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Jacqui A. Shykoff is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broad areas, the subfields of Plant Science, Genetics, and Molecular Biology are key focuses, accompanied by work in Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine.

Themes central to their research include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies. Additional topics related to their studies are Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Plant and Fungal Interactions Research, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, and Peanut Plant Research Studies.

Shykoff has contributed to multiple publication venues, with notable frequency in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Biology and Evolution, and Microbiology Resource Announcements. They have also published in Molecular Ecology and Ecology and Evolution journals.

  • "Tempo of Degeneration Across Independently Evolved Nonrecombining Regions," 2022, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Congruent population genetic structures and divergence histories in anther-smut fungi and their host plants Silene italica and the Silene nutans species complex," 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • "Anther-smut fungi from more contaminated sites in Chernobyl show lower infection ability and lower viability following experimental irradiation," 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Tempo of degeneration across independently evolved non-recombining regions," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Draft Genome Sequences of Nitrogen-Fixing Bradyrhizobia Isolated from Root Nodules of Peanut, Arachis hypogaea, Cultivated in Southern Tunisia," 2021, Microbiology Resource Announcements

The scientist collaborates frequently with a consistent group of coauthors, including Ricardo C. Rodrı́guez de la Vega, Tatiana Giraud, Benoît Alunni, Amira Boukherissa, and Fantin Carpentier. These collaborations have occurred multiple times, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Local adaptation in host–parasite systems

    Oliver Kaltz;Jacqui A Shykoff

  • A general eco-evolutionary framework for understanding bioinvasions

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

  • High genetic diversity in French invasive populations of common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, as a result of multiple sources of introduction

    B. J. Genton;J. A. Shykoff;T. Giraud

  • Silene as a model system in ecology and evolution.

    G. Bernasconi;J. Antonovics;A. Biere;Deborah Charlesworth

  • Pollinator visitation patterns, floral rewards and the probability of transmission of Microbotryum violaceum, a venereal disease of plants

    Jacqui A. Shykoff;Erika Bucheli

  • Parasites and the Advantage of Genetic Variability within Social Insect Colonies

    Jacqui A. Shykoff;Paul Schmid-Hempel

  • LOCAL MALADAPTATION IN THE ANTHER-SMUT FUNGUS MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM TO ITS HOST PLANT SILENE LATIFOLIA: EVIDENCE FROM A CROSS-INOCULATION EXPERIMENT.

    Oliver Kaltz;Oliver Kaltz;Sylvain Gandon;Yannis Michalakis;Jacqui A. Shykoff

  • Effects of male sterility on reproductive traits in gynodioecious plants: a meta-analysis.

    Jacqui A. Shykoff;Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis;Carine L. Collin;Manuela López-Villavicencio

  • Incidence and effects of four parasites in natural populations of bumble bees in Switzerland

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  • Morphological Developmental Stability in Plants: Patterns and Causes

    Anders Pape Møller;Jacqui A. Shykoff

  • Cophylogeny of the anther smut fungi and their caryophyllaceous hosts: prevalence of host shifts and importance of delimiting parasite species for inferring cospeciation.

    Guislaine Refrégier;Mickaël Le Gac;Florian Jabbour;Alex Widmer

  • MAINTENANCE OF GYNODIOECY IN SILENE ACAULIS (CARYOPHYLLACEAE): STAGE‐SPECIFIC FECUNDITY AND VIABILITY SELECTION

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  • Genetic relatedness and eusociality: parasite-mediated selection on the genetic composition of groups

    Jacqui A. Shykoff;Paul Schmid-Hempel

  • Enemy release but no evolutionary loss of defence in a plant invasion: an inter-continental reciprocal transplant experiment

    Benjamin J. Genton;Peter M. Kotanen;Pierre-Olivier Cheptou;Cindy Adolphe

  • Nuclear and chloroplast microsatellites show multiple introductions in the worldwide invasion history of common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia.

    Myriam Gaudeul;Tatiana Giraud;Levente Kiss;Jacqui A. Shykoff

  • When can host shifts produce congruent host and parasite phylogenies? A simulation approach.

    Damien de Vienne;Tatiana Giraud;J Shykoff

  • ANTHER SMUT DISEASE IN DIANTHUS SILVESTER (CARYOPHYLLACEAE): NATURAL SELECTION ON FLORAL TRAITS.

    Jacqui A. Shykoff;Erika Bucheli;Oliver Kaltz

  • PARASITE‐HOST FITNESS TRADE‐OFFS CHANGE WITH PARASITE IDENTITY: GENOTYPE‐SPECIFIC INTERACTIONS IN A PLANT‐PATHOGEN SYSTEM

    Lucie Salvaudon;Virginie Héraudet;Jacqui A. Shykoff

  • Parasites delay worker reproduction in bumblebees - consequences for eusociality

    Jacqui A. Shykoff;Paul Schmid-Hempel

  • Genetic diversity in natural populations: a fundamental component of plant-microbe interactions.

    Lucie Salvaudon;Tatiana Giraud;Tatiana Giraud;Jacqui A Shykoff;Jacqui A Shykoff

  • Influence of leaf chemistry of Lotus corniculatus (Fabaceae) on larval development of Polyommatus icarus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae): effects of elevated CO2 and plant genotype

    M. Goverde;A. Bazin;J. A. Shykoff;A. Erhardt

  • Distinct invasion sources of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) in Eastern and Western Europe

    Pierre Gladieux;Pierre Gladieux;Pierre Gladieux;Tatiana Giraud;Tatiana Giraud;Tatiana Giraud;Levente Kiss;Benjamin J. Genton;Benjamin J. Genton;Benjamin J. Genton

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatiana Giraud
Tatiana Giraud University of Paris-Saclay
Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller University of Paris-Saclay
Eivin Røskaft
Eivin Røskaft Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Arne Moksnes
Arne Moksnes Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Bård G. Stokke
Bård G. Stokke Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Michael E. Hood
Michael E. Hood Amherst College
Alex Widmer
Alex Widmer ETH Zurich
Wei Liang
Wei Liang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Pierre Gladieux
Pierre Gladieux University of Montpellier
Levente Kiss
Levente Kiss University of Southern Queensland

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