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The UMR Quantitative Genetics and Evolution – Le Moulon is a founding member of IDEEV. It welcomes scientists from four different French research institutes and universities: INRAE (UMR0320), Université Paris-Saclay (UMR8120) and AgroParisTech (UMR8120), and hosts a mixt research team from CNRS , GEVAD (EMR9005).

Our specificity is to mix experimental and theoretical approaches to produce knowledge about the genetics and evolution of quantitative traits. We have a special interest on cultivated plants in relation with agriculture.

Altogether, our research covers a wide range of disciplinary fields in Biology (including theoretical and evolutionary biology), Agronomical sciences, Mathematics (biostatistics and mathematical modeling) and Bioinformatics. In such a multidiciplinary environment, our specificity is population genetics and genomics for quantitative traits observed at different integration levels in contrasted environments : molecular phenotypes, architectural or developmental traits, yield components and adaptive traits. Our scientific production is recognized worldwide.

We contribute to the agro-ecological transition though the valorization of cultivated diversity in wheat (participatory breeding), maize (marker-assisted selection and genomic selection), and by conceiving varietal or species mixtures.

Organisation

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DIRECTIONC. Dillmann,K. Alix, L. MoreauAssistant : S. Le Bihan BIOSSY. de Oliveira, Computer scienceOpen Science ADMINISTRATIONHuman ressourcesFinancial management GREJEJ. Fiévet, J. EnjalbertField experiments GQMSL. MoreauQTLs, GxE interactions,selection methods QuantitativeproteomicsPAPPSOM. Blein-Nicolas,W. Bienvenut GE2MorFY. DeveauxPlants, flowers, pollinators BASEJ. LegrandLife-History traits,biotic interactions C. VitteD.Abu-AwadUnderstanding and lightening the mechanismsof evolutionAxis1 Understanding andpredicting genetic basesof interactionsE. MarchadierR. RincentAxis2 Understanding andmobilizing cultivateddiversityS. NicolasY. de OliveiraAxis3 DEAPT. FlutreParticipatory breeding,plant-plant interactionsSerres de l'IDEEVV. Héraudet (ESE) GEVADM. TenaillonEvolutionary genomics,domesticationAssistante : SS. Le BihaAssis LABOCOMC. RemouéMolecular Biology

As shown above, we are organized into:

  • three research axes that determine our scientific strategy;

  • five research teams (BASE, DEAP, GEvAD, GE2MorF and GQMS) that contribute to the research axes at different levels (indicated by the colored barplots);

  • a quantitative proteomics platform (PAPPSO) and a technical plateau for long DNA fragments sequencing (SEQ); we also contribute to the greenhouse platform Les Serres de l’IDEEV;

  • three transversal support teams (SERVICES, LABOCOM and BiOSS);

  • a working group (GreJe) to collectively manage our field experiments.

We are about 60 permanent staff, including researchers, engineers, and technichal staff. Each year, we have about 60 additional colleagues recruited on non-permanent positions (Postdoctoral fellows, PhD, master, engineers, technical staff, …).

Direction

Function Name Position
Director Christine Dillmann Professor, Université Paris-Saclay, Faculté des Sciences
Deputy director Laurence Moreau Directrice de Recherche, INRAE
Deputy director Karine Alix Professor, AgroParisTech