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Pierre Boursot is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their research spans multiple fields within the biological sciences, mainly focusing on genetics, ecology, and evolutionary biology. The areas of study emphasize the genetic diversity and population structure of various species as well as wildlife ecology and conservation.

The scientist's work covers several main fields of study including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. Relevant subfields of study include Genetics, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Food Science, and Plant Science.

The primary topics addressed in their research involve:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities

Boursot has published scholarly articles in notable venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Systematic Biology
  • Molecular Ecology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Genome Biology and Evolution

Recent papers provide specific insights into their research contributions:

  • The Legacy of Recurrent Introgression during the Radiation of Hares, 2020, Systematic Biology
  • The legacy of recurrent introgression during the radiation of hares, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The evolutionary pathways for local adaptation in mountain hares, 2022, Molecular Ecology
  • Subspecific origin and haplotype diversity in the laboratory mouse, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Androgen-Binding Protein (Abp) Evolutionary History: Has Positive Selection Caused Fixation of Different Paralogs in Different Taxa of the Genus Mus?, 2021, Genome Biology and Evolution

Frequent co-authors in Boursot's research include Liliana Farelo, Paulo C. Alves, José Melo-Ferreira, Mafalda S. Ferreira, and Matthew R. Jones. These collaborations reflect a consistent engagement with researchers in related genetic and ecological fields.

Best Publications

  • THE EVOLUTION OF HOUSE MICE

    P. Boursot;J. C. Auffray;J. Britton-Davidian;F. Bonhomme

  • Subspecific origin and haplotype diversity in the laboratory mouse

    Hyuna Yang;Jeremy R. Wang;John P. Didion;Ryan J. Buus

  • Species-wide homogeneity of nuclear ribosomal ITS2 sequences in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae contrasts with extensive mitochondrial COI polymorphism

    M. Navajas;J. Lagnel;J. Lagnel;Jean Gutierrez;P. Boursot

  • Interpretation of Variation Across Marker Loci as Evidence of Selection

    Renaud Vitalis;Kevin Dawson;Kevin Dawson;Pierre Boursot

  • Molecular technologies for biodiversity evaluation: Opportunities and challenges

    Angela Karp;Keith J. Edwards;Mike Bruford;Stephan Funk

  • Most classical Mus musculus domesticus laboratory mouse strains carry a Mus musculus musculus Y chromosome.

    C. E. Bishop;P. Boursot;B. Baron;F. Bonhomme

  • Invasion from the cold past: extensive introgression of mountain hare (Lepus timidus) mitochondrial DNA into three other hare species in northern Iberia

    J. Melo-Ferreira;P. Boursot;F. Suchentrunk;N. Ferrand

  • Origin and radiation of the house mouse: mitochondrial DNA phylogeny

    P. Boursot;W. Din;R. Anand;D. Darviche

  • Molecular phylogenies in the genus Mus: Comparative analysis of electrophoretic, scnDNA hybridization, and mtDNA RFLP data

    J. X. She;F. Bonhomme;P. Boursot;L. Thaler

  • Origin and radiation of the house mouse: clues from nuclear genes

    W. Din;R. Anand;P. Boursot;D. Darviche

  • Evolutionary correlation between control region sequence and restriction polymorphisms in the mitochondrial genome of a large Senegalese Mandenka sample.

    L Graven;G Passarino;O Semino;P Boursot

  • Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I in tetranychid mites: a comparison between molecular phylogeny and changes of morphological and life history traits

    Maria Navajas;Jean Gutierrez;Jacques Lagnel;Pierre Boursot

  • Counterselection on sex chromosomes in the Mus musculus European hybrid zone

    Barbara Dod;Lars S. Jermiin;Pierre Boursot;Verne H. Chapman

  • Recurrent Introgression of Mitochondrial DNA Among Hares (Lepus spp.) Revealed by Species-Tree Inference and Coalescent Simulations

    J. Melo-Ferreira;J. Melo-Ferreira;P. Boursot;M. Carneiro;P. J. Esteves

  • The rise and fall of the mountain hare (Lepus timidus) during Pleistocene glaciations: expansion and retreat with hybridization in the Iberian Peninsula.

    J. Melo-Ferreira;J. Melo-Ferreira;P. Boursot;E. Randi;A. Kryukov

  • Postzygotic isolation between the two European subspecies of the house mouse: estimates from fertility patterns in wild and laboratory-bred hybrids

    Janice Britton-Davidian;Fabienne Fel-Clair;Joëlle Lopez;Paul Alibert

  • Absence of Y-chromosome introgression across the hybrid zone between Mus musculus domesticus and Mus musculus musculus.

    F. Vanlerberghe;B. Dod;P. Boursot;M. Bellis

  • Recombination explains isochores in mammalian genomes

    Juan Ignacio Montoya-Burgos;Pierre Boursot;Nicolas Galtier

  • Inferences of selection and migration in the Danish house mouse hybrid zone

    Nathalie Raufaste;Annie Orth;Khalid Belkhir;David Senet

  • Discordant Phylogeographic Patterns Between the Y Chromosome and Mitochondrial DNA in the House Mouse: Selection on the Y Chromosome?

    Stéphane Boissinot;Pierre Boursot

Frequent Co-Authors

François Bonhomme
François Bonhomme University of Montpellier
Paulo C. Alves
Paulo C. Alves University of Porto
Franz Suchentrunk
Franz Suchentrunk University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Nuno Ferrand
Nuno Ferrand University of Porto
Maria Navajas
Maria Navajas Montpellier SupAgro
Nicolas Galtier
Nicolas Galtier University of Montpellier
Kazuo Moriwaki
Kazuo Moriwaki National Institute of Genetics
Dustin J. Penn
Dustin J. Penn University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Michael W. Nachman
Michael W. Nachman University of California, Berkeley
Gary A. Churchill
Gary A. Churchill The Jackson Laboratory

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