Blue mussels population genomics

Mytilus species are marine model organisms for the study of speciation, hybridization and adaptation.
current

I have been working on the Mytilus species complex (blue mussels) since before my PhD with Nicolas Bierne.

Papers

  • Simon et al. (2020)
  • Simon et al. (2021)
  • Pastor et al. (2021)

References

Pastor, Ane, Janus Larsen, Flemming T. Hansen, Alexis Simon, Nicolas Bierne, and Marie Maar. 2021. “Agent-Based Modeling and Genetics Reveal the Limfjorden, Denmark, as a Well-Connected System for Mussel Larvae.” Marine Ecology Progress Series 680: 193–205. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13559.
Simon, Alexis, Christine Arbiol, Einar Eg Nielsen, et al. 2020. “Replicated Anthropogenic Hybridisations Reveal Parallel Patterns of Admixture in Marine Mussels.” Evolutionary Applications 13 (3, 3): 575–99. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12879.
Simon, Alexis, Christelle Fraïsse, Tahani El Ayari, et al. 2021. “How Do Species Barriers Decay? Concordance and Local Introgression in Mosaic Hybrid Zones of Mussels.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 34 (January): 208–23. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13709.