Phylogeny and molecular evolution team

The Phylogeny and molecular evolution team jointly studies the evolution of the genotype and phenotype using macroevolutionary and phylogenetic approaches with mainly animal models. Our research can be grouped into 5 themes: 1) Integrative biology of adaptation: evolutionary convergence in myrmecophagous mammals and rodents, and adaptation of the fungus responsible for white-nose disease in bats; 2) Molecular evolution with the study of the impact of genetic recombination, population size and proliferation of transposable elements; 3) Study of the evolution and genomic consequences of atypical reproduction systems, and in particular the study of harvest ants and parthenogenesis and self-fertilisation; 4) Macroevolutionary study of patterns of geographic and taxonomic species richness with, in particular, the model of butterflies of the Papilionidae family; 5) Bioinformatics, algorithms, and modelling for the phylogeny, evolution, and assembly of genomes with, in particular, the theoretical study of phylogenetic networks and gene-tree reconciliations of species.