Our former post-doc researcher Alexandre Fellous has published the first data on histone methyltransferase (Kmt) and demethylase (Kdm) enzymes in our killifish model, the mangrove rivulus. This article has been published in the journal “Gene” and is a starting point to deeper analyze histone modifications during embryogenesis and the implication of epigenetic mechanisms in adaptation…
Category: Evolution
Arrival of the turquoise killifish
Our lab has just welcomed a new killifish species, the turquoise killifish Nothobranchius furzeri. This species lives in freshwater ponds of south east Africa and presents the particularity to be the vertebrate with the shortest lifespan. Antoine Wittorski is starting his PhD on the species from a comparative point of view in order to investigate…
New article published in Ecology and Evolution
A first article on our work on epigenetics in the mangrove rivulus has been published in the journal “Ecology and Evolution”. This article published by Alexandre Fellous depicts the DNA methylation profile of this fish, in adults and during embryogenesis. It also characterizes the main enzymes involved in this process. Altogether, our findings open the…
Rivulus genome
The genome of our model species, the mangrove rivulus, has been published in Genome Biology and Evolution by a consortium of scientists including our colleague Ryan Earley (Univeristy of Alabama). This publication will improve our researches in proteomics and epigenetics in this amazing fish. http://gbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/06/18/gbe.evw145.abstract
The African Turquoise Killifish Genome
The African Turquoise Killifish Genome has been published in Cell. The authors reveals genes involved in aging and lifespan. These genes are clustered on the sex chromosome, suggesting that short lifespan might have co-evolved with sex determination.
Alexandre Fellous in Brazil at the international conference “Evolution”
From the 26th to 30th of June, the international conference “Evolution” was held in Brasil. For the first time, one of our researchers presented an oral communication. The program of this conference can be found here : [pdf_attachment file=”1″ name=”Evolution program”] Thanks to Alexandre Fellous to make the trip and to present a talk entitled ”…