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List of works by Laurent Excoffier

A first step towards inferring levels of long‐distance dispersal during past expansions ⬇️

scientific article published on May 30, 2010

A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia

scientific article (publication date: 21 September 2016)

A human genome diversity cell line panel

scientific article

A linkage disequilibrium map of the MHC region based on the analysis of 14 loci haplotypes in 50 French families

scientific article

A simple method of removing the effect of a bottleneck and unequal population sizes on pairwise genetic distances

scientific article published in January 2000

A statistical evaluation of models for the initial settlement of the american continent emphasizes the importance of gene flow with Asia

scientific article published on 5 October 2009

ABCtoolbox: a versatile toolkit for approximate Bayesian computations.

scientific article

Accumulation of Deleterious Mutations During Bacterial Range Expansions

scientific article published on 16 August 2017

Adaptive, convergent origins of the pygmy phenotype in African rainforest hunter-gatherers.

scientific article

Admixture between old lineages facilitated contemporary ecological speciation in Lake Constance stickleback

scientific article published on 18 September 2019

An extensive analysis of Y-chromosomal microsatellite haplotypes in globally dispersed human populations.

scientific article

Analysis of Population Subdivision

article

Analysis of molecular variance inferred from metric distances among DNA haplotypes: application to human mitochondrial DNA restriction data

scientific article

Analysis of mtDNA variation in African populations reveals the most ancient of all human continent-specific haplogroups ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 1995

Ancient admixture from an extinct ape lineage into bonobos

scientific article published on 29 April 2019

Ancient genomes show social and reproductive behavior of early Upper Paleolithic foragers

scientific article published on 5 October 2017

Ancient hybridization fuels rapid cichlid fish adaptive radiations

scientific article

Approximate Bayesian analysis of Drosophila melanogaster polymorphism data reveals a recent colonization of Southeast Asia

scientific article

Arlequin (version 3.0): an integrated software package for population genetics data analysis

2007 scientific article

Arlequin suite ver 3.5: a new series of programs to perform population genetics analyses under Linux and Windows

2010 scientific article

Author Correction: Ancient admixture from an extinct ape lineage into bonobos

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Background selection and biased gene conversion affect more than 95% of the human genome and bias demographic inferences

scientific article published on 23 August 2018

Bayesian analysis of an admixture model with mutations and arbitrarily linked markers

scientific article

Bayesian estimation of recent migration rates after a spatial expansion

scientific article

Bayesian inference of the demographic history of chimpanzees.

scientific article

Bipolar gene flow in deep-sea benthic foraminifera

scientific article

Chimpanzee genomic diversity reveals ancient admixture with bonobos

scientific article published on 27 October 2016

Colonization history of the Swiss Rhine basin by the bullhead (Cottus gobio): inference under a Bayesian spatially explicit framework

scientific article published on 8 January 2008

Combining genetic, historical and geographical data to reconstruct the dynamics of bioinvasions: application to the cane toad Bufo marinus

scientific article

Comment on "Genetic structure of human populations".

scientific article published on June 2003

Comment on "Ongoing adaptive evolution of ASPM, a brain size determinant in Homo sapiens" and "Microcephalin, a gene regulating brain size, continues to evolve adaptively in humans".

scientific article

Computer programs for population genetics data analysis: a survival guide

scientific article

Consequences of Range Contractions and Range Shifts on Molecular Diversity ⬇️

scientific article published on July 21, 2011

Conserved noncoding sequences are selectively constrained and not mutation cold spots

article by Jared A Drake et al published 25 December 2005 in Nature Genetics

Continental-scale footprint of balancing and positive selection in a small rodent (Microtus arvalis).

scientific article

Contrasted patterns of mitochondrial and nuclear structure among nursery colonies of the bat Myotis myotis

Contrasting patterns of nuclear and mtDNA diversity in Native American populations

scientific article

Cycles of fusion and fission enabled rapid parallel adaptive radiations in African cichlids

scientific article published on 28 September 2023

Deep Human Genealogies Reveal a Selective Advantage to Be on an Expanding Wave Front

scientific article published in Science

Demographic modelling with whole-genome data reveals parallel origin of similar Pundamilia cichlid species after hybridization

scientific article

Detecting gene subnetworks under selection in biological pathways

scientific article published in September 2017

Detecting loci under selection in a hierarchically structured population

scientific article published on 22 July 2009

Detection of Pathways Affected by Positive Selection in Primate Lineages Ancestral to Humans

scientific article

Detection of convergent genome-wide signals of adaptation to tropical forests in humans

scientific article

Different genetic components in the Ethiopian population, identified by mtDNA and Y-chromosome polymorphisms

scientific article

Distance from sub-Saharan Africa predicts mutational load in diverse human genomes

scientific article published on 28 December 2015

Distinguishing between population bottleneck and population subdivision by a Bayesian model choice procedure

scientific article published on 23 August 2010

Divergent evolutionary processes associated with colonization of offshore islands

scientific article published in October 2013

Efficient approximate Bayesian computation coupled with Markov chain Monte Carlo without likelihood.

scientific article published on 08 June 2009

Enhanced AFLP genome scans detect local adaptation in high‐altitude populations of a small rodent (Microtus arvalis) ⬇️

scientific article published on February 24, 2011

Erratum: Corrigendum: Reconstructing Native American population history

scientific article published in Nature

Estimating population structure from AFLP amplification intensity ⬇️

scientific article published on September 27, 2010

Estimation of effective population size and detection of a recent population decline coinciding with habitat fragmentation in a ground beetle

scientific article published in January 2005

Estimation of past demographic parameters from the distribution of pairwise differences when the mutation rates vary among sites: application to human mitochondrial DNA

scientific article

European phylogeography of the epiphytic lichen fungus Lobaria pulmonaria and its green algal symbiont

scientific article published on 23 October 2012

Evidence for polygenic adaptation to pathogens in the human genome

scientific article published on 26 April 2013

Evolution of human mitochondrial DNA: evidence for departure from a pure neutral model of populations at equilibrium

scientific article published on February 1990

Evolutionary forces shaping genomic islands of population differentiation in humans

scientific article

Expansion load and the evolutionary dynamics of a species range

scientific article

Expansion load: recessive mutations and the role of standing genetic variation

scientific article

Fine-scale genetic structure and dispersal in the common vole (Microtus arvalis)

scientific article published in 2007

GENETIC STRUCTURE AND COLONIZATION PROCESSES IN EUROPEAN POPULATIONS OF THE COMMON VOLE, MICROTUS ARVALIS

Gametic phase estimation over large genomic regions using an adaptive window approach

scientific article published on November 2003

Gene flow and species delimitation

scientific article published on 04 May 2009

Gene flow as a simple cause for an excess of high-frequency-derived alleles

scientific article published on 02 June 2020

Gene flow in admixed populations and implications for the conservation of the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera

article

Genetic Consequences of Range Expansions

scientific article published in 2009

Genetic analysis of potential postglacial watershed crossings in Central Europe by the bullhead (Cottus gobio L.).

scientific article published in October 2007

Genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation during a range expansion

scientific article

Genetic evidence for complexity in ethnic differentiation and history in East Africa

scientific article

Genetic structure and colonization processes in European populations of the common vole, Microtus arvalis

scientific article published in October 2005

Genetic surfing in human populations: from genes to genomes

scientific article

Genetic variation and population structure in native Americans

scientific article

Genome-culture coevolution promotes rapid divergence of killer whale ecotypes

scientific article

Genomic data reveal a complex making of humans

scientific article

Genomic landscape of early ecological speciation initiated by selection on nuptial colour

scientific article

Genomic scans support repetitive continental colonization events during the rapid radiation of voles (Rodentia: Microtus): the utility of AFLPs versus mitochondrial and nuclear sequence markers

scientific article published on 10 September 2010

Genomics of Rapid Incipient Speciation in Sympatric Threespine Stickleback

scientific article

Genomics of parallel ecological speciation in Lake Victoria cichlids

scientific article published on 2 April 2018

Geographic patterns of genome admixture in Latin American Mestizos

scientific article

HLA-DPB1 DNA polymorphism in the Swiss population: linkage disequilibrium with other HLA loci and population genetic affinities

scientific article

High diversity of alpha-globin haplotypes in a Senegalese population, including many previously unreported variants

scientific article published on November 1995

High variability and non-neutral evolution of the mammalian avpr1a gene

scientific article

Human demographic history: refining the recent African origin model

scientific article (publication date: December 2002)

Human diversity: our genes tell where we live

scientific article

Human genetic affinities for Y-chromosome P49a,f/TaqI haplotypes show strong correspondence with linguistics.

scientific article

Identification of candidate genes and physiological pathways involved in gonad deformation in whitefish (Coregonus spp.) from Lake Thun, Switzerland

scientific article

Ignoring heterozygous sites biases phylogenomic estimates of divergence times: implications for the evolutionary history of microtus voles

scientific article published on 25 December 2013

Impact of range expansions on current human genomic diversity

scientific article published on 23 August 2014

In defence of model-based inference in phylogeography.

scientific article

Incorporating genotypes of relatives into a test of linkage disequilibrium

scientific article

Inference of Evolutionary Forces Acting on Human Biological Pathways

scientific article published on 13 May 2015

Inferring past demography using spatially explicit population genetic models

scientific article published on April 2009

Inferring the impact of linguistic boundaries on population differentiation: application to the Afro-Asiatic-Indo-European case

scientific article published in October 2000

Influence of admixture and paleolithic range contractions on current European diversity gradients

scientific article published on 25 August 2012

Intra-deme molecular diversity in spatially expanding populations

scientific article

Is the Gibraltar strait a barrier to gene flow for the bat Myotis myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)?

scientific article

Italy as a major Ice Age refuge area for the bat Myotis myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Europe

scientific article

Killer whale genomes reveal a complex history of recurrent admixture and vicariance

scientific article published on 27 May 2019

Large allele frequency differences between human continental groups are more likely to have occurred by drift during range expansions than by selection.

scientific article published on 22 November 2008

Life history shapes gene expression in salmonids

article

Long-Distance Dispersal Shaped Patterns of Human Genetic Diversity in Eurasia

scientific article published on 4 December 2015

Long-distance dispersal suppresses introgression of local alleles during range expansions

scientific article published on 31 August 2016

Low levels of mitochondrial DNA variation among central and southern European Esox lucius populations

scientific article published in 2004

Mammalian monogamy is not controlled by a single gene

scholarly article

Mammalian population genetics: why not Y?

article

Maternal and paternal lineages in Albania and the genetic structure of Indo-European populations

Minisatellite mutational processes reduce F st estimates

article

Minisatellite mutational processes reduce Fst estimates

article

Mitochondrial gene diversity in the common vole Microtus arvalis shaped by historical divergence and local adaptations

article

Modern humans did not admix with Neanderthals during their range expansion into Europe

scientific article published in December 2004

Molecular analysis of the beta-globin gene cluster in the Niokholo Mandenka population reveals a recent origin of the beta(S) Senegal mutation

scientific article published on 06 December 2001

Molecular analysis reveals tighter social regulation of immigration in patrilocal populations than in matrilocal populations

scientific article

Molecular diversity after a range expansion in heterogeneous environments

scientific article

Multiple maternal origins and weak phylogeographic structure in domestic goats

scientific article (publication date: 8 May 2001)

Mutation load dynamics during environmentally-driven range shifts ⬇️

scientific article published on 28 September 2018

Mutation load dynamics during environmentally-driven range shifts

Mutational and Selective Processes Involved in Evolution during Bacterial Range Expansions

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

NO EVIDENCE OF BOTTLENECK IN THE POSTGLACIAL RECOLONIZATION OF EUROPE BY THE NOCTULE BAT (NYCTALUS NOCTULA).

scientific article published in August 1999

Neandertal genetic diversity: a fresh look from old samples

scientific article published on August 2006

On the accumulation of deleterious mutations during range expansions

scientific article published on 4 November 2013

Origin and differentiation of human mitochondrial DNA

scientific article (publication date: 1989)

PGDSpider: an automated data conversion tool for connecting population genetics and genomics programs

scientific article

Parsimony-based pedigree analysis and individual-based landscape genetics suggest topography to restrict dispersal and connectivity in the endangered capercaillie

article

Patterns of DNA sequence diversity and genetic structure after a range expansion: lessons from the infinite-island model

article

Patterns of morphological changes and hybridization between sympatric whitefish morphs (Coregonus spp.) in a Swiss lake: a role for eutrophication?

scientific article published in May 2010

Population transcriptomics of life-history variation in the genus Salmo

scientific article published on 3 June 2008

Prehistoric genomes reveal the genetic foundation and cost of horse domestication

scientific article

Principal component analysis under population genetic models of range expansion and admixture

article

Recent colonization of the Galápagos by the tree Geoffroea spinosa Jacq. (Leguminosae).

scientific article published on 17 April 2012

Reconstructing Native American population history

scientific article

Reconstructing the demography of prehistoric human populations from molecular data

scholarly article by Laurent Excoffier published 7 January 2003 in Evolutionary Anthropology

Recovering the geographic origin of early modern humans by realistic and spatially explicit simulations

scientific article published on August 2005

Recurrent replacement of mtDNA and cryptic hybridization between two sibling bat species Myotis myotis and Myotis blythii

scientific article (publication date: 22 December 2006)

Relaxed Selection During a Recent Human Expansion.

scientific article

Reply to Garrigan and Hammer: Ancient lineages and assimilation.

scholarly article

Reply to Stoneking

Robust demographic inference from genomic and SNP data

scientific article (publication date: October 2013)

Runs of homozygosity in killer whale genomes provide a global record of demographic histories

scholarly publication

SIMCOAL 2.0: a program to simulate genomic diversity over large recombining regions in a subdivided population with a complex history

scientific article published on 29 April 2004

SPLATCHE2: a spatially explicit simulation framework for complex demography, genetic admixture and recombination ⬇️

scientific article published on October 17, 2010

SPLATCHE3: simulation of serial genetic data under spatially explicit evolutionary scenarios including long-distance dispersal

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Securing the Conservation of Biodiversity across Administrative Levels and Spatial, Temporal, and Ecological Scales – Research Needs and Approaches of the SCALES Project

article

Serial founder effects during range expansion: a spatial analog of genetic drift

scientific article published on 23 February 2012

Similarity in recombination rate and linkage disequilibrium at CYP2C and CYP2D cytochrome P450 gene regions among Europeans indicates signs of selection and no advantage of using tagSNPs in population isolates

scientific article published in December 2012

Slightly deleterious genomic variants and transcriptome perturbations in Down syndrome embryonic selection

scientific article

Special Issue: Analytical methods in phylogeography and genetic structure

scientific article published on 01 April 2004

Statistical evaluation of alternative models of human evolution

scientific article

Strong reproductive isolation between humans and Neanderthals inferred from observed patterns of introgression

scientific article (publication date: 13 September 2011)

Surfing during population expansions promotes genetic revolutions and structuration

scientific article published in 2008

The Evolutionary History of Nebraska Deer Mice: Local Adaptation in the Face of Strong Gene Flow.

scientific article published on 15 January 2018

The Fate of Mutations Surfing on the Wave of a Range Expansion

scientific article published in 2005

The Impact of Genetic Surfing on Neutral Genomic Diversity

scientific article published in 2022

The detection of regions of our genome under selection has increasingly relied on the use of genome scans.

scientific article published on September 2005

The ecological and genomic basis of explosive adaptive radiation

scientific article published on 26 August 2020

The effect of the Neolithic expansion on European molecular diversity

scientific article published in April 2005

The hidden side of invasions: massive introgression by local genes

scientific article

The impact of population expansion and mutation rate heterogeneity on DNA sequence polymorphism

scientific article published in March 1996

The population history of northeastern Siberia since the Pleistocene

scientific article published on 05 June 2019

Transition from Background Selection to Associative Overdominance Promotes Diversity in Regions of Low Recombination

scientific article published on 19 December 2019

Variation in novel exons (RACEfrags) of the MECP2 gene in Rett syndrome patients and controls

scientific article published on September 2009

Why can't people be more like bats?

scientific article published in Nature

Why hunter-gatherer populations do not show signs of pleistocene demographic expansions

scientific article published on September 1999

Widespread signals of convergent adaptation to high altitude in Asia and america

scientific article

Width of gene expression profile drives alternative splicing

scientific article

fastsimcoal: a continuous-time coalescent simulator of genomic diversity under arbitrarily complex evolutionary scenarios

scientific article

splatche: a program to simulate genetic diversity taking into account environmental heterogeneity

scientific article published in 2004

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