Laurent Excoffier

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PhD Biology University of Geneva
Bachelors Environmental Sciences University of Bern

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Arlequin (version 3.0): An integrated software package for population genetics data analysis (2005) (14804)
Analysis of molecular variance inferred from metric distances among DNA haplotypes: application to human mitochondrial DNA restriction data. (1992) (13668)
Arlequin suite ver 3.5: a new series of programs to perform population genetics analyses under Linux and Windows (2010) (13438)
Maximum-likelihood estimation of molecular haplotype frequencies in a diploid population. (1995) (2022)
A simulated annealing approach to define the genetic structure of populations (2002) (1804)
Estimation of past demographic parameters from the distribution of pairwise differences when the mutation rates vary among sites: application to human mitochondrial DNA. (1999) (1455)
Genetic Consequences of Range Expansions (2009) (1096)
Robust Demographic Inference from Genomic and SNP Data (2013) (1055)
A Human Genome Diversity Cell Line Panel (2002) (987)
PGDSpider: an automated data conversion tool for connecting population genetics and genomics programs (2012) (934)
Detecting loci under selection in a hierarchically structured population (2009) (786)
The Hidden Side of Invasions: Massive Introgression by Local Genes (2008) (724)
Gene flow and species delimitation. (2009) (690)
Reconstructing Native American Population History (2012) (688)
Surfing during population expansions promotes genetic revolutions and structuration. (2008) (626)
Patterns of DNA sequence diversity and genetic structure after a range expansion: lessons from the infinite‐island model (2004) (621)
A generic estimation of population subdivision using distances between alleles with special reference for microsatellite loci. (1996) (605)
The fate of mutations surfing on the wave of a range expansion. (2006) (592)
Intra-deme molecular diversity in spatially expanding populations. (2003) (565)
Testing for linkage disequilibrium in genotypic data using the Expectation-Maximization algorithm (1996) (554)
Statistical evaluation of alternative models of human evolution (2007) (551)
Genetic Variation and Population Structure in Native Americans (2007) (542)
Multiple maternal origins and weak phylogeographic structure in domestic goats (2001) (514)
Using allele frequencies and geographic subdivision to reconstruct gene trees within a species: molecular variance parsimony. (1994) (476)
Ancient hybridization fuels rapid cichlid fish adaptive radiations (2017) (443)
The impact of population expansion and mutation rate heterogeneity on DNA sequence polymorphism. (1996) (417)
Geographic Patterns of Genome Admixture in Latin American Mestizos (2008) (411)
Efficient Approximate Bayesian Computation Coupled With Markov Chain Monte Carlo Without Likelihood (2009) (374)
Computer programs for population genetics data analysis: a survival guide (2006) (372)
Fastsimcoal: a Continuous-time Coalescent Simulator of Genomic Diversity under Arbitrarily Complex Evolutionary Scenarios (2011) (372)
Analysis of mtDNA variation in African populations reveals the most ancient of all human continent-specific haplogroups. (1995) (361)
A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia (2016) (355)
ABCtoolbox: a versatile toolkit for approximate Bayesian computations (2010) (354)
Modern Humans Did Not Admix with Neanderthals during Their Range Expansion into Europe (2004) (309)
Why hunter-gatherer populations do not show signs of pleistocene demographic expansions. (1999) (305)
Assessing population genetic structure and variability with RAPD data: Application to Vaccinium macrocarpon (American Cranberry) (1996) (270)
Bayesian Analysis of an Admixture Model With Mutations and Arbitrarily Linked Markers (2005) (267)
SIMCOAL 2.0: a program to simulate genomic diversity over large recombining regions in a subdivided population with a complex history (2004) (267)
Conserved noncoding sequences are selectively constrained and not mutation cold spots (2006) (245)
On the accumulation of deleterious mutations during range expansions. (2013) (243)
Prehistoric genomes reveal the genetic foundation and cost of horse domestication (2014) (241)
Analysis of Population Subdivision (2004) (236)
Serial Founder Effects During Range Expansion: A Spatial Analog of Genetic Drift (2012) (234)
Inferring admixture proportions from molecular data. (1998) (229)
Ancient genomes show social and reproductive behavior of early Upper Paleolithic foragers (2017) (213)
An extensive analysis of Y-chromosomal microsatellite haplotypes in globally dispersed human populations. (2001) (211)
SIMCOAL: a general coalescent program for the simulation of molecular data in interconnected populations with arbitrary demography. (2000) (210)
Distance from sub-Saharan Africa predicts mutational load in diverse human genomes (2015) (208)
Genome-culture coevolution promotes rapid divergence of killer whale ecotypes (2016) (202)
Consequences of range contractions and range shifts on molecular diversity. (2012) (200)
Genomics of Rapid Incipient Speciation in Sympatric Threespine Stickleback (2016) (199)
Chimpanzee genomic diversity reveals ancient admixture with bonobos (2016) (193)
The effect of the Neolithic expansion on European molecular diversity (2005) (190)
Human genetic affinities for Y-chromosome P49a,f/TaqI haplotypes show strong correspondence with linguistics. (1997) (189)
Is the Gibraltar Strait a barrier to gene flow for the bat Myotis myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)? (2000) (184)
Contrasted patterns of mitochondrial and nuclear structure among nursery colonies of the bat Myotis myotis (2001) (180)
Evidence for polygenic adaptation to pathogens in the human genome. (2013) (180)
Recurrent replacement of mtDNA and cryptic hybridization between two sibling bat species Myotis myotis and Myotis blythii (2006) (175)
In defence of model‐based inference in phylogeography (2010) (170)
Different genetic components in the Ethiopian population, identified by mtDNA and Y-chromosome polymorphisms. (1998) (167)
Large Allele Frequency Differences between Human Continental Groups are more Likely to have Occurred by Drift During range Expansions than by Selection (2009) (162)
Evolutionary correlation between control region sequence and restriction polymorphisms in the mitochondrial genome of a large Senegalese Mandenka sample. (1995) (160)
splatche: a program to simulate genetic diversity taking into account environmental heterogeneity (2004) (151)
Strong reproductive isolation between humans and Neanderthals inferred from observed patterns of introgression (2011) (150)
Expansion load: recessive mutations and the role of standing genetic variation (2014) (147)
Enhanced AFLP genome scans detect local adaptation in high‐altitude populations of a small rodent (Microtus arvalis) (2011) (144)
Substitution rate variation among sites in mitochondrial hypervariable region I of humans and chimpanzees. (1999) (144)
NO EVIDENCE OF BOTTLENECK IN THE POSTGLACIAL RECOLONIZATION OF EUROPE BY THE NOCTULE BAT (NYCTALUS NOCTULA) (1999) (142)
The population history of northeastern Siberia since the Pleistocene (2019) (138)
Bayesian Estimation of Recent Migration Rates After a Spatial Expansion (2005) (137)
Mammalian monogamy is not controlled by a single gene. (2006) (135)
Comment on "Ongoing Adaptive Evolution of ASPM, a Brain Size Determinant in Homo sapiens" and "Microcephalin, a Gene Regulating Brain Size, Continues to Evolve Adaptively in Humans" (2006) (135)
Human demographic history: refining the recent African origin model. (2002) (132)
GENETIC STRUCTURE AND COLONIZATION PROCESSES IN EUROPEAN POPULATIONS OF THE COMMON VOLE, MICROTUS ARVALIS (2005) (132)
Principal component analysis under population genetic models of range expansion and admixture. (2010) (132)
Genetics and history of sub‐Saharan Africa (1987) (129)
Origin and differentiation of human mitochondrial DNA. (1989) (125)
Expansion Load and the Evolutionary Dynamics of a Species Range (2015) (123)
SPLATCHE2: a spatially explicit simulation framework for complex demography, genetic admixture and recombination (2010) (121)
Bayesian inference of the demographic history of chimpanzees. (2010) (120)
Bipolar gene flow in deep‐sea benthic foraminifera (2007) (119)
Molecular analysis reveals tighter social regulation of immigration in patrilocal populations than in matrilocal populations. (2005) (119)
Recovering the geographic origin of early modern humans by realistic and spatially explicit simulations. (2005) (118)
Widespread signals of convergent adaptation to high altitude in Asia and America (2014) (117)
Distinguishing between population bottleneck and population subdivision by a Bayesian model choice procedure (2010) (117)
Molecular Analysis of the β-Globin Gene Cluster in the Niokholo Mandenka Population Reveals a Recent Origin of the βS Senegal Mutation (2002) (116)
Demographic modelling with whole‐genome data reveals parallel origin of similar Pundamilia cichlid species after hybridization (2017) (104)
Incorporating genotypes of relatives into a test of linkage disequilibrium. (1998) (104)
Mitochondrial gene diversity in the common vole Microtus arvalis shaped by historical divergence and local adaptations (2004) (102)
A statistical evaluation of models for the initial settlement of the american continent emphasizes the importance of gene flow with Asia. (2010) (101)
Genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation during a range expansion (2013) (100)
Gametic phase estimation over large genomic regions using an adaptive window approach (2003) (98)
Fine‐scale genetic structure and dispersal in the common vole (Microtus arvalis) (2007) (98)
The ecological and genomic basis of explosive adaptive radiation (2020) (97)
Divergent evolutionary processes associated with colonization of offshore islands (2013) (96)
A simple method of removing the effect of a bottleneck and unequal population sizes on pairwise genetic distances (2000) (96)
Deep Human Genealogies Reveal a Selective Advantage to Be on an Expanding Wave Front (2011) (95)
Background selection and biased gene conversion affect more than 95% of the human genome and bias demographic inferences (2018) (90)
Molecular Diversity After a Range Expansion in Heterogeneous Environments (2006) (88)
Adaptive, convergent origins of the pygmy phenotype in African rainforest hunter-gatherers (2014) (87)
The population history of northeastern Siberia since the Pleistocene (2018) (85)
Genomics of Parallel Ecological Speciation in Lake Victoria Cichlids (2018) (82)
Colonization history of the Swiss Rhine basin by the bullhead (Cottus gobio): inference under a Bayesian spatially explicit framework (2008) (81)
Estimating population structure from AFLP amplification intensity (2010) (80)
A linkage disequilibrium map of the MHC region based on the analysis of 14 loci haplotypes in 50 French families (2000) (77)
Securing the conservation of biodiversity across administrative levels and spatial, temporal, and ecological scales - Research needs and approaches of the SCALES project (2010) (75)
Life history shapes gene expression in salmonids (2006) (73)
Italy as a major Ice Age refuge area for the bat Myotis myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Europe (2008) (69)
Ignoring heterozygous sites biases phylogenomic estimates of divergence times: implications for the evolutionary history of microtus voles. (2014) (69)
European phylogeography of the epiphytic lichen fungus Lobaria pulmonaria and its green algal symbiont (2012) (68)
Comment on "Genetic Structure of Human Populations" (2003) (67)
The Evolutionary History of Nebraska Deer Mice: Local Adaptation in the Face of Strong Gene Flow (2017) (67)
Combining genetic, historical and geographical data to reconstruct the dynamics of bioinvasions: application to the cane toad Bufo marinus (2010) (66)
Mammalian population genetics: why not Y? (2002) (66)
Gene flow in admixed populations and implications for the conservation of the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera (2009) (65)
Approximate Bayesian analysis of Drosophila melanogaster polymorphism data reveals a recent colonization of Southeast Asia. (2011) (65)
Genomic insights into population history and biological adaptation in Oceania (2021) (63)
Spatial differentiation of RH and GM haplotype frequencies in Sub-Saharan Africa and its relation to linguistic affinities. (1991) (62)
Accumulation of Deleterious Mutations During Bacterial Range Expansions (2016) (61)
Genomic scans support repetitive continental colonization events during the rapid radiation of voles (Rodentia: Microtus): the utility of AFLPs versus mitochondrial and nuclear sequence markers. (2010) (61)
A first step towards inferring levels of long‐distance dispersal during past expansions (2010) (61)
Evolutionary forces shaping genomic islands of population differentiation in humans (2012) (58)
Influence of admixture and paleolithic range contractions on current European diversity gradients. (2013) (54)
Ancient admixture from an extinct ape lineage into bonobos (2019) (54)
Contrasting Patterns of Nuclear and mtDNA Diversity in Native American Populations (2010) (53)
Detection of Pathways Affected by Positive Selection in Primate Lineages Ancestral to Humans (2016) (52)
Relaxed Selection During a Recent Human Expansion (2016) (51)
Genomic Data Reveal a Complex Making of Humans (2012) (50)
Population transcriptomics of life‐history variation in the genus Salmo (2008) (49)
fastsimcoal2: demographic inference under complex evolutionary scenarios (2021) (48)
The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics’ resources: focus on curated databases (2015) (47)
Inferring Past Demography Using Spatially Explicit Population Genetic Models (2009) (45)
Genetic Evidence for Complexity in Ethnic Differentiation and History in East Africa (2009) (44)
High variability and non-neutral evolution of the mammalian avpr1a gene (2007) (44)
HLA-DR polymorphism in a Senegalese Mandenka population: DNA oligotyping and population genetics of DRB1 specificities. (1992) (43)
Molecular analysis of the beta-globin gene cluster in the Niokholo Mandenka population reveals a recent origin of the beta(S) Senegal mutation. (2002) (41)
Detecting gene subnetworks under selection in biological pathways (2017) (41)
Estimation of effective population size and detection of a recent population decline coinciding with habitat fragmentation in a ground beetle (2005) (41)
Transition from Background Selection to Associative Overdominance Promotes Diversity in Regions of Low Recombination (2019) (40)
Maternal and paternal lineages in Albania and the genetic structure of Indo-European populations (2000) (40)
Impact of range expansions on current human genomic diversity. (2014) (39)
Patterns of morphological changes and hybridization between sympatric whitefish morphs (Coregonus spp.) in a Swiss lake: a role for eutrophication? (2010) (39)
Genetic surfing in human populations: from genes to genomes. (2016) (39)
Evolution of human mitochondrial DNA: Evidence for departure from a pure neutral model of populations at equilibrium (1990) (39)
Long-Distance Dispersal Shaped Patterns of Human Genetic Diversity in Eurasia (2015) (39)
Genomic landscape of early ecological speciation initiated by selection on nuptial colour (2017) (34)
Low levels of mitochondrial DNA variation among central and southern European Esox lucius populations (2004) (34)
Admixture between old lineages facilitated contemporary ecological speciation in Lake Constance stickleback (2019) (33)
SPLATCHE3: simulation of serial genetic data under spatially explicit evolutionary scenarios including long-distance dispersal (2019) (32)
Long-term evolution and short-term adaptation of microbiota strains and sub-strains in mice. (2021) (32)
Killer whale genomes reveal a complex history of recurrent admixture and vicariance (2019) (31)
Recent Evolutionary History of Tigers Highlights Contrasting Roles of Genetic Drift and Selection (2019) (31)
Nuclear DNA polymorphism in a Mandenka population from Senegal: Comparison with eight other human populations (1995) (31)
[Genetic studies of relationship between Mediterranean and Atlantic populations of loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta with mitochondrial marker]. (1993) (30)
Runs of homozygosity in killer whale genomes provide a global record of demographic histories (2020) (30)
Detection of Convergent Genome-Wide Signals of Adaptation to Tropical Forests in Humans (2015) (29)
The impact of purifying and background selection on the inference of population history: problems and prospects (2020) (28)
Mutation load dynamics during environmentally-driven range shifts (2018) (26)
Recommendations for improving statistical inference in population genomics (2021) (26)
Parsimony-based pedigree analysis and individual-based landscape genetics suggest topography to restrict dispersal and connectivity in the endangered capercaillie (2012) (24)
Genetic analysis of potential postglacial watershed crossings in Central Europe by the bullhead (Cottus gobio L.) (2007) (22)
Slightly deleterious genomic variants and transcriptome perturbations in Down syndrome embryonic selection (2018) (20)
Inferring the impact of linguistic boundaries on population differentiation: application to the Afro-Asiatic–Indo-European case (2000) (20)
The genomic origins of the world’s first farmers (2022) (20)
Polygenic patterns of adaptive introgression in modern humans are mainly shaped by response to pathogens. (2020) (20)
HLA‐DPB1 DNA POLYMORPHISM IN THE SWISS POPULATION: LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM WITH OTHER HLA LOCI AND POPULATION GENETIC AFFINITIES (1994) (19)
Long-distance dispersal suppresses introgression of local alleles during range expansions (2016) (19)
Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation across linguistic and geographic boundaries in Italy. (1996) (19)
Special Issue: Analytical methods in phylogeography and genetic structure (2004) (18)
Demographic inference (2021) (17)
Inference of Evolutionary Forces Acting on Human Biological Pathways (2014) (17)
Similarity in recombination rate and linkage disequilibrium at CYP2C and CYP2D cytochrome P450 gene regions among Europeans indicates signs of selection and no advantage of using tagSNPs in population isolates (2012) (16)
High diversity of alpha-globin haplotypes in a Senegalese population, including many previously unreported variants. (1995) (16)
Continental-Scale Footprint of Balancing and Positive Selection in a Small Rodent (Microtus arvalis) (2014) (16)
Neandertal Genetic Diversity: A Fresh Look from Old Samples (2006) (16)
The scaling of genetic diversity in a changing and fragmented world (2014) (15)
Human Diversity: Our Genes Tell Where We Live (2003) (14)
Width of Gene Expression Profile Drives Alternative Splicing (2008) (13)
Polygenic patterns of adaptive introgression in modern humans are mainly shaped by response to pathogens (2019) (13)
Genomics of Parallel Ecological Speciation in Lake Victoria Cichlids. (2018) (13)
New data for AG haplotype frequencies in Caucasoid populations and selective neutrality of the AG polymorphism. (1994) (11)
The Impact of Purifying and Background Selection on the Inference of Population History: Problems and Prospects (2021) (10)
The molecular diversity of the Niokholo Mandenkalu from Eastern Senegal : an insight into West Africa genetic history (1996) (9)
Genome-culture coevolution promotes rapid divergence in the killer whale (2016) (9)
Recent colonization of the Galápagos by the tree Geoffroea spinosa Jacq. (Leguminosae) (2012) (8)
Measure and representation of the genetic similarity between populations by the percentage of isoactive genes (1986) (8)
Mutational and selective processes involved in evolution during bacterial range expansions. (2019) (7)
Human genetic variation and its impact on public health and medicine (1999) (7)
Models of hybridization during range expansions and their application to recent human evolution (2014) (7)
The history and geography of human genetic diversity (1999) (6)
Hierarchical Bayesian model of population structure reveals convergent adaptation to high altitude in human populations (2014) (6)
Incorporating environmental heterogeneity in spatially-explicit simulations of human genetic diversity (2008) (6)
The genetic basis of smoltification: Functional genomics tools facilitate the search for the needle in the haystack (2007) (5)
Gene flow as a simple cause for an excess of high‐frequency‐derived alleles (2020) (5)
Genetic surfing in human populations: from genes to genomes (2016) (5)
The mixed genetic origin of the first farmers of Europe (2020) (4)
Minisatellite mutational processes reduce Fst estimates (1999) (4)
Corrigendum: Reconstructing Native American population history (2012) (4)
Dissection of the mutation accumulation process during bacterial range expansions (2020) (4)
[Polymorphism of HLA class I loci HLA-A, -B, -C, in the Mandenka population from eastern Senegal]. (1992) (4)
Effect of factors inhibiting HLA-DR antibodies before transplantation on kidney graft survival. (1988) (3)
Identification of Candidate Genes and Physiological Pathways Involved in Gonad Deformation in Whitefish (Coregonus spp.) from Lake Thun, Switzerland (2011) (3)
Strong neutral sweeps occurring during a population contraction (2021) (3)
Evidence of long-term purging of mutation load in killer whale genomes (2021) (2)
The detection of regions of our genome under selection has increasingly relied on the use of genome scans. (2005) (2)
Genetic simulations of population interactions during past human expansions in Europe (2008) (2)
Why can't people be more like bats? (1999) (2)
Variation in novel exons (RACEfrags) of the MECP2 gene in Rett syndrome patients and controls (2009) (2)
Where was paradise? A simulation study of the spread of early modern humans in heterogeneous environments (2008) (2)
The Impact of Genetic Surfing on Neutral Genomic Diversity (2022) (2)
Genetic constitution and the demography of human origin: the mtDNA arguments. (1989) (1)
Genomic analysis of fast expanding bacteria reveals new molecular adaptive mechanisms (2018) (1)
Recent colonization of the Galápagos by the treeGeoffroea spinosaJacq. (Leguminosae): GEOFFROEA SPINOSAIN THE GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS (2012) (1)
Reconstructing the demography of prehistoric human populations from molecular data (2003) (1)
Human mitochondrial DNA variability in East Africa : a study of the Nyangatom and the Dasenech from the Omo River Lower Valley, Ethiopia (2002) (1)
Reconstruction of nine thousand years of agriculture-based diet and impact on human genetic diversity in Asia (2019) (1)
Reply to Garrigan and Hammer: Ancient lineages and assimilation (2008) (1)
Analysis ofmtDNA Variation inAfrican Populations Reveals the MostAncient ofAllHumanContinent-Specific Haplogroups (1995) (1)
Reply to Stoneking (1990) (1)
Evolutionary forces shaping genomic islands of population differentiation in humans (2012) (1)
Editorial (2005) (0)
SPLATCHE 3 : simulation of serial genetic data under spatially explicit evolutionary scenarios including long-distance dispersal CURRAT (2019) (0)
Book Review:The Origin and Past of Modern Humans--Towards Reconcilation,Edited by Keiichi Omoto and Phillip V. Tobias (1999) (0)
Dissection of the mutation accumulation process during bacterial range expansions (2020) (0)
The ecological and genomic basis of explosive adaptive radiation (2020) (0)
The Out of Africa expansion affected accumulation of deleterious alleles in human genomes (2015) (0)
the role of standing genetic variation (2014) (0)
Author Correction: Ancient admixture from an extinct ape lineage into bonobos (2019) (0)
Ancient admixture from an extinct ape lineage into bonobos (2019) (0)
A GENETIC VIEW ON NILO-SAHARAN (2004) (0)
Author Correction: Ancient admixture from an extinct ape lineage into bonobos (2019) (0)
Origin andDifferentiation ofHumanMitochondrial DNA (1989) (0)
Genetic Variation Within Two Sympatric Spotted Gum Eucalypts Exceeds Between Taxa Variation (2008) (0)
We thank M. Stoneking for his advice regarding the analysis of recombination, and (2000) (0)
Expansion load : recessive mutations and 1 the role of standing genetic variation 2 3 4 (2014) (0)
Faculty Opinions recommendation of An evolutionary process that assembles phenotypes through space rather than through time. (2011) (0)
Simulations of Human Dispersal and Genetic Diversity (2021) (0)
Reply to “Re-evaluating the evidence for facilitation of stickleback speciation by admixture in the Lake Constance basin” (2021) (0)
Splatche 2 User Manual -1 - Splatche2 User Manual (2010) (0)
Strong neutral sweeps occurring during a population contraction. (2022) (0)
Title : Variation in novel exons ( RACEfrags ) of the MECP 2 gene in Rett syndrome patients and controls (0)
Rise and fall of deleterious variants: the origins of modern genetic diseases (2021) (0)

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