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Etienne G. J. Danchin is affiliated with INRAE, the Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement in France. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Plant Science. Additional areas of specialization include Molecular Biology, Insect Science, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their main research topics involve studies on nematode management and characterization, legume nitrogen fixing symbiosis, soybean genetics and cultivation, chromosomal and genetic variations, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and protist diversity and phylogeny.

Their frequent co-authors include Georgios Koutsovoulos, Djampa Kozlowski, Martine Da Rocha, Corinne Rancurel, and Marc Bailly-Bechet.

They have published extensively in several scientific venues, with notable frequent publication outlets including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Data
  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports
  • Genes

Selected recent papers by Etienne G. J. Danchin include:

  • The genome and lifestage-specific transcriptomes of a plant-parasitic nematode and its host reveal susceptibility genes involved in trans-kingdom synthesis of vitamin B5, 2022, Nature Communications
  • RETRACTED ARTICLE: Genome assembly and annotation of Meloidogyne enterolobii, an emerging parthenogenetic root-knot nematode, 2020, Scientific Data
  • Chromosome-level genome assembly reveals homologous chromosomes and recombination in asexual rotifer Adineta vaga, 2021, Science Advances
  • Characterization of raffinose metabolism genes uncovers a wild Arachis galactinol synthase conferring tolerance to abiotic stresses, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Genome sequence of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne luci, 2020, Journal of Nematology

Best Publications

  • Top 10 plant-parasitic nematodes in molecular plant pathology

    John T. Jones;Annelies Haegeman;Etienne G. J. Danchin;Hari S. Gaur

  • Comparative genomics reveals mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium

    Li Jun Ma;H. Charlotte Van Der Does;Katherine A. Borkovich;Jeffrey J. Coleman

  • Public information: from nosy neighbors to cultural evolution.

    Étienne Danchin;Luc-Alain Giraldeau;Thomas J. Valone;Richard H. Wagner

  • Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita

    Pierre Abad;Pierre Abad;Jérôme Gouzy;Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury;Philippe Castagnone-Sereno;Philippe Castagnone-Sereno

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of the biomass-degrading fungus Trichoderma reesei (syn. Hypocrea jecorina).

    Diego Martinez;Diego Martinez;Randy M Berka;Bernard Henrissat;Markku Saloheimo

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of the versatile cell factory Aspergillus niger CBS 513.88

    Herman J. Pel;Johannes H. De Winde;Johannes H. De Winde;David B. Archer;Paul S. Dyer

  • The genome of Laccaria bicolor provides insights into mycorrhizal symbiosis

    F. Martin;A. Aerts;D. Ahrén;A. Brun

  • Genomic Analysis of the Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea

    Joelle Amselem;Christina A. Cuomo;Jan A. L. van Kan;Muriel Viaud

  • Beyond DNA: integrating inclusive inheritance into an extended theory of evolution

    Étienne Danchin;Anne Charmantier;Frances A. Champagne;Alex Mesoudi

  • CONSPECIFIC REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS AND BREEDING HABITAT SELECTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STUDY OF COLONIALITY

    Etienne Danchin;Thierry Boulinier;Manuel Massot

  • Public Information and Breeding Habitat Selection in a Wild Bird Population

    Blandine Doligez;Blandine Doligez;Etienne Danchin;Jean Clobert

  • The evolution of coloniality: the emergence of new perspectives

    Etienne Danchin;Richard H. Wagner

  • The genome of Nectria haematococca: contribution of supernumerary chromosomes to gene expansion.

    Jeffrey J. Coleman;Jeffrey J. Coleman;Steve D. Rounsley;Marianela Rodriguez-Carres;Marianela Rodriguez-Carres;Alan Kuo

  • Individual Covariation in Life‐History Traits: Seeing the Trees Despite the Forest

    Emmanuelle Cam;William A. Link;Evan G. Cooch;Jean‐Yves Monnat

  • Genomic evidence for ameiotic evolution in the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga

    Jean François Flot;Boris Hespeels;Xiang Li;Benjamin Noel

  • When to use public information for breeding habitat selection? The role of environmental predictability and density dependence

    Blandine Doligez;Claire Cadet;Etienne Danchin;Thierry Boulinier

  • The genome sequence of the model ascomycete fungus Podospora anserina

    Eric Espagne;Olivier Lespinet;Fabienne Malagnac;Fabienne Malagnac;Corinne Da Silva

  • Informed Dispersal: Prospecting by Birds for Breeding Sites

    J. Michael Reed;Thierry Boulinier;Etienne Danchin;Lewis W. Oring

  • Multiple lateral gene transfers and duplications have promoted plant parasitism ability in nematodes

    Etienne G. J. Danchin;Marie-Noëlle Rosso;Paulo Vieira;Janice de Almeida-Engler

  • The use of conspecific reproductive success for breeding patch selection in terrestrial migratory species

    Thierry Boulinier;Etienne Danchin

  • Corrigendum: Genome sequencing and analysis of the biomass-degrading fungus Trichoderma reesei (syn. Hypocrea jecorina)

    Diego Martinez;Randy M Berka;Bernard Henrissat;Markku Saloheimo

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott A. Hatch
Scott A. Hatch United States Geological Survey
Pierre Abad
Pierre Abad INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Pierre Pontarotti
Pierre Pontarotti Aix-Marseille University
Philippe Castagnone-Sereno
Philippe Castagnone-Sereno Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
John T. Jones
John T. Jones James Hutton Institute
Pedro M. Coutinho
Pedro M. Coutinho Aix-Marseille University
Jean Clobert
Jean Clobert Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Thierry Boulinier
Thierry Boulinier University of Montpellier
Deseada Parejo
Deseada Parejo Spanish National Research Council

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