Permanent staff

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Education

- Master in Ecology and Evolution, University Montpellier II, France, 1994

- PhD University of Burgundy, 2000

- HDR University of Montpellier II, 2013

- Postdoctoral studies, University of Madison, Wisconsin, 2001-2003

Research

My research focuses on studying how evolutionary processes shaped population and genome diversity. We focus primarily on cultivated crops and their wild relatives. With cultivated crops, we have also to understand how human activities and historical events shaped their diversity.

Main projects

Domestication and crop diversity

The development of different civilizations is tightly linked to the evolution of agriculture. Domestication is the process that led to crop we all know today, but which could be sparkly different from their original wild ancestor. Understanding domestication is both a documentation of the geographical origin and history of human societies who cultivated them, but also a window on the genetic bases of major changes in the plant morphology and phenology on a short time scale.

Genetic bases of adaptation and global changes

During and after domestication, plants adapt to different soils and climates. We are analyzing how this process shaped the genome of cultivated species. We use molecular evolution, detection of selection approach, association mapping and QTL analysis to decipher the genetic bases of adaptation. One of our current research focus on adaption to climate variation.

Publication

2020

Le Corre V, Siol M, Vigouroux Y, Tenaillon MI, Délye C. Adaptive introgression from maize has facilitated the establishment of teosinte as a noxious weed in Europe. PNAS 117: 25618-25627.

Rhoné B, Defrance D, Berthouly-Salazar C, Mariac C, Cubry P, Couderc M, Dequincey A, Assoumane A, Kane N, Sultan B, Barnaud A, Vigouroux Y (2020) Pearl millet genomic vulnerability to climate change in West Africa highlights the need for regional collaboration. Nature Communication. Submitted.

Cubry P, Pidon H, Nhung Ta K, Tranchant-Dubreuil C, Thuillet AC, Holzinger M, Adam H, Kam H, Chrestin H, Ghesquière A, François O, Sabot F, Vigouroux Y, Albar L, Jouannic Z (2020) Genome wide association study pinpoints key agronomic QTLs in African rice Oryza glaberrima. RICE. 13(1):66. doi: 10.1186/s12284-020-00424-1.

Abrouk M, Ibrahim Ahmed H, Cubry P, Šimoníková D, Cauet S, Bettgenhaeuser J, Gapa L, Pailles Y, Scarcelli N , Couderc M, Zekraoui L, Kathiresan N, Čížková J, Hřibová E, Dolezel J, Arribat S, Bergès H, Wieringa J, Gueye M, Kane N, Leclerc C, Causse S, Vancoppenolle C , Billot C , Wicker T, Vigouroux Y, Barnaud A, Krattinger S (2020) Fonio millet genome unlocks African orphan crop diversity for agriculture in a changing climate. Nature Communication 11:4488. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18329-4.

Olodo KF, Barnaud A, Kane NA, Mariac C, Faye A, Couderc M, Zekraouï L, Dequincey A, Diouf D, Vigouroux Y, Berthouly-Salazar C (2020) Abandonment of pearl millet cropping and homogenization of its diversity over a 40 year period in Senegal. PlosOne

Grondin A, Affortit P, Tranchant-Dubreuil C, de la Fuente Cantó C, Mariac C, Gantet P, Vadez V, Vigouroux Y, Laplaze L (2020) Aquaporins are main contributors of root hydraulic conductivity in pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L) R. Br.]. PlosOne https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233481

François O, Cubry P, Burgarella C, Vigouroux Y (2020) Coalescent Models of Demographic History: Application to Plant Domestication. Springer Book Chapter.

Diack O, Kanfany G, Codou Gueye M, Sy O, Fofana A, Tall H, Serba DD, Zekraoui L, Berthouly-Salazar C, Vigouroux Y, Diouf D, Kane NA (2020) GWAS unveils features between early- and late-flowering pearl millets. BMC genomics. In revision.

2019

Fustier MA, Martinez-Ainsworth NE, Aguirre-Liguori JA, Venon A, Corti H, Rousselet A , Dumas F, Dittberner H, Camarena MG, Grimanelli D, Ovaskainen O, Falque M, Moreau L , de Meaux J, Montes-Hernandez S, Eguiarte LE, Vigouroux Y, Manicacci D, Tenaillon MI (2019) Common gardens in teosintes reveal the establishment of a syndrome of adaptation to altitude. PLoS Genet. 15, e1008512

Tournebize R, Poncet V, Jakobsson M, Vigouroux Y, Manel S (2019) McSwan: a joint site frequency spectrum method to detect and date selective sweeps across multiple population genomes. Molecular Ecology Ressource 19: 283-295.

Vigouroux Y, Leclerc C, de Haan S (2019) How does population genetics contribute to an understanding of the evolution of agrobiodiversity. Agrobiodiversity: Integrating Knowledge for a sustainable future; Zimmer KS, de Haan S edition, MIT press. Pp 63-78.

Mercer KL, Vigouroux Y, Castaneda-Alvarez NP, de Haan S, Hijmans RJ, Leclerc C, McKey D, Vanek SJ (2019) Crop evolutionary history: genetic and functionnal dimension of agrobiodiversity and associated knowledge. Agrobiodiversity: Integrating Knowledge for a sustainable future; Zimmer KS, de Haan S edition, MIT press. Pp 21-62.

Olodo KF, Gueye MC, Calatayud C, Diop BM, Kane NA, Ngom A, Ntui VO, Barreto MMS, Uyoh EA, Abraham S, Vigouroux Y, Billot C, Barnaud A (2019) EST-SSR development for Digitaria exilis (Poaceae) and its relatives D. iburua and D. longiflora from transcriptome sequences. Plant Genetic Ressource. 17: 280-284

Scarcelli N, Cubry P, Akakpo R, Thuillet AC, Obidiegwu J, Baco MN, Otoo E, Sonké B, Dansi A, Djedatin G, Mariac C, Couderc M, Causse S, Alix K, Chaïr H, François O, Vigouroux Y (2019) Yam genomics supports a cradle of Africancrops domestication in West Africa. Science Advances. 5: eaaw1947.

Bethune K, Cedric M, Couderc M, Scarcelli N, Santoni S, Ardisson M, Martin JF, Montufar R, Valentin K, Sabot F, Vigouroux Y, Couvreur LPT (2019) Long-fragment targeted capture for long read sequencing of plastomes. Applications in Plants Sciences. 7 : e1243.

Magwé-Tindo J, Wieringa JJ, Sonké B, Zapfack L, Vigouroux Y, Couvreur TLP, Scarcelli N, (2019) Complete plastome sequences of 14 African yam species (Dioscorea spp.). Mitochondrial DNA part B 4: 74-76.

Varshney RK, Thudi M, Roorkiwal M, He W, Upadhyaya HD, Yang W, Bajaj P, Cubry P, Rathore A, Jian J, Doddamani D, Khan AW, Garg V, Chitikineni A, Xu D, Gaur PM, Singh NP, Chaturvedi SK, Krishnamurthy L, Fikre A, Kimurto P, Sheshashayee MS, Bharadwaj C, Wang J, Lee SH, Edwards D, Kavikishor PB, Nguyen HT, Siddique KHM, Sutton T, Penmetsa RV, von Wettberg E, Vigouroux Y, Liu X, Xun X (2019) Whole genome resequencing of reference set provides insights into genomediversity and candidate regions for domestication, post-domesticationdiversification and agronomic traits in chickpea. Nature Genetics. 51 : 857-864.

Burgarella C, Barnaud A, Kane NA, Jankowsky F, Scarcelli N, Billot C, Vigouroux Y, Berthouly-Salazar C (2019) Adaptive introgression: an untapped evolutionary mechanism for crop adaptation. Frontier in Plant Science. 10:4.

2018

Assoumane A, Blay C, Sanda AA, Mariac C, Pham JL, Bezançon G, Vigouroux Y (2018) Wild crop relative populations hot-spots of diversity are hot-spots of introgression in the case of pearl millet. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 65:1187-1194.

Burgarella C, Cubry P, Kane NA, Varshney RK, Mariac C, Liu X, Shi C, Thudi M, Couderc M, Xu X, Chitikineni A, Scarcelli N, Barnaud A, Rhoné B, Dupuy C, François O, Berthouly-Salazar C, Vigouroux Y (2018) A western Sahara origin of African agricultureinferred from pearl millet genomes. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2:1377-1380.

Cubry P, Vigouroux Y (2018) Population Genomics of Crop Domestication:Current State and Perspectives, in: SpringerLink pp 1–23.

Cubry P, Tranchant-Dubreuil C, Thuillet AC, Monat C, Ndjiondjop MN, Labadie MN, Cruaud C, Engelen S, Scarcelli N, Rhoné B, Burgarella C, Dupuy C, Larmande P, Wincker P, François O, Sabot F, Vigouroux Y (2018) The rise and fall of African rice cultivationrevealed by analysis of 246 new genomes. Current Biology 28:2274-2282.e6.

Debieu M, Sine B, Passot S, Grondin A, Akata E, Gangashetty PI, Vadez V, Gantet P, Foncéka D, Cournac L, Hash CT, Kane N, Vigouroux Y, Laplaze L (2018) Response to early drought stress and identification of QTLs controlling biomass production under drought in pearl millet. Plos One 13(10):e0201635.

Diop BM, Guèye MC, Agbangba C, Emile CN, Deu M, Diack O, Fofana A, Kane NA, Ndir KN, Ndoye I, Ngom A, Leclerc C, Piquet M, Vigouroux Y, Zekraoui L, Billot C, Barnaud A (2018) Fonio (Digitaria exilis (Kippist) Stapf): a socially embedded cereal for food and nutrition security in Senegal. Ethnobiology letters. In press.

Magwé-Tindo J, Wieringa JJ, Sonké B, Zapfack L, Vigouroux Y, Couvreur TLP, Scarcelli N (2019) Guinea yam (Dioscorea spp.) wild relatives identified using whole plastome phylogenetic analyses. Taxon 67(5):905-915.

Mariac C, Vigouroux Y, Duponchelle F, García-Dávila C, Nunez J, Desmarais E, Renno JF (2018) Metabarcoding by Capture using a Single COI probe (MCSP) to identify and quantify fish species in ichthyoplankton swarms. Plos One. 12-13(9):e0202976./journal.pone.0202976.

Ngom A, Gueye MC, Gueye M, Billot C, Calatayud C, Diop BM, Kane NA, Piquet M, Vigouroux Y, Zekraoui L, Mbaye MS, Noba K, Barnaud A (2018) Cross-species amplification of microsatellite loci developed for Digitaria exilis Stapf in related Digitaria species. Journal of Applied Biosciences 129:12982-12995.

2017

Akakpo R, Scarcelli N, Chaïr H, Dansi H, Djedatin G, Thuillet AC, Rhoné B, François O, Alix K, Vigouroux Y (2017) Molecular basis of African yam domestication: analyses of selection point to root development, starch biosynthesis, and photosynthesis related genes. BMC genomics. 18:782.

Ambrósio Moreira P, Mariac C, Zekraoui L, Couderc M, Garcia Luize B, Picanço DR, Clement CR, Vigouroux Y (2017) Human management and hybridization shape treegourd fruits in the Brazilian Amazon Basin. Evolutionary Applications. 10(6): 577–589.

Ambrósio Moreira P, Aguirre-Dugua X, Mariac C, Zekraoui L, Couderc M, Picanço Rodrigues D, Casas A, Clement CR, Vigouroux Y (2017) Historical dispersion of treegourd (C. cujete L., Bignoniaceae) in the Brazilian Amazon Basin. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8:139.

Barnaud A, Vigouroux Y, Diallo MT, Saidou S, Piquet M, Barry MB, Bakasso Y, Zekraoui L, Rivallan R, Kane NA, Billot C (2017) Strong selfing inferred for fonio (Digitaria exilis) reproductive system: open up opportunity for breeding programs. Plant Genet. Res. Crop. Evol. 64: 1485–1490

Cubry P, Vigouroux Y, François O (2017) The empirical distribution of singletons for geographic samples of DNA sequences. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8:139.

Clément Y, Sarah G, Holtz Y, Homa F, Pointet S, Contreras S, Nabholz B, Sabot F, Sauné L, Ardisson M, Bacilieri R, Besnard G, Berger A, Cardi C, De Bellis F, Fouet O, Jourda C, Khadari B, Lanaud C, Leroy T, Pot D, Sauvage C, Scarcelli N, Tregear J, Vigouroux Y, Yahiaoui N, Ruiz M, Santoni S, Labouisse JP, Pham JL, David J, Glémin S (2017) Evolutionary forces affecting synonymous variations in plant genomes. Plos Genetics 13(5):e1006799

Diack O, Kane NA , Berthouly-Salazar C, Guèye MC, Diop BM, Fofana A, Sy O, Tall H, Zékraoui L, Piquet M, Couderc M, Vigouroux Y, Diouf D, Barnaud A (2017) New genetic insights into pearl millet diversity as revealed by characterization of early- and late-flowering landraces from Senegal. Front. Plant Sci. 8:818

Fustier MA, Brandenburg J, Boitard S, Lapeyronnie J, Eguiarte LE, Vigouroux Y, Manicacci D, Tenaillon MI (2017). Signatures of local adaptation in lowland and highland teosintes from whole-genome sequencing of pooled samples. Molecular Ecology. 26(10):2738-2756.

Glato K, Aidam A, Kane NA, Bassirou D, Couderc M, Zekraoui L, Scarcelli N, Barnaud A, Vigouroux Y (2017) Structure of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) diversity in West Africa covaries with a climatic gradient. PLoS One 12(5):e0177697

Gros-Balthazard M, Galimberti M, Kousathanas A, Newton C, Ivorra S, Paradis L, Vigouroux Y, Carter R, Tengberg M, Battesti V, Santoni S, Falquet L, Pintaud J-C, Terral J-F, Wegmann D (2017) The discovery ofwild date palms in Oman reveals a complex domestication history involvingcenters in the Middle East and Africa. Current Biology. 27(14): 2211-2218.

Maggia ME, Vigouroux Y, Renno JF, Duponchelle F, Desmarais E , Nunez J, Garcia-Davila C, Carvajal F, Paradis E, Martin JF, Mariac C (2017) DNA metabarcoding of Amazonian ichthyoplankton swarms. PlosOne 12(1):e0170009

Moussouni S , Pintaud JC, Vigouroux Y, Bouguedoura N (2017) Diversity of Algerian oases date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L., Arecaceae): Heterozygote excess and cryptic structure suggest farmer management had a major impact on diversity. PLoS ONE 12(4):e0175232

Ndour PMS, Gueye M, Barakat M, Ortet P, Bertrand-Huleux M, Pablo AL, Dezette D, Chapuis Lardy L, Assigbetse K, Kane N, Vigouroux Y, Achouak W, Ndoye I, Heulin T, Cournac L (2017) Pearl millet genetic traits impact rhizobacterial diversity and rhizosphere soil aggregation. Front Plant Sci 8:1288

Ousseini IS, Bakasso Y, Kane NA, Couderc M, Zekraoui L, Mariac C, Manicacci D, Rhoné B, Barnaud A, Berthouly-Salazar C, Assoumane A, Moussa D, Moussa T, Vigouroux Y (2017) Myosin XI is associated with fitness and adaptation to aridity in wild pearl millet. Heredity. in press

Rhoné B, Mariac C, Couderc M, Berthouly-Salazar C, Ousseini IS, Vigouroux Y (2017) No excess of cis-regulatory variation associated with intra-specific selection in wild pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus). Genome Biology Evolution 9(2):388-397

Scarcelli N, Chaïr H, Causse S, Vesta R, Couvreur T, Vigouroux Y (2017) Crop wild relative conservation: wild yams are not that wild. Biological Conservation 210:325-333

Tournebize R, Manel S, Vigouroux Y, Munoz F, de Kochko A, Poncet V (2017) Hindcasting the past distribution of a relict species using demo-genetic modeling. PlosOne 12: e0183412.

Shi C, Mahendar Thudi, Cedric Mariac, Jason Wallace, Peng Qi, He Zhang, Yusheng Zhao, Xiyin Wang, Abhishek Rathore, Rakesh Srivastava, Annapurna Chitikineni, Guangyi Fan, Prasad Bajaj, Somashekhar Punnuri, S. Gupta, Hao Wang, Yong Jiang, Marie Couderc, Mohan Katta, Dev Paudel, K. Mungra, Wenbin Chen, Karen Harris-Shultz, Ms. Vanika Garg, Neetin Desai, Dadakhalandar Doddamani, Ndjido Kane, Joann Conner, Arindam Ghatak, Palak Chaturvedi, Shabarinath Subramaniam, Om Yadav, Cécile Berthouly-Salazar, Hamidou Falalou, Jianping Wang, Xinming Liang, Jeremy Clotault, Hari Upadhyaya, Philippe Cubry, Bénédicte Rhoné, Mame Gueye, Ramanjulu Sunkar, Christian Dupuy, Francesca Sparvoli, Shifeng Cheng, R Mahala, Bharat Singh, Rattan Yadav, Eric Lyons, Swapan Datta, C Hash, Katrien Devos, Edward Buckler, Jeffrey Bennetzen, Andrew Paterson, Peggy Ozias-Akins, Stefania Grando, Jun Wang, Trilochan Mohapatra, Wolfram Weckwerth, Jochen Reif, Xin Liu, Yves Vigouroux, Xun Xu. (2017) Pearl millet genome sequence provides a resource to improve agronomictraits in arid environments. Nature Biotechnology. 35 : 969–976.

Before 2016

Ambrósio Moreira P, Mariac C, Scarcelli N, Couderc M, Picanço Rodrigues D, Clement CR, Vigouroux Y (2016) Chloroplast sequence of treegourd (Crescentia cujete, Bignoniaceae) to study phylogeography and domestication. Application in Plant Science. 4(10):1600048

Berthouly-Salazar C, Mariac C, Couderc M, Ousseini IS, Santoni S, Tenaillon M, Vigouroux Y (2016) Strategies for detecting climate adaptations in wild pearl millet for future breeding use. In: Enhancing crop genepool use - Capturing wild relative and landrace diversity for crop improvement. Maxted N, Dulloo ME, Ford-Lloyd BV (eds.). Cabi, UK

Berthouly-Salazar C, Mariac C, Couderc M, Pouzadoux J, Floc'h JB, Vigouroux Y (2016) Genotyping-by-sequencing SNP identification for crops without a reference genome: using transcriptome based mapping as an alternative strategy. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:777

Berthouly-Salazar C, Thuillet A-C, Rhoné B, Mariac C, Salia Ousseini I, Couderc M , Tenaillon M, Vigouroux Y (2016) Genome scan reveals selection acting on genes linked to stress response in wild pearl millet. Molecular Ecology 25(21):5500-5512

Faye A, Deblauwe V, Mariac C, Richard D, Sonké B, Vigouroux Y, Couvreur TLP (2016) Phylogeography of the genus Podococcus (Palmae/Arecaceae) in Central African rain forests: Climate stability predicts unique genetic diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 105:126-138

Faye A, Pintaud JC, Baker WJ, Vigouroux Y, Sonke B, Couvreur TLP (2016) Phylogeny and diversification history of African rattans (Camamoideae, Ancistrophyllinae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 182(2):256-271

Mariac C, Ousseini IS, Alio AK, Judgé H, Pham JL, Bezançon G, Ronfort J, Descroix L, Vigouroux Y (2016) Spatial and temporal variation in selection of genes associated with pearl millet varietal quantitative traits in situ. Frontiers in Genetics 7:130

Passot S, Gnacko F, Moukouanga D, Lukas M, Guyomarc'H S, Moreno Ortega B, Atkinson J, Niang M, Bennett M, Gantet P, Wells DM, Guédon Y, Vigouroux Y, Verdeil JL, Muller B, Laplaze L (2016) Characterization of pearl millet root architecture and anatomy reveals three types of lateral roots. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:829

Sarah G, Homa F, Pointet S, Contreras S, Sabot F, Nabholz B, Santoni S, Sauné L, Ardisson M, Chantret N, Sauvage C, Tregear J, Jourda C, Pot D, Vigouroux Y, Chair H, Scarcelli N, Billot C, Yahiaoui N, Bacilieri R, Khadari B, Boccara M, Barnaud A, Péros JP, Labouisse JP, Pham JL, David J, Glémin S, Ruiz M (2016) A large set of 26 new reference transcriptomes dedicated to comparative population genomics in crops and wild relatives. Molecular Ecology Ressources. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12587

Scarcelli N, Mariac C, Couvreur TLP, Faye A, Richard D, Sabot F, Berthouly-Salazar C, Vigouroux Y (2016) Intra-individual polymorphism in chloroplasts from NGS data: where does it come from and how to handle it?. Molecular Ecology Resources 16(2):434-445

Ta KN, Sabot F, Adam H, Vigouroux Y, DeMita S, Ghesquiere A, Vinh DN, Gantet P, Jouannic S (2016) miR2118-triggered phased siRNAs are differentially expressed duringthe panicle development of wild and domesticated African rice species. Rice 9(1):10.

Moumouni KH, Kountche BA, Jean M, Hash CT, Vigouroux Y, Haussmann BIG, Belzile F (2015) Construction of a genetic map for pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br., using a genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approach. Molecular Breeding 35(5).

Bakasso Y, Zaman-Allah M, Mariac C, Billot C, Vigouroux Y, Zongo JD and Saadou M (2014) Genetic diversity and population structure of a roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) collection in Niger. Plant Genetic Resources: characterization and utilization 12(2):207-214

Mariac C, Scarcelli N, Pouzadou J, Barnaud A, Billot C, Faye A, Maillol V, Santoni S, Vigouroux Y, Couvreur TLP (2014) Cost-effective enrichment hybridization capture of chloroplast genomes at deep multiplexing levels for population genetics andphylogeography studies. Mol Ecol Res 14(6):1103-1113

Orjuela J, Sabot F, Cheron S, Vigouroux Y, Adam H, Chrestin H, Sanni K, Lorieux M, Ghesquiere A (2014) An extensive analysis of the African rice genetic diversity through a global genotyping. Theor Appl Genet 127:2211-2223

Saïdou AA,Clotault J, Couderc M, Mariac C, Devos KM, Thuillet AC, Amoukou IA, Vigouroux Y (2014) Association mapping, patterns of linkage disequilibrium and selection in the vicinity of the PHYTOCHROME C gene in pearl millet. Theo Appl Genet 127(1):19-32

Saïdou AA, Thuillet AC, Couderc M, Mariac C, Vigouroux Y (2014) Association studies including genotype by environment interactions: prospects and limits. BMC Genetics 15(3).

Kountché BA, Hash CT, Dodo H, Laoualy S, Sanogo DM, Timbeli A, Vigouroux Y, This D, Nijkamp R and Haussmann BIG (2013) Development of a pearl milletStriga-resistant genepool: Response to five cycles of recurrent selection underStriga-infested field conditions in West Africa. Field Crops Research. 154: 82-90.

De Mita S, Thuillet AC, Gay L, Ahmadi N, Manel S, Ronfort J, Vigouroux Y (2013). Detecting selection along environmental gradients: analysis of eightmethods and their effectiveness for outbreeding and selfing populations. Mol Ecol. 22:1383-1399.

Barnaud A, Vignes H, Risterucci A-M, Noyer J-L, Pham J-L, Blay C, Buiron M, Vigouroux Y, Billot C (2012) Development of nuclear microsatellite loci for the fonio (Digitaria exilis), an understudied West African cereal. Am J Bot. 99:e105-107.

Clotault J, Thuillet AC, Buiron M, De Mita S, Couderc M, Haussmann BIG, Mariac C, Vigouroux Y (2012) Evolutionary history of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.) and selection on flowering genes since its domestication. Mol Biol Evol 29: 1199-1212.

Scarcelli N, Tostain S, Vigouroux Y, Luong V, Baco MN, Agbangla C, Daïnou O, Pham JL (2011) Genetic structure of farmer-managed varieties in clonally-propagated crops. Genetica 139:1055-1064

Vigouroux Y, Mariac C, De Mita S, Pham JL, Gérard B, Kapran I, Sagnard F, Deu M, Chantereau J, Ali A, Ndjeunga J, Luong V, Thuillet AC, Saïdou AA, Bezançon G (2011) Selection for earlier flowering crop associated with climatic variations in the Sahel. PLoS ONE 6(5):e19563

Vigouroux Y, Barnaud A, Scarcelli N, Thuillet AC (2011) Biodiversity, evolution and adaptation of cultivated crops. CR Biol 334(5-6):450-457

Scarcelli N, Barnaud A, Eiserhardt W, Treier UA, Seveno M, D’anfray A, Vigouroux Y, Pintaud JC (2011) A set of 100 chloroplast DNA primer pairs to study population genetics and phylogeny in Monocotyledons. PLoS ONE 6(5):e19954

Adam H, Marguerettaz M, Qadri R, Adroher B, Richaud F, Collin C, Thuillet AC, Vigouroux Y, Laufs P, Tregear JW, Jouannic S (2011) Divergent expression patterns of miR164 and CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON genes in palms: significance in the evolution of meristem function in angiosperms. Mol Biol Evol 28:1439-1454

Mariac C, Jehin L, Saïdou AA, Thuillet AC, Couderc M,Sire S, Jugdé H, Adam H, Bezançon G, Pham JL, Vigouroux Y (2011) Genetic basis of pearl millet population adaptation along an environmental gradient investigated by a combination of genome scan and association mapping. Mol Ecol 20:81-91

Deu M, Sagnard F, Chantereau J, Calatayud C, Vigouroux Y, Pham JL, Mariac C, Kapran I, Mamadou A, Gérard B, Ndjeunga J, Bezançon G (2010) Spatio-temporaldynamics of genetic diversity in Sorghum bicolor in Niger. Theor Appl Genet 120:1301–1313

Saïdou AA, Mariac C, Luong V, Pham JL, Bezançon G, Vigouroux Y (2009). Association studies identify natural variation at PHYC linked to flowering time and morphological variation in Pennisetum glaucum [(L.) R. Br.]. Genetics 182:899-910

Bezançon G, Pham JL, Deu M, Vigouroux Y, Sagnard F, Mariac C, Kapran I, Manadou A, Gérard B, Ndjeunga J et al. (2009) Changes in the diversity and geographic distribution of cultivated millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) varieties in Niger between 1976 and 2003. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 56:223-236.

Allinne C, Mariac C, Vigouroux Y, Bezançon G, Couturon E, Moussa D, Tidjani M, Pham JL, Robert T (2008) Role of seed flow on the pattern and dynamics of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.) genetic diversity assessed by AFLP markers: a study in south-western Niger. Genetica 133:167-178

Deu M, Sagnard F, Chantereau J, Calatayud C, Herault D, Mariac C, Pham JL, Vigouroux Y, Kapran I, Traore P et al. (2008) Niger-wide assessment of in situ sorghum genetic diversity with microsatellite markers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 116:903-913

Oumar I, Mariac C, Pham JL, Vigouroux Y (2008) Phylogeny and origin of Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br) as revealed by microsatellite loci. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 117:489-497

Scarcelli N, Tostain S, Baco MN, Agbangla C, Daïnou O, Vigouroux Y, Pham J-L (2008) Does agriculture conflict with in-situ conservation? A case study on the use of wild relatives by yam farmers in Benin. In Crop wild relative conservation and use, Maxted N, Ford-Lloyd BV, Kell SP, Iriondo JM, Dulloo ME and Turok J (Eds), CABI, UK. pp331-339

Vigouroux Y, Glaubitz JC, Matsuoka Y, Goodman MM, Sanchez GJ, Doebley J (2008) Population structure and gene diversity of New World maize races assessed by DNA Microsatellites. American Journal of Botany 95:1240-1253

Darmency H, Vigouroux Y, Gestat de Garambe T, Richard-Molard M, Muchembled C (2007) Transgene escape in sugar beet production fields: data from six years farm scale monitoring. Environmental Biosafety Research 6:197-206

Couvreur T, Billotte N, Risterucci AM, Lara C, Vigouroux Y, Ludena B, Pham JL and Pintaud JC (2006) Close genetic proximity between cultivated and wild Bactris gasipaes Kunth revealed by microsatellite markers in Western Ecuador. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 53: 1361-1373.

Haussmann B, Boubacar A, Boureima SS, Vigouroux Y (2006) Multiplication and preliminary characterization of West and Central African pearl millet landraces. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter. 47: 110-112.

Mariac C, Luong V, Kapran I, Mamadou A, Sagnard F, Deu M, Chantereau J, Gérard B, Ndjeunga J, Bezancon G, Pham JL, Vigouroux Y (2006) Diversity of wild and cultivated pearl millet accessions (Pennisetum glaucum L.) in Niger assessed by microsatellite markers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 114:49-58.

Scarcelli N, Tostain S, Vigouroux Y, Agbangla C, Daïnou O, JL Pham (2006) Farmers’ use of wild relatives and sexual reproduction in a vegetatively propagated crop. The case of yam in Benin. Molecular Ecology 15:2421-2431

Fukunaga K, Hill J, Vigouroux Y, Matsuoka Y, Sanchez J, Liu KJ, Buckler ES, Doebley J (2005) Genetic diversity and population structure of teosinte. Genetics 169:2241-2254

Vigouroux Y, Mitchell S, Matsuoka Y, Hamblin M, Kresovich S, Smith S, Jaqueth J, Smith O, Doebley J (2005) An Analysis of Genetic Diversity across the Maize Genome using Microsatellites. Genetics 169:1617-1630

Wang H, Nussbaum-Wagler T, Li B, Zhao Q, Vigouroux Y, Faller M, Bomblies K, Lukens L, Doebley JF (2005) The origin of the naked grains of maize. Nature 436:714-719

Vigouroux Y, Matsuoka Y, Doebley J (2003) Directional evolution for microsatellite size in maize. Mol Biol Evol 20(9):1480-3

Vigouroux Y, Jaqueth JS, Matsuoka Y, Smith OS, Beavis WD, Smith JS, Doebley J (2002) Rate and pattern of mutation at microsatellite loci in maize. Mol Biol Evol 19(8):1251-1260

Vigouroux Y, McMullen M, Hittinger CT, Houchins K, Schulz L, Kresovich S, Matsuoka Y, Doebley J (2002) Identifying genes of agronomic importance in maize by screening microsatellites for evidence of selection during domestication. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99:9650-9655

Matsuoka Y, Vigouroux Y, Goodman MM, Sanchez G J, Buckler E, Doebley J (2002) A single domestication for maize shown by multilocus microsatellite genotyping. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99(9):6080-6084

Vigouroux Y, Couvet D (2000) The hierarchical island model revisited. Gen Sel Evol 32(4):395-402

Naciri Y, Vigouroux Y, Dallas J, et al. 1995. Identification and inheritance of (GA/TC)-n and (AC/GT)-n repeats in the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis (L.). Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology 4 : 83-89.

Corpet DE, Bellier R, Petrowitsch S, and Y Vigouroux. 1994. Digestion and Fermentation of proteins in rats fed keratin, albumin, cooked casein and antibiotics. Reprod. Nutr. Dev. 34: 57-64.