Fabrice Legeai

A Chromosome-Level Assembly of the Pine Processionary Moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) genome

This paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of the pine processionary moth, improving upon previous assemblies and providing resources for population genomics research.

The dynamics of barrier loci recruitment along a continuum of divergence in the context of gene flow

The paper identifies barrier loci across a divergence continuum in pea aphids, showing their clustering in low-recombination regions and enrichment for genes related to host specialization.

Pan1c : a pipeline to easily build chromosome-level pangenome graphs

Pan1C is a pipeline that builds chromosome-level pangenome graphs, improving alignment and variant calling by integrating multiple strategies and benchmarked across different species.

An annotated chromosome-level genome assembly ofthe Adzuki bean borer Ostrinia scapulalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

The paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly for Ostrinia scapulalis, improving upon previous fragmented assemblies and enabling better comparative genomic studies.

Comprehensive annotation of olfactory and gustatory receptor genes and transposable elements revealed their evolutionary dynamics in aphids

The paper analyzes olfactory and gustatory receptor genes and transposable elements in aphid genomes to understand their evolutionary dynamics and role in host adaptation.

A characterization of piARNs, their biogenesis and their targets in Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

The paper characterizes piRNAs, their biogenesis, and their targets in Spodoptera frugiperda, revealing roles beyond transposable element silencing.

Investigating the topological motifs of inversions in pangenome graphs

The paper investigates inversion topological motifs in pangenome graphs and finds significant variation in inversion representation across pipelines, with poor recovery in real human data.

Untangling the contribution of adaptive versus non-adaptive processes in the evolution of reproductive isolation between Coenonympha butterflies.

This study investigates the role of adaptive and non-adaptive processes in reproductive isolation between two Coenonympha butterfly species using whole genome sequencing and demographic analysis.

Transposable element accumulation drives genome size increase in Hylesia metabus (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), an urticating moth species from South America

This paper presents the first nuclear and mitogenome assemblies for Hylesia metabus, revealing that transposable element accumulation drives genome size increase.

MTG-Link: leveraging barcode information from linked-reads to assemble specific loci

MTG-Link assembles specific loci from linked-read data by leveraging barcode information, improving local assembly and characterizing large insertion variants.

Spodoptera littoralis genome mining brings insights on the dynamic of expansion of gustatory receptors in polyphagous noctuidae

The paper sequenced and analyzed the S. littoralis genome to investigate the expansion mechanisms of gustatory receptors in polyphagous noctuidae, identifying transposable elements and positive selection as potential drivers.

LEVIATHAN: efficient discovery of large structural variants by leveraging long-range information from Linked-Reads data

LEVIATHAN is a structural variant caller that improves scalability and applicability across organisms using Linked-Reads data.

MinYS: Mine Your Symbiont by targeted genome assembly in symbiotic communities

MinYS assembles a specific symbiont genome from metagenomic data, achieving high-quality results even with distant references and diverse samples.

Functional insights from the GC-poor genomes of two aphid parasitoids, Aphidius ervi and Lysiphlebus fabarum

The paper presents genome assemblies and analysis of two aphid parasitoid wasps, identifying AT-richness and gene family expansions linked to host interactions and symbiosis.

Selection following gene duplication shapes recent genome evolution in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

The paper investigates the role of recent gene duplications in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum, finding that most duplicates show asymmetric evolution with positive selection and gene expression divergence.

Chromosomal resolution reveals symbiotic virus colonization of parasitic wasp genomes

The paper shows symbiotic bracovirus genes have spread to all chromosomes of parasitoid wasps and are stably maintained, with synchronized expression and no immune response.

Conserved and specific genomic features of endogenous polydnaviruses revealed by whole genome sequencing of two ichneumonid wasps

The paper sequenced two ichneumonid wasp genomes to reveal distinct genomic architectures of endogenous ichnoviruses compared to bracoviruses.

Genome sequence of the wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus, a primitive hymenopteran and wheat pest, illuminates evolution of hymenopteran chemoreceptors

The paper presents the genome of Cephus cinctus, a wheat pest, and analyzes its chemoreceptor evolution, identifying conserved and lineage-specific gene expansions.

MicroRNA-202 (miR-202) controls female fecundity by regulating medaka oogenesis

This study shows that miR-202 is critical for female fecundity in medaka, as its knockout leads to reduced egg production and fertility.

A clonally reproducing generalist aphid pest colonises diverse host plants by rapid transcriptional plasticity of duplicated gene clusters

This study shows that the green peach aphid uses rapid transcriptional changes of duplicated genes to colonize diverse host plants without genetic specialization.

FEELnc: A tool for Long non-coding RNAs annotation and its application to the dog transcriptome

FEELnc annotates long non-coding RNAs and mRNAs in the dog transcriptome, identifying 10,374 novel lncRNAs and 58,640 new mRNA transcripts.