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Myriam Valero

Myriam Valero

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
55
Citations
7733
World Ranking
3039
National Ranking
126

Overview

Myriam Valero is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and has made contributions to several fields including Earth and Planetary Sciences, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. The main areas of Valero's research cover Oceanography, Ecology, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Global and Planetary Change.

The research topics studied by Valero comprise:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Bryophyte Studies and Records

Valero has published articles in multiple venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Phycology
  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent coauthors include Christophe Destombe, Stéphane Mauger, Stacy A. Krueger-Hadfield, Marie-Laure Guillemin, and Louise Fouqueau.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Phylogeny and Evolution of the Brown Algae, 2020, Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences
  • Evolution of life cycles and reproductive traits: Insights from the brown algae, 2021, Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Heat stress responses and population genetics of the kelp Laminaria digitata (Phaeophyceae) across latitudes reveal differentiation among North Atlantic populations, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • How do microbiota associated with an invasive seaweed vary across scales?, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Pollinators of the sea: A discovery of animal-mediated fertilization in seaweed, 2022, Science

Best Publications

  • Short allele dominance as a source of heterozygote deficiency at microsatellite loci: experimental evidence at the dinucleotide locus Gv1CT in Gracilaria gracilis (Rhodophyta)

    R. Wattier;C. R. Engel;P. Saumitou‐Laprade;M. Valero

  • Species are hypotheses: avoid connectivity assessments based on pillars of sand

    Eric Pante;Nicolas Puillandre;Amélia Viricel;Sophie Arnaud-Haond

  • Decline in Kelp in West Europe and Climate

    Virginie Raybaud;Virginie Raybaud;Grégory Beaugrand;Grégory Beaugrand;Eric Goberville;Eric Goberville;Gaspard Delebecq;Gaspard Delebecq

  • Complex life cycles of multicellular eukaryotes: new approaches based on the use of model organisms.

    Susana M. Coelho;Akira F. Peters;Bénédicte Charrier;Denis Roze

  • A Haploid System of Sex Determination in the Brown Alga Ectocarpus sp.

    Sophia Ahmed;Sophia Ahmed;J. Mark Cock;Eugenie Pessia;Remy Luthringer

  • Phylogeny and evolution of the brown algae

    Trevor T. Bringloe;Samuel Starko;Rachael M. Wade;Christophe Vieira

  • Current patterns, habitat discontinuities and population genetic structure: the case of the kelp Laminaria digitata in the English Channel

    Claire Billot;Carolyn R. Engel;Sylvie Rousvoal;Bernard Kloareg

  • Status, trends and drivers of kelp forests in Europe: an expert assessment

    R. M. Araujo;J. Assis;R. Aguillar;L. Airoldi

  • Transition from haploidy to diploidy.

    Véronique Perrot;Véronique Perrot;Sophie Richerd;Myriam Valéro

  • GENETIC VARIATION IN WILD AND CULTIVATED POPULATIONS OF THE HAPLOID– DIPLOID RED ALGA GRACILARIA CHILENSIS: HOW FARMING PRACTICES FAVOR ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION AND HETEROZYGOSITY

    Marie-Laure Guillemin;Sylvain Faugeron;Christophe Destombe;Frederique Viard

  • Phylogenetic analyses of Caulerpa taxifolia (Chlorophyta) and of its associated bacterial microflora provide clues to the origin of the Mediterranean introduction.

    I Meusnier;J.L. Olsen;Wytze Stam;C Destombe

  • Variation in sexual and asexual reproduction among young and old populations of the perennial macrophyte Sparganium erectum

    Yves Piquot;Daniel Petit;Myriam Valero;Joel Cuguen

  • Evolution of alternation of haploid and diploid phases in life cycles

    Myriam Valero;Sophie Richerd;Véronique Perrot;Christophe Destombe

  • What controls haploid—diploid ratio in the red alga, Gracilaria verrucosa?

    Christophe Destombe;Myriam Valero;Philippe Vernet;Denis Couvet

  • High and distinct range-edge genetic diversity despite local bottlenecks.

    Jorge Assis;Nelson Castilho Coelho;Filipe Alberto;Filipe Alberto;Myriam Valero

  • Deep reefs are climatic refugia for genetic diversity of marine forests

    Jorge Assis;Nelson Castilho Coelho;Thomas Lamy;Thomas Lamy;Myriam Valero

  • Mating system and gene flow in the red seaweed Gracilaria gracilis : effect of haploid–diploid life history and intertidal rocky shore landscape on fine-scale genetic structure

    C R Engel;C Destombe;C Destombe;M Valero;M Valero

  • The phylogeographic architecture of the fucoid seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum: an intertidal ‘marine tree’ and survivor of more than one glacial–interglacial cycle

    Jeanine L. Olsen;Frederick W. Zechman;Galice Hoarau;James A. Coyer

  • Phylogeographic analyses of the 30°S south-east Pacific biogeographic transition zone establish the occurrence of a sharp genetic discontinuity in the kelp Lessonia nigrescens: Vicariance or parapatry?

    Florence Tellier;Andrés P. Meynard;Andrés P. Meynard;Andrés P. Meynard;Juan A. Correa;Sylvain Faugeron

  • Intergametophytic selfing and microgeographic genetic structure shape populations of the intertidal red seaweed Chondrus crispus

    S. A. Krueger‐Hadfield;S. A. Krueger‐Hadfield;D. Roze;S. Mauger;M. Valero

  • Performance of non–motile male gametes in the sea: analysis of paternity and fertilization success in a natural population of a red seaweed, Gracilaria gracilis

    Carolyn R. Engel;Rémi Wattierf;Christophe Destombe;Myriam Valero

Frequent Co-Authors

Ester A. Serrão
Ester A. Serrão University of Algarve
Gareth A. Pearson
Gareth A. Pearson University of Algarve
Juan A. Correa
Juan A. Correa Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Jeanine L. Olsen
Jeanine L. Olsen University of Groningen
J. Mark Cock
J. Mark Cock Sorbonne University
Frédérique Viard
Frédérique Viard University of Montpellier
Wytze T. Stam
Wytze T. Stam University of Groningen
Jorge Assis
Jorge Assis University of Algarve
Aschwin H. Engelen
Aschwin H. Engelen University of Algarve
Pierre Saumitou-Laprade
Pierre Saumitou-Laprade University of Lille

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