X. Vekemans

The diallelic self-incompatibility system in Oleaceae is controlled by a hemizygous genomic region expressing a gibberellin pathway gene

The paper identifies a hemizygous genomic region containing a gibberellin pathway gene that controls self-incompatibility in Oleaceae plants, linking GA catabolism to SI responses.

The genetic architecture of the load linked to dominant and recessive self-incompatibility alleles in Arabidopsis halleri and A. lyrata

This study compares the accumulation of linked deleterious mutations between dominant and recessive S-alleles in Arabidopsis species under balancing selection.

Rapid establishment of species barriers in plants compared to animals

The paper finds that genetic exchange is more frequent between animal species than plant species at the same level of genetic divergence, suggesting faster establishment of species barriers in plants.

Dominance between self-incompatibility alleles determines the mating system of Capsella allopolyploids

This study shows that dominance between self-incompatibility alleles determines the mating system of allopolyploid Capsella species.

Transition to self-compatibility associated with dominant S-allele in a diploid Siberian progenitor of allotetraploid Arabidopsis kamchatica revealed by Arabidopsis lyrata genomes

The paper traces the evolution of self-compatibility in diploid Arabidopsis lyrata and its role in the formation of allotetraploid A. kamchatica through genome analysis.

Maintenance of adaptive dynamics and no detectable load in a range-edge out-crossing plant population

The paper examines a range-edge population of Arabidopsis lyrata ssp petraea and finds it maintains adaptive dynamics and no detectable fitness load despite genetic drift and increased genomic burden of deleterious mutations.

DILS : Demographic Inferences with Linked Selection by using ABC

DILS performs demographic inferences with linked selection using ABC on population genomic data, identifying models and loci associated with gene flow and population size changes.

A New Tree-Based Methodological Framework to Infer the Evolutionary History of Mesopolyploid Lineages: An Application to the Brassiceae Tribe (Brassicaceae).

This paper introduces a tree-based method to infer the evolutionary history of mesopolyploid lineages, applied to the Brassiceae tribe, resolving phylogenetic relationships among species and parental lineages.

High throughput, high fidelity genotyping and de novo discovery of allelic variants at the self-incompatibility locus in natural populations of Brassicaceae from short read sequencing data

The paper develops a method to genotype and discover new alleles at the self-incompatibility locus in Brassicaceae using short read sequencing data from natural populations.

Asymmetrical diversification of the receptor-ligand interaction controlling self-incompatibility in Arabidopsis

The paper shows how two receptor-ligand variants in Arabidopsis self-incompatibility diverged asymmetrically, with one retaining ancestral specificity and the other evolving a novel one.

Patterns of polymorphism at the self-incompatibility locus in 1,083 Arabidopsis thaliana genomes

The paper analyzes polymorphism at the S-locus in 1,083 Arabidopsis thaliana genomes to understand the historical loss of self-incompatibility, finding multiple independent origins and recombination events during post-glacial colonization.