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Christophe J. Douady is affiliated with Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in France. Their research spans across Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields including Ecology, Paleontology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics, such as:

  • Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology

They have authored papers in various publication venues, notably including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Freshwater Biology
  • Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers associated with Christophe J. Douady include:

  • "Fragmentation promotes the role of dispersal in determining intermittent headwater stream metacommunities," 2020, Freshwater Biology
  • "Duplication and Specialization of NUDX1 in Rosaceae Led to Geraniol Production in Rose Petals," 2022, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton," 2024, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Renewal of planktonic foraminifera diversity after the Cretaceous Paleogene mass extinction by benthic colonizers," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Trophic selectivity in aquatic isopods increases with the availability of resources," 2020, Functional Ecology

Christophe J. Douady has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Florian Malard
  • Nathanaëlle Saclier
  • Tristan Lefébure
  • Lara Konecny-Dupré
  • David Eme

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, with one known title published by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique: "Tout comprendre (ou presque) sur l'eau" (2024).

Best Publications

  • A High-Resolution Absolute-Dated Late Pleistocene Monsoon Record from Hulu Cave, China

    Y. J. Wang;Y. J. Wang;H Cheng;R. L. Edwards;Z. S. An

  • Resolution of the early placental mammal radiation using Bayesian phylogenetics

    William J. Murphy;Eduardo Eizirik;Eduardo Eizirik;Stephen J. O'Brien;Ole Madsen

  • Parallel adaptive radiations in two major clades of placental mammals

    Ole Madsen;Mark Scally;Mark Scally;Christophe J. Douady;Christophe J. Douady;Diana J. Kao

  • Comparison of Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood Bootstrap Measures of Phylogenetic Reliability

    Christophe J. Douady;Frédéric Delsuc;Yan Boucher;W. Ford Doolittle

  • Relationship between morphological taxonomy and molecular divergence within Crustacea: proposal of a molecular threshold to help species delimitation.

    T. Lefébure;Christophe Douady;M. Gouy;Janine Gibert

  • Lateral gene transfer and the origins of prokaryotic groups.

    Boucher Y;Douady Cj;Papke Rt;Walsh Da

  • Universal trees based on large combined protein sequence data sets

    James R. Brown;Christophe J. Douady;Michael J. Italia;William E. Marshall

  • A molecular test for cryptic diversity in ground water: how large are the ranges of macro-stygobionts?

    Peter Trontelj;Christophe J. Douady;Cene Fišer;Janine Gibert

  • How big is the iceberg of which organellar genes in nuclear genomes are but the tip

    W F Doolittle;Y Boucher;C L Nesbø;C L Nesbø;C J Douady

  • Phylogeography of a subterranean amphipod reveals cryptic diversity and dynamic evolution in extreme environments.

    T. Lefébure;C. J. Douady;M. Gouy;P. Trontelj

  • Horizontal gene transfer and phylogenetics.

    Hervé Philippe;Christophe J Douady

  • Mitochondrial Versus Nuclear Gene Sequences in Deep-Level Mammalian Phylogeny Reconstruction

    Mark S. Springer;Ronald W. DeBry;Christophe Douady;Heather M. Amrine

  • Plant resistance to mechanical stress: evidence of an avoidance-tolerance trade-off.

    Sara Puijalon;Tjeerd J. Bouma;Christophe J. Douady;Christophe J. Douady;Jan van Groenendael

  • Molecular phylogenetic evidence refuting the hypothesis of Batoidea (rays and skates) as derived sharks

    Christophe J. Douady;Miné Dosay;Mahmood S. Shivji;Michael J. Stanhope

  • The Sahara as a vicariant agent, and the role of Miocene climatic events, in the diversification of the mammalian order Macroscelidea (elephant shrews)

    Christophe J. Douady;François Catzeflis;Jaishree Raman;Mark S. Springer

  • Testing dispersal and cryptic diversity in a widely distributed groundwater amphipod (Niphargus rhenorhodanensis).

    T. Lefébure;C.J. Douady;F. Malard;J. Gibert

  • A streamlined, bi-organelle, multiplex PCR approach to species identification: Application to global conservation and trade monitoring of the great white shark,Carcharodon carcharias

    Demian D. Chapman;Debra L. Abercrombie;Christophe J. Douady;Ellen K. Pikitch

  • Intragenomic Heterogeneity and Intergenomic Recombination among Haloarchaeal rRNA Genes

    Yan Boucher;Christophe J. Douady;Adrian K. Sharma;Masahiro Kamekura

  • Molecular phylogenetic evidence confirming the Eulipotyphla concept and in support of hedgehogs as the sister group to shrews

    Christophe J. Douady;Pascale I. Chatelier;Ole Madsen;Wilfried W. de Jong

  • Molecular estimation of eulipotyphlan divergence times and the evolution of "Insectivora".

    Christophe J Douady;Emmanuel J.P Douzery

  • Scent evolution in Chinese roses.

    Gabriel Scalliet;Florence Piola;Christophe Jean Douady;Stephane Rety

Frequent Co-Authors

Florian Malard
Florian Malard Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Michael J. Stanhope
Michael J. Stanhope Cornell University
Mark S. Springer
Mark S. Springer University of California, Riverside
Ole Madsen
Ole Madsen Wageningen University & Research
Wilfried W. de Jong
Wilfried W. de Jong Radboud University
Janine Gibert
Janine Gibert Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Frédéric Quillévéré
Frédéric Quillévéré Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Laurent Duret
Laurent Duret Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Gilles Escarguel
Gilles Escarguel Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Ludovic Orlando
Ludovic Orlando Paul Sabatier University

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