Search Results - "KERGOAT, Gaël J"
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Genome-wide macroevolutionary signatures of key innovations in butterflies colonizing new host plants
Published in Nature communications (13-01-2021)“…The mega-diversity of herbivorous insects is attributed to their co-evolutionary associations with plants. Despite abundant studies on insect-plant…”
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Where do adaptive shifts occur during invasion? A multidisciplinary approach to unravelling cold adaptation in a tropical ant species invading the Mediterranean area
Published in Ecology letters (01-11-2012)“…Evolution may improve the invasiveness of populations, but it often remains unclear whether key adaptation events occur after introduction into the recipient…”
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Sex and Clonality in the Little Fire Ant
Published in Molecular biology and evolution (01-11-2007)“…Reproduction systems are controlling the creation of new genetic variants as well as how natural selection can operate on these variants. Therefore, they had…”
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Defining the limits of taxonomic conservatism in host–plant use for phytophagous insects: Molecular systematics and evolution of host–plant associations in the seed-beetle genus Bruchus Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-04-2007)“…In this study, we have investigated the limits of taxonomic conservatism in host–plant use in the seed-beetle genus Bruchus. To reconstruct the insect…”
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Global patterns of insect diversification: towards a reconciliation of fossil and molecular evidence?
Published in Scientific reports (18-01-2016)“…Macroevolutionary studies of insects at diverse taxonomic scales often reveal dynamic evolutionary patterns, with multiple inferred diversification rate…”
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Both host-plant phylogeny and chemistry have shaped the African seed-beetle radiation
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-06-2005)“…For the last 40 years, many authors have attempted to characterize the main patterns of plant–insect evolutionary interactions and understand their causes. In…”
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Phylogeny and host-specificity of European seed beetles (Coleoptera, Bruchidae), new insights from molecular and ecological data
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-09-2004)“…We used partial sequences of three mitochondrial genes (12S rRNA, cytochrome b, and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I) to reconstruct the phylogeny of European…”
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What causes latitudinal gradients in species diversity? Evolutionary processes and ecological constraints on swallowtail biodiversity
Published in Ecology letters (01-03-2012)“…Ecology Letters (2012) The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) is one of the most striking ecological patterns on our planet. Determining the evolutionary…”
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REVIEW: Predictive ecology in a changing world
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-10-2015)“…In a rapidly changing world, ecology has the potential to move from empirical and conceptual stages to application and management issues. It is now possible to…”
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Phylogenetic molecular species delimitations unravel potential new species in the pest genus Spodoptera Guenée, 1852 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
Published in PloS one (08-04-2015)“…Nowadays molecular species delimitation methods promote the identification of species boundaries within complex taxonomic groups by adopting innovative species…”
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Opposite macroevolutionary responses to environmental changes in grasses and insects during the Neogene grassland expansion
Published in Nature communications (30-11-2018)“…The rise of Neogene C 4 grasslands is one of the most drastic changes recently experienced by the biosphere. A central - and widely debated - hypothesis posits…”
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The evolutionary process of invasion in the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)
Published in Scientific reports (06-12-2022)“…The fall armyworm (FAW; S podoptera frugiperda ) is one of the major agricultural pest insects. FAW is native to the Americas, and its invasion was first…”
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Evolution, systematics and historical biogeography of Palparini and Palparidiini antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae): Old origin and in situ diversification in Southern Africa
Published in Systematic entomology (01-10-2023)“…Palparine and palparidiine antlions constitute an emblematic clade of large and occasionally colourful insects that are only distributed in the western portion…”
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When insects help to resolve plant phylogeny: evidence for a paraphyletic genus Acacia from the systematics and host-plant range of their seed-predators
Published in Zoologica scripta (01-03-2007)“…In this study we use an indirect method to address the issue of the systematics of the large and economically important genus Acacia (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae,…”
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Higher level molecular phylogeny of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Published in Systematic entomology (01-07-2014)“…Insect diversity represents about 60% of the estimated million‐and‐a‐half described eukaryotic species worldwide, yet comprehensive and well‐resolved…”
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Mitochondrial and nuclear genes-based phylogeography of Arvicanthis niloticus (Murinae) and sub-Saharan open habitats pleistocene history
Published in PloS one (01-11-2013)“…A phylogeographic study was conducted on the Nile grass rat, Arvicanthis niloticus, a rodent species that is tightly associated with open grasslands from the…”
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Genetic data from the extinct giant rat from Tenerife (Canary Islands) points to a recent divergence from mainland relatives
Published in Biology letters (2005) (01-12-2021)“…Evolution of vertebrate endemics in oceanic islands follows a predictable pattern, known as the island rule, according to which gigantism arises in originally…”
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Global biogeographical pattern of swallowtail diversification demonstrates alternative colonization routes in the Northern and Southern hemispheres
Published in Journal of biogeography (01-01-2013)“…Aim: Swallowtail butterflies (Papilionidae) are a diverse and widespread group of insects that constitute a popular model system for ecological and…”
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Host-plant adaptation as a driver of incipient speciation in the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)
Published in BMC ecology and evolution (11-11-2022)“…Abstract Background Divergent selection on host-plants is one of the main evolutionary forces driving ecological speciation in phytophagous insects. The…”
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Phylogenetics, integrative taxonomy and systematics of the Sesamia cretica species group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Apameini: Sesamiina), with the description of 21 new species from the Afrotropical region
Published in Annales de la Société entomologique de France (03-09-2022)“…In this study, 31 species of noctuid stemborers belonging to the genus Sesamia Guenée, 1852 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae: Apameini: Sesamiina) are…”
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