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Thomas Bataillon

Thomas Bataillon

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
9056
World Ranking
17199
National Ranking
188

Overview

Thomas Bataillon is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and works primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Genetics and Molecular Biology as subfields. Their research spans other areas such as Plant Science, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. The scientist's work covers a variety of main topics including Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Genetic diversity and population structure, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations.

The scientist has contributed to a number of publications, frequently collaborating with other researchers. Regular co-authors include:

  • Mikkel Heide Schierup
  • Christina Hvilsom
  • Søren Besenbacher
  • Bodil Ehlers
  • Lukas F. K. Kuderna

Thomas Bataillon has published extensively across multiple venues. The most frequent publishers of their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Evolution Letters
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Science
  • New Phytologist

Selected recent papers illustrate the scope of their research interests. These include:

  • Evolutionary genomics can improve prediction of species' responses to climate change, Evolution Letters, 2020
  • A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species, Science, 2023
  • The landscape of tolerated genetic variation in humans and primates, Science, 2023
  • Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes, Nature, 2023
  • Dioecy Is Associated with High Genetic Diversity and Adaptation Rates in the Plant Genus Silene, Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2020

The research focus of Thomas Bataillon integrates large-scale genomics, evolutionary patterns, and genetic diversity both in plants and animals, often targeting understanding mechanisms of adaptation and genetic constraint across species.

Best Publications

  • Grinding up Wheat: A Massive Loss of Nucleotide Diversity Since Domestication

    Annabelle Haudry;Alberto Cenci;C. Ravel;Thomas Bataillon

  • Distribution of fitness effects among beneficial mutations before selection in experimental populations of bacteria

    Rees Kassen;Thomas Bataillon

  • Evolutionary genomics can improve prediction of species’ responses to climate change

    Ann-Marie Waldvogel;Barbara Feldmeyer;Gregor Rolshausen;Moises Exposito-Alonso

  • Whole-genome nucleotide diversity, recombination, and linkage disequilibrium in the model legume Medicago truncatula

    Antoine Branca;Timothy D. Paape;Peng Zhou;Roman Briskine

  • MSTRAT: An Algorithm for Building Germ Plasm Core Collections by Maximizing Allelic or Phenotypic Richness

    B Gouesnard;T M Bataillon;G Decoux;C Rozale

  • How Does Self-Pollination Evolve? Inferences from Floral Ecology and Molecular Genetic Variation

    Daniel J. Schoen;Martin T. Morgan;Thomas Bataillon

  • A comparative view of the evolution of grasses under domestication.

    Sylvain Glémin;Thomas Bataillon;Thomas Bataillon

  • GC-Content evolution in bacterial genomes: the biased gene conversion hypothesis expands.

    Florent Lassalle;Séverine Périan;Thomas Bataillon;Xavier Nesme

  • The making of a new pathogen: Insights from comparative population genomics of the domesticated wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola and its wild sister species

    Eva H. Stukenbrock;Thomas Bataillon;Julien Y. Dutheil;Troels T. Hansen

  • Microbial community assembly and evolution in subseafloor sediment

    Piotr Starnawski;Thomas Bataillon;Thijs J. G. Ettema;Lara M. Jochum

  • Nested core collections maximizing genetic diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Heather I. McKhann;Christine Camilleri;Aurélie Bérard;Thomas Bataillon

  • Neutral Genetic Markers and Conservation Genetics: Simulated Germplasm Collections

    Thomas M. Bataillon;Thomas M. Bataillon;Jacques L. David;Daniel J. Schoen

  • Analysis of population structure in autotetraploid species.

    Joëlle Ronfort;Eric Jenczewski;Thomas Bataillon;François Rousset

  • Inbreeding depression due to mildly deleterious mutations in finite populations: size does matter.

    Thomas Bataillon;Mark A Kirkpatrick

  • Direct Estimation of Mutation Rate for 10 Microsatellite Loci in Durum Wheat, Triticum turgidum (L.) Thell. ssp durum desf

    Anne-Céline Thuillet;David Bru;Jacques David;Pierre Roumet

  • Inference of Distribution of Fitness Effects and Proportion of Adaptive Substitutions from Polymorphism Data.

    Paula Tataru;Maéva Mollion;Sylvain Glémin;Sylvain Glémin;Thomas Bataillon

  • Molecular Footprints of Local Adaptation in Two Mediterranean Conifers

    Delphine Grivet;Federico Sebastiani;Federico Sebastiani;Ricardo Alía;Ricardo Alía;Thomas Bataillon

  • The properties of adaptive walks in evolving populations of fungus.

    Sijmen E. Schoustra;Thomas Bataillon;Thomas Bataillon;Danna R. Gifford;Rees Kassen

  • The evolution of self-fertilization in perennials.

    Martin T. Morgan;Daniel J. Schoen;Thomas M. Bataillon

  • RATES OF FITNESS DECLINE AND REBOUND SUGGEST PERVASIVE EPISTASIS

    L Perfeito;A Sousa;T Bataillon;I Gordo

Frequent Co-Authors

Sylvain Glémin
Sylvain Glémin University of Rennes
Mikkel H. Schierup
Mikkel H. Schierup Aarhus University
Daniel J. Schoen
Daniel J. Schoen McGill University
Nicolas Galtier
Nicolas Galtier University of Montpellier
Jesper Givskov Sørensen
Jesper Givskov Sørensen Aarhus University
Martin Holmstrup
Martin Holmstrup Aarhus University
Dominique Brunel
Dominique Brunel INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Jeffrey D. Jensen
Jeffrey D. Jensen Arizona State University
Claus Beier
Claus Beier University of Copenhagen
Andreas Schramm
Andreas Schramm Aarhus University

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