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Jean-Pierre Pointier

Jean-Pierre Pointier

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
6433
World Ranking
5357
National Ranking
235

Overview

Jean-Pierre Pointier is affiliated with the University of Perpignan in France. Their research primarily focuses on fields such as Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Veterinary studies. Within these fields, notable subfields include Ecology, Small Animals, Insect Science, Parasitology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their work covers multiple main topics, including Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Helminth Infection and Control, Mollusks and Parasites Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Parasites and Host Interactions, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, and Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species.

Jean-Pierre Pointier has contributed to five recent papers:

  • Systematics and geographical distribution of Galba species, a group of cryptic and worldwide freshwater snails, 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Malacological survey in a bottle of water: A comparative study between manual sampling and environmental DNA metabarcoding approaches, 2020, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Lymnaeidae from Santander and bordering departments of Colombia: Morphological characterization, molecular identification and natural infection with Fasciola hepatica, 2020, Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports
  • Molecular Identification of the Human Pathogen Amphimerus sp. in the Freshwater Snail Aroapyrgus sp. in Ecuador, 2021, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • An Integrative Approach for the Identification of Native and Exotic Lymnaeids from Brazil, 2022, Malacologia

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Antonio A. Vázquez
  • Pilar Alda
  • Sylvie Hurtrez-Boussès
  • Maxim V. Vinarski
  • Annia Alba

Jean-Pierre Pointier has published in various scientific venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

They have also authored a book titled The Lymnaeidae, published by Springer International Publishing in 2023, which has been cited by other scholars.

Best Publications

  • European Lymnaeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), intermediate hosts of trematodiases, based on nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS-2 sequences.

    M.D Bargues;M Vigo;P Horak;J Dvorak

  • High genetic variance in life-history strategies within invasive populations by way of multiple introductions

    Benoît Facon;Jean-Pierre Pointier;Philippe Jarne;Violette Sarda

  • Evolutionary Relationships and Biogeography of Biomphalaria (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) with Implications Regarding Its Role as Host of the Human Bloodfluke, Schistosoma mansoni

    Randall J. DeJong;Jess A. T. Morgan;W. Lobato Paraense;Jean-Pierre Pointier

  • Bridging gaps in the molecular phylogeny of the Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), vectors of Fascioliasis.

    Ana C Correa;Juan S Escobar;Patrick Durand;François Renaud

  • Hybridization and invasiveness in the freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculata: hybrid vigour is more important than increase in genetic variance

    B. Facon;P. Jarne;J. P. Pointier;P. David

  • A molecular phylogeography approach to biological invasions of the New World by parthenogenetic Thiarid snails.

    B. Facon;J.‐P. Pointier;M. Glaubrecht;C. Poux

  • Biological control of the snail hosts of schistosomiasis in areas of low transmission: the example of the Caribbean area

    J.P. Pointier;J. Jourdane;J. Jourdane

  • Patterns of mating-system evolution in hermaphroditic animals: correlations among selfing rate, inbreeding depression, and the timing of reproduction.

    Juan S. Escobar;Josh R. Auld;Ana C. Correa;Ana C. Correa;Juan M. Alonso

  • DISPERSAL IN A PARASITIC WORM AND ITS TWO HOSTS: CONSEQUENCE FOR LOCAL ADAPTATION

    Franck Prugnolle;André Théron;Jean Pierre Pointier;Roula Jabbour-Zahab

  • Biological control of the snail hosts of Schistosoma mansoni in the Caribbean area using Thiara spp.

    Jean-Pierre Pointier;Fergus McCullough

  • Microsatellite and morphological analysis of population structure in the parthenogenetic freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculata: insights into the creation of clonal variability

    S. Samadi;S. Samadi;J. Mavárez;J. Mavárez;J.‐P. Pointier;B. Delay

  • Characterisation of Lymnaea cubensis, L. viatrix and L. neotropica n. sp., the main vectors of Fasciola hepatica in Latin America, by analysis of their ribosomal and mitochondrial DNA.

    M. D. Bargues;P. Artigas;R. L. Mera y Sierra;J. P. Pointier

  • Lack of molluscan host diversity and the transmission of an emerging parasitic disease in Bolivia.

    C. Meunier;Claire Tirard;S. Hurtrez-Boussès;P. Durand

  • Camouflaged invasion of Lake Malawi by an Oriental gastropod.

    Martin J. Genner;Martin J. Genner;Ellinor Michel;Dirk Erpenbeck;Nicole De Voogd

  • Morphological and molecular characterization of Neotropic Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Lymnaeoidea), vectors of fasciolosis.

    Ana C. Correa;Juan S. Escobar;Oscar Noya;Luz E. Velásquez

  • Physa acuta Draparnaud, 1805 (Gastropoda: Physidae): a study of topotypic specimens

    W Lobato Paraense;Jean-Pierre Pointier

  • Phylogeography and genetic divergence of some lymnaeid snails, intermediate hosts of human and animal fascioliasis with special reference to lymnaeids from the Bolivian Altiplano

    R Jabbour-Zahab;J.P Pointier;J Jourdane;P Jarne

  • Genetic diversity and recruitment pattern of Schistosoma mansoni in a Biomphalaria glabrata snail population: a field study using random-amplified polymorphic DNA markers.

    Christel Sire;Patrick Durand;Jean-Pierre Pointier;Andre Theron

  • Biological invasions: the case of planorbid snails.

    J.P. Pointier;P. David;P. Jarne

  • SSU rDNA characterization of lymnaeid snails transmitting human fascioliasis in South and Central America.

    Maria D. Bargues;Atilio J. Mangold;Carla Munoz-Antoli;Jean-Pierre Pointier

  • ECOLOGY OF THE INTRODUCED SNAIL MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA (GASTROPODA: THIARIDAE) IN RELATION TO BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA IN THE MARSHY FOREST ZONE OF GUADELOUPE, FRENCH WEST INDIES

    Jean-Pierre Pointier;André Théron;Gaetan Borel

Frequent Co-Authors

André Théron
André Théron University of Perpignan
Philippe Jarne
Philippe Jarne University of Montpellier
Patrice David
Patrice David University of Montpellier
Santiago Mas-Coma
Santiago Mas-Coma University of Valencia
Sarah Samadi
Sarah Samadi French National Museum of Natural History
Benoit Facon
Benoit Facon University of Montpellier
Serge Morand
Serge Morand Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Martin J. Genner
Martin J. Genner University of Bristol
François Renaud
François Renaud University of Montpellier
Yann Quilichini
Yann Quilichini Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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