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Overview

Arnaud Estoup is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France and conducts research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work is substantially focused on subfields including Insect Science, Ecology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their research themes cover a range of topics related to insect behavior and control techniques, forest insect ecology and management, insect-plant interactions and control, insect resistance and genetics, genetic diversity and population structure, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, and entomopathogenic microorganisms in pest control.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Extending approximate Bayesian computation with supervised machine learning to infer demographic history from genetic polymorphisms using DIYABC Random Forest, 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • A Whole-Genome Scan for Association with Invasion Success in the Fruit Fly Drosophila suzukii Using Contrasts of Allele Frequencies Corrected for Population Structure, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • f -Statistics estimation and admixture graph construction with Pool-Seq or allele count data using the R package poolfstat, 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Near-chromosome level genome assembly of the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii using long-read sequencing, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • The Worldwide Invasion of Drosophila suzukii Is Accompanied by a Large Increase of Transposable Element Load and a Small Number of Putatively Adaptive Insertions, 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution

Frequent co-authors of Estoup include:

  • Mathieu Gautier
  • Jean-Michel Marin
  • Laure Olazcuaga
  • Anne Loiseau
  • Nicolas O. Rode

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • CABI Agriculture and Bioscience

Best Publications

  • Microsatellite Null Alleles and Estimation of Population Differentiation

    Marie Pierre Chapuis;Marie Pierre Chapuis;Arnaud Estoup

  • GENECLASS2: A Software for Genetic Assignment and First-Generation Migrant Detection

    Sylvain Piry;A. Alapetite;Jean-Marie Cornuet;D. Paetkau

  • Genetic assignment methods for the direct, real-time estimation of migration rate: a simulation-based exploration of accuracy and power

    David Paetkau;Robert Slade;Robert Slade;Michael Burden;Arnaud Estoup;Arnaud Estoup

  • New Methods Employing Multilocus Genotypes to Select or Exclude Populations as Origins of Individuals

    Jean-Marie Cornuet;Sylvain Piry;Gordon Luikart;Arnaud Estoup

  • Homoplasy and mutation model at microsatellite loci and their consequences for population genetics analysis.

    Arnaud Estoup;Philippe Jarne;Jean Marie Cornuet

  • Geneland: a computer package for landscape genetics

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  • DIYABC v2.0: a software to make approximate Bayesian computation inferences about population history using single nucleotide polymorphism, DNA sequence and microsatellite data

    Jean-Marie Cornuet;Pierre Pudlo;Julien Veyssier;Alexandre Dehne-Garcia

  • Inferring population history with DIY ABC

    Jean-Marie Cornuet;Filipe Santos;Mark A. Beaumont;Christian P. Robert

  • A spatial statistical model for landscape genetics

    Gilles Guillot;Arnaud Estoup;Frédéric Mortier;Jean François Cosson

  • Reconstructing routes of invasion using genetic data: why, how and so what?

    Arnaud Estoup;Thomas Guillemaud

  • Inference on population history and model checking using DNA sequence and microsatellite data with the software DIYABC (v1.0).

    Jean-Marie Cornuet;Virginie Ravigné;Arnaud Estoup

  • Microsatellite variation in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) populations: hierarchical genetic structure and test of the infinite allele and stepwise mutation models

    A Estoup;L Garnery;M Solignac;J M Cornuet

  • A general eco-evolutionary framework for understanding bioinvasions

    Benoit Facon;Benjamin J. Genton;Jacqui Shykoff;Philippe Jarne

  • Bridgehead effect in the worldwide invasion of the biocontrol harlequin ladybird.

    Eric Lombaert;Thomas Guillemaud;Jean-Marie Cornuet;Thibaut Malausa

  • (CT) n and (GT) n microsatellites: a new class of genetic markers for Salmo trutta L. (brown trout)

    Arnaud Estoup;Pablo Presa;Francine Krieg;Daniel Vaiman

  • Comparative analysis of microsatellite and allozyme markers: a case study investigating microgeographic differentiation in brown trout (Salmo trutta)

    A. Estoup;F. Rousset;Y. Michalakis;J.-M. Cornuet

  • Precise assessment of the number of patrilines and of genetic relatedness in honeybee colonies

    Arnaud Estoup;Michel Solignac;Jean-marie Cornuet

  • Reliable ABC model choice via random forests.

    Pierre Pudlo;Jean-Michel Marin;Arnaud Estoup;Jean-Marie Cornuet

  • Is There a Genetic Paradox of Biological Invasion

    Arnaud Estoup;Virginie Ravigné;Ruth A. Hufbauer;Renaud Vitalis

  • The harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis: global perspectives on invasion history and ecology

    Helen E. Roy;Pëter M.J. Brown;Tim Adriaens;Nick Berkvens

  • Multiple Transatlantic Introductions of the Western Corn Rootworm

    Nicholas Miller;Arnaud Estoup;Stefan Toepfer;Denis Bourguet

  • Characterization of (GT)n and (CT)n microsatellites in two insect species: Apis mellifera and Bombus terrestris.

    Arnaud Estoup;Michel Solignac;Myriam Harry;Jean-Marie Cornuet

Frequent Co-Authors

Benoit Facon
Benoit Facon University of Montpellier
Thomas Guillemaud
Thomas Guillemaud Université Côte d'Azur
Ruth A. Hufbauer
Ruth A. Hufbauer Colorado State University
Jean-Michel Marin
Jean-Michel Marin University of Montpellier
Christian P. Robert
Christian P. Robert Paris Dauphine University
Craig Moritz
Craig Moritz Australian National University
François Rousset
François Rousset University of Montpellier
Yannis Michalakis
Yannis Michalakis University of Montpellier
Mark A. Beaumont
Mark A. Beaumont University of Bristol
Karim Gharbi
Karim Gharbi University of Edinburgh

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