Dr. Laurent Duret
Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, Lyon, France
Invited by Pierre-Antoine Defossez (EDC) and Sandra Duharcourt (IJM)
“Random genetic drift sets an upper limit on mRNA splicing accuracy in metazoans“
The seminar will take place in the Institut Jacques Monod seminar room (RB-18B).
Bâtiment Buffon, 15 rue Hélène Brion, Paris 13th.
On Wednesday, February 25th, at 11:00 am.
Relevant publications from the speaker:
Variation in the fitness impact of translationally optimal codons among animals.
Bénitière F, Lefébure T, Duret L. Genome Res. 2025 Mar 18;35(3):446-458. doi: 10.1101/gr.279837.124. PMID: 39929724
Bénitière F, Duret L, Necsulea A.NAR Genom Bioinform. 2024 Jun 12;6(2):lqae064. doi: 10.1093/nargab/lqae064. eCollection 2024 Jun.PMID: 38867915
High prevalence of PRDM9-independent recombination hotspots in placental mammals.
Joseph J, Prentout D, Laverré A, Tricou T, Duret L. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Jun 4;121(23):e2401973121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2401973121. Epub 2024 May 29. PMID: 38809707
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