Preprints
(50) Brom T, Castric V, Billiard S. 2018. Breakdown of gametophytic self-incompatibility in subdivided populations. BioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/444125
(49) Burghgraeve N, Simon S, Barral S, Fobis-Loisy I, Holl AC, Ponitzki C, Schmitt E, Vekemans X, Castric V. 2018. Base-pairing requirements for small RNA-mediated gene silencing of recessive self-incompatibility alleles in Arabidopsis halleri. BioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/370239
2019
(48) Bachmann JA, Tedder A, Laenen B, Fracassetti M, Désamoré A, Lafon-Placette C, Steige KA, Callot C, Marande W, Neuffer B, Bergès H, Köhler C, Castric V, Slotte T. 2018. Genetic basis and timing of a major mating system shift in Capsella. Accepted New Phytologist. BioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/425389
(47) Legrand S, Caron T, Maumus F, Schvartzman S, Quadrana L, Durand E, Gallina S, Pauwels M, Mazoyer C, Huyghe L, Colot V, Hanikenne M, Castric V. 2018. Differential retention of transposable element-derived sequences in outcrossing Arabidopsis genomes. Accepted Mobile DNA. BioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/368985
2018
(46) Corbett-Detig R, Medina P, Frérot H, Blassiau C, Castric V. Accepted. Bulk Pollen Sequencing Reveals Rapid Evolution of Segregation Distortion In The Male Germline of Arabidopsis Hybrids. Evolution Letters.
2017
(45) Chantah SC, Herman AC, Castric V, Vekemans X, Marande W, Schoen DJ. 2017. The unusual S locus of Leavenworthia is composed of two sets of paralogous loci. New Phytologist doi:10.1111/nph.14764.
(44) Tsuchimatsu T, Goubet PM, Gallina S, Holl AC, Fobis-Loisy I, Bergès H, Marande W, Prat E, Meng D, Long Q, Platzer A, Nordborg M, Vekemans X, Castric V. Patterns of polymorphism at the self-incompatibility locus in 1,083 Arabidopsis thaliana genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34(8):1878–1889. [pdf].
(43) Saumitou-Laprade P, Vernet P, Vekemans X, Castric V, Barcaccia G, Khadari B, Baldoni L. 2017. Controlling for genetic identity of varieties, pollen contamination and stigma receptivity is essential to characterize the self-incompatibility system of Olea europaea L. Evolutionary Applications. doi: 10.1111/eva.12498
(42) Novikova PY, Tsuchimatsu T, Simon S, Nizhynska V, Voronin V, Burns R, Fedorenko OM, Holm S, Säll T, Prat E, Marande W, Castric V, Nordborg M. 2017. Genome sequencing reveals the origin of the allotetraploid Arabidopsis suecica. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 34(4), 957-968. [pdf]
2016
(41) Sukhikh N, Souissi A, Souissi S, Winkler G, Castric V, Holl AC, Alekseev V. 2016. Genetic and morphological heterogeneity among populations of Eurytemora affinis (Crustacea: Copepoda: Temoridae) in European waters. C. R. Biol. 339(5-6):197-206. [pdf]
2014
(40) Durand E, Méheust R, Soucaze M, Goubet PM, Gallina S, Poux C, Fobis-Loisy I, Gaude T, Sarrazin A, Figeac M, Prat E, Marande W, Bergès H, Vekemans X, Billiard S, Castric V. 2014. Dominance hierarchy arising from the evolution of a complex small RNA regulatory network. Science 346: 1200-1205. [pdf & Suppl. material]
(39) Vekemans, X., Poux, C., Goubet, P.M. & Castric, V. (2014) The evolution of selfing from outcrossing ancestors in Brassicaceae: What have we learned from variation at the S-locus? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27, 1372–1385. [pdf]
(38) Roux, C., Fraïsse, C., Castric, V., Vekemans, X., Pogson, G.H. & Bierne, N. (2014) Can we continue to neglect genomic variation in introgression rates when inferring the history of speciation? A case study in a Mytilus hybrid zone. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27, 1662–1675. [pdf]
(37) Leducq, J.-B., Gosset, C.C., Gries, R., Calin, K., Schmitt, E., Castric, V. & Vekemans, X. (2014) Self-incompatibility in Brassicaceae: identification and characterization of SRK-like sequences linked to the S-locus in the tribe Biscutelleae. G3 Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 4, 983–992. [pdf]
(36) Feng XP, Lourgant K, Castric V, Saumitou-Laprade P, Zheng BS, Jiang D, Brancourt-Hulmel M. 2014. Discovery of natural Miscanthus accessions related to Miscanthus x giganteus using chloroplast DNA. Crop Science 54(4) : 1645 - 1655. [pdf]
(35) Gervais, C., Abu Awad, D., Roze, D., Castric, V. & Billiard, S. (2014) Genetic architecture of inbreeding depression and the maintenance of gametophytic self-incompatibility. Evolution, 68, 3317–3324. [pdf]
(34) Castric, V., Billiard, S. & Vekemans, X. (2014) Trait transitions in explicit ecological and genomic contexts: plant mating systems as case studies. in: Ecological Genomics - Ecology and the Evolution of Genes and Genomes (ed. by C.R. Landry and N. Aubin-Horth), pp. 7–36. Springer. [pdf]
2013
(33) Roux C, Pauwels M, Ruggiero MV, Charlesworth D, Castric V, Vekemans X. 2013 Recent and ancient signature of balancing selection around the S-Locus in Arabidopsis halleri and A. lyrata. Molecular Biology and Evolution 30, 435-447. [pdf]
(32) Lahiani E, Dufaÿ M, Castric V, Le Cadre S, Charlesworth D, Van Rossum F & Touzet P. 2013. Disentangling the effects of mating systems and mutation rates on cytoplasmic diversity in gynodioecious Silene nutans and dioecious Silene otites. Heredity, 111, 157–164. [pdf]
(31) Fioravanti A, Fumeaux C, Mohapatra SS, Bompard C, Brilli M, Frandi A, Castric V, Villeret V, Viollier PH & Biondi EG. 2013. DNA binding of the cell cycle transcriptional regulator GcrA depends on N6-Adenosine methylation in Caulobacter crescentus and other Alphaproteobacteria. PLoS Genetics, 9, e1003541. [pdf]
2012
(30) Goubet P, Bergès H, Bellec A, Prat E, Helmstetter N, Mangenot S, Gallina S, Holl AC, Fobis-Loisy I, Vekemans X, Castric V. 2012 Contrasted patterns of molecular evolution in dominant and recessive self-incompatibility haplotypes in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics 8, e1002495. [pdf]
(29) Pauwels, M., Vekemans, X., Godé, C., Frérot, H., Castric, V. & Saumitou-Laprade, P. 2012 Nuclear and chloroplast DNA phylogeography reveals vicariance among European populations of the model species for the study of metal tolerance, Arabidopsis halleri (Brassicaceae). New Phytologist 193, 916-928. [pdf]
2011
(28) Gervais CE, Castric V, Ressayre A, Billiard S. 2011 Origin and diversification dynamics of self-incompatibility haplotypes. Genetics 188, 625-636. [pdf]
(27) Billiard S, Castric V. 2011 Evidence for Fisher's dominance theory: how many "special cases"? Trends in Genetics 27, 441-445. [pdf]
(26) Darracq A, Varré JS, Maréchal-Drouard L, Courseaux A, Castric V, Saumitou-Laprade P, Oztas S, Lenoble P, Vacherie B, Barbe V, Touzet P. 2011. Structural and content diversity of mitochondrial genome in beet: a comparative genomic analysis. Genome Biol Evol. 3:723-36. [pdf]
(25) Leducq JB, Llaurens V, Castric V, Saumitou-Laprade P, Hardy OJ, Vekemans X. 2011. Effect of balancing selection on spatial genetic structure within populations: theoretical investigations on the self-incompatibility locus and empirical studies in Arabidopsis halleri. Heredity 106(2):319-29. [pdf]
(24) Winkler G, Souissi S, Poux C & Castric V. 2011 Genetic heterogeneity among Eurytemora affinis populations in Western Europe. Marine Biology 158, 1841-1856. [pdf]
(23) Roux C, Castric V, Pauwels M, Wright SI, Saumitou-Laprade P & Vekemans X. 2011 Does speciation between Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis lyrata coincide with major changes in a molecular target of adaptation? PLoS One 6, e26872. [pdf]
2010 and before
(22) Castric V, Bechsgaard J, Grenier S, Noureddine R, Schierup MH, Vekemans X. 2010. Molecular evolution within and between self-incompatibility specificities. Molecular Biology and Evolution.
(21) Meyer CL, Kostecka A, Saumitou-Laprade P, Creac’h A, Castric V, Pauwels M, Frérot H. 2010. Variability of zinc tolerance among and within populations of the pseudometallophyte species Arabidopsis halleri and possible role of directional selection. New Phytologist 185(1):130-42.
(20) Llaurens V, Billiard S, Castric V, Vekemans X. 2009. Evolution of dominance in sporophytic self-incompatibility systems: I. Genetic load and co-evolution of levels of dominance in pollen and pistil. Evolution 63(9): 2427-2437.)
(19) Meyer CL, Vitalis R. Saumitou-Laprade P. Castric V. 2009. Genomic pattern of adaptive divergence in Arabidopsis halleri, a model species for tolerance to heavy-metal. Molecular Ecology 18(9): 2050-2062.
(18) Castric V, Bechsgaard J, Schierup MH, and Vekemans X. 2008. Repeated adaptive introgression at a gene under multiallelic balancing selection. PLoS Genetics 4(8).
(17) Llaurens V, Billiard S, Leducq JB, Castric V, Klein EK, and Vekemans X. 2008. Does frequency-dependent selection with complex dominance interactions accurately predict allelic frequencies at the self-incompatibility locus in Arabidopsis halleri? Evolution. 62: 2545-2557.
(16) Brulle F, Cocquerelle C, Mitta G, Castric V, Douay F, Leprêtre A, and Vandenbulcke F. 2008. Identification and expression profile of gene transcripts differentially expressed during metallic exposure in Eisenia fetida coelomocytes. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 32: 1441-1453.
(15) Stoeckel S, Castric V, Mariette S, Vekemans X. 2008. Unequal allelic frequencies at the self-incompatibility locus within local populations of Prunus avium L.: an effect of population structure? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 889-899.
(14) Ruggiero MV, Jacquemin B, Castric V, Vekemans X. 2008. Hitch-hiking to a locus under balancing selection: high sequence diversity and low population subdivision at the S-locus genomic region in Arabidopsis halleri. Genetics Research. 90: 37-46.
(13) Llaurens V, Castric V, Austerlitz F, Vekemans X. 2008. High paternal diversity in the self-incompatible herb Arabidopsis halleri despite clonal reproduction and spatially-restricted pollen dispersal. Molecular Ecology. 17: 1577-1588.
(12) Castric, V. & X. Vekemans. 2007. Evolution under strong balancing selection: how many codons determine specificity at the female self-incompatibility gene SRK in Brassicaceae ? BMC Evolutionary Biology 7:132.
(11) Billiard, S., V. Castric & X. Vekemans. 2007. A general model to explore complex dominance patterns in plant sporophytic self-incompatibility systems. Genetics. 175 : 1351-1369.
(10) Bechsgaard, J.S., V. Castric (co-first authors), D. Charlesworth, X. Vekemans & M.H. Schierup 2006. The transition to self-compatibility in Arabidopsis thaliana and evolution within S-haplotypes over 10 Myr". Molecular Biology and Evolution, 23: 1741-1750.
(9) Charlesworth, D., X. Vekemans, V. Castric & S. Glémin. 2005. Plant self-incompatibility systems: a molecular evolutionary perspective. New Phytologist, 168: 61-69.
(8) Castric, V., & X. Vekemans. 2004. Plant self-incompatibility in natural populations: a criticial assessment of recent theoretical and empirical advances. Molecular Ecology 13: 2873-2889.
(7) Castric, V. & L. Bernatchez. 2004. Individual assignment methods reveal restricted dispersal despite no detectable increase of genetic differences with distance in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar and brook charr Salvelinus fontinalis. Molecular Ecology 13 (5), 1299-1312.
(6) Hendry AP, Castric V, Kinnison MT, Quinn TP. 2004. The evolution of philopatry and dispersal: homing versus straying in salmonids - Evolution illuminated: Salmon and their relatives.
(5) Castric, V. & L. Bernatchez. 2003. The rise and fall of isolation by distance in the anadromous brook charr. Genetics 163:983-996.
(4) Castric, V., K. Belkhir, L. Bernatchez & F. Bonhomme. 2002. Heterozygote deficiencies in small lacustrine populations of brook charr Salvelinus fontinalis Mitchill (Pisces, salmoninae). A test of alternative hypotheses. Heredity 89(1): 27-35.
(3) Belkhir, K., V. Castric, & F. Bonhomme. 2002. Identix, a computer program to test for relatedness in a population using permutation methods. Molecular Ecology Notes 2: 611–614.
(2) Boula, D., V. Castric, L. Bernatchez, & C. Audet. 2002. Anadromy in the brook charr : physiological, endocrine and genetic bases. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 64: 229–242.
(1) Castric, V., F. Bonney & L. Bernatchez. 2001. Landscape structure and hierarchical genetic diversity in the brook charr Salvelinus fontinalis Mitchill. Evolution 55(5) : 1016-1028.
(50) Brom T, Castric V, Billiard S. 2018. Breakdown of gametophytic self-incompatibility in subdivided populations. BioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/444125
(49) Burghgraeve N, Simon S, Barral S, Fobis-Loisy I, Holl AC, Ponitzki C, Schmitt E, Vekemans X, Castric V. 2018. Base-pairing requirements for small RNA-mediated gene silencing of recessive self-incompatibility alleles in Arabidopsis halleri. BioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/370239
2019
(48) Bachmann JA, Tedder A, Laenen B, Fracassetti M, Désamoré A, Lafon-Placette C, Steige KA, Callot C, Marande W, Neuffer B, Bergès H, Köhler C, Castric V, Slotte T. 2018. Genetic basis and timing of a major mating system shift in Capsella. Accepted New Phytologist. BioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/425389
(47) Legrand S, Caron T, Maumus F, Schvartzman S, Quadrana L, Durand E, Gallina S, Pauwels M, Mazoyer C, Huyghe L, Colot V, Hanikenne M, Castric V. 2018. Differential retention of transposable element-derived sequences in outcrossing Arabidopsis genomes. Accepted Mobile DNA. BioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/368985
2018
(46) Corbett-Detig R, Medina P, Frérot H, Blassiau C, Castric V. Accepted. Bulk Pollen Sequencing Reveals Rapid Evolution of Segregation Distortion In The Male Germline of Arabidopsis Hybrids. Evolution Letters.
2017
(45) Chantah SC, Herman AC, Castric V, Vekemans X, Marande W, Schoen DJ. 2017. The unusual S locus of Leavenworthia is composed of two sets of paralogous loci. New Phytologist doi:10.1111/nph.14764.
(44) Tsuchimatsu T, Goubet PM, Gallina S, Holl AC, Fobis-Loisy I, Bergès H, Marande W, Prat E, Meng D, Long Q, Platzer A, Nordborg M, Vekemans X, Castric V. Patterns of polymorphism at the self-incompatibility locus in 1,083 Arabidopsis thaliana genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34(8):1878–1889. [pdf].
(43) Saumitou-Laprade P, Vernet P, Vekemans X, Castric V, Barcaccia G, Khadari B, Baldoni L. 2017. Controlling for genetic identity of varieties, pollen contamination and stigma receptivity is essential to characterize the self-incompatibility system of Olea europaea L. Evolutionary Applications. doi: 10.1111/eva.12498
(42) Novikova PY, Tsuchimatsu T, Simon S, Nizhynska V, Voronin V, Burns R, Fedorenko OM, Holm S, Säll T, Prat E, Marande W, Castric V, Nordborg M. 2017. Genome sequencing reveals the origin of the allotetraploid Arabidopsis suecica. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 34(4), 957-968. [pdf]
2016
(41) Sukhikh N, Souissi A, Souissi S, Winkler G, Castric V, Holl AC, Alekseev V. 2016. Genetic and morphological heterogeneity among populations of Eurytemora affinis (Crustacea: Copepoda: Temoridae) in European waters. C. R. Biol. 339(5-6):197-206. [pdf]
2014
(40) Durand E, Méheust R, Soucaze M, Goubet PM, Gallina S, Poux C, Fobis-Loisy I, Gaude T, Sarrazin A, Figeac M, Prat E, Marande W, Bergès H, Vekemans X, Billiard S, Castric V. 2014. Dominance hierarchy arising from the evolution of a complex small RNA regulatory network. Science 346: 1200-1205. [pdf & Suppl. material]
- Featured by the French National Academy of Sciences as "Les Grandes Avancées Françaises en Biologie".
(39) Vekemans, X., Poux, C., Goubet, P.M. & Castric, V. (2014) The evolution of selfing from outcrossing ancestors in Brassicaceae: What have we learned from variation at the S-locus? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27, 1372–1385. [pdf]
(38) Roux, C., Fraïsse, C., Castric, V., Vekemans, X., Pogson, G.H. & Bierne, N. (2014) Can we continue to neglect genomic variation in introgression rates when inferring the history of speciation? A case study in a Mytilus hybrid zone. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27, 1662–1675. [pdf]
(37) Leducq, J.-B., Gosset, C.C., Gries, R., Calin, K., Schmitt, E., Castric, V. & Vekemans, X. (2014) Self-incompatibility in Brassicaceae: identification and characterization of SRK-like sequences linked to the S-locus in the tribe Biscutelleae. G3 Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 4, 983–992. [pdf]
(36) Feng XP, Lourgant K, Castric V, Saumitou-Laprade P, Zheng BS, Jiang D, Brancourt-Hulmel M. 2014. Discovery of natural Miscanthus accessions related to Miscanthus x giganteus using chloroplast DNA. Crop Science 54(4) : 1645 - 1655. [pdf]
(35) Gervais, C., Abu Awad, D., Roze, D., Castric, V. & Billiard, S. (2014) Genetic architecture of inbreeding depression and the maintenance of gametophytic self-incompatibility. Evolution, 68, 3317–3324. [pdf]
(34) Castric, V., Billiard, S. & Vekemans, X. (2014) Trait transitions in explicit ecological and genomic contexts: plant mating systems as case studies. in: Ecological Genomics - Ecology and the Evolution of Genes and Genomes (ed. by C.R. Landry and N. Aubin-Horth), pp. 7–36. Springer. [pdf]
2013
(33) Roux C, Pauwels M, Ruggiero MV, Charlesworth D, Castric V, Vekemans X. 2013 Recent and ancient signature of balancing selection around the S-Locus in Arabidopsis halleri and A. lyrata. Molecular Biology and Evolution 30, 435-447. [pdf]
(32) Lahiani E, Dufaÿ M, Castric V, Le Cadre S, Charlesworth D, Van Rossum F & Touzet P. 2013. Disentangling the effects of mating systems and mutation rates on cytoplasmic diversity in gynodioecious Silene nutans and dioecious Silene otites. Heredity, 111, 157–164. [pdf]
(31) Fioravanti A, Fumeaux C, Mohapatra SS, Bompard C, Brilli M, Frandi A, Castric V, Villeret V, Viollier PH & Biondi EG. 2013. DNA binding of the cell cycle transcriptional regulator GcrA depends on N6-Adenosine methylation in Caulobacter crescentus and other Alphaproteobacteria. PLoS Genetics, 9, e1003541. [pdf]
2012
(30) Goubet P, Bergès H, Bellec A, Prat E, Helmstetter N, Mangenot S, Gallina S, Holl AC, Fobis-Loisy I, Vekemans X, Castric V. 2012 Contrasted patterns of molecular evolution in dominant and recessive self-incompatibility haplotypes in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics 8, e1002495. [pdf]
(29) Pauwels, M., Vekemans, X., Godé, C., Frérot, H., Castric, V. & Saumitou-Laprade, P. 2012 Nuclear and chloroplast DNA phylogeography reveals vicariance among European populations of the model species for the study of metal tolerance, Arabidopsis halleri (Brassicaceae). New Phytologist 193, 916-928. [pdf]
2011
(28) Gervais CE, Castric V, Ressayre A, Billiard S. 2011 Origin and diversification dynamics of self-incompatibility haplotypes. Genetics 188, 625-636. [pdf]
(27) Billiard S, Castric V. 2011 Evidence for Fisher's dominance theory: how many "special cases"? Trends in Genetics 27, 441-445. [pdf]
(26) Darracq A, Varré JS, Maréchal-Drouard L, Courseaux A, Castric V, Saumitou-Laprade P, Oztas S, Lenoble P, Vacherie B, Barbe V, Touzet P. 2011. Structural and content diversity of mitochondrial genome in beet: a comparative genomic analysis. Genome Biol Evol. 3:723-36. [pdf]
(25) Leducq JB, Llaurens V, Castric V, Saumitou-Laprade P, Hardy OJ, Vekemans X. 2011. Effect of balancing selection on spatial genetic structure within populations: theoretical investigations on the self-incompatibility locus and empirical studies in Arabidopsis halleri. Heredity 106(2):319-29. [pdf]
(24) Winkler G, Souissi S, Poux C & Castric V. 2011 Genetic heterogeneity among Eurytemora affinis populations in Western Europe. Marine Biology 158, 1841-1856. [pdf]
(23) Roux C, Castric V, Pauwels M, Wright SI, Saumitou-Laprade P & Vekemans X. 2011 Does speciation between Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis lyrata coincide with major changes in a molecular target of adaptation? PLoS One 6, e26872. [pdf]
2010 and before
(22) Castric V, Bechsgaard J, Grenier S, Noureddine R, Schierup MH, Vekemans X. 2010. Molecular evolution within and between self-incompatibility specificities. Molecular Biology and Evolution.
(21) Meyer CL, Kostecka A, Saumitou-Laprade P, Creac’h A, Castric V, Pauwels M, Frérot H. 2010. Variability of zinc tolerance among and within populations of the pseudometallophyte species Arabidopsis halleri and possible role of directional selection. New Phytologist 185(1):130-42.
(20) Llaurens V, Billiard S, Castric V, Vekemans X. 2009. Evolution of dominance in sporophytic self-incompatibility systems: I. Genetic load and co-evolution of levels of dominance in pollen and pistil. Evolution 63(9): 2427-2437.)
(19) Meyer CL, Vitalis R. Saumitou-Laprade P. Castric V. 2009. Genomic pattern of adaptive divergence in Arabidopsis halleri, a model species for tolerance to heavy-metal. Molecular Ecology 18(9): 2050-2062.
(18) Castric V, Bechsgaard J, Schierup MH, and Vekemans X. 2008. Repeated adaptive introgression at a gene under multiallelic balancing selection. PLoS Genetics 4(8).
(17) Llaurens V, Billiard S, Leducq JB, Castric V, Klein EK, and Vekemans X. 2008. Does frequency-dependent selection with complex dominance interactions accurately predict allelic frequencies at the self-incompatibility locus in Arabidopsis halleri? Evolution. 62: 2545-2557.
(16) Brulle F, Cocquerelle C, Mitta G, Castric V, Douay F, Leprêtre A, and Vandenbulcke F. 2008. Identification and expression profile of gene transcripts differentially expressed during metallic exposure in Eisenia fetida coelomocytes. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 32: 1441-1453.
(15) Stoeckel S, Castric V, Mariette S, Vekemans X. 2008. Unequal allelic frequencies at the self-incompatibility locus within local populations of Prunus avium L.: an effect of population structure? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 889-899.
(14) Ruggiero MV, Jacquemin B, Castric V, Vekemans X. 2008. Hitch-hiking to a locus under balancing selection: high sequence diversity and low population subdivision at the S-locus genomic region in Arabidopsis halleri. Genetics Research. 90: 37-46.
(13) Llaurens V, Castric V, Austerlitz F, Vekemans X. 2008. High paternal diversity in the self-incompatible herb Arabidopsis halleri despite clonal reproduction and spatially-restricted pollen dispersal. Molecular Ecology. 17: 1577-1588.
(12) Castric, V. & X. Vekemans. 2007. Evolution under strong balancing selection: how many codons determine specificity at the female self-incompatibility gene SRK in Brassicaceae ? BMC Evolutionary Biology 7:132.
(11) Billiard, S., V. Castric & X. Vekemans. 2007. A general model to explore complex dominance patterns in plant sporophytic self-incompatibility systems. Genetics. 175 : 1351-1369.
(10) Bechsgaard, J.S., V. Castric (co-first authors), D. Charlesworth, X. Vekemans & M.H. Schierup 2006. The transition to self-compatibility in Arabidopsis thaliana and evolution within S-haplotypes over 10 Myr". Molecular Biology and Evolution, 23: 1741-1750.
(9) Charlesworth, D., X. Vekemans, V. Castric & S. Glémin. 2005. Plant self-incompatibility systems: a molecular evolutionary perspective. New Phytologist, 168: 61-69.
(8) Castric, V., & X. Vekemans. 2004. Plant self-incompatibility in natural populations: a criticial assessment of recent theoretical and empirical advances. Molecular Ecology 13: 2873-2889.
(7) Castric, V. & L. Bernatchez. 2004. Individual assignment methods reveal restricted dispersal despite no detectable increase of genetic differences with distance in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar and brook charr Salvelinus fontinalis. Molecular Ecology 13 (5), 1299-1312.
(6) Hendry AP, Castric V, Kinnison MT, Quinn TP. 2004. The evolution of philopatry and dispersal: homing versus straying in salmonids - Evolution illuminated: Salmon and their relatives.
(5) Castric, V. & L. Bernatchez. 2003. The rise and fall of isolation by distance in the anadromous brook charr. Genetics 163:983-996.
(4) Castric, V., K. Belkhir, L. Bernatchez & F. Bonhomme. 2002. Heterozygote deficiencies in small lacustrine populations of brook charr Salvelinus fontinalis Mitchill (Pisces, salmoninae). A test of alternative hypotheses. Heredity 89(1): 27-35.
(3) Belkhir, K., V. Castric, & F. Bonhomme. 2002. Identix, a computer program to test for relatedness in a population using permutation methods. Molecular Ecology Notes 2: 611–614.
(2) Boula, D., V. Castric, L. Bernatchez, & C. Audet. 2002. Anadromy in the brook charr : physiological, endocrine and genetic bases. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 64: 229–242.
(1) Castric, V., F. Bonney & L. Bernatchez. 2001. Landscape structure and hierarchical genetic diversity in the brook charr Salvelinus fontinalis Mitchill. Evolution 55(5) : 1016-1028.