My research focuses on the evolutionary processes at play during diversification (i.e. during the emergence of new species and the divergence of populations or landraces) using population genetics and genomics . I use as models fig (genus Ficus), apples (genus Malus), apricots (Prunus armeniaca) and peonies (genus Paeonia) trees, annual (genus Capsella) and perennial (Dianthus genus) plants, fungi (Venturia and Microbotryum) and insects (aphids).
Keywords: adaptation, introgressions, gene flow, conservation, agroforestery, breeding, ecology, domestication, weed, coevolution, pest evolution.
Mots clés: adaptation, introgressions, flux de gènes, conservation, agroforesterie, amélioration variétale, écologie, domestication, co-évolution
Contact information:
Amandine CORNILLE
mail: amandine[dot]cornille[at]gmail[dot]com
Adaptation to a Changing Environment (ACE)
ETH Zurich
Institut f. Integrative Biologie
Universitätstrasse 16
8092 Zurich, Switzerland
and from February 2017
Chargée de Recherche CNRS CR2
Génétique Quantitative et Evolution – Le Moulon
Ferme du Moulon
91190 Gif-sur-Yvette
France