Maéva Angélique Techer

The paper investigates Varroa mites' reproductive system, finding they are not haplodiploid, which helps maintain genetic diversity and adaptability despite invasive challenges.

The paper shows that locust swarming evolves through diverse molecular pathways rather than shared genes, highlighting flexible regulatory architectures and modular systems.

The paper reconstructs the demographic history of host switches in honey bee mites using whole-genome sequencing to understand population dynamics and genetic exchange during the transition to a novel host.

This paper develops methods for preserving Varroa mites for genomic and transcriptomic analysis, finding that ethanol preservation best maintains DNA and RNA integrity over 21 days.

The paper examines the evolutionary divergence of two honey bee mite species, identifying gene families under divergent selection and suggesting species-specific strategies for parasite control.