Sylvain Charlat, publications
Contact: sylvain.charlat@gmail.com
Publications:
- Charlat, S. & Merçot, H. (2000). Wolbachia trends. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 15: 438-440.
- Charlat, S., Thatcher, O. R., Hartmann, N., Patel, Y., Saillan, M. & Vooren, E. (2000). Survey of Alouatta palliata at the Bilsa biological reserve, north-west Ecuador. Neotropical Primates 8.
- Charlat, S., Bourtzis, K. & Merçot, H. (2001). Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility. Symbiosis: mechanisms and model systems. J. Seckbach. Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publisher: 621-644.
- Charlat, S., Calmet, C. & Merçot, H. (2001). On the mod resc model and the evolution of Wolbachia compatibility types. Genetics 159: 1415-22.
- Charlat, S. & Merçot, H. (2001). Cytoplasmic incompatibility and maternal-haploid. Trends in Genetics 17: 440-1.
- Charlat, S. & Merçot, H. (2001). Wolbachia and recombination. Trends in Genetics 17: 493.
- Charlat, S. & Merçot, H. (2001). Did Wolbachia cross the border? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 16: 540-541.
- Charlat, S. & Merçot, H. (2001). Wolbachia, mitochondria and sterility. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 16: 431-432.
- Charlat, S. (2002). Evolution de l’incompatibilité cytoplasmique associée à la bactérie Wolbachia, PhD Thesis, Universite Paris 6.
- Charlat, S. & Merçot, H. (2002). True parthenogenesis induction or successful feminization? Trends in Genetics 18: 70-71.
- Charlat, S., Nirgianaki, A., Bourtzis, K. & Mercot, H. (2002). Evolution of Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila simulans and D. sechellia. Evolution 56: 1735-42.
- Charlat, S., Bonnavion, P. & Mercot, H. (2003). Wolbachia segregation dynamics and levels of cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila sechellia. Heredity 90: 157-61.
- Charlat, S., Hurst, G. D. D. & Mercot, H. (2003). Evolutionary consequences of Wolbachia infections. Trends Genet 19: 217-23.
- Charlat, S., Le Chat, L. & Merçot, H. (2003). Characterization of non-cytoplasmic incompatibility inducing Wolbachia in two continental African populations of Drosophila simulans. Heredity 90: 49-55.
- Poinsot, D., Charlat, S. & Mercot, H. (2003). On the mechanism of Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility: confronting the models with the facts. Bioessays 25: 259-65.
- Charlat, S., Ballard, J. W. & Mercot, H. (2004). What maintains noncytoplasmic incompatibility inducing Wolbachia in their hosts: a case study from a natural Drosophila yakuba population. J Evol Biol 17: 322-30.
- Charlat, S., Riegler, M., Baures, I., Poinsot, D., Stauffer, C. & Mercot, H. (2004). Incipient evolution of Wolbachia compatibility types. Evolution 58: 1901-8.
- Mercot, H. & Charlat, S. (2004). Wolbachia infections in Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans: polymorphism and levels of cytoplasmic incompatibility. Genetica 120: 51-9.
- Riegler, M., Charlat, S., Stauffer, C. & Merçot, H. (2004). Wolbachia transfer from Rhagoletis cerasi to Drosophila simulans: investigating the outcomes of host-symbiont coevolution. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70: 273-279.
- Zabalou, S., Charlat, S., Nirgianaki, A., Lachaise, D., Mercot, H. & Bourtzis, K. (2004). Natural Wolbachia infections in the Drosophila yakuba species complex do not induce cytoplasmic incompatibility but fully rescue the wRi modification. Genetics 167: 827-34.
- Charlat, S., Calmet, C., Andrieu, O. & Mercot, H. (2005). Exploring the evolution of Wolbachia compatibility types: a simulation approach. Genetics 170: 495-507.
- Charlat, S., Hornett, E. A., Dyson, E. A., Ho, P. P., Loc, N. T., Schilthuizen, M., Davies, N., Roderick, G. K. & Hurst, G. D. D. (2005). Prevalence and penetrance variation of male-killing Wolbachia across Indo-Pacific populations of the butterfly Hypolimnas bolina. Mol Ecol 14: 3525-30.
- Veneti, Z., Reuter, M., Montenegro, H., Hornett, E. A., Charlat, S. & Hurst, G. D. D. (2005). Interactions between inherited bacteria and their hosts: The Wolbachia paradigm. The Influence of Cooperative Bacteria on Animal Host Biology. M. J. McFall Ngai, B. Henderson and E. G. Ruby, Cambridge University Press: 119-141.
- Charlat, S., Engelstadter, J., Dyson, E. A., Hornett, E. A., Duplouy, A., Tortosa, P., Davies, N., Roderick, G. K., Wedell, N. & Hurst, G. D. (2006). Competing selfish genetic elements in the butterfly Hypolimnas bolina. Curr Biol 16: 2453-8. (Supplementary material)
- Engelstädter, J., Charlat, S., Pomiankowski, A. & Hurst, G. D. D.
- Engelstädter, J. & Charlat, S. (2006). Outbreeding selects for spiteful cytoplasmic elements. Proc Biol Sci 273: 923-9.
- Hornett, E. A., Charlat, S., Duplouy, A. M. R., Davies, N., Roderick, G. K., Wedell, N. & Hurst, G. D. D. (2006). Evolution of Male Killer Suppression in a Natural Population. PLoS Biol 4: 1643-1648.
- Charlat, S., Davies, N., Roderick, G. K. & Hurst, G. D. (2007). Disrupting the timing of Wolbachia-induced male-killing. Biol Lett 3: 154-156.
- Charlat, S., Hornett, E. A., Fullard, J. H., Davies, N., Roderick, G. K., Wedell, N. & Hurst, G. D. (2007). Extraordinary flux in sex ratio. Science 317: 214. (Supplementary material)
- Charlat, S., Reuter, M., Dyson, E. A., Hornett, E. A., Duplouy, A., Davies, N., Roderick, G. K., Wedell, N. & Hurst, G. D. (2007). Male-killing bacteria trigger a cycle of increasing male fatigue and female promiscuity. Curr Biol 17: 273-7.
- Gavotte, L., Henri, H., Stouthamer, R., Charif, D., Charlat, S., Bouletreau, M. & Vavre, F. (2007). A Survey of the bacteriophage WO in the endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia. Mol Biol Evol 24: 427-35.
- Van Gossum, H., Beatty, C. D., Charlat, S., Waqa, H., Markwell, T., Skevington, J. H., Tuiwawa, M. & Sherratt, T. N. (2007). Male rarity and putative sex-role reversal in a Fijian Islands community of damselflies (Odonata). 23: 591-598.
- Hornett, E.A., Duplouy A.M.R., Davies, N. Roderick, G.K., Wedell, N., Hurst, G.D.D., Charlat, S. 2008. You can't keep a good parasite down: evolution of a male-killer suppressor uncovers cytoplasmic incompatibility. Evolution, 62:1258-1263.
- Duplouy, A., Vermenot, C., Davies, C., Roderick, G., Hurst, G.D.D., & Charlat, S. 2009. Assessing risks of Wolbachia DNA cross-species contamination following mass collection and ethanol storage. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9:46:50.
- Charlat, S., Duplouy, A., Hornett, E.A., Dyson, E.A., Davies, N., Roderick, G.K., Wedell, N. & Hurst, G.D.D. 2009. The joint evolutionary histories of Wolbachia and mitochondria in Hypolimnas bolina. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9:64.
Media coverage:
Media coverage for Charlat et al 2007 (Current Biology) - includes :
- The times online :
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1336873.ece
- New scientist :
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11111-malekiller-makes-female-butterflies-promiscuous.html
- Scientific American :
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleid=941B5AC3-E7F2-99DF-34DEBBD567D6DE0A&chanId=sa022
- National Public Radio (Radio interview)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7316538&ft=1&f=1
Media coverage for Charlat et al 2007 (Science) - includes:
- National Geographic
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/pf/68931482.html
- The Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article2765561.ece
- BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6896753.stm