Jeanne Ropars

This study compares genomic adaptations of cheese-associated Nectriaceae fungi, revealing contrasting evolutionary paths involving gene family expansions, reductions, and horizontal gene transfer.

The paper identifies a new Penicillium biforme lineage, cheesy, selected for food fermentation, with genetic and phenotypic differences from P. camemberti and traits advantageous for cheesemaking.

This study investigates the role of Starships, large horizontal gene transfers, in domesticated and pathogenic fungi, finding increased Starship content in strains from human-associated environments.

This study identifies horizontal gene transfers from Fusarium oxysporum to Fusarium xylarioides as a mechanism driving the repeated outbreaks of coffee wilt disease.

This study analyzes whole-genome data from 98 Geotrichum candidum strains to show domestication led to genetic and phenotypic differentiation in cheese-making strains.

The paper shows that stringent SNP filtering does not eliminate inter-nuclear recombination evidence in dikaryotic fungi, and supports retaining low-read SNPs for nuclear genotyping.