Publications
2012
52. Leclercq S., Gilbert C. & Cordaux R. (2012) Cargo capacity of phages and plasmids and other factors influencing horizontal transfers of prokaryote transposable elements. Mobile Genetic Elements. In press.
51. Cordaux R., Pichon S., Ben Afia Hatira H., Doublet V., Grève P., Marcadé I., Braquart-Varnier C., Souty-Grosset C., Charfi-Cheikhrouha F. & Bouchon D. (2012) Widespread Wolbachia infection in terrestrial isopods and other crustaceans. Zookeys. 176, 123-131. pdf
2011
50. Cerveau N., Leclercq S., Leroy E., Bouchon D. & Cordaux R. (2011) Short and long-term evolutionary dynamics of bacterial insertion sequences: insights from Wolbachia endosymbionts. Genome Biology and Evolution. 3, 1175-1186. pdf
49. Leclercq S. & Cordaux R. (2011) Do phages efficiently shuttle transposable elements among prokaryotes? Evolution. 65, 3327-3331. pdf
48. Cordaux R., Bouchon D. & Grève P. (2011) The impact of endosymbionts on the evolution of host sex-determination mechanisms. Trends in Genetics. 27, 332-341. pdf
47. Cerveau N., Leclercq S., Bouchon D. & Cordaux R. (2011) Evolutionary dynamics and genomic impact of prokaryote transposable elements. In Evolutionary Biology: concepts, biodiversity, macroevolution and genome evolution, P. Pontarotti Ed. Springer, Berlin, pp. 291-312. pdf
46. Bouchon D., Cordaux R. & Grève P. (2011) Rickettsiella, intracellular pathogens of arthropods. In Manipulative tenants: bacteria associated with arthropods, E. Zchori-Fein and K. Bourtzis Eds. Taylor and Francis Group LLC, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 127-148.
45. Leclercq S., Giraud I. & Cordaux R. (2011) Remarkable abundance and evolution of mobile group II introns in Wolbachia bacterial endosymbionts. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 28, 685-697. pdf
2010
44. Ling A. & Cordaux R. (2010) Insertion sequence inversions mediated by ectopic recombination between terminal inverted repeats. PLoS One. 5, e15654. pdf
43. Cordaux R., Sen S.K., Konkel M.K. & Batzer M.A. (2010) Computational methods for the analysis of primate mobile elements. In Methods in Molecular Biology - Genetic Variation, Volume 628, M.R. Barnes and G. Breen Eds. Humana Press Inc, Totowa, NJ, pp. 137-151. pdf
2009
42. Cordaux R. & Batzer M.A. (2009) The impact of retrotransposons on human genome evolution. Nature Reviews Genetics. 10, 691-703. pdf
41. Pichon S., Bouchon D., Cordaux R., Chen L., Garrett R.A. & Grève P. (2009) Conservation of the type IV secretion system throughout Wolbachia evolution. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 385, 557-562. pdf
40. Cordaux R. (2009) Gene conversion maintains non-functional transposable elements in an obligate mutualistic endosymbiont. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 26, 1679-1682. pdf
2008
39. Cordaux R. (2008) The human genome in the LINE of fire. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 105, 19033-19034. pdf
38. Bouchon D., Cordaux R. & Grève P. (2008) Feminizing Wolbachia and the evolution of sex determination in isopods. In Insect Symbiosis, Volume 3, K. Bourtzis and T. Miller Eds. Taylor and Francis Group LLC, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 273-294.
37. Cordaux R., Pichon S., Ling A., Pérez P., Delaunay C., Vavre F., Bouchon D. & Grève P. (2008) Intense transpositional activity of insertion sequences in an ancient obligate endosymbiont. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 25, 1889-1896. pdf
36. Cordaux R. & Bouchon D. (2008) Reorganization and monophyly of the genus Rickettsiella: all in good time - Authors' reply. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74, 5264. pdf
35. Doublet V., Souty-Grosset C., Bouchon D., Cordaux R.* & Marcadé I.* (2008) A thirty million year-old inherited heteroplasmy. PLoS One. 3, e2938. * RC and IM are equal senior authors. pdf
34. Cordaux R. & Batzer M.A. (2008) Evolutionary emergence of genes through retrotransposition. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences: Handbook of Human Molecular Evolution, Volume 2, D.N. Cooper & H. Kehrer-Sawatzki Eds. John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, UK, pp. 996-1003. pdf
33. Cordaux R. (2008) ISWpi1 from Wolbachia pipientis defines a novel group of insertion sequences within the IS5 family. Gene. 409, 20-27. pdf
2007
32. Marcadé I., Cordaux R., Doublet V., Debenest C., Bouchon D. & Raimond R. (2007) Structure and evolution of the atypical mitochondrial genome of Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda, Crustacea). Journal of Molecular Evolution. 65, 651-659. pdf
31. Cordaux R., Paces-Fessy M., Raimond M., Michel-Salzat A., Zimmer M. & Bouchon D. (2007) Molecular characterization and evolution of arthropod pathogenic Rickettsiella bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73, 5045-5047. pdf
30. Cordaux R., Srikanta D., Lee J., Stoneking M. & Batzer M.A. (2007) In search of polymorphic Alu insertions with restricted geographic distributions. Genomics. 90, 154-158. pdf
29. Herke S.W., Xing J., Ray D.A., Zimmerman J.W., Cordaux R. & Batzer M.A. (2007) A SINE-based dichotomous key for primate identification. Gene. 390, 39-51. pdf
28. Lee J.*, Cordaux R.*, Han K.*, Wang J., Hedges D.J., Liang P. & Batzer M.A. (2007) Different evolutionary fates of recently integrated human and chimpanzee LINE-1 retrotransposons. Gene. 390, 18-27. * JL, RC and KH contributed equally to this work. pdf
2006
27. Xing J., Wang H., Belancio V.P., Cordaux R., Deininger P.L. & Batzer M.A. (2006) Emergence of new primate genes by retrotransposon-mediated sequence transduction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 103, 17608-17613. pdf
26. Kayser M., Brauer S., Cordaux R., Casto A., Lao O., Zhivotovsky L.A., Moyse-Faurie C., Rutledge R.B., Schiefenhoevel W., Gil D., Lin A.A., Underhill P.A., Oefner P.J., Trent R.J. & Stoneking M. (2006) Melanesian and Asian origins of Polynesians: mtDNA and Y-chromosome gradients across the Pacific. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23, 2234-2244. pdf
25. Sen S.K., Han K., Wang J., Lee J., Wang H., Callinan P.A., Dyer M., Cordaux R., Liang P. & Batzer M.A. (2006) Human genomic deletions mediated by recombination between Alu elements. American Journal of Human Genetics. 79, 41-53. pdf
24. Cordaux R., Lee J., Dinoso L. & Batzer M.A. (2006) Recently integrated Alu retrotransposons are essentially neutral residents of the human genome. Gene. 373, 138-144. pdf
23. Cordaux R., Hedges D.J., Herke S.W. & Batzer M.A. (2006) Estimating the retrotransposition rate of human Alu elements. Gene. 373, 134-137. pdf
22. Cordaux R., Udit S., Batzer M.A. & Feschotte C. (2006) Birth of a chimeric primate gene by capture of the transposase gene from a mobile element. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 103, 8101-8106. pdf
21. Seleme M.C., Vetter M., Cordaux R., Bastone L., Batzer M.A. & Kazazian H.H. (2006) Extensive individual variation in L1 retrotransposition capability contributes to human genetic diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 103, 6611-6616. pdf
20. Cordaux R. & Batzer M.A. (2006) Teaching an old dog new tricks: SINEs of canine genomic diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 103, 1157-1158. pdf
2005
19. Nasidze I., Quinque D., Dupanloup I., Cordaux R., Kokshunova L. & Stoneking M. (2005) Genetic evidence for the Mongolian ancestry of Kalmyks. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 128, 846-854. pdf
18. Hedges D.J.*, Cordaux R.*, Xing J., Witherspoon D.J., Rogers A.R., Jorde L.B. & Batzer M.A. (2005) Modeling the amplification dynamics of human Alu retrotransposons. PLoS Computational Biology. 1, 333-340. * DJH and RC contributed equally to this work. pdf
17. Han K., Sen S.K., Wang J., Callinan P.A., Lee J., Cordaux R., Liang P. & Batzer M.A. (2005) Genomic rearrangements by LINE-1 insertion-mediated deletion in the human and chimpanzee lineages. Nucleic Acids Research. 33, 4040-4052. pdf
16. Han K., Xing J., Wang H., Hedges D.J., Garber R.K., Cordaux R. & Batzer M.A. (2005) Under the genomic radar: the stealth model of Alu amplification. Genome Research. 15, 655-664. pdf
2004
15. Xing J., Hedges D.J., Han K., Wang H., Cordaux R. & Batzer M.A. (2004) Alu element mutation spectra: molecular clocks and the effect of DNA methylation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 344, 675-682. pdf
14. Cordaux R., Hedges D.J. & Batzer M.A. (2004) Retrotransposition of Alu elements: how many sources? Trends in Genetics. 20, 464-467. pdf
13. Cordaux R., Weiss G., Saha N. & Stoneking M. (2004) The northeast Indian passageway: a barrier or corridor for human migrations? Molecular Biology and Evolution. 21, 1525-1533. pdf
12. Cordaux R., Bentley G., Aunger R., Sirajuddin S.M. & Stoneking M. (2004) Y-STR haplotypes from eight south Indian groups based on five loci. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 49, 847-848. pdf
11. Cordaux R., Michel-Salzat A., Frelon-Raimond M., Rigaud T. & Bouchon D. (2004) Evidence for a new feminizing Wolbachia strain in the isopod Armadillidium vulgare: evolutionary implications. Heredity. 93, 78-84. pdf
10. Hedges D.J., Callinan P.A., Cordaux R., Xing J., Barnes E. & Batzer M.A. (2004) Differential Alu mobilization and polymorphism levels among the chimpanzee and human lineages. Genome Research. 14, 1068-1075. pdf
9. Nasidze I., Ling E., Quinque D., Dupanloup I., Cordaux R., Rychkov S., Naumova O., Zhukova O., Sarraf-Zadegan N., Naderi G.A., Asgary S., Sardas S., Farhud D.D., Sarkisian T., Asadov C., Kerimov A. & Stoneking M. (2004) Mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome variation in the Caucasus. Annals of Human Genetics. 68, 205-221. pdf
8. Hughes D.A., Cordaux R. & Stoneking M. (2004) Quick guide: humans. Current Biology. 14, R367-R369. pdf
7. Cordaux R., Deepa E., Vishwanathan H. & Stoneking M. (2004) Genetic evidence for the demic diffusion of agriculture to India. Science. 304, 1125. pdf
6. Vishwanathan H., Deepa E., Cordaux R., Stoneking M., Usha Rani M.V. & Majumder P.P. (2004) Genetic structure and affinities among tribal populations of southern India: a study of 24 autosomal DNA markers. Annals of Human Genetics. 68, 128-138. pdf
5. Cordaux R., Aunger R., Bentley G., Nasidze I., Sirajuddin S.M. & Stoneking M. (2004) Independent origins of Indian caste and tribal paternal lineages. Current Biology. 14, 231-235. pdf
2003
4. Cordaux R. & Stoneking M. (2003) South Asia, the Andamanese and the genetic evidence for an "early" human dispersal out of Africa. American Journal of Human Genetics. 72, 1586-1590. pdf
3. Cordaux R., Saha N., Bentley G.R., Aunger R., Sirajuddin S.M. & Stoneking M. (2003) Mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals diverse histories of tribal populations from India. European Journal of Human Genetics. 11, 253-264. pdf - HV1 data
2001
2. Michel-Salzat A., Cordaux R. & Bouchon D. (2001) Wolbachia variability in the Porcellionides pruinosus complex of species (Crustacea, Oniscidea): evidence of host-dependent patterns of infection. Heredity. 87, 428-434. pdf
1. Cordaux R., Michel-Salzat A. & Bouchon D. (2001) Wolbachia infection in crustaceans: novel hosts and potential routes for horizontal transmission. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 14, 237-243. pdf
