Jeanne Ropars

Cheese adaptation beyond Penicillium: contrasting genomic trajectories in the distantly related Nectriaceae molds

This study compares genomic adaptations of cheese-associated Nectriaceae fungi, revealing contrasting evolutionary paths involving gene family expansions, reductions, and horizontal gene transfer.

A recent domestication event in Penicillium biforme, independent of the emblematic cheese mold P. camemberti

The paper identifies a new Penicillium biforme lineage, cheesy, selected for food fermentation, with genetic and phenotypic differences from P. camemberti and traits advantageous for cheesemaking.

Harbouring Starships: the accumulation of large horizontal gene transfers in domesticated and pathogenic fungi

This study investigates the role of Starships, large horizontal gene transfers, in domesticated and pathogenic fungi, finding increased Starship content in strains from human-associated environments.

Domestication of different varieties in the cheese-making fungus Geotrichum candidum

This study analyzes whole-genome data from 98 Geotrichum candidum strains to show domestication led to genetic and phenotypic differentiation in cheese-making strains.

More filtering on SNP calling does not remove evidence of inter-nucleus recombination in dikaryotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

The paper shows that stringent SNP filtering does not eliminate inter-nuclear recombination evidence in dikaryotic fungi, and supports retaining low-read SNPs for nuclear genotyping.