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François Bonhomme

François Bonhomme

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Biology and Biochemistry
France
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
87
Citations
29284
World Ranking
2815
National Ranking
65

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award

Overview

François Bonhomme is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. The body of their work is situated primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Genetics, Ecology, Oceanography, Molecular Biology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their main scientific topics cover a variety of areas with a distinct focus on genetic diversity, ecological research, and marine biology. These topics include:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies

François Bonhomme has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals and venues. The frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Genes
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Evolution Letters

Representative publications from recent years include:

  • "Tracking the Near Eastern origins and European dispersal of the western house mouse," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "The contribution of ancient admixture to reproductive isolation between European sea bass lineages," 2020, Evolution Letters
  • "Population structure and inbreeding in wild house mice (Mus musculus) at different geographic scales," 2022, Heredity
  • "Gene expression plasticity and frontloading promote thermotolerance in Pocillopora corals," 2022, Peer Community Journal
  • "Bidirectional Introgression between Mus musculus domesticus and Mus spretus," 2022, Genome Biology and Evolution

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Pierre-Alexandre Gagnaire
  • Didier Jollivet
  • Jade Castel
  • Thomas Broquet
  • Sophie Arnaud-Haond

Best Publications

  • GENETIX 4.05, logiciel sous Windows TM pour la génétique des populations.

    K Belkhir;P Borsam;L Chikhi;N Raufaste

  • GENETIX 4.05, logiciel sous Windows TM pour la génétique des populations. Laboratoire Génome, Populations, Interactions

    KP Belkhir;P Borsa;L Chikhi;N Raufaste

  • Genetix v. 3.0, logiciel sous Windows TM pour la génétique des populations. Laboratoire Génome et Populations, CNRS UPR 9060, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier.

    K. Belkhir;P. Borsa;J. Goudet;L. Chikhi

  • THE EVOLUTION OF HOUSE MICE

    P. Boursot;J. C. Auffray;J. Britton-Davidian;F. Bonhomme

  • The coupling hypothesis: why genome scans may fail to map local adaptation genes.

    Nicolas Bierne;Nicolas Bierne;John Welch;Etienne Loire;François Bonhomme;François Bonhomme

  • DNA sequence variation of the mitochondrial control region among geographically and morphologically remote European brown trout Saltno trutta populations

    L. Bernatchez;R. Guyomard;F. Bonhomme

  • Subspecific origin and haplotype diversity in the laboratory mouse

    Hyuna Yang;Jeremy R. Wang;John P. Didion;Ryan J. Buus

  • European sea bass genome and its variation provide insights into adaptation to euryhalinity and speciation

    Mbaye Tine;Heiner Kuhl;Pierre-Alexandre Gagnaire;Bruno Louro

  • Wild mice: an ever-increasing contribution to a popular mammalian model.

    Jean Louis Guénet;François Bonhomme

  • Biochemical diversity and evolution in the genus Mus.

    François Bonhomme;Josette Catalan;Janice Britton-Davidian;Verne M. Chapman

  • A General Synthetic Procedure for Heteropolyniobates

    May Nyman;François Bonhomme;Todd M. Alam;Mark A. Rodriguez

  • Introgression patterns in the mosaic hybrid zone between Mytilus edulis and M. galloprovincialis

    N. Bierne;Philippe Borsa;Philippe Borsa;C. Daguin;D. Jollivet

  • Most classical Mus musculus domesticus laboratory mouse strains carry a Mus musculus musculus Y chromosome.

    C. E. Bishop;P. Boursot;B. Baron;F. Bonhomme

  • Using neutral, selected, and hitchhiker loci to assess connectivity of marine populations in the genomic era

    Pierre-Alexandre Gagnaire;Pierre-Alexandre Gagnaire;Thomas Broquet;Thomas Broquet;Didier Aurelle;Frédérique Viard;Frédérique Viard

  • High variance in reproductive success of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas, Thunberg) revealed by microsatellite-based parentage analysis of multifactorial crosses

    P Boudry;B Collet;F Cornette;F Cornette;V Hervouet;V Hervouet

  • Early Effect of Inbreeding as Revealed by Microsatellite Analyses on Ostrea edulis Larvae

    Nicolas Bierne;Sophie Launey;Yamama Naciri-Graven;François Bonhomme

  • Origin and radiation of the house mouse: mitochondrial DNA phylogeny

    P. Boursot;W. Din;R. Anand;D. Darviche

  • IDENTIX , a software to test for relatedness in a population using permutation methods

    Khalid Belkhir;Vincent Castric;François Bonhomme

  • Fragmentation of sea bass populations in the western and eastern Mediterranean as revealed by microsatellite polymorphism.

    Lilia Bahri-Sfar;Christophe Lemaire;Oum Kalthoum Ben Hassine;François Bonhomme

  • Geographic Structure in the European Flat Oyster (Ostrea edulis L.) as Revealed by Microsatellite Polymorphism

    S. Launey;C. Ledu;P. Boudry;F. Bonhomme

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicolas Bierne
Nicolas Bierne University of Montpellier
Pierre Boursot
Pierre Boursot University of Montpellier
Pierre Boudry
Pierre Boudry French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
May Nyman
May Nyman Oregon State University
Sophie Arnaud-Haond
Sophie Arnaud-Haond French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Tina M. Nenoff
Tina M. Nenoff Sandia National Laboratories
Jean-Louis Guénet
Jean-Louis Guénet Institut Pasteur
Todd M. Alam
Todd M. Alam Sandia National Laboratories
Mark A. Rodriguez
Mark A. Rodriguez Sandia National Laboratories
Kazuo Moriwaki
Kazuo Moriwaki National Institute of Genetics

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