Parisod group

I am interested in the evolution of interactions in plants. For my PhD research, under the supervision of Dr C. Parisod and Dr F. Felber, I focus on interactions between genomes after hybridization.

My project, entitled "pivotal-differential genome evolution in the wheat group", is concerned with the impact of genome stability on hybridization and gene flow in a polyploid complex. Allotetraploid Aegilops species (Ae.crassa (DDMM), Ae.cylindrica (CCDD), Ae.geniculata (MMUU) and Ae.triuncialis (CCUU)) have merged common (pivotal) vs. differential genomes, and apparently hybridize differentially in the wild. How pivotal vs.differential genomes influence on hybrid viability and stability is the main question of my PhD project.

Senerchia N, Wicher T, Felber F, Parisod C. 2013. Evolutionary dynamics of retrotransposons assessed by high-throughput sequencing in wild relatives of wheat. Genome Biology and Evolution 5: 1010-1020.

Parisod & Senerchia. 2013. Responses of transposable elements to polyploidy. In: Plant Transposable Elements (Eds. Grandbastien & Casacuberta), Topics in Current Genetics, Springer 24:147-168.