Gordon Luikart

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Country: France

Publications

  1. ncbi Gene-culture coevolution between cattle milk protein genes and human lactase genes
    Albano Beja-Pereira
    Laboratoire d Ecologie Alpine, Génomique des Populations et Biodiversité, CNRS UMR 5553, Universite Joseph Fourier, B P 53, 38041 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
    Nat Genet 35:311-3. 2003
  2. ncbi The power and promise of population genomics: from genotyping to genome typing
    Gordon Luikart
    Laboratoire d Ecologie Alpine, Génomique des Populations et Biodiversit, CNRS UMR 5553, Universite Joseph Fourier, B P 53, F 38041 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
    Nat Rev Genet 4:981-94. 2003
  3. ncbi Large-scale mitochondrial DNA analysis of the domestic goat reveals six haplogroups with high diversity
    Saeid Naderi
    Laboratoire d Ecologie Alpine, CNRS UMR 5553, Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
    PLoS ONE 2:e1012. 2007
  4. ncbi Divergent mtDNA lineages of goats in an Early Neolithic site, far from the initial domestication areas
    Helena Fernández
    Laboratoire d Ecologie Alpine, Génomique des Populations et Biodiversité, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5553, Universite Joseph Fourier, BP 53 F 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:15375-9. 2006
  5. ncbi African origins of the domestic donkey
    Albano Beja-Pereira
    Lab. d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR CNRS-UJF 5553, 38041 Grenoble, France
    Science 304:1781. 2004
  6. ncbi Evolutionary history of the genus Capra (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): discordance between mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome phylogenies
    Nathalie Pidancier
    Laboratoire d Ecologie Alpine, Génomique des Populations et Biodiversité, CNRS UMR 5553, Universite Joseph Fourier, B P 53, F 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 40:739-49. 2006
  7. ncbi Likelihood-based estimation of the effective population size using temporal changes in allele frequencies: a genealogical approach
    Pierre Berthier
    Laboratoire de Biologie des populations d Altitude, UMR CNRS 5553, Universite Joseph Fourier, F38041 BP53 Cedex 9 Grenoble, France
    Genetics 160:741-51. 2002
  8. ncbi Comparative evaluation of a new effective population size estimator based on approximate bayesian computation
    David A Tallmon
    Laboratoire d Ecologie Alpine, UMR Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 5553, Universite Joseph Fourier, F38041 BP 53 Cedex 09, Grenoble, France
    Genetics 167:977-88. 2004
  9. ncbi Multiple maternal origins of chickens: out of the Asian jungles
    Yi-Ping Liu
    Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, and Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 38:12-9. 2006
  10. ncbi DNA markers reveal the complexity of livestock domestication
    Michael W Bruford
    Cardiff School of Biosciences, Main Building, Cathay Park, PO Box 915, Cardiff CF10 3TL, UK
    Nat Rev Genet 4:900-10. 2003

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Publications18

  1. ncbi Gene-culture coevolution between cattle milk protein genes and human lactase genes
    Albano Beja-Pereira
    Laboratoire d Ecologie Alpine, Génomique des Populations et Biodiversité, CNRS UMR 5553, Universite Joseph Fourier, B P 53, 38041 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
    Nat Genet 35:311-3. 2003
    ..This suggests a gene-culture coevolution between cattle and humans...
  2. ncbi The power and promise of population genomics: from genotyping to genome typing
    Gordon Luikart
    Laboratoire d Ecologie Alpine, Génomique des Populations et Biodiversit, CNRS UMR 5553, Universite Joseph Fourier, B P 53, F 38041 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
    Nat Rev Genet 4:981-94. 2003
    ..However, the most useful contribution of the genomics model to population genetics will be improving inferences about population demography and evolutionary history...
  3. ncbi Large-scale mitochondrial DNA analysis of the domestic goat reveals six haplogroups with high diversity
    Saeid Naderi
    Laboratoire d Ecologie Alpine, CNRS UMR 5553, Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
    PLoS ONE 2:e1012. 2007
    ..Thus studying the present genetic diversity helps to better understand the history of domestic species...
  4. ncbi Divergent mtDNA lineages of goats in an Early Neolithic site, far from the initial domestication areas
    Helena Fernández
    Laboratoire d Ecologie Alpine, Génomique des Populations et Biodiversité, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5553, Universite Joseph Fourier, BP 53 F 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:15375-9. 2006
    ....
  5. ncbi African origins of the domestic donkey
    Albano Beja-Pereira
    Lab. d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR CNRS-UJF 5553, 38041 Grenoble, France
    Science 304:1781. 2004
  6. ncbi Evolutionary history of the genus Capra (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): discordance between mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome phylogenies
    Nathalie Pidancier
    Laboratoire d Ecologie Alpine, Génomique des Populations et Biodiversité, CNRS UMR 5553, Universite Joseph Fourier, B P 53, F 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 40:739-49. 2006
    ..We suggest that a plausible scenario involves mtDNA introgression between ancestral taxa before the relatively recent colonization of Western Europe, the Caucasus Mountains, and East Africa by Capra populations...
  7. ncbi Likelihood-based estimation of the effective population size using temporal changes in allele frequencies: a genealogical approach
    Pierre Berthier
    Laboratoire de Biologie des populations d Altitude, UMR CNRS 5553, Universite Joseph Fourier, F38041 BP53 Cedex 9 Grenoble, France
    Genetics 160:741-51. 2002
    ..It will be especially useful in conservation biology because it less often overestimates N(e) than does N(eLB) and thus is less likely to erroneously suggest that a population is large and has a low extinction risk...
  8. ncbi Comparative evaluation of a new effective population size estimator based on approximate bayesian computation
    David A Tallmon
    Laboratoire d Ecologie Alpine, UMR Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 5553, Universite Joseph Fourier, F38041 BP 53 Cedex 09, Grenoble, France
    Genetics 167:977-88. 2004
    ..The greatest strength of the SummStat estimator is its flexible structure. This flexibility allows it to incorporate any potentially informative summary statistic from population genetic data...
  9. ncbi Multiple maternal origins of chickens: out of the Asian jungles
    Yi-Ping Liu
    Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, and Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 38:12-9. 2006
    ..e., Vietnam, Burma, and Thailand), and the Indian subcontinent, respectively, which support the theory of multiple origins in South and Southeast Asia...
  10. ncbi DNA markers reveal the complexity of livestock domestication
    Michael W Bruford
    Cardiff School of Biosciences, Main Building, Cathay Park, PO Box 915, Cardiff CF10 3TL, UK
    Nat Rev Genet 4:900-10. 2003
    ..The real surprise has been the high number of domestication events and the diverse locations in which they took place - factors which could radically change our approach to conserving livestock biodiversity resources in the future...
  11. ncbi High polymorphism in the kappa-casein (CSN3) gene from wild and domestic caprine species revealed by DNA sequencing
    Oliver C Jann
    , Ludwigstr. 21B, , 35390 Giessen, Germany
    J Dairy Res 71:188-95. 2004
    ..A dendrogram was drawn to represent the molecular network between the caprine CSN3 variants...
  12. ncbi The origin of European cattle: evidence from modern and ancient DNA
    Albano Beja-Pereira
    , Universidade do Porto, , Portugal
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:8113-8. 2006
    ..If so, the European cattle may represent a more variable and valuable genetic resource than previously realized, and previous simple hypotheses regarding the domestication process and the diffusion of selected breeds should be revised...
  13. ncbi LOSITAN: a workbench to detect molecular adaptation based on a Fst-outlier method
    Tiago Antao
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
    BMC Bioinformatics 9:323. 2008
    ..Testing for selection is becoming one of the most important steps in the analysis of multilocus population genetics data sets. Existing applications are difficult to use, leaving many non-trivial, error-prone tasks to the user...
  14. ncbi Genetic monitoring as a promising tool for conservation and management
    Michael K Schwartz
    USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 800 E Beckwith Avenue, Missoula, MT 59801, USA
    Trends Ecol Evol 22:25-33. 2007
    ..Here, we illustrate how DNA and population genetic data can provide valuable information, often unattainable via other approaches, for monitoring species of management, conservation and ecological interest...
  15. ncbi Genetic rescue of an insular population of large mammals
    John T Hogg
    Montana Conservation Science Institute 5200 Upper Miller Creek Road, Missoula, MT 59803, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 273:1491-9. 2006
    ..Our findings suggest that genetic principles deserve broader recognition as practical management tools with near-term consequences for large-mammal conservation...
  16. ncbi Age-dependent genetic effects on a secondary sexual trait in male Alpine ibex, Capra ibex
    Achaz Von Hardenberg
    Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
    Mol Ecol 16:1969-80. 2007
    ..Our results suggest that the horns of ibex males are an honest signal of genetic quality...
  17. ncbi Candidate gene microsatellite variation is associated with parasitism in wild bighorn sheep
    Gordon Luikart
    Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos CIBIO UP, and Universidade do Porto, 4485 661 Vairão, Portugal
    Biol Lett 4:228-31. 2008
    ..The results illustrate the usefulness of using genomic information, strong candidate genes and non-invasive sampling for monitoring both genetic variation and fitness-related traits, such as parasite resistance, in natural populations...
  18. ncbi Genetic effects of harvest on wild animal populations
    Fred W Allendorf
    School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
    Trends Ecol Evol 23:327-37. 2008
    ..We recommend recognizing that some genetic change due to harvest is inevitable. Management plans should be developed by applying basic genetic principles combined with molecular genetic monitoring to minimize harmful genetic change...