Phylogenetics Lab

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Molecular and Computational Phylogenetics

Our group is part of the Department of Ecology and Evolution of the University of Lausanne. We are interested in using and developping phylogenetic tools to understand the mode and tempo of speciation.

In particular, our group focuses on four main research activities:

  • testing and developping new approaches to build very large phylogenetic trees.
  • developping new approaches to estimate the mode and tempo of evolution from phylogenetic trees using Markov chain Monte Carlo approaches.
  • investigating micro- and macro-evolutionary patterns and processes within the grass plant family.
  • developping approaches to estimate niche evolution and diversification.

Please, visit the different group members page or our publication list for more details.

 

Recent publications

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A. Roulin, M. Wink, and N. Salamin. (2009). Selection on a eumelanic ornament is stronger in the tropics than in temperate zones in the worldwide-distributed barn owl. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22: 345-354.
P.-A. Christin, N. Salamin, A.M. Muasya, E.H. Roalson, F. Russier, and G. Besnard. (2008). Evolutionary switch and genetic convergence on rbcL following the evolution of C4 photosynthesis. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25: 2361-2368.
P.-A. Christin, G. Besnard, E. Samaratini, M.R. Duvall, T.R. Hodkinson, V. Savolainen, and N. Salamin. (2008). Oligocene CO2 decline promoted C4 photosynthesis in grasses. Current Biology 18: 37-48.
P.-A. Christin, N. Salamin, V. Savolainen, M.R. Duvall, and G. Besnard. (2007). C4 photosynthesis evolved in grasses via parallel adaptive genetic changes. Current Biology 17: 1241-1247.
T.R. Hodkinson, S. Waldren, J.A.N. Parnell, C.T. Kelleher, K. Salamin, and N. Salamin. (2007). DNA banking for plant breeding, biotechnology and biodiversity evaluation. Journal of Plant Research 120 (1): 17-29.
 
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Annual meeting of the Swiss Zoology, Botany and Mycology Societies