The evolution and regulation of major transitions in sexual systems: new insights from the brown algae

Project Information

TETHYS

Grant agreement ID: 864038

DOI

10.3030/864038

Project closed

EC signature date 20 December 2019

Start date 1 January 2021

End date 31 December 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 999 420,00

EU contribution

€ 1 999 420,00

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MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV
Germany

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (21)

3D chromatin maps of a brown alga reveal U/V sex chromosome spatial organization

Author(s): Pengfei Liu, Jeromine Vigneau, Rory J. Craig, Josué Barrera-Redondo, Elena Avdievich, Claudia Martinho, Michael Borg, Fabian B. Haas, Chang Liu, Susana M. Coelho
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53453-5

A partially sex-reversed giant kelp sheds light into the mechanisms of sexual differentiation in a UV sexual system.

Author(s): D. Mueller; E. Gachet; Olivier Godfroy; J. Gueno; G. Cossard; Maritta Kunert; Akira F. Peters; Renato Westermeier; Wilhelm Boland; J. M. Cock; Agnieszka P. Lipinska; Agnieszka P. Lipinska; Susana M. Coelho; Susana M. Coelho
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 2, 2021, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.17582

Chromatin landscape associated with sexual differentiation in a UV sex determination system

Author(s): Josselin Gueno; Michael Borg; Simon Bourdareau; Guillaume Cossard; Olivier Godfroy; Agnieszka Lipinska; Leila Tirichine; J Mark Cock; Susana M Coelho
Published in: Nucleic Acids Research, Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 0305-1048
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac145

The <i>baseless</i> mutant links protein phosphatase 2A with basal cell identity in the brown alga <i>Ectocarpus</i>

Author(s): Olivier Godfroy, Min Zheng, Haiqin Yao, Agnes Henschen, Akira F. Peters, Delphine Scornet, Sebastien Colin, Paolo Ronchi, Katharina Hipp, Chikako Nagasato, Taizo Motomura, J. Mark Cock, Susana M. Coelho
Published in: Development, 2026, ISSN 2692-8205
Publisher: development
DOI: 10.1101/2022.09.10.507423

A transcriptomic hourglass in brown algae

Author(s): Jaruwatana Sodai Lotharukpong, Min Zheng, Rémy Luthringer, Daniel Liesner, Hajk-Georg Drost, Susana M. Coelho
Published in: Nature, Issue 635, 2024, Page(s) 129-135, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08059-8

A highly contiguous genome assembly reveals sources of genomic novelty in the symbiotic fungus <i>Rhizophagus irregularis</i>

Author(s): Bethan F Manley, Jaruwatana S Lotharukpong, Josué Barrera-Redondo, Theo Llewellyn, Gokalp Yildirir, Jana Sperschneider, Nicolas Corradi, Uta Paszkowski, Eric A Miska, Alexandra Dallaire
Published in: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, Issue 13, 2024, ISSN 2160-1836
Publisher: Genetics Society of America
DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad077

Switching it up: algal insights into sexual transitions

Author(s): Susana M. Coelho, James Umen
Published in: Plant Reproduction, Issue 34, 2021, Page(s) 287-296, ISSN 2194-7953
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-021-00417-0

Genome-wide patterns of selection–drift variation strongly associate with organismal traits across the green plant lineage

Author(s): Kavitha Uthanumallian, Andrea Del Cortona, Susana M. Coelho, Olivier De Clerck, Sebastian Duchene, Heroen Verbruggen
Published in: Genome Research, Issue 34, 2024, Page(s) 1130-1139, ISSN 1088-9051
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
DOI: 10.1101/gr.279002.124

Characterization of the transposable element landscape shaping the Ectocarpus genome

Author(s): Erica Dinatale, Rory J. Craig, Claudia Martinho, Hajk-Georg Drost, Susana M. Coelho
Published in: Genome Biology, Issue 26, 2025, ISSN 1474-760X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-025-03742-z

Efficient CRISPR–Cas genome editing in brown algae

Author(s): Cláudia Martinho, Masakazu Hoshino, Morgane Raphalen, Viktoriia Bukhanets, Anagha Kerur, Kenny Bogaert, Rémy Luthringer, Susana Coelho
Published in: Cell Report Methods, 2026, ISSN 2667-2375
Publisher: cell press
DOI: 10.1101/2025.07.21.665871

Interactions between U and V sex chromosomes during the life cycle of <i>Ectocarpus</i>

Author(s): Jeromine Vigneau, Claudia Martinho, Olivier Godfroy, Min Zheng, Fabian B. Haas, Michael Borg, Susana M. Coelho
Published in: Development, Issue 151, 2024, ISSN 0950-1991
Publisher: The Company of Biologists Ltd.
DOI: 10.1242/dev.202677

Selection drives the evolution of convergent gene expression changes during transitions to co-sexuality in haploid sexual systems

Author(s): Guillaume G. Cossard, Olivier Godfroy, Zofia Nehr, Corinne Cruaud, J. Mark Cock, Agnieszka Lipinska, Susana M. Coelho
Published in: Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2026, ISSN 1537-1719
Publisher: springer
DOI: 10.1101/2021.07.05.451104

Red macroalgae in the genomic era

Author(s): Michael Borg, Stacy A. Krueger‐Hadfield, Christophe Destombe, Jonas Collén, Agnieszka Lipinska, Susana M. Coelho
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 240, 2024, Page(s) 471-488, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.19211

Parallel loss of sexual reproduction in field populations of a brown alga sheds light on the mechanisms underlying the emergence of asexuality

Author(s): Masakazu Hoshino, Guillaume Cossard, Fabian B. Haas, Emma I. Kane, Kazuhiro Kogame, Takahiro Jomori, Toshiyuki Wakimoto, Sylvain Glemin, Susana M. Coelho
Published in: Nature Ecology &amp; Evolution, Issue 8, 2024, Page(s) 1916-1932, ISSN 2397-334X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02490-w

Selection drives convergent gene expression changes during transitions to co-sexuality in haploid sexual systems

Author(s): Guillaume G Cossard, Olivier Godfroy, Zofia Nehr, Corinne Cruaud, J Mark Cock, Agnieszka P Lipinska, Susana M Coelho
Published in: Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2022, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01692-4

Origin and evolutionary trajectories of brown algal sex chromosomes

Author(s): Josué Barrera-Redondo, Agnieszka P. Lipinska, Pengfei Liu, Erica Dinatale, Guillaume Cossard, Kenny Bogaert, Masakazu Hoshino, Rory J. Craig, Komlan Avia, Goncalo Leiria, Elena Avdievich, Daniel Liesner, Rémy Luthringer, Olivier Godfroy, Svenja Heesch, Zofia Nehr, Loraine Brillet-Guéguen, Akira F. Peters, Galice Hoarau, Gareth Pearson, Jean-Marc Aury, Patrick Wincker, France Denoeud, J Mark Coc
Published in: Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2026, ISSN 2397-334X
Publisher: Nature
DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.15.575685

Uncovering gene-family founder events during major evolutionary transitions in animals, plants and fungi using GenEra

Author(s): Josué Barrera-Redondo, Jaruwatana Sodai Lotharukpong, Hajk-Georg Drost, Susana M. Coelho
Published in: Genome Biology, Issue 24, 2023, ISSN 1474-760X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-023-02895-z

Low Spontaneous Mutation Rate in Complex Multicellular Eukaryotes with a Haploid–Diploid Life Cycle

Author(s): Marc Krasovec, Masakazu Hoshino, Min Zheng, Agnieszka P Lipinska, Susana M Coelho
Published in: Molecular Biology and Evolution, Issue 40, 2023, ISSN 0737-4038
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msad105

Cell wall‐mediated maternal control of apical–basal patterning of the kelp <i>Undaria pinnatifida</i>

Author(s): Eloise Dries, Yannick Meyers, Daniel Liesner, Floriele M. Gonzaga, Jakob F. M. Becker, Eliane E. Zakka, Tom Beeckman, Susana M. Coelho, Olivier De Clerck, Kenny A. Bogaert
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 243, 2025, Page(s) 1887-1898, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.19953

The brown seaweed Ectocarpus

Author(s): Susana M. Coelho
Published in: Nature Methods, Issue 21, 2024, Page(s) 363-364, ISSN 1548-7091
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41592-024-02198-6

Developmental pathways underlying sexual differentiation in the U/V sex chromosome system of giant kelp

Author(s): Daniel Liesner, Guillaume G. Cossard, Min Zheng, Olivier Godfroy, Josué Barrera-Redondo, Fabian B. Haas, Susana M. Coelho
Published in: Developmental Cell, Issue 60, 2025, Page(s) 1142-1152.e6, ISSN 1534-5807
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.12.022

Other (1)

THE RHODOEXPLORER PLATFORM FOR RED ALGAL GENOMICS AND WHOLE GENOME ASSEMBLIES FOR SEVERAL GRACILARIA SPECIES

Author(s): Agnieszka P. Lipinska, Stacy A. Krueger-Hadfield, Olivier Godfroy, Simon Dittami, Lígia Ayres-Ostrock, Guido Bonthond, Loraine Brillet-Guéguen, Susana Coelho, Erwan Corre, Guillaume Cossard, Christophe Destombe, Paul Epperlein, Sylvain Faugeron, Elizabeth Ficko-Blean, Jessica Beltrán, Emma Lavaut, Arthur Le Bars, Fabiana Marchi, Stéphane Mauger, Gurvan Michel, Philippe Potin, Delphine Scornet,
Published in: GBE, 2026
Publisher: springer
DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.20.533491