Permanent staff

Research interest

My research deals with cultivated plants evolution and adaptation, from an historical point of view (domestication and genetic diversity trajectories through plants history) or on a more contemporary scale (evolutionnary response of crops to present and future environnemental challenges). In general, I am interested in the problematics that agriculture has to face to feed the world while ensuring its sustainability.

Scientific communication

I also develop communication activities based on the lab's research towards a wider audience as well as towards educational targets.

Projects

- DOMISOL 2020-2024 – ANR Project : « Domestication as a step towards reproductive isolation »

- AFRICROP 2014-2018 – ANR Project : « Documenting african crops domestication »

Publications

Yam genomics supports West Africa as a major cradle of crop domestication. 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. Sci Adv. 2019 May 1;5(5).

The Rise and Fall of African Rice Cultivation Revealed by Analysis of 246 New Genomes. Cubry P, Tranchant-Dubreuil C, Thuillet AC, Monat C, Ndjiondjop MN, Labadie K, Cruaud C, Engelen S, Scarcelli N, Rhoné B, Burgarella C, Dupuy C, Larmande P, Wincker P, François O, Sabot F, Vigouroux Y. Curr Biol. 2018 Jul 23;28(14):2274-2282.

Molecular basis of African yam domestication: analyses of selection point to root development, starch biosynthesis, and photosynthesis related genes. Akakpo R, Scarcelli N, Chaïr H, Dansi A, Djedatin G, Thuillet AC, Rhoné B, François O, Alix K, Vigouroux Y. BMC Genomics. 2017 Oct 12;18(1):782.

Genome scan reveals selection acting on genes linked to stress response in wild pearl millet. Berthouly-Salazar C, Thuillet AC, Rhoné B, Mariac C, Ousseini IS, Couderc M, Tenaillon MI, Vigouroux Y. Mol Ecol. 2016 Nov;25(21).

Association studies including genotype by environment interactions: prospects and limits.Saïdou AA, Thuillet AC, Couderc M, Mariac C, Vigouroux Y. BMC Genet. 2014 Jan 6;15:3.

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

Detecting selection along environmental gradients: analysis of eight methods and their effectiveness for outbreeding and selfing populations. De Mita S, Thuillet AC, Gay L, Ahmadi N, Manel S, Ronfort J, Vigouroux Y. Mol Ecol. 2013 Mar;22(5).

Biodiversity, evolution and adaptation of cultivated crops. Vigouroux Y, Barnaud A, Scarcelli N, Thuillet AC. C R Biol. 2011 May;334(5-6):450-7. Review.

Selection for earlier flowering crop associated with climatic variations in the Sahel. 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. PLoS One. 2011 May 4;6(5).

Genetic basis of pearl millet adaptation along an environmental gradient investigated by a combination of genome scan and association mapping. Mariac C, Jehin L, Saïdou AA, Thuillet AC, Couderc M, Sire P, Jugdé H, Adam H, Bezançon G, Pham JL, Vigouroux Y. Mol Ecol. 2011 Jan;20(1):80-91.