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Pierre Saumitou-Laprade

Pierre Saumitou-Laprade

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Biology and Biochemistry

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47
Citations
8085
World Ranking
18707
National Ranking
861

Overview

Pierre Saumitou-Laprade is affiliated with the University of Lille in France. Their research focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these primary disciplines, their work extends into several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Plant Science.

Their research topics cover a broad range within plant biology and ecology. Key areas include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control

Pierre Saumitou-Laprade has contributed to a number of scholarly articles published in respected venues. Selected recent papers include:

  • Genetic Mapping of the Incompatibility Locus in Olive and Development of a Linked Sequence-Tagged Site Marker, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Diallelic self-incompatibility is the main determinant of fertilization patterns in olive orchards, 2020, Evolutionary Applications
  • Widespread coexistence of self-compatible and self-incompatible phenotypes in a diallelic self-incompatibility system in Ligustrum vulgare (Oleaceae), 2021, Heredity
  • The homomorphic self-incompatibility system in Oleaceae is controlled by a hemizygous genomic region expressing a gibberellin pathway gene, 2024, Current Biology
  • Genetic mapping of sex and self-incompatibility determinants in the androdioecious plant Phillyrea angustifolia, 2021, Peer Community Journal

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Philippe Vernet
  • Cécile Godé
  • Sylvain Billiard
  • Roberto Mariotti
  • Soraya Mousavi

Common publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Evolutionary Applications
  • Current Biology
  • Heredity

Best Publications

  • Ligand binding was acquired during evolution of nuclear receptors

    Hector Escriva;Rachid Safi;Catherine Hänni;Marie-Claire Langlois

  • Forms of zinc accumulated in the hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri.

    Géraldine Sarret;Pierre Saumitou-Laprade;Valérie Bert;Olivier Proux

  • Do Arabidopsis halleri from nonmetallicolous populations accumulate zinc and cadmium more effectively than those from metallicolous populations

    Valérie Bert;Isabelle I. Bonnin;Pierre Saumitou-Laprade;Patrick P. De Laguérie

  • A Major Quantitative Trait Locus for Cadmium Tolerance in Arabidopsis halleri Colocalizes with HMA4, a Gene Encoding a Heavy Metal ATPase

    Mikael Courbot;Glenda Willems;Patrick Motte;Samuel Arvidsson

  • Two genes encoding Arabidopsis halleri MTP1 metal transport proteins co‐segregate with zinc tolerance and account for high MTP1 transcript levels

    Dörthe B. Dräger;Anne-Garlonn Desbrosses-Fonrouge;Christian Krach;Agnes N. Chardonnens

  • 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

  • Zinc tolerance and accumulation in metallicolous and nonmetallicolous populations of Arabidopsis halleri (Brassicaceae).

    V. Bert;M. R. Macnair;P. De Laguerie;P. Saumitou-Laprade

  • Zinc tolerance and hyperaccumulation are genetically independent characters.

    Mark R. Macnair;Valerie Bert;Valerie Bert;Simone B. Huitson;Pierre Saumitou-Laprade

  • The origin and evolution of weed beets: consequences for the breeding and release of herbicide-resistant transgenic sugar beets.

    P. Boudry;M. Mörchen;P. Saumitou-Laprade;Ph. Vernet

  • Genetic basis of Cd tolerance and hyperaccumulation in Arabidopsis halleri

    Valérie Bert;Pierre Jacques Meerts;Pierre Saumitou-Laprade;Pietrino Salis

  • The Genetic Basis of Zinc Tolerance in the Metallophyte Arabidopsis halleri ssp. halleri (Brassicaceae): An Analysis of Quantitative Trait Loci

    Glenda Willems;Dörthe B. Dräger;Mikael Courbot;Cécile Godé

  • Genetic diversity and gene flow between wild, cultivated and weedy forms of Beta vulgaris L. (Chenopodiaceae), assessed by RFLP and microsatellite markers

    B. Desplanque;P. Boudry;K. Broomberg;P. Saumitou-Laprade

  • Multiple origin of metallicolous populations of the pseudometallophyte Arabidopsis halleri (Brassicaceae) in central Europe: the cpDNA testimony

    Maxime Pauwels;Pierre Saumitou-Laprade;Anne Catherine Holl;Daniel Petit

  • Cytoplasmic male sterility in plants: molecular evidence and the nucleocytoplasmic conflict.

    Pierre Saumitou-Laprade;Joël Cuguen;Philippe Vernet

  • The five AhMTP1 zinc transporters undergo different evolutionary fates towards adaptive evolution to zinc tolerance in Arabidopsis halleri.

    Zaigham Shahzad;Françoise Gosti;Hélène Frérot;Eric Lacombe

  • CATION EXCHANGER1 Cosegregates with Cadmium Tolerance in the Metal Hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri and Plays a Role in Limiting Oxidative Stress in Arabidopsis Spp.

    Cecilia Baliardini;Claire-Lise Meyer;Pietrino Salis;Pierre Saumitou-Laprade

  • A broad-scale analysis of population differentiation for Zn tolerance in an emerging model species for tolerance study: Arabidopsis halleri (Brassicaceae).

    Maxime Pauwels;Hélène Frérot;Isabelle Bonnin;Pierre Saumitou-Laprade

  • Zinc distribution and speciation in Arabidopsis halleri × Arabidopsis lyrata progenies presenting various zinc accumulation capacities

    Géraldine Sarret;Glenda Willems;Marie-Pierre Isaure;Matthew A. Marcus

  • Does Speciation between Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis lyrata Coincide with Major Changes in a Molecular Target of Adaptation

    Camille Roux;Vincent Castric;Maxime Pauwels;Stephen I. Wright

  • Using Arabidopsis to explore zinc tolerance and hyperaccumulation.

    Nancy H.C.J. Roosens;Glenda Willems;Pierre Saumitou-Laprade

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathalie Verbruggen
Nathalie Verbruggen Université Libre de Bruxelles
Myriam Valero
Myriam Valero Sorbonne University
Jacques Lepart
Jacques Lepart Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Géraldine Sarret
Géraldine Sarret Grenoble Alpes University
Jörg T. Epplen
Jörg T. Epplen Ruhr University Bochum
Xavier Vekemans
Xavier Vekemans University of Lille
Matthew A. Marcus
Matthew A. Marcus Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Alain Manceau
Alain Manceau École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Pierre Boudry
Pierre Boudry French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Pierre Jacques Meerts
Pierre Jacques Meerts Université Libre de Bruxelles

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