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Patricia Gibert is affiliated with Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in France. Their research focuses extensively on agricultural and biological sciences, with a notable concentration in insect science. They have contributed to fields including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, ecology, and plant science. Their work frequently addresses topics such as insect behavior and control techniques, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, and insect-plant interactions and control.

They have published in a variety of venues, with a significant number of papers appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), where they have nine publications. Other recurring publication venues include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with four publications, and Molecular Biology and Evolution with three papers. Additional publications have appeared in Oikos and the Journal of Thermal Biology.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Patricia Gibert illustrate the breadth of their research interests. These include:

  • Genomic Analysis of European Drosophila melanogaster Populations Reveals Longitudinal Structure, Continent-Wide Selection, and Previously Unknown DNA Viruses (2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution)
  • A synthesis of biological invasion hypotheses associated with the introduction-naturalisation-invasion continuum (2023, Oikos)
  • The Worldwide Invasion of Drosophila suzukii Is Accompanied by a Large Increase of Transposable Element Load and a Small Number of Putatively Adaptive Insertions (2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution)
  • Modelling thermal reaction norms for development and viability in Drosophila suzukii under constant, fluctuating and field conditions (2024, Journal of Thermal Biology)
  • Macroecological patterns of fruit infestation rates by the invasive fly Drosophila suzukii in the wild reservoir host plant Sambucus nigra (2022, Agricultural and Forest Entomology)

Collaborative efforts are an important aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Cristina Vieira
  • Hervé Colinet
  • Marie Fablet
  • Martin Kapun
  • Jorge Vieira

Their scientific contributions mainly revolve around several subfields, including insect science, genetics, ecology, plant science, and molecular biology. Key topics addressed in Patricia Gibert's work cover insect behavior and control techniques, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, as well as insect pest control strategies and physiological and biochemical adaptations relevant to these organisms.

Best Publications

  • The Strength of Phenotypic Selection in Natural Populations

    J. G. Kingsolver;H. E. Hoekstra;J. M. Hoekstra;D. Berrigan

  • Invasion biology of spotted wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii): a global perspective and future priorities

    Mark K. Asplen;Gianfranco Anfora;Antonio Biondi;Antonio Biondi;Deuk Soo Choi

  • Gene Loss and Evolutionary Rates Following Whole-Genome Duplication in Teleost Fishes

    Frédéric G. Brunet;Hugues Roest Crollius;Mathilde Paris;Jean-Marc Aury

  • Ability of European parasitoids (Hymenoptera) to control a new invasive Asiatic pest, Drosophila suzukii

    Stan Chabert;Roland Allemand;Mathilde Poyet;Mathilde Poyet;Patrice Eslin

  • Cold adaptation in geographical populations of Drosophila melanogaster: phenotypic plasticity is more important than genetic variability

    A. Ayrinhac;A. Ayrinhac;V. Debat;P. Gibert;P. Gibert;A.-G. Kister

  • Proximate causes of Rensch's rule: does sexual size dimorphism in arthropods result from sex differences in development time?

    Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;Anthony F. G. Dixon;Daphne J. Fairbairn;Matthias W. Foellmer

  • CHILL-COMA TOLERANCE, A MAJOR CLIMATIC ADAPTATION AMONG DROSOPHILA SPECIES

    Patricia Gibert;Brigitte Moreteau;Georges Pétavy;Dev Karan

  • The Wide Potential Trophic Niche of the Asiatic Fruit Fly Drosophila suzukii: The Key of Its Invasion Success in Temperate Europe?

    Mathilde Poyet;Mathilde Poyet;Vincent Le Roux;Patricia Gibert;Antoine Meirland

  • Isofemale lines in Drosophila: an empirical approach to quantitative trait analysis in natural populations.

    J R David;P Gibert;H Legout;G Pétavy

  • Cold stress tolerance in Drosophila: analysis of chill coma recovery in D. Melanogaster

    R. Jean David;Patricia Gibert;Eliane Pla;Georges Petavy

  • Chill‐Coma Temperature in Drosophila: Effects of Developmental Temperature, Latitude, and Phylogeny

    Patricia Gibert;Raymond B. Huey

  • Viability and rate of development at different temperatures in Drosophila: a comparison of constant and alternating thermal regimes

    G. Petavy;J.R. David;P. Gibert;B. Moreteau

  • Genomic Analysis of European Drosophila melanogaster Populations Reveals Longitudinal Structure, Continent-Wide Selection, and Previously Unknown DNA Viruses

    Martin Kapun;Maite G. Barrón;Fabian Staubach;Darren J. Obbard

  • Ecology and life history evolution of frugivorous Drosophila parasitoids.

    Frédéric Fleury;Patricia Gibert;Nicolas Ris;Roland Allemand

  • Comparative analysis of morphological traits among Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans: genetic variability, clines and phenotypic plasticity

    P. Gibert;P. Capy;A. Imasheva;B. Moreteau

  • Sterile insect technique and Wolbachia symbiosis as potential tools for the control of the invasive species Drosophila suzukii

    Katerina Nikolouli;Katerina Nikolouli;Hervé Colinet;David Renault;David Renault;Thomas Enriquez

  • A synthesis of biological invasion hypotheses associated with the introduction–naturalisation–invasion continuum

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  • The fly that came in from the cold: geographic variation of recovery time from low‐temperature exposure in Drosophila subobscura

    J. R. David;P. Gibert;B. Moreteau;G. W. Gilchrist

  • Phenotypic plasticity and developmental temperature in Drosophila: Analysis and significance of reaction norms of morphometrical traits

    Jean R. David;Patricia Gibert;Emmanuelle Gravot;Georges Petavy

  • DESICCATION AND STARVATION TOLERANCE OF ADULT DROSOPHILA: OPPOSITE LATITUDINAL CLINES IN NATURAL POPULATIONS OF THREE DIFFERENT SPECIES

    Dev Karan;Neena Dahiya;Ashok K. Munjal;Patricia Gibert

  • Invasive host for invasive pest: when the Asiatic cherry fly (Drosophila suzukii) meets the American black cherry (Prunus serotina) in Europe

    Mathilde Poyet;Mathilde Poyet;Patrice Eslin;Marie Héraude;Vincent Le Roux

  • LOCOMOTOR PERFORMANCE OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER: INTERACTIONS AMONG DEVELOPMENTAL AND ADULT TEMPERATURES, AGE, AND GEOGRAPHY

    Patricia Gibert;Raymond B. Huey;George W. Gilchrist

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean R. David
Jean R. David Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Marta Pascual
Marta Pascual University of Barcelona
Thomas Flatt
Thomas Flatt University of Fribourg
Bart Deplancke
Bart Deplancke École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Volker Loeschcke
Volker Loeschcke Aarhus University
Michael G. Ritchie
Michael G. Ritchie University of St Andrews
Raymond B. Huey
Raymond B. Huey University of Washington
Olivier Chabrerie
Olivier Chabrerie University of Picardie Jules Verne
Pierre Capy
Pierre Capy University of Paris-Saclay
Bas J. Zwaan
Bas J. Zwaan Wageningen University & Research

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