
France Dufresne
Associate Professor,Université du Québec à Rimouski
Département de Biologie
E-mail: France_dufresne@uqar.ca
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EducationPostdoctorate - Population genetics
: 1999,Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Postdoctorate - Population genetics: 1998, Université Laval Doctorate - Zoology: 1995, University of Guelph Master's - Biologie:1990, Université Laval Bachelor's: 1987, McGill University ResearchThe various kinds of research done in my lab all use different levels of organisation to answer questions of evolutionary biology. My current work is focused on the evolutionary aspects linked to polyploidy in caldocerans. We examine the effects of chromosome duplication on the physiology and ecology of freshwater invertebrates. Thanks to genome sequencing of the water flea, Daphnia pulex, we have new tools to characterize genomes. Additionally, we are interested in genes that control the body size of the daphnia. This characteristic is crucial to evolutionary biology because it is linked to reproductive fitness and curiously, we do not know much about the genes that control it. I am also interested in the factors linked to the origin and maintenance of asexuality. Why do asexual organisms show a different geographical distribution than their asexual ancestors? Certain daphnia clones find themselves in pristine arctic environments and are used to test the different evolutionary hypotheses. The approaches that I use in my lab are to answer these questions using a combination of molecular techniques, metabolic measures as well as experiments.QCBS studentsMarie-Hélène Armaly St-GelaisM.Sc. Previous students (since 2009)Philippe BoucherPh.D. Dominique HamelPh.D. Adriana RaduloviciPh.D. Geneviève CotéM.Sc. Jean-Michel MartinM.Sc. Sophie MercierM.Sc. Frédérique PaquinM.Sc. Thierry RattéM.Sc. Gaëlle Van DijkM.Sc. Involvement within the QCBS
Relevant QCBS research themesExamples of species studiedDaphnia pulex Pyganodon Bivalvia Unionoida Unionidae Daphnia pulicaria Pulex Cladocera Daphniidae Daphnia magna Salvelinus alpinus Nereididae Neanthes virens Hediste diversicolor Mytilus edulis Hyalella azteca Semibalanus balanoides Nereis virens Hyalella Amphipoda Mytilus trossulus Salvelinus fontinalis Publications48- Hybridization between char species (Salvelinus alpinus and Salvelinus fontinalis): A fast track for novel allometric trajectories Dupont Cyr B , , Dufresne F , , Christen F , , Desrosiers V , , Proulx , 2018 Biology Open (Date Added: 2018-11-04) 47- Species identification and connectivity of marine amphipods in Canada’s three oceans Tempestini A , , Rysgaard S , , Dufresne F , 2018 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2018-06-09) 46- Mytilus trossulus and hybrid (M. edulis-M. trossulus) – New hosts organisms for pathogenic microalgae Coccomyxa sp. from the Estuary and northwestern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada Zuykov M , , Anderson J , , Archambault P , , Dufresne F , , Pelletier E , 2018 Journal of Invertebrate Pathology (Date Added: 2018-03-28) 45- Thermal tolerance and thermal sensitivity of heart mitochondria: Mitochondrial integrity and ROS production Christen F , , Desrosiers V , , Dupont-Cyr B A , , Vandenberg G W , , Le François N R , , Tardif J , , Dufresne F , , Lamarre S G , , Blier P U , 2018 Free Radical Biology and Medicine (Date Added: 2018-01-19) 44- Molecular phylogeny of the genus Themisto (GuCrossed D sign©rin, 1925) (Amphipoda: Hyperiidae) in the Northern Hemisphere Tempestini A , , Fortier L , , Pinchuk A , , Dufresne F , 2017 Journal of Crustacean Biology (Date Added: 2018-01-19) 43- Temperature-related differences in mitochondrial function among clones of the cladoceran Daphnia pulex Kake-Guena S , , Touisse K , , Warren B , , Scott K , , Dufresne F , , Blier P , , Lemieux H , 2017 Journal of Thermal Biology (Date Added: 2017-06-24) 42- Eicosapentaenoic acid monoglyceride resolves inflammation in an ex vivo model of human peripheral blood mononuclear cell Morin C , , Charbonneau L , , Ouellet N , , Ouellet H , , Blier P U , , Dufresne F , , Fortin S , 2017 European Journal of Pharmacology (Date Added: 2017-06-08) 41- Association between clonal diversity and species diversity in subarctic zooplankton communities Dionne K , , Jose C , , Caron A , , Dufresne F , 2017 Journal of Plankton Research (Date Added: 2017-04-17) 40- Overlapping trophic niches among co-occurring amphipods from a cryptic species complex Dionne K , , Dufresne F , , Nozais C , 2017 Freshwater Biology (Date Added: 2017-04-12) 39- Variation in δ13C and δ15N trophic enrichment factors among Hyalella azteca amphipods from different lakes Dionne, K, Dufresne, F, Nozais, C 2016 Hydrobiologia (Date Added: 2016-08-01) 38- Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater: identifying and mapping paralogs in salmonids Dufresne, F 2016 Molecular Ecology Resources (Date Added: 2016-02-01) 37- Quantitative variation for metabolic traits among brook trout populations inhabiting different environments: Variation for metabolic traits in brook trout Dufresne, F, Barroux, A, DitleCadet, D, Blier, PU 2015 Journal of Zoology (Date Added: 2015-09-08) 36- Assessment of mitochondrial functions in Daphnia pulex clones using high-resolution respirometry Kake-Guena, SA, Touisse, K, Vergilino, R, Dufresne, F, Blier, PU, Lemieux, H 2015 Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological Genetics and Physiology (Date Added: 2015-07-10) 35- Climate Effects on High Latitude Daphnia via Food Quality and Thresholds Przytulska, A, Bartosiewicz, M, Rautio, M, Dufresne, F, Vincent, WF 2015 PloS one (Date Added: 2015-06-01) 34- Impact of ploidy level on the distribution of Pokey element insertions in the Daphnia pulex complex Vergilino, R, Eagle, SH, Crease, TJ, Dufresne, F 2014 Mobile DNA (Date Added: 2014-08-21) 33- First record of the green microalgae Coccomyxa sp. in blue mussel Mytilus edulis (L.) from the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary (Québec, Canada) Zuykov, M, Belzile, C, Lemaire, N, Gosselin, M, Dufresne, F, Pelletier, E 2014 Journal of Invertebrate Pathology (Date Added: 2014-08-21) 32- Mitochondrial Capture Misleads about Ecological Speciation in the Daphnia pulex Complex Markova S, DF 2013 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2016-06-22) 31- Evolution of a transposon in Daphnia hybrid genomes Vergilino, R 2013 MOBILE DNA (Date Added: 2016-06-22) 30- Recent progress and challenges in population genetics of polyploid organisms: an overview of current state-of-the-art molecular and statistical tools Dufresne, F, Stift, M, Vergilino, R, Mable, BK 2013 Molecular Ecology (Date Added: 2013-11-27) 29- Genome size differences in Hyalella cryptic species Vergilino, R, Dionne, K, Nozais, C, Dufresne, F, Belzile, C 2012 Genome / National Research Council Canada = Genome / Conseil National de Recherches Canada (Date Added: 2016-07-11) 28- Pyganodon (Bivalvia: Unionoida: Unionidae) phylogenetics: a male- and female-transmitted mitochondrial DNA perspective Doucet-Beaupré, H, Blier, PU, Chapman, EG, Piontkivska, H, Dufresne, F, Sietman, BE, Mulcrone, RS, Hoeh, WR 2012 Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (Date Added: 2012-07-04) 27- No evidence for temporal variation in a Cryptic species community of freshwater amphipods of the Hyalella azteca species complex Dionne, K, Vergilino, R, Dufresne, F, Charles, F, Nozais, C 2011 Diversity (Date Added: 2015-02-19) 26- The History of the Daphnia Pulex complex: Asexuality, Hybridization, And Polyploidy Dufresne, 2011 Phylogeography and population genetics in Crustacea (Date Added: 2012-09-15) 25- Diversity in the Reproductive Modes of European Daphnia pulicaria Deviates from the Geographical Parthenogenesis Dufresne, F, Marková, S, Vergilino, R, Ventura, M, KotlÃk, P 2011 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2012-07-04) 24- Spatial variation in food availability predicts extrapair paternity in the arctic fox Cameron, C, Berteaux, D, Dufresne, F 2011 Behavioral Ecology (Date Added: 2012-07-04) 23- DNA Barcodes for Marine Biodiversity: Moving Fast Forward? Radulovici, AE, Archambault, P, Dufresne, F 2010 Diversity (Date Added: 2012-07-04) 22- Unusual duplication of the insulin-like receptor in the crustacean Daphnia pulex Boucher, P, Ditlecadet, D, Dubé, C, Dufresne, F 2010 BMC Evolutionary Biology (Date Added: 2012-07-04) 21- Differential survival among genotypes of Daphnia pulex differing in reproductive mode, ploidy level, and geographic origin Jose, C, Dufresne, F 2009 Evolutionary Ecology (Date Added: 2012-07-04) 20- DNA barcoding of marine crustaceans from the Estuary and Gulf of St Lawrence: a regional-scale approach Radulovici, AE, Sainte-Marie, B, Dufresne, F 2009 Molecular ecology resources (Date Added: 2012-07-04) 19- Genome size evolution and polyploidy in the Daphnia pulex complex (Cladocera: Daphniidae) Vergilino, R, Belzile, C, Dufresne, F 2009 Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (Date Added: 2012-07-04) 18- Low flexibility of metabolic capacity in subarctic and temperate cytotypes of Daphnia pulex Jose, C, Chatelain, ÃH, Dufresne, F 2009 Journal of Thermal Biology (Date Added: 2012-07-04) 17- Do territorial male three-spined sticklebacks have sperm with different characteristics than nonterritorial males? Côté, J, Blier, PU, Caron, A, Dufresne, F 2009 Canadian Journal of Zoology (Date Added: 2012-05-10) 16- Digestive capacities, inbreeding and growth capacities in juvenile Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus Ditlecadet, D, Blier, PU, Le François, NR, Dufresne, F 2009 Journal of Fish Biology (Date Added: 2012-05-10) 15- Plasticity of growth rate and metabolism in Daphnia magna populations from different thermal habitats Chopelet, J, Blier, Pu, Dufresne, F 2008 Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology (Date Added: 2012-07-24) 14- Large genomes among caridean shrimp Rees, DJ, Belzile, C, Glémet, H, Dufresne, F 2008 Genome / National Research Council Canada = Génome / Conseil national de recherches Canada (Date Added: 2012-07-04) 13- Cryptic intercontinental colonization in water fleas Daphnia pulicaria inferred from phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA variation Marková, S, Dufresne, F, Rees, DJ, ?erný, M, KotlÃk, P 2007 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (Date Added: 2012-07-24) 12- Amphipod genome sizes: first estimates for Arctic species reveal genomic giants Rees, DJ, Dufresne, F, Glémet, H, Belzile, C 2007 Genome (Date Added: 2012-07-24) 11- Applying microsatellites in two commercial strains of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus): Potential for a selective breeding program Ditlecadet, D, Dufresne, F, Le François, NR, Blier, PU 2006 Aquaculture (Date Added: 2012-07-24) 10- Morphological variation in Nereis (Neanthes) virens (Polychaeta: Nereididae) populations Breton, S, Dufresne, F, Desrosiers, G, Blier, P 2004 Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (Date Added: 2014-02-19) 9- Population structure of two northern hemisphere polychaetes, Neanthes virens and Hediste diversicolor (Nereididae), with different life-history traits Breton, S, Dufresne, F, Desrosiers, G, Blier, PU 2003 Marine Biology (Date Added: 2014-02-19) 8- Differential patterns of spatial divergence in microsatellite and allozyme alleles: further evidence for locus-specific selection in the acorn barnacle, Semibalanus balanoides? Dufresne, F, Bourget, E, Bernatchez, L 2002 Molecular Ecology (Date Added: 2012-07-24) 7- Natural selection and the evolution of mtDNA-encoded peptides: evidence for intergenomic co-adaptation Blier, PU, Dufresne, F, Burton, RS 2001 Trends in Genetics (Date Added: 2012-07-24) 6- Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in the acorn barnacle Semibalanus balanoides Dufresne, F, Parent, M, Bernatchez, L 1999 Molecular Ecology (Date Added: 2012-07-24) 5- Pleistocene glaciations and polyphyletic origins of polyploidy in an arctic cladoceran Dufresne, F, Hebert, PDN 1997 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (Date Added: 2012-07-24) 4- Metabolism and habitat competition in the polychaete Nereis virens Lemieux, H, Blier, PU, Dufresne, F, Desrosiers, G 1997 Marine Ecology Progress Series (Date Added: 2012-05-10) 3- Polyploidy and clonal diversity in an arctic cladoceran Dufresne, F, Hebert, P 1995 Heredity (Date Added: 2012-07-24) 2- Hybridization and Origins of Polyploidy Dufresne, F, Hebert, PDN 1994 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (Date Added: 2012-07-24) 1- Atomic models for the polypeptide backbones of myohemerythrin and hemerythrin Hendrickson, WA, Ward, KB 1975 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (Date Added: 2014-08-21) In the mediaUne nouvelle microalgue parasite de la moule bleue est signalée dans l'estuaire du Saint-Laurent (UQAR) 2015-05-21 La puce d’eau à nu Agence Science-Presse 2011-10-07 Nouveaux critères de financement: les chercheurs s'y perdent Le Soleil (Asselin, Pierre) 2009-05-11 |