Marc-andré Lachance, Phd
Professor, Yeast Ecology and Evolution,
Department of Biology
University of Western Ontario
Canada
Biography
Marc-André Lachance, PhD Professor, Yeast Ecology and Evolution, of Department of Biology at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Research Interest
One focal point is a group of large-spored Metschnikowia species associated with nitidulid beetles that visit flowers of Convolvulacae and other plants that produce short-lived flowers. The biogeography of these yeasts, their mechanisms of reproductive isolation, and the reconstruction of speciation events have been examined in populations whose distribution ranges across the New World and the Australian-Pacific region. Currently these yeasts are being studied at the level of the whole genome. This has allowed us to construct a robust phylogeny and to study the genetic basis for reproductive isolation and other phenomena.
Publications
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de Oliveira Santos AR, Perri AM, Andrietta MD, Rosa CA, Lachance MA. The expanding large-spored Metschnikowia clade: Metschnikowia matae sp. nov., a yeast species with two varieties from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 2015 Sep 1;108(3):753-63.
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de Vega C, Guzmán B, Steenhuisen SL, Johnson SD, Herrera CM, Lachance MA. Metschnikowia drakensbergensis sp. nov. and Metschnikowia caudata sp. nov., endemic yeasts associated with Protea flowers in South Africa. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology. 2014 Nov 1;64(11):3724-32.
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Lachance MA, Fedor AN. Catching speciation in the act: Metschnikowia bowlesiae sp. nov., a yeast species found in nitidulid beetles of Hawaii and Belize. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 2014 Mar 1;105(3):541-50.
