMIL: an R (CRAN) scripts collection for computing genetic structure similarities based on STRUCTURE 2 outputs

Alvarez N., Arrigo N., Consortium Intrabiodiv, 2008. Molecular Ecology Resources, 8 (4) pp. 757-762. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_3A355C6C5336]

Identification of seven species of hymenopteran parasitoids of Spodoptera frugiperda, using polymerase chain reaction amplification and restriction enzyme digestion

Jourdie V., Alvarez N., Turlings T.C.J., 2008. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 10 (2) pp. 129-136. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_8739BB6D3B6F]

Assessing the phylogenetic usefulness of a previously neglected morphological structure through elliptic Fourier analyses: a case study in Bruchus seed-beetles (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae : Bruchinae)

Kergoat G.J., Alvarez N., 2008. Systematic Entomology, 33 (2) pp. 289-300. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_BFA254513B7A]

2007

Anthropogenic effects on population genetics of phytophagous insects associated with domesticated plants

Alvarez N., Hossaert-McKey M., Restoux G., Delgado-Salinas A., Benrey B., 2007. Evolution, 61 (12) pp. 2986-2996. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_CD9A8AFF7A53]

Identification of parasitoid species using PCR amplification and restriction enzyme digestion

Jourdie V., Alvarez N., Turlings T., 2007. p. 12 dans Hopper K.R., Kester K.M., Hoelmer K.A. (eds.) XIV International Entomophagous Insects Workshop: June 11-15, 2006, Newark, Delaware, Journal of Insect Science. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_F790BC563DD3]

Genetic and environmental sources of variation in the autogenous chemical defense of a leaf beetle

Triponez Y., Naisbit R.E., Jean-Denis J.B., Rahier M., Alvarez N., 2007. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 33 (11) pp. 2011-2027. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_3879A294FD71]

2006

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Phylogeographic support for horizontal gene transfer involving sympatric bruchid species.

Alvarez N., Benrey B., Hossaert-McKey M., Grill A., McKey D., Galtier N., 2006. Biology Direct, 1 (21) p. 21.

[DOI] [WoS] [Pmid] [serval:BIB_F8A140C82FA8]

Ecological distribution and niche segregation of sibling species: the case of bean beetles, Acanthoscelides obtectus Say and A. obvelatus Bridwell

Alvarez N., Mercier L., Hossaert-McKey M., Contreras-Garduno J., Kunstler G., Aebi A., Benrey B., 2006. Ecological Entomology, 31 (6) pp. 582-590. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_87B5D9E0124A]

Phylogenetic relationships in the Neotropical bruchid genus Acanthoscelides (Bruchinae, Bruchidae, Coleoptera)

Alvarez N., Napoles J.R., Anton K.W., Benrey B., Hossaert-McKey M., 2006. Journal of the Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 44 (1) pp. 63-74. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_C7E29E1CE946]

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Evolutionary history and patterns of differentiation among European Maniola butterflies (Lepidoptera : Satyrinae)

Grill A., Gkiokia E., Alvarez N., 2006. European Journal of Entomology, 103 (3) pp. 613-618. Peer-reviewed.

[WoS] [serval:BIB_841CC38A187A]

2005

Farmers' practices, metapopulation dynamics, and conservation of agricultural biodiversity on-farm: a case study of sorghum among the Duupa in sub-sahelian Cameroon

Alvarez N., Garine E., Khasah C., Dounias E., Hossaert-McKey M., McKey D., 2005. Biological Conservation, 121 (4) pp. 533-543. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_BA74DFD800A5]

Sibling species of bean bruchids: a morphological and phylogenetic study of Acanthoscelides obtectus Say and Acanthoscelides obvelatus Bridwell

Alvarez N., Hossaert-McKey M., Rasplus J.Y., McKey D., Mercier L., Soldati L., Aebi A., Shani T., Benrey B., 2005. Journal of the Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 43 (1) pp. 29-37. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_C4C47E1602FE]

Ancient and recent evolutionary history of the bruchid beetle, Acanthoscelides obtectus Say, a cosmopolitan pest of beans

Alvarez N., McKey D., Hossaert-McKey M., Born C., Mercier L., Benrey B., 2005. Molecular Ecology, 14 (4) pp. 1015-1024. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_C843E6F3A429]

Parallels in the evolution of the two largest New and Old World seed-beetle genera (Coleoptera, Bruchidae)

Kergoat G.J., Alvarez N., Hossaert-Mckey M., Faure N., Silvain J.F., 2005. Molecular Ecology, 14 (13) pp. 4003-4021. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_F98D94DFDA13]

2004

Microsatellite markers in a complex of Horismenus sp. (Hymenoptera : Eulophidae), parasitoids of bruchid beetles

Aebi A., Alvarez N., Butcher R.D.J., Hansson C., Risterucci A.M., Benrey B., 2004. Molecular Ecology Notes, 4 (4) pp. 707-709. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_B06A831D9DBA]

Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in Zabrotes subfasciatus Boheman (Coleoptera : Bruchidae)

Aebi A., Shani T., Butcher R.D.J., Alvarez N., Risterucci A.M., Benrey B., 2004. Molecular Ecology Notes, 4 (4) pp. 752-754. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_61116A3F4ED2]

Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in Acanthoscelides obtectus Say (Coleoptera : Bruchidae)

Alvarez N., Born C., Risterucci A.M., Sourrouille P., Benrey B., Hossaert-McKey M., 2004. Molecular Ecology Notes, 4 (4) pp. 683-685. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_FE21E479F265]

2003

Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in Acanthoscelides obvelatus Bridwell (Coleoptera : Bruchidae)

Alvarez N., Aebi A., Risterucci A.M., Hossaert-Mckey M., Benrey B., 2003. Molecular Ecology Notes, 3 (1) pp. 12-14. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI] [WoS] [serval:BIB_A518F1A371CB]

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