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Martin Lascoux

Martin Lascoux

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
58
Citations
14095
World Ranking
2544
National Ranking
63

Overview

Martin Lascoux is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden, focusing on research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The major topics covered in their research include genetic diversity and population structure, genomics and phylogenetic studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, chromosomal and genetic variations, evolution and genetic dynamics, forest ecology and management, and plant reproductive biology.

They have published extensively, contributing research papers to multiple scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), New Phytologist, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Scientific Data, and Genome Biology.

Recent significant papers by Martin Lascoux include:

  • The GenTree Dendroecological Collection, tree-ring and wood density data from seven tree species across Europe (2020, Scientific Data)
  • Genome-wide analyses of introgression between two sympatric Asian oak species (2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • Survival in the Tropics despite isolation, inbreeding and asexual reproduction: insights from the genome of the world's southernmost poplar (Populus ilicifolia) (2020, The Plant Journal)
  • Genomic insights on the contribution of balancing selection and local adaptation to the long-term survival of a widespread living fossil tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum (2020, New Phytologist)
  • An introgressed gene causes meiotic drive in Neurospora sitophila (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Martin Lascoux collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Pascal Milesi
  • Sylvain Glémin
  • Jun Chen
  • Tanja Pyhäjärvi
  • Tianlin Duan

Best Publications

  • Glacial Refugia: Hotspots But Not Melting Pots of Genetic Diversity

    Rémy J. Petit;Itziar Aguinagalde;Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu;Christiane Bittkau

  • Ecological genomics of local adaptation

    Outi Savolainen;Martin Lascoux;Juha Merilä

  • The GenTree Dendroecological Collection: tree-ring and wood density data from seven tree species across Europe

    Elisabet Martínez-Sancho;Lenka Slámová;Sandro Morganti;Claudio Grefen

  • Oak genome reveals facets of long lifespan.

    Christophe Plomion;Jean-Marc Aury;Joëlle Amselem;Thibault Leroy

  • Evolution of the PEBP Gene Family in Plants: Functional Diversification in Seed Plant Evolution

    Anna Karlgren;Niclas Gyllenstrand;Thomas Källman;Jens F. Sundström

  • Genomic insights into salt adaptation in a desert poplar

    Tao Ma;Junyi Wang;Gongke Zhou;Zhen Yue

  • Multilocus patterns of nucleotide diversity, linkage disequilibrium and demographic history of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst)

    Myriam Heuertz;Emanuele De Paoli;Thomas Källman;Hanna Larsson

  • Genome sequencing and population genomic analyses provide insights into the adaptive landscape of silver birch

    Jarkko Salojärvi;Olli Pekka Smolander;Kaisa Nieminen;Sitaram Rajaraman

  • Recent speciation of Capsella rubella from Capsella grandiflora, associated with loss of self-incompatibility and an extreme bottleneck

    Ya-Long Guo;Jesper S. Bechsgaard;Tanja Slotte;Barbara Neuffer

  • Postglacial recolonization and cpDNA variation of silver birch, Betula pendula.

    A. E. Palmé;Q. Su;Q. Su;A. Rautenberg;F. Manni

  • On the meaning and existence of an effective population size

    Per Sjödin;Ingemar Kaj;Stephen Krone;Martin Lascoux

  • Extensive sharing of chloroplast haplotypes among European birches indicates hybridization among Betula pendula, B. pubescens and B. nana.

    A. E. Palme;Q. Su;S. Palsson;M. Lascoux

  • Joint analysis of demography and selection in population genetics: where do we stand and where could we go?

    Junrui Li;Haipeng Li;Mattias Jakobsson;Sen Li

  • Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 October 2009–30 November 2009

    Junghwa An;Arnaud Bechet;Åsa Berggren;Sarah K. Brown

  • Disentangling the roles of history and local selection in shaping clinal variation of allele frequencies and gene expression in Norway spruce (Picea abies).

    Jun Chen;Thomas Källman;Xiaofei Ma;Niclas Gyllenstrand

  • Genetic Diversity and the Efficacy of Purifying Selection across Plant and Animal Species.

    Jun Chen;Sylvain Glémin;Sylvain Glémin;Martin Lascoux

  • Hybrid origins and the earliest stages of diploidization in the highly successful recent polyploid Capsella bursa-pastoris

    Gavin M. Douglas;Gesseca Gos;Kim A. Steige;Adriana Salcedo

  • Identification of a RAPD marker linked to sex determination in the basket willow (Salix viminalis L.)

    C Alstrom-Rapaport;M Lascoux;YC Wang;G Roberts

  • High Rates of Gene Flow by Pollen and Seed in Oak Populations across Europe

    Sophie Gerber;Joël Chadœuf;Felix Gugerli;Martin Lascoux

  • Comparative phylogeography and population structure of European Betula species, with particular focus on B. pendula and B. pubescens

    O. Maliouchenko;Anna E. Palmé;A. buonamici;G.G. vendramin

  • Erratum: Genomic insights into salt adaptation in a desert poplar

    Tao Ma;Junyi Wang;Gongke Zhou;Zhen Yue

Frequent Co-Authors

Sylvain Glémin
Sylvain Glémin University of Rennes
Giovanni G. Vendramin
Giovanni G. Vendramin National Research Council (CNR)
Stephen I. Wright
Stephen I. Wright University of Toronto
Jianquan Liu
Jianquan Liu Lanzhou University
Outi Savolainen
Outi Savolainen University of Oulu
Rémy J. Petit
Rémy J. Petit University of Bordeaux
Santiago C. González-Martínez
Santiago C. González-Martínez University of Bordeaux
Felix Gugerli
Felix Gugerli Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Christophe Plomion
Christophe Plomion University of Bordeaux
Michele Morgante
Michele Morgante University of Udine

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