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Overview

Myriam Heuertz is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, environmental science, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research primarily focuses on genetics and related subfields such as plant science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, molecular biology, and ecology.

Their work covers a variety of main topics including genetic diversity and population structure, plant and animal studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, species distribution and climate change, and plant diversity and evolution.

Myriam Heuertz has published multiple research papers in notable peer-reviewed venues. Some of the recent papers include:

  • Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved (2020, Biological Conservation)
  • Post-2020 goals overlook genetic diversity (2020, Science)
  • Global Commitments to Conserving and Monitoring Genetic Diversity Are Now Necessary and Feasible (2021, BioScience)
  • Genetic diversity goals and targets have improved, but remain insufficient for clear implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (2023, Conservation Genetics)
  • Effective population size remains a suitable, pragmatic indicator of genetic diversity for all species, including forest trees (2020, Biological Conservation)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Myriam include:

  • Niklas Tysklind
  • Sylvain Schmitt
  • Sean Hoban
  • Ivan Paz-Vinas
  • Linda Laikre

The primary publication venues for their work are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Conservation Genetics
  • Biological Conservation

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Microsatellite Allele Sizes: A Simple Test to Assess Their Significance on Genetic Differentiation

    Olivier J Hardy;Nathalie Charbonnel;Hélène Fréville;Myriam Heuertz

  • Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved

    Sean Hoban;Michael Bruford;Josephine D'Urban Jackson;Margarida Lopes-Fernandes

  • Chloroplast DNA variation and postglacial recolonization of common ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) in Europe.

    Myriam Heuertz;S Fineschi;M Anzidei;R Pastorelli

  • 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

  • Post-2020 goals overlook genetic diversity

    Linda Laikre;Linda Laikre;Sean Hoban;Sean Hoban;Michael W. Bruford;Michael W. Bruford;Gernot Segelbacher;Gernot Segelbacher

  • Assessment of genetic diversity within and among germplasm accessions in cultivated sorghum using microsatellite markers

    Y. Djè;M. Heuertz;C. Lefèbvre;X. Vekemans

  • NUCLEAR MICROSATELLITES REVEAL CONTRASTING PATTERNS OF GENETIC STRUCTURE BETWEEN WESTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN EUROPEAN POPULATIONS OF THE COMMON ASH (FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR L.)

    Myriam Heuertz;Jean-Franclois Hausman;Olivier J. Hardy;Giovanni G. Vendramin

  • Global Commitments to Conserving and Monitoring Genetic Diversity Are Now Necessary and Feasible.

    Sean Hoban;Michael W Bruford;W Chris Funk;Peter Galbusera

  • Estimating seed vs. pollen dispersal from spatial genetic structure in the common ash.

    Myriam Heuertz;Xavier Vekemans;Xavier Vekemans;JF Hausman;M Palada

  • Chloroplast DNA phylogeography of European ashes, Fraxinus sp. (Oleaceae): roles of hybridization and life history traits.

    M. Heuertz;S. Carnevale;S. Fineschi;F. Sebastiani

  • Is homoploid hybrid speciation that rare? An empiricist's view

    G Nieto Feliner;I Álvarez;J Fuertes-Aguilar;M Heuertz

  • Genetic structure and assignment tests demonstrate illegal translocation of red deer (Cervus elaphus) into a continuous population.

    A. C. Frantz;J. Tigel Pourtois;M. Heuertz;L. Schley

  • Living on the edge: timing of Rand Flora disjunctions congruent with ongoing aridification in Africa.

    Lisa Pokorny;Ricarda Riina;Mario Mairal;Andrea S. Meseguer

  • Comparative phylogeography of African rain forest trees: A review of genetic signatures of vegetation history in the Guineo-Congolian region

    Olivier J. Hardy;Céline Born;Katarina Budde;Kasso Daïnou

  • Advances in ecological genomics in forest trees and applications to genetic resources conservation and breeding.

    Jason A. Holliday;Sally N. Aitken;Janice E. K. Cooke;Bruno Fady

  • Forest tree genomics: 10 achievements from the past 10 years and future prospects

    Christophe Plomion;Christophe Plomion;Catherine Bastien;Marie-Béatrice Bogeat-Triboulot;Marie-Béatrice Bogeat-Triboulot;Laurent Bouffier;Laurent Bouffier

  • Molecular Proxies for Climate Maladaptation in a Long-Lived Tree (Pinus pinaster Aiton, Pinaceae)

    Juan-Pablo Jaramillo-Correa;Isabel Rodríguez-Quilón;Delphine Grivet;Camille Lepoittevin;Camille Lepoittevin

  • Assessment of genetic structure within and among Bulgarian populations of the common ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.).

    Myriam Heuertz;Jean-François Hausman;Ivaylo Tsvetkov;Nathalie Frascaria-Lacoste

  • Geography determines genetic relationships between species of mountain pine (Pinus mugo complex) in western Europe.

    Myriam Heuertz;Myriam Heuertz;Jennifer Teufel;Santiago C. González-Martínez;Alvaro Soto;Alvaro Soto

  • The complex biogeographic history of a widespread tropical tree species.

    Christopher C.W. Dick;Christopher C.W. Dick;Myriam Heuertz;Myriam Heuertz

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier J. Hardy
Olivier J. Hardy Université Libre de Bruxelles
Santiago C. González-Martínez
Santiago C. González-Martínez University of Bordeaux
Giovanni G. Vendramin
Giovanni G. Vendramin National Research Council (CNR)
Jean-Louis Doucet
Jean-Louis Doucet Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Xavier Vekemans
Xavier Vekemans University of Lille
Christian Lexer
Christian Lexer University of Vienna
Christopher W. Dick
Christopher W. Dick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christophe Plomion
Christophe Plomion University of Bordeaux
Sean Hoban
Sean Hoban Morton Arboretum
Jean-Francois Hausman
Jean-Francois Hausman Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

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