Chercheurs

Anthropologie / HEYER, EVELYNE

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Position

Professeur au Muséum National d’histoire Naturelle en anthropologie génétique (Paris, France).

Équipe de recherche \"génétique des populations humaines\"

Thèmes de recherche

Thèmes interdisciplinaires de recherche :

- Adaptabilité et évolution
- Peuplement et migrations
- Problématique du genre
- Alimentation, nutrition et perception gustative

Recherches actuelles
- Diversité génétique et linguistiques des populations d’Asie Centrale
- Diversité génétique et linguistiques des populations d’Afrique Centrale
- Transmission des comportements démographiques

Prix et récompenses

Publications

Impact of inbreeding on fertility in a pre-industrial population. Robert A., Toupance B., Tremblay M., Heyer E. European Journal of Human Genetics (2008) epub ahead of print

Sex-specific genetic structure and social organization in Central Asia : insights from a multi-locus study. Ségurel L., Martínez-Cruz B., Quintana-Murci L., Balaresque P., Georges M., Hegay T., Aldashev A., Nasyrova F., Jobling M. A., Heyer E. et al PLoS Genetics 4, 9 (2008)

Genetic traces of east-to-west human expansion waves in Eurasia. Chaix R., Austerlitz F., Hegay T., Quintana-Murci L., Heyer E. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 136, 3 (2008) 309-17

Senescence of reproduction may explain adaptive menopause in humans : A test of the \"mother\" hypothesis. Pavard S., E Metcalf C. J., Heyer E. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 136, 2 (2008) 194-203

Maternal traces of deep common ancestry and asymmetric gene flow between Pygmy hunter-gatherers and Bantu-speaking farmers. Quintana-Murci L., Quach H., Harmant C., Luca F., Massonnet B., Patin E., Sica L., Mouguiama-Daouda P., Comas D., Tzur S. et al Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105, 5 (2008) 1596-601

Population genetic diversity of the NAT2 gene supports a role of acetylation in human adaptation to farming in Central Asia. Magalon H., Patin E., Austerlitz F., Hegay T., Aldashev A., Quintana-Murci L., Heyer E. European Journal of Human Genetics 16, 2 (2008) 243-51

2007 : Pavard, S., A. Sibert, and E. Heyer. « The effect of maternal care on child’s survival : A demographic, genetic and evolutionary perspective ». Evolution. 61:1153-61.

2007 : Chaix R, Quintana-Murci L, Hegay T, Hammer MF, Mobasher Z, Austerlitz F, Heyer E. « From social to genetic structures in central Asia ». Current Biology. Jan 2007, 9 ;17(1):43-8.

2006 : Paul Verdu, Luis B. Barreiro, Etienne Patin, Antoine Gessain, Olivier Cassar, Judith R. Kidd, Kenneth K. Kidd, Doron M. Behar, Alain Froment, Evelyne Heyer,Lucas Sica, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Laurent Abel and Llu?s Quintana-Murci. « Evolutionary insights into the high worldwide prevalence of MBL2 deficiency alleles ». Human Molecular Genetics, Vol. 15, No. 17, 2650-2658.

2006 : Michael G. B. Blum, Evelyne Heyer, Olivier François and Frédéric Austerlitz. « Matrilineal fertility inheritance detected in hunter-gatherer populations using the imbalance of gene genealogies ». Plos Genetics, Aug 4 ;2(8) 1138-1146.

2006 : Soufia Mourali-Chebil and Evelyne Heyer. « Evolution of inbreeding coefficients (FIT, FIS and FST) and effective size (Ne) in the population of Saguenay Lac-St-Jean (Québec) ». Human Biology, Aug 2006, 78(4):495-508.

2006 : Patin E, Harmant C, Kidd KK, Kidd J, Froment A, Mehdi SQ, Sica L, Heyer E., Quintana-Murci L. « Sub-Saharan African coding sequence variation and haplotype diversity at the NAT2 gene ». Hum Mutation, Jul ;27(7):720.

2006 : Etienne Patin, Luis B. Barreiro, Pardis C. Sabeti, Frédéric Austerlitz, Francesca Luca,Antti Sajantila, Doron M. Behar, Ornella Semino, Anavaj Sakuntabhai, Nicole Guiso, Brigitte Gicquel, Ken McElreavey, Rosalind M. Harding, Evelyne Heyer, and Lluiss Quintana-Murci. « Deciphering the Ancient and Complex Evolutionary History of Human Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase Genes ». American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 78, Mar ;78(3):423-36.

2006 : P Balaresque, F Manni, JM Dugoujon, B Crousau-Roy and E Heyer. « Estimating sex-specific processes in human populations : Are XY-homologous markers an effective tool ? » Heredity, Mar ;96(3):214-21.

2006 : Manni F., Leonardi P., Patin, E., KhoJet el khil H., Skorecki K., Rosengarten D., Rouba H., Abdelhamid B., Berrebi A., Heyer E. et Fellous M. « A Y-chromosome portrait of Jerban population (Tunisia) to elucidate its complex demographic history ». Bulletins et mémoires de la Société d’anthropologie de Paris 17:103-114.