Review articles

Smadja C and Butlin RK. 2011. A framework for comparing processes of speciation in the presence of gene flow. Molecular Ecology 20(24):5123.PDF

Stapley et al (incl. Smadja C). 2010. Adaptation genomics: the next generation.Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 25(12):705. PDF

Smadja C and Butlin RK. 2009. On the scent of speciation : the chemosensory system and its role in premating isolation. Special issue «Genetics of speciation ». Heredity 102(1):77-97. PDF.

Recent news

Postdoc and PhD positions: apply now!

Master and PhD research projects: Students interested in research on speciation and the genomics of speciation should contact me to discuss possible projects and funding opportunities.

Postdoc opportunities:

- A postdoc position is available on the genomics of speciation in the house mouse (possible start first half of 2012). Please see the advert for more information.

- Otherwise, several international funding bodies (Marie Curie, Human Frontiers, EMBO, AXA) provide fellowships for young researchers who wish to conduct a postdoc in France and in this international centre for research in Evolutionary Biology in Montpellier, South of France. If you are interested in applying and your research interests are broadly similar to mine, contact me

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Jan-2012: The ANR-funded project SPECIAPHID is launched!

A 3-year project has been funded by the French research council ANR to tackle the evolutionary genetics and mechanisms of plant
adaptation and reproductive isolation in aphids. I will coordinate together with Jean-Christophe Simon two distinct tasks: 1. Achievement of reproductive isolation in the pea aphd complex; 2. Genomic architecture of plant adaptation in the pea aphid. Any person with some interest in this project can contact me by email for further information.

Publication news:

Smadja CM, Canbäck B, Vitalis R, Gautier M, Ferrari J, Zhou JJ and Butlin RK. 2012. Large-scale candidate gene scan reveals the role of chemoreceptor genes in host plant specialisation and speciation in the pea aphid. Evolution. Accepted

Smadja CM and Butlin RK. 2011. A framework for comparing processes of speciation in the presence of gene flow. Molecular Ecology 20(24):5123.PDF

Stapley et al (incl. Smadja C). 2010. Adaptation genomics: the next generation.Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 25(12):705. PDF

"The International Aphid Genomics Consortium (incl. Smadja C). 2010. Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. PLoS Biology 8(2):e1000313.
doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000313".PDF

Smadja C, Shi P, Butlin RK and Robertson HM. 2009. Large gene expansions and adaptive evolution of odorant and gustatory receptor genes in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum. Molecular Biology and Evolution 26(9):2073-2086.PDF