Selected Publications

A list of selected publications, see here for a complete list.

Uhl, M., Bunel, P., Navascués, M. de, Boitard, S., & Servin, B. (2025, October 30). SelNeTime: A python package inferring effective population size and selection intensity from genomic time series data. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.06.622284

Etourneau, A., Rupp, R., & Servin, B. (2025). Genome landscape and genetic architecture of recombination in domestic goats (capra hircus). Genet Sel Evol, 57(1), 57. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-025-01001-0

Eynard, S. E., Mondet, F., Basso, B., Bouchez, O., Le Conte, Y., Dainat, B., Decourtye, A., Genestout, L., Guichard, M., Guillaume, F., Labarthe, E., Locke, B., Mahla, R., de Miranda, J., Neuditschko, M., Phocas, F., Canale-Tabet, K., Vignal, A., & Servin, B. (2025). Sequence-Based Multi Ancestry Association Study Reveals the Polygenic Architecture of Varroa destructor Resistance in the Honeybee Apis mellifera. Mol Ecol, 34(3), e17637. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17637

Poklukar, K., Mestre, C., Škrlep, M., Čandek-Potokar, M., Ovilo, C., Fontanesi, L., Riquet, J., Bovo, S., Schiavo, G., Ribani, A., Muñoz, M., Gallo, M., Bozzi, R., Charneca, R., Quintanilla, R., Kušec, G., Mercat, M.-J., Zimmer, C., Razmaite, V., … Servin, B. (2023). A meta-analysis of genetic and phenotypic diversity of european local pig breeds reveals genomic regions associated with breed differentiation for production traits. Genet Sel Evol, 55(1), 88. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-023-00858-3

Eynard, S. E., Vignal, A., Basso, B., Canale-Tabet, K., Le Conte, Y., Decourtye, A., Genestout, L., Labarthe, E., Mondet, F., & Servin, B. (2022). Reconstructing queen genotypes by pool sequencing colonies in eusocial insects: Statistical methods and their application to honeybee. Molecular Ecology Resources, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13685

Danguy des Déserts, A., Bouchet, S., Sourdille, P., & Servin, B. (2021). Evolution of recombination landscapes in diverging populations of bread wheat. Genome Biology and Evolution, 13(8), evab152. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab152

Paris, C., Servin, B., & Boitard, S. (2019). Inference of selection from genetic time series using various parametric approximations to the wright-fisher model. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 9(12), 4073–4086. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.119.400778

Oget, C., Servin, B., & Palhière, I. (2019). Genetic diversity analysis of french goat populations reveals selective sweeps involved in their differentiation. Animal Genetics, 50(1), 54–63. https://doi.org/10.1111/age.12752

Bertolini, F., Servin, B., Talenti, A., Rochat, E., Kim, E. S., Oget, C., Palhière, I., Crisà, A., Catillo, G., Steri, R., Amills, M., Colli, L., Marras, G., Milanesi, M., Nicolazzi, E., Rosen, B. D., Van Tassell, C. P., Guldbrandtsen, B., Sonstegard, T. S., … Crepaldi, P. (2018). Signatures of selection and environmental adaptation across the goat genome post-domestication. Genet Sel Evol, 50, 57. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-018-0421-y

Alberto, F. J., Boyer, F., Orozco-terWengel, P., Streeter, I., Servin, B., de Villemereuil, P., Benjelloun, B., Librado, P., Biscarini, F., Colli, L., Barbato, M., Zamani, W., Alberti, A., Engelen, S., Stella, A., Joost, S., Ajmone-Marsan, P., Negrini, R., Orlando, L., … Pompanon, F. (2018). Convergent genomic signatures of domestication in sheep and goats. Nat Commun, 9, 813. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03206-y

Rochus, C. M., Tortereau, F., Plisson-Petit, F., Restoux, G., Moreno-Romieux, C., Tosser-Klopp, G., & Servin, B. (2018). Revealing the selection history of adaptive loci using genome-wide scans for selection: An example from domestic sheep. BMC Genomics, 19(1), 71. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-018-4447-x

Petit, M., Astruc, J.-M., Sarry, J., Drouilhet, L., Fabre, S., Moreno, C. R., & Servin, B. (2017). Variation in recombination rate and its genetic determinism in sheep populations. Genetics, 207, 767–784. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.117.300123

Boitard, S., Boussaha, M., Capitan, A., Rocha, D., & Servin, B. (2016). Uncovering adaptation from sequence data: Lessons from genome resequencing of four cattle breeds. Genetics, 203, 433–450. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.181594

Fariello, M. I., Servin, B., Tosser-Klopp, G., Rupp, R., Moreno, C. R., Consortium, I. S. G., San Cristobal, M., & Boitard, S. (2014). Selection signatures in worldwide sheep populations. PLoS One, 9(8), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103813

Fariello, M. I., Boitard, S., Naya, H., SanCristobal, M., & Servin, B. (2013). Detecting signatures of selection through haplotype differentiation among hierarchically structured population. Genetics, 193, 929–941.

Servin, B., Faraut, T., Iannuccelli, N., Zelenika, D., & Milan, D. (2012). High-resolution autosomal radiation hybrid maps of the pig genome and their contribution to the genome sequence assembly. BMC Genomics, 13, 585. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-585

Tortereau, F., Servin, B., Frantz, L., Megens, H.-J., Milan, D., Rohrer, G., Wiedmann, R., Beever, J., Archibald, A. L., Schook, L., & Groenen, M. (2012). A high density recombination map of the pig reveals a correlation between sex-specific recombination and GC content. BMC Genomics, 13(1), 586. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-586

Servin, B., de Givry, S., & Faraut, T. (2010). Statistical confidence measures for genome maps: Application to the validation of genome assemblies. Bioinformatics, 26(24), 3035–3042. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btq598

Servin, B., & Stephens, M. (2007). Imputation-based analysis of association studies: Candidate regions and quantitative traits. PLOS Genetics, 3(7), e114. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.0030114

Servin, B., Martin, O., Mézard, M., & Hospital, F. (2004). Toward a theory of marker-assisted gene pyramiding. Genetics, 168(1), 513–523. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.103.023358