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Richard Cordaux
Researcher at University of Poitiers
Publications - 97
Citations - 6704
Richard Cordaux is an academic researcher from University of Poitiers. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome & Wolbachia. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 94 publications receiving 5946 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard Cordaux include Centre national de la recherche scientifique & Louisiana State University.
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The impact of retrotransposons on human genome evolution.
Richard Cordaux,Mark A. Batzer +1 more
TL;DR: This Review focuses on non-long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons, and discusses the many ways that they affect the human genome: from generating insertion mutations and genomic instability to altering gene expression and contributing to genetic innovation.
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Human genomic deletions mediated by recombination between Alu elements.
Shurjo K. Sen,Kyudong Han,Jianxin Wang,Jungnam Lee,Hui Wang,Pauline A. Callinan,Matthew D. Dyer,Richard Cordaux,Ping Liang,Mark A. Batzer +9 more
TL;DR: It is found that Alu recombination-mediated genomic deletion has had a much higher impact than was inferred from previously identified isolated events and that it continues to contribute to the dynamic nature of the human genome.
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Melanesian and Asian Origins of Polynesians: mtDNA and Y Chromosome Gradients Across the Pacific
Manfred Kayser,Silke Brauer,Richard Cordaux,Amanda Casto,Oscar Lao,Lev A. Zhivotovsky,Claire Moyse-Faurie,Robb B. Rutledge,Wulf Schiefenhoevel,David Gil,Alice A. Lin,Peter A. Underhill,Peter J. Oefner,Ronald J. Trent,Mark Stoneking +14 more
TL;DR: Surprisingly, gradients in the frequency distribution of some NRY/mtDNA haplogroups across Polynesia and a gradual west-to-east decrease of overall Nry/mt DNA diversity are identified, providing evidence for a west- to-east direction of Polynesian settlements but also suggesting that Pacific voyaging was regular rather than haphazard.
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Birth of a chimeric primate gene by capture of the transposase gene from a mobile element
TL;DR: The evolutionary history of SETMAR, a new primate chimeric gene resulting from fusion of a SET histone methyltransferase gene to the transposase gene of a mobile element, is reconstructed to provide insight into the conditions required for a successful gene fusion.
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The impact of endosymbionts on the evolution of host sex-determination mechanisms
TL;DR: A fundamental biological process of eukaryotes influenced by bacterial endosymbionts: the mechanisms of sex determination is discussed, which might represent excellent models for studying transitions between sex-determining systems and, more generally, the evolution of sex-determination mechanisms in eukARYotes.