M. Galan

Discordance between phylogenomic datasets in aphids: who is telling the truth?

This study analyzes discordant phylogenomic data from aphids to resolve their evolutionary history, finding monophyly of subfamilies but unresolved relationships between them.

Effects of forest urbanization on the interplay between small mammal communities and their gut microbiota

This study examines how urbanization affects small mammal communities and their gut microbiota, finding that urban species show reduced taxonomic diversity but increased functional diversity in their microbiota.

Three-way relationships between gut microbiota, helminth assemblages and bacterial infections in wild rodent populations

This study examines the three-way interactions between gut microbiota, helminth assemblages, and bacterial infections in wild bank voles, finding geographic and compositional variations influenced by environmental and parasitic factors.

Large-scale geographic survey provides insights into the colonization history of a major aphid pest on its cultivated apple host in Europe, North America and North Africa

The paper investigates the colonization history of the rosy apple aphid across Europe, North America, and North Africa using genetic and microbiota data, finding weak genetic differentiation and limited role of secondary endosymbionts in its spread.

How bank vole-PUUV interactions influence the eco-evolutionary processes driving nephropathia epidemica epidemiology: An experimental and genomic approach.

This study investigates how bank vole-PUUV interactions influence the epidemiology of nephropathia epidemica by analyzing viral infection dynamics and genetic differences in French endemic and non-endemic areas.

First isolation and genetic characterization of Puumala orthohantavirus strains from France

This study isolates and genetically characterizes two Puumala orthohantavirus strains from France, revealing differences in viral sequences between tissue and cell culture samples.

eDNA metabarcoding reveals a core and secondary diets of the greater horseshoe bat with strong spatio-temporal plasticity

This study uses eDNA metabarcoding to analyze the diet of greater horseshoe bats, revealing a core and secondary diet with strong spatio-temporal variation.

Pathogen community composition and co-infection patterns in a wild community of rodents

The paper examines pathogen diversity and co-infection patterns in wild rodent populations, finding host species as the main driver of pathogen community structure and host-specific pathogen associations.

Antagonistic pathogen-mediated selection favours the maintenance of innate immune gene polymorphism in a widespread wild ungulate

The study investigates how pathogen-mediated selection maintains innate immune gene polymorphism in roe deer, finding antagonistic effects of Toxoplasma and Chlamydia on Tlr2 polymorphism.

rpoB, a promising marker for analyzing the diversity of bacterial communities by amplicon sequencing

This study compares the rpoB gene and the V3V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene as markers for bacterial community analysis, finding rpoB provides better taxonomic resolution and accuracy in mock communities and nematode-associated microbiota.

Differential immune gene expression associated with contemporary range expansion of two invasive rodents in Senegal

The paper compares gene expression in ancient and recently invaded populations of two rodents in Senegal, finding immune-related gene overexpression in mice but not rats.

Metabarcoding for the parallel identification of several hundred predators and their preys: application to bat species diet analysis

This paper develops a metabarcoding approach to identify bat species and their arthropod prey from fecal samples, improving taxonomic resolution and reducing false positives through controls and replicates.

Bank Vole Immunoheterogeneity May Limit Nephropatia Epidemica Emergence In A French Non-Endemic Region

The paper investigates whether immunoheterogeneity in bank voles limits the emergence of nephropathia epidemica in a French non-endemic region.

Biological invasions in rodent communities: from ecological interactions to zoonotic bacterial infection issues

The paper investigates how zoonotic bacterial communities in invasive rodents affect invasion success and disease dynamics in Senegal.