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RNA sequencing of wild and cultivated Olea europaea shed light on the domestication and selection history of the olive tree

Muriel Gros-Balthazard

AgreenSkills Meeting - 10/12-15/2015

My background

— My research interest: Biology and archaeology The origins of perennial crops — PhD at IRD/CBAE Montpellier, France (2009-2012) Origins, evolutionary and biogeographical history of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.): The contribution of genetic and morphometrics — Postdoc at Univ. Fribourg, Switzerland (2013-2014) Using whole-genome sequencing data to infer the domestication history of the date palm

My project

(2015-2017) — The olive tree cultivation is facing new biotic and abiotic challenges — Need to boost breeding programs and cultivar improvements — Prerequisite: Understanding of the olive tree demographic and selective history

RNA-seq data Bioinformatic treatment Inference of demographic history Detection of genes under selection Breeding programs

My hosting lab

CIRAD Montpellier French agricultural research and international cooperation

• rganization working for the sustainable development of

tropical and Mediterranean regions. AGAP group, AFEF team Create the most suitable planting material for farming systems involving the main 20 tropical and Mediterranean species Bouchaib Khadari Daniel Wegmann