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4791
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208

Overview

Mathieu Joron is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their research spans areas within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a substantial focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The primary subfields of study include Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, and Ecological Modeling.

Their research work centers on key topics such as genetic diversity and population structure, plant and animal studies, Lepidoptera biology and taxonomy, animal behavior and reproduction, evolution and genetic dynamics, chromosomal and genetic variations, as well as genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Recent publications by Mathieu Joron include:

  • Mutation load at a mimicry supergene sheds new light on the evolution of inversion polymorphisms, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Inversion breakpoints and the evolution of supergenes, 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • Selective sweeps on novel and introgressed variation shape mimicry loci in a butterfly adaptive radiation, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • Hybrid speciation driven by multilocus introgression of ecological traits, 2024, Nature
  • Rampant Genome-Wide Admixture across the Heliconius Radiation, 2021, Genome Biology and Evolution

Mathieu Joron frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Paul Jay (9 joint publications)
  • Annabel Whibley (8 joint publications)
  • Mathieu Chouteau (7 joint publications)
  • Violaine Llaurens (7 joint publications)
  • Thomas G. Aubier (6 joint publications)

Their work often appears in specific scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), 10 publications
  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 3 publications
  • Wellcome Open Research, 3 publications
  • Nature Genetics, 2 publications
  • Molecular Ecology, 2 publications

Best Publications

  • Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

    Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;James R. Walters;Adriana D. Briscoe

  • Genomic architecture and introgression shape a butterfly radiation

    Nathaniel B. Edelman;Paul B. Frandsen;Paul B. Frandsen;Michael Miyagi;Bernardo Clavijo

  • Evolution of Diversity in Warning Color and Mimicry: Polymorphisms, Shifting Balance, and Speciation

    James Mallet;Mathieu Joron

  • Chromosomal rearrangements maintain a polymorphic supergene controlling butterfly mimicry

    Mathieu Joron;Lise Frezal;Robert T. Jones;Nicola L. Chamberlain

  • Diversity in mimicry: paradox or paradigm?

    Mathieu Joron;James L.B Mallet

  • Adaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterflies.

    Carolina Pardo-Diaz;Camilo Salazar;Camilo Salazar;Simon W. Baxter;Claire Merot

  • Genomic islands of divergence in hybridizing Heliconius butterflies identified by large-scale targeted sequencing.

    Nicola J. Nadeau;Annabel Whibley;Robert T. Jones;Robert T. Jones;John W. Davey

  • A conserved supergene locus controls colour pattern diversity in Heliconius butterflies.

    Mathieu Joron;Mathieu Joron;Mathieu Joron;Riccardo Papa;Margarita Beltrán;Nicola Chamberlain

  • The gene cortex controls mimicry and crypsis in butterflies and moths

    Nicola J. Nadeau;Nicola J. Nadeau;Carolina Pardo-Diaz;Annabel Whibley;Annabel Whibley;Megan A. Supple;Megan A. Supple

  • Captivity masks inbreeding effects on male mating success in butterflies

    Mathieu Joron;Mathieu Joron;Paul M. Brakefield

  • The diversification of Heliconius butterflies: what have we learned in 150 years?

    Richard M. Merrill;Richard M. Merrill;Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;J. W. Davey;D. D. Dell'Aglio

  • Out of the Andes: patterns of diversification in clearwing butterflies

    M Elias;M Elias;M Elias;Mathieu Joron;Mathieu Joron;K Willmott;K L Silva-Brandão;K L Silva-Brandão

  • Evolutionary Novelty in a Butterfly Wing Pattern through Enhancer Shuffling.

    Richard W. R. Wallbank;Richard W. R. Wallbank;Simon W. Baxter;Carolina Pardo-Diaz;Carolina Pardo-Diaz;Carolina Pardo-Diaz;Joseph J. Hanly;Joseph J. Hanly

  • Warning signals are under positive frequency-dependent selection in nature

    Mathieu Chouteau;Mathieu Chouteau;Mónica Arias;Mathieu Joron

  • Major improvements to the Heliconius melpomene genome assembly used to confirm 10 chromosome fusion events in 6 million years of butterfly evolution

    John W. Davey;Mathieu Chouteau;Sarah L. Barker;Luana Maroja

  • Genetic architecture and balancing selection: the life and death of differentiated variants.

    Violaine Llaurens;Annabel Whibley;Mathieu Joron

  • Supergene Evolution Triggered by the Introgression of a Chromosomal Inversion

    Paul Jay;Annabel Whibley;Lise Frézal;María Ángeles Rodríguez de Cara

  • Heliconius wing patterns: an evo-devo model for understanding phenotypic diversity.

    Mathieu Joron;Christopher Jiggins;A Papanicolaou;W O McMillan

  • Variable Selection and the Coexistence of Multiple mimetic forms of the Butterfly Heliconius numata

    Mathieu Joron;Ian R. Wynne;Gerardo Lamas;James Mallet

  • Mutation load at a mimicry supergene sheds new light on the evolution of inversion polymorphisms.

    Paul Jay;Mathieu Chouteau;Mathieu Chouteau;Annabel Whibley;Héloïse Bastide

  • Nest predation in forest birds: influence of predator type and predator's habitat quality

    Jean-Louis Martin;Mathieu Joron

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris D. Jiggins
Chris D. Jiggins University of Cambridge
James Mallet
James Mallet Harvard University
Camilo Salazar
Camilo Salazar Universidad del Rosario
Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra
Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra University of York
Richard H. ffrench-Constant
Richard H. ffrench-Constant University of Exeter
W. Owen McMillan
W. Owen McMillan Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Gerardo Lamas
Gerardo Lamas National University of San Marcos
Marianne Elias
Marianne Elias Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
André V. L. Freitas
André V. L. Freitas State University of Campinas
Mark Blaxter
Mark Blaxter Wellcome Sanger Institute

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