Arrigo Nils
Faculty of Biology and Medicine
Department of ecology and evolution
University of Lausanne
Switzerland
Biography
SNF Group leader in the Dpt of Ecology & Evolution (Unil, Lausanne) with solid expertise in: Scientific research (fullspectrum of scientific activities, from experimental design to bioinformatics, data analysis.
Research Interest
Scientific interests revolve around the impacts of hybridization (the interbreeding of different species) and whole genome duplication on the evolution of plant species. My PhD assessed whether wheat cultivars exchanged genes with their wild -and naturally occurring- relatives in Europe. I then addressed the genomics of hybrid speciation in primitive land-plants (Lycophytes) –using whole genome and transcriptome sequencing– as well as the diversification of polyploids, during a post-doctoral stay within the group of Pr. Michael S. Barker (University of Arizona, USA). My ongoing FNS Ambizione project explores how complex adaptations can be transferred among species, always via hybridization.
Publications
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Arrigo N, de La Harpe M, Litsios G, Zozomová-Lihová J, Španiel S, et al., (2016). Is hybridization driving the evolution of climatic niche in Alyssum montanum. American journal of botany. 103: 1348-1357.
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Suchan T, EspÃndola A, Rutschmann S, Emerson BC, Gori K, et al., (2017). Assessing the potential of RAD-sequencing to resolve phylogenetic relationships within species radiations: The fly genus Chiastocheta (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) as a case study. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114: 189-198.
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Pitteloud C, Arrigo N, Suchan T, Mastretta-Yanes A, Vila R, et al., (2017). Climatic niche evolution is faster in sympatric than allopatric lineages of the butterfly genus Pyrgus. InProc. R. Soc. B 284, 20170208.
