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Frédéric Delsuc

Frédéric Delsuc

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
21816
World Ranking
12272
National Ranking
449

Overview

Frédéric Delsuc is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their research focuses primarily on the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as environmental science. These fields are reflected across numerous publications, emphasizing molecular biology, ecology, paleontology, genetics, and nature and landscape conservation.

Their work covers several key topics, including:

  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Evolution and paleontology studies
  • Wildlife ecology and conservation
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Dental development and anomalies
  • Environmental DNA in biodiversity studies

Delsuc has contributed to a variety of recent publications in notable scientific journals. Among these are:

  • "MitoFinder: Efficient automated large-scale extraction of mitogenomic data in target enrichment phylogenomics," 2020, published in Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "Comparative Analyses of Vertebrate Gut Microbiomes Reveal Convergence between Birds and Bats," 2020, published in mBio
  • "The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics," 2022, published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "How genomics can help biodiversity conservation," 2023, published in Trends in Genetics
  • "In Vivo Competitions between Fibrobacter succinogenes, Ruminococcus flavefaciens, and Ruminoccus albus in a Gnotobiotic Sheep Model Revealed by Multi-Omic Analyses," 2021, appearing in Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

Frequent collaborative partnerships are evident in Delsuc's work. Regular co-authors include Marie-Ka Tilak, Benoı̂t de Thoisy, Rémi Allio, Christopher A. Emerling, and Lionel Hautier, reflecting sustained research relationships.

The publishing venues where Delsuc appears most frequently encompass:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • MorphoMuseuM
  • Systematic Biology
  • eLife

Best Publications

  • Tunicates and not cephalochordates are the closest living relatives of vertebrates

    Frédéric Delsuc;Henner Brinkmann;Daniel Chourrout;Hervé Philippe

  • Phylogenomics and the reconstruction of the tree of life.

    Frédéric Delsuc;Henner Brinkmann;Hervé Philippe

  • MitoFinder: Efficient automated large-scale extraction of mitogenomic data in target enrichment phylogenomics

    Rémi Allio;Alex Schomaker-Bastos;Jonathan Romiguier;Francisco Prosdocimi

  • Estimating maximum likelihood phylogenies with PhyML.

    Stéphane Guindon;Stéphane Guindon;Frédéric Delsuc;Jean-François Dufayard;Olivier Gascuel

  • Phylogenomics: the beginning of incongruence?

    Olivier Jeffroy;Henner Brinkmann;Frédéric Delsuc;Hervé Philippe

  • MACSE: Multiple Alignment of Coding SEquences accounting for frameshifts and stop codons.

    Vincent Ranwez;Sébastien Harispe;Sébastien Harispe;Frédéric Delsuc;Emmanuel J. P. Douzery

  • The timing of eukaryotic evolution: Does a relaxed molecular clock reconcile proteins and fossils?

    Emmanuel J. P. Douzery;Elizabeth A. Snell;Eric Bapteste;Frédéric Delsuc

  • Pattern and timing of diversification of Cetartiodactyla (Mammalia, Laurasiatheria), as revealed by a comprehensive analysis of mitochondrial genomes

    Alexandre Hassanin;Frédéric Delsuc;Anne Ropiquet;Catrin Hammer

  • MACSE v2: Toolkit for the Alignment of Coding Sequences Accounting for Frameshifts and Stop Codons

    Vincent Ranwez;Emmanuel J P Douzery;Cédric Cambon;Nathalie Chantret

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

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

  • A Large and Consistent Phylogenomic Dataset Supports Sponges as the Sister Group to All Other Animals

    Paul Simion;Hervé Philippe;Hervé Philippe;Denis Baurain;Muriel Jager

  • Genome-scale phylogeny and the detection of systematic biases

    Matthew J. Phillips;Frederic Delsuc;David Penny

  • The Effects of Captivity on the Mammalian Gut Microbiome.

    Valerie J. McKenzie;Se Jin Song;Se Jin Song;Frédéric Delsuc;Tiffany L. Prest

  • Convergence of gut microbiomes in myrmecophagous mammals.

    Frédéric Delsuc;Frédéric Delsuc;Jessica L. Metcalf;Laura Wegener Parfrey;Se Jin Song

  • Phylogenomic analyses support the position of turtles as the sister group of birds and crocodiles (Archosauria)

    Ylenia Chiari;Vincent Cahais;Nicolas Galtier;Frédéric Delsuc

  • Heterotachy and long-branch attraction in phylogenetics

    Hervé Philippe;Yan Zhou;Henner Brinkmann;Nicolas Rodrigue

  • Plasticity of Animal Genome Architecture Unmasked by Rapid Evolution of a Pelagic Tunicate

    Simon Henriet;Sutada Mungpakdee;Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury

  • Molecular Phylogeny of Living Xenarthrans and the Impact of Character and Taxon Sampling on the Placental Tree Rooting

    Frédéric Delsuc;Mark Scally;Ole Madsen;Michael J. Stanhope

  • Relaxed Molecular Clock Provides Evidence for Long-Distance Dispersal of Nothofagus (Southern Beech)

    Michael Knapp;Karen Stöckler;David Havell;David Havell;Frédéric Delsuc;Frédéric Delsuc

  • Molecular systematics of armadillos (Xenarthra, Dasypodidae): contribution of maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear genes.

    Frédéric Delsuc;Michael J Stanhope;Emmanuel J.P Douzery

Frequent Co-Authors

Emmanuel J. P. Douzery
Emmanuel J. P. Douzery University of Montpellier
Hervé Philippe
Hervé Philippe Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Patrick Lemaire
Patrick Lemaire Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Xavier Turon
Xavier Turon Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blane
Hendrik N. Poinar
Hendrik N. Poinar McMaster University
Fabien L. Condamine
Fabien L. Condamine University of Montpellier
Henner Brinkmann
Henner Brinkmann Leibniz Association
François Catzeflis
François Catzeflis University of Montpellier
Nicolas Galtier
Nicolas Galtier University of Montpellier
Michael J. Stanhope
Michael J. Stanhope Cornell University

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