Pierre Lesturgie

My research interests focus on (i) historical demography inference (notably using coalescence-based frameworks); (ii) the origin and maintenance of supergenes; and (iii) using multi-species population genetics datasets to uncover large scale biogeographic and ecological features. My model systems are cartilagenous and bony fishes. My current research project is theoretical and computational: I am studying how selection affects demographic parameters along chromosomes using coalescent theory, with the aim of developing statistical software and applying it to genomic data.