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Sylvain Dubey is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research focuses on a variety of topics within environmental science, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. This interdisciplinary approach spans several subfields including global and planetary change, molecular biology, genetics, ecological modeling, and plant science.

The scientist's primary topics of work include amphibian and reptile biology, species distribution and climate change, genetic diversity and population structure, identification and quantification in food, turtle biology and conservation, melanin and skin pigmentation, as well as biochemical analysis and sensing techniques.

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • melanin and skin pigmentation
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques

Sylvain Dubey has published frequently with co-authors including Christophe Dufresnes, Olga Dubey, Katia Gindro, Nicolas Perrin, and Pierre-André Crochet. The collaboration with Christophe Dufresnes is notably frequent, involving eight joint publications.

  • Christophe Dufresnes
  • Olga Dubey
  • Katia Gindro
  • Nicolas Perrin
  • Pierre-André Crochet

The scientist has contributed to journals such as PhytoFrontiers™, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Global Change Biology. PhytoFrontiers™ and Biological Journal of the Linnean Society have hosted multiple publications by them.

  • PhytoFrontiers™
  • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Global Change Biology

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Piecing the barcoding puzzle of Palearctic water frogs (Pelophylax) sheds light on amphibian biogeography and global invasions", 2024, Global Change Biology
  • "Decoding the Evolution of Melanin in Vertebrates", 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Mass of genes rather than master genes underlie the genomic architecture of amphibian speciation", 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Integrating hybrid zone analyses in species delimitation: lessons from two anuran radiations of the Western Mediterranean", 2020, Heredity
  • "The effect of phylogeographic history on species boundaries: a comparative framework in Hyla tree frogs", 2020, Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Molecular phylogenetics of shrews (Mammalia: Soricidae) reveal timing of transcontinental colonizations

    Sylvain Dubey;Nicolas Salamin;Satoshi D. Ohdachi;Patrick Barrière

  • Pliocene and Pleistocene diversification and multiple refugia in a Eurasian shrew (Crocidura suaveolens group).

    Sylvain Dubey;Mikhail Zaitsev;Jean-François Cosson;Ablimit Abdukadier

  • Mitochondrial and nuclear phylogeny of circum-Mediterranean tree frogs from the Hyla arborea group

    Matthias Stöck;Sylvain Dubey;Cornelya Klütsch;Spartak N. Litvinchuk

  • Invader immunology: invasion history alters immune system function in cane toads (Rhinella marina) in tropical Australia

    Gregory P. Brown;Benjamin L. Phillips;Sylvain Dubey;Richard Shine

  • Evolutionary and biomedical consequences of internal melanins.

    Sylvain Dubey;Alexandre Roulin

  • Origin of the parasites of an invading species, the Australian cane toad (Bufo marinus): are the lungworms Australian or American?

    Sylvain Dubey;Richard Shine

  • Molecular cophylogenetic relationships between European bats and their ectoparasitic mites (Acari, Spinturnicidae).

    Nadia Bruyndonckx;Sylvain Dubey;Manuel Ruedi;Philippe Christe

  • Decoding the Evolution of Melanin in Vertebrates.

    Maria E. McNamara;Valentina Rossi;Tiffany S. Slater;Chris S. Rogers

  • Fifteen shades of green: The evolution of Bufotes toads revisited.

    Christophe Dufresnes;Glib Mazepa;Daniel Jablonski;Ricardo Caliari Oliveira

  • Landscape genetics of the Alpine newt (Mesotriton alpestris) inferred from a strip-based approach

    Guillaume Emaresi;Jérôme Pellet;Sylvain Dubey;Alexandre H. Hirzel

  • Biogeographic origin and radiation of the Old World crocidurine shrews (Mammalia: Soricidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear genes.

    Sylvain Dubey;Nicolas Salamin;Manuel Ruedi;Patrick Barrière

  • Male-biased dispersal in a tropical Australian snake (Stegonotus cucullatus, Colubridae).

    S. Dubey;G. P. Brown;T. Madsen;R. Shine

  • Molecular evolution of Azagny virus, a newfound hantavirus harbored by the West African pygmy shrew (Crocidura obscurior) in Côte d’Ivoire

    Hae Ji Kang;Blaise Kadjo;Sylvain Dubey;François Jacquet

  • Mass of genes rather than master genes underlie the genomic architecture of amphibian speciation

    Christophe Dufresnes;Alan Brelsford;Daniel L Jeffries;Glib Mazepa;Glib Mazepa

  • HOMOLOGOUS SEX CHROMOSOMES IN THREE DEEPLY DIVERGENT ANURAN SPECIES

    Alan Brelsford;Matthias Stöck;Matthias Stöck;Caroline Betto-Colliard;Sylvain Dubey

  • Restricted dispersal and genetic diversity in populations of an endangered montane lizard (Eulamprus leuraensis, Scincidae).

    Sylvain Dubey;Richard Shine

  • False phylogenies on wood mice due to cryptic cytochrome-b pseudogene.

    Sylvain Dubey;Johan Michaux;Harald Brünner;Rainer Hutterer

  • Integrating hybrid zone analyses in species delimitation: lessons from two anuran radiations of the Western Mediterranean.

    Christophe Dufresnes;Manon Pribille;Bérénice Alard;Helena Gonçalves

  • Molecular evidence of Pleistocene bidirectional faunal exchange between Europe and the Near East: the case of the bicoloured shrew (Crocidura leucodon, Soricidae)

    S. Dubey;J.-F. Cosson;V. Vohralík;B. Kryštufek

  • Phylogeography of a cryptic speciation continuum in Eurasian spadefoot toads (Pelobates)

    Christophe Dufresnes;Christophe Dufresnes;Ilias Strachinis;Nataliia Suriadna;Galyna Mykytynets

  • Mediterranean populations of the lesser white‐toothed shrew (Crocidura suaveolens group): an unexpected puzzle of Pleistocene survivors and prehistoric introductions

    S. Dubey;J.F. Cosson;E. Magnanou;V. Vohralík

  • Melanism, body condition and elevational distribution in the asp viper

    B. Castella;J. Golay;J.‐C. Monney;P. Golay

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Shine
Richard Shine Macquarie University
Nicolas Perrin
Nicolas Perrin University of Lausanne
Luca Fumagalli
Luca Fumagalli University of Lausanne
Gregory P. Brown
Gregory P. Brown Macquarie University
Alexandre Roulin
Alexandre Roulin University of Lausanne
Nicolas Salamin
Nicolas Salamin University of Lausanne
Philippe Christe
Philippe Christe University of Lausanne
Thomas Madsen
Thomas Madsen Deakin University
Mathieu Denoël
Mathieu Denoël University of Liège
Jean-François Cosson
Jean-François Cosson INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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