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Publications

2023

Variation in flower size and shape of Impatiens capensis is correlated with urbanization in Montreal, Canada
Julie Faure, Valentine Volz, Simon Joly
Ecology and Evolution 13(12): e10826
doi: 10.1002/ece3.10826
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Regional plant abundance explains patterns of host use by pollen-specialist bees in eastern North America
Colleen Smith, Simon Joly, Cécile Antoine, Batoule Hyjazie, Jessica R. K. Forrest
Ecology 104(8): e4122
doi: 10.1002/ecy.4122
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Studying flowers in 3D using photogrammetry
Marion Leménager, Jérôme Burkiewicz, Daniel Schoen, Simon Joly
New Phytologist 237(5): 1922-1933
doi: 10.1111/nph.18553
pdf | Link to the journal | Supplementary Materials | Photogrammetry protocol | 3D Flower Models

Three new Gesneria species (Gesneriaceae) support Parc National Pic Macaya (Haiti) as an important biodiversity hotspot
Simon Joly, François Lambert, William Cinea, John L. Clark
Systematic Botany 48(1): 34-43
doi: 10.1600/036364423X16758873924081
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2022

Chromosome size matters: genome evolution in the cyperid clade
Tammy L Elliott, František Zedek, Russell L Barrett, Jeremy J Bruhl, Marcial Escudero, Zdenka Hroudová, Simon Joly, Isabel Larridon, Modesto Luceño, José Ignacio Márquez-Corro, Santiago Martín-Bravo, A Muthama Muasya, Petr Šmarda, William Wayt Thomas, Karen L Wilson, Petr Bureš
Annals of Botany 130(7): 999-1014
doi: 10.1093/aob/mcac136
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Heliotropism in Trillium grandiflorum provides increased reproductive success
Maryane Gradito, Catherine Fauteux, Simon Joly
Botany 100(8): 643-651
doi: 10.1139/cjb-2021-0205
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Testing candidate genes linked to corolla shape variation of a pollinator shift in Rhytidophyllum (Gesneriaceae)
Valérie Poulin, Delase Amesefe, Emmanuel Gonzalez, Hermine Alexandre, Simon Joly
PLOS ONE 17(7): e0267540
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267540
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The level of pollination specialization affects the relationship between the shape of flowers and the bill of their hummingbird pollinators in Antillean Gesneriaceae
Julie Faure, Silvana Martén-Rodríguez, John L. Clark, Simon Joly
International Journal of Plant Sciences 183(3):193-204
doi: 10.1086/718221
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Red and yellow pigments in autumn leaves are associated with higher nitrogen resorption
Simon Joly
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 35(1):180-182
doi: 10.1111/jeb.13961
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2021

Repeated evolution of a reproductive polyphenism in plants is strongly associated with bilateral flower symmetry
Simon Joly, Daniel J. Schoen
Current Biology 31(7): 1515-1520
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.009
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Judge it by its shape: a pollinator-blind approach reveals convergence in petal shape and infers pollination modes in the genus Erythrina
Gonzalo Bilbao, Anne Bruneau, Simon Joly
American Journal of Botany 108(9): 1716-1730
doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1735
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Global dispersal and diversification of the genus Schoenus (Cyperaceae) from the Western Australian biodiversity hotspot
Tammy Elliott, Ruan van Mazijk, Russell L. Barrett, Jeremy J. Bruhl, Simon Joly, Ngalirendwe Muthaphuli, Karen L. Wilson, and A. Muthama Muasya
Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59(4): 791-808
doi: 10.1111/jse.12742
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Temperate forests dominated by arbuscular or ectomycorrhizal fungi are characterized by strong shifts from saprotrophic to mycorrhizal fungi with increasing soil depth
Alexis Carteron, Marie Beigas, Simon Joly, Benjamin L. Turner, Etienne Laliberté
Microbial Ecology 82: 377-390
doi: 10.1007/s00248-020-01540-7
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Reversing extinction trends: New uses of (old) herbarium specimens to accelerate conservation action on threatened species
Giulia Albani Rocchetti, Chelsey Armstrong, Thomas Abeli, Simone Orsenigo, Caroline Jasper, Simon Joly, Anne Bruneau, Maria Zytaruk, Jana Vamosi
New Phytologist 230(2): 433-450
doi: 10.1111/nph.17133
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2020

Pollinator performance of the pollination generalist Rhytidophyllum bicolor (Gesneriaceae) in Haiti 15 months after the Matthew hurricane
Julie Faure, Simon Joly
Selbyana 33(3): 32-42
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A multi-platform package for the analysis of intra- and interspecific trait evolution
Théo Gaboriau, Fabio Mendes, Simon Joly, Daniele Silvestro, Nicolas Salamin
Methods in Ecology and Evolution 11(11): 1439-1447
doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13458
pdf | Link to the journal | R bite package

A four-year phytoremediation trial to decontaminate soil polluted by wood preservatives: phytoextraction of arsenic, chromium, copper, dioxins and furans
Aymeric Yanitch, Hafssa Kadri, Cédric Frenette-Dussault, Simon Joly, Frédéric Pitre, Michel Labrecque
International Journal of Phytoremediation 22(14): 1505-1514
doi: 10.1080/15226514.2020.1785387
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2019

On the importance of accounting for intraspecific genomic relatedness in multi-species studies
Simon Joly, Dan F. B. Flynn, Elizabeth Wolkovich
Methods in Ecology and Evolution 10(7): 994-1001
doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13184
pdf | Link to the journal | Media coverage | Supplementary Material | Data

An evaluation of alternative explanations for widespread cytonuclear discordance in annual sunflowers (Helianthus)
Julie A. Lee‐Yaw, Christopher J. Grassa, Simon Joly, Rose L. Andrew, Loren H. Rieseberg
New Phytologist 221: 515–526
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2018

Soil contamination alters the willow root and rhizosphere metatranscriptomes and the root-rhizosphere interactome
Etienne Yergeau, Julien Tremblay, Simon Joly, Michel Labrecque, Christine Maynard, Frederic Pitre, Marc St-Arnaud, Charles Greer
ISME Journal 12: 869-884
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Trees, fungi and bacteria: tripartite metatranscriptomics of a root microbiome responding to soil contamination
Emmanuel Gonzalez, Frederic E. Pitre, Antoine Pagé, Julie Marleau, Werther Guidi Nissim, Marc St-Arnaud, Michel Labrecque, Simon Joly, Etienne Yergeau, Nicholas James Beresford Brereton
Microbiome 6:53
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Greater pollination generalization is not associated with reduced constraints on corolla shape in Antillean plants
Simon Joly, François Lambert, Hermine Alexandre, Julien Clavel, Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, John L. Clark
Evolution 72(2): 244-260
pdf | Link to the Journal | Supplementary Material | Interactive Figures | Data

2017

Bioclimatic niches are conserved and unrelated to pollination syndromes in Antillean Gesneriaceae
Hermine Alexandre, Julie Faure, Steven Ginzbarg, John L. Clark, Simon Joly
Royal Society Open Science 4: 170293
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Species delimitation in the Caribbean Gesneria viridiflora complex (Gesneriaceae) reveals unsuspected endemism
François Lambert, John L. Clark, Simon Joly
Taxon 66(5): 1171-1183

Population isolation shapes plant genetics, phenotype and germination in naturally patchy ecosystems
Laurent De Vriendt, Marc-André Lemay, Martine Jean, Sébastien Renaut, Stéphanie Pellerin, Simon Joly, François Belzile, Monique Poulin
Journal of Plant Ecology 10(4):649-659
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Transcriptomic response of purple willow (Salix purpurea) to arsenic stress
Aymeric Yanitch, Nicholas J. Brereton, Emmanuel Gonzalez, Michel Labrecque, Simon Joly and Frederic Pitre
Frontiers in Plant Science 8:1115
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Genetic structure of the American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) in Eastern Canada using reduced-representation high-throughput sequencing
Simon Joly, Annie Archambault, Stéphanie Pellerin, Andrée Nault
Botany 95(4):429-434
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2016

Explaining naturalization and invasiveness: new insights from historical ornamental plant catalogues
Claude Lavoie, Simon Joly, Alexandre Bergeron, Geneviève Guay and Elisabeth Groeneveld
Ecology and Evolution 6:7188-7198
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Comparative transcriptomic approaches exploring contamination stress tolerance in Salix sp. reveal the importance for a metaorganismal de novo assembly approach for nonmodel plants
Nicholas J. B. Brereton, Emmanuel Gonzalez, Julie Marleau, Werther Guidi Nissim, Michel Labrecque, Simon Joly and Frederic E. Pitre
Plant Physiology 171:3-24
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Symbiotic association between Salix purpurea and Rhizophagus irregularis: modulation of plant responses under copper stress
Adriana M. Almeida-Rodriguez, Marcelo P. Gómez, Audrey Loubert-Hudon, Simon Joly, Michel Labrecque
Tree Physiology36:407-420
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2015

Evolution and phylogenetic diversity of yam species (Dioscorea spp.): implication for conservation and agricultural practices
Marie Florence Sandrine Ngo Ngwe, Denis Ndoumou Omokolo, Simon Joly
PLoS ONE 10(12): e0145364
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Meta-transcriptomics indicates biotic cross-tolerance in willow trees cultivated on petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil
Emmanuel Gonzalez, Nicholas Brereton, Julie Marleau, Wherther Guidi, Michel Labrecque, Frederic Pitre, Simon Joly
BMC Plant Biology 15:246
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Flexible methods for estimating genetic distances from nucleotide data
Simon Joly, David Bryant, Peter J. Lockhart
Methods in Ecology and Evolution 6:938-948
pdf | Supplementary Material | data | software | Link to the Journal

Genetic architecture of pollination syndrome transition between hummingbird-specialist and generalist species in the genus Rhytidophyllum (Gesneriaceae)
Hermine Alexandre, Justine Vrignaud, Brigitte Mangin, Simon Joly
PeerJ 3:e1028
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Functional traits related to forest productivity and phylogenetic information: two sides of the same coin over evolutionary scale
Alain Paquette, Simon Joly, Christian Messier
Ecology and Evolution 5(9):1774-1783
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Phylogeny and biogeography of wild roses with specific attention to polyploids
M Fougère-Danezan, S Joly, A Bruneau, XF Gao, LB Zhang
Annals of Botany 115:275-291
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2014

Species Radiation by Niche Shifts in New Zealand’s Rockcresses (Pachycladon, Brassicaceae)
Simon Joly, Peter B. Heenan, Peter J. Lockhart
Systematic Biology 63(2):192-202
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Increasing phytoremediation efficiency and reliability using novel ‘omics approaches
Terrence H. Bell, Simon Joly, Frédéric E. Pitre, Etienne Yergeau
Trends in Biotechnology 32(5):271-280
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Ecology in the age of DNA barcoding: the resource, the promise, and the challenges ahead
Simon Joly, T. Jonathan Davies, Annie Archambault, Anne Bruneau, Alison Derry, Steven Kembel, Pedro Peres-Neto, Jana Vamosi, Terry Wheeler
Molecular Ecology Resources 14:221-232
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Testing Hybridization Hypotheses with Morphometry: the Case of Eastern American Arctic Species of Potentilla sect. Niveae (Rosaceae)
Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, Stéphane M. Bailleul, Jacques Cayouette, Simon Joly
Systematic Botany 39(1):193-204
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Nuclear DNA content analysis of four cultivated species of yams (Dioscorea spp.) from Cameroon
Marie Florence Sandrine Ngo Ngwe, Simon Joly, M Bourge, Spencer Brown, Denis N Omokolo
Journal of Plant Breeding and Genetics 2 (2), 87-95
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2013

Impact of RNA-seq attributes on false positive rates in differential expression analysis of de novo assembled transcriptomes
Emmanuel Gonzalez, Simon Joly
BMC Research Notes 6:503
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Structuration of the genetic and metabolite diversity among Prince Edward Island cultivated wild rose ecotypes
Kaushik Ghose, Jason McCallum, Sherry Fillmore, Chris Kirby, Kevin Sanderson, Simon Joly, Anne Bruneau, Bourlaye Fofana
Scientia Horticulturae 160: 251-263
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2012

JML: testing hybridization from species trees
Simon Joly
Molecular Ecology Ressources 12: 179-184
pdf | Supplementary Material | Data | software | Link to the Journal

2011

Migration rates, frequency-dependent selection and the self-incompatibility locus in Leavenworthia (Brassicaceae)
Simon Joly, Daniel J. Schoen
Evolution 65: 2357-2369
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Demographic signatures accompanying the evolution of selfing in Leavenworthia alabamica
Jeremiah W. Busch, Simon Joly, Daniel J. Schoen
Molecular Biology and Evolution 28: 1717-1729
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Pachycladon
Krithika Yogeeswaran, Claudia Voelckel, Simon Joly, Peter B. Heenan
Dans Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources, ed. Chittaranjan Kole.
Springer, Berlin. pp. 227-249
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2010

Fast diploidization in close mesopolyploid relatives of Arabidopsis
Terezie Mandáková, Simon Joly, Martin Krzywinski, Klaus Mummenhoff, Martin A. Lysak
The Plant Cell 22: 2277-2290
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Does mate limitation in self-incompatible species promote the evolution of selfing? The case of Leavenworthia alabamica
Jeremiah W. Busch, Simon Joly, Daniel J. Schoen
Evolution 64: 1657-1670
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2009

A statistical approach for distinguishing hybridization and incomplete lineage sorting.
Simon Joly, Patricia A. McLenachan, Peter J. Lockhart
The American Naturalist 174: e54-e70
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Measuring branch support in species trees obtained by gene tree parsimony
Simon Joly, Anne Bruneau
Systematic Biology 58: 100-113
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A Pleistocene inter-tribal allopolyploidization event precedes the species radiation of Pachycladon (Brassicaceae) in New Zealand
Simon Joly, Peter B. Heenan, Peter J. Lockhart Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51:365-372.
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2008

An approach to transcriptome analysis of non-model organisms using short-read sequences.
Lesley J. Collins, Patrick J. Biggs, Claudia Voelckel, Simon Joly
Genome Informatics 21: 3-14
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Phylogeny of dinoflagellate plastid genes recently transferred to the nucleus supports a common ancestry with stramenopile plastid genes
Yunling Wang, Simon Joly, David Morse
Journal of Molecular Evolution 66: 175-184
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2007

Haplotype Networks can be Misleading in the Presence of Missing Data
Simon Joly, Mark I. Stevens, Bettine Jansen Van Vuuren
Systematic Biology 56:857-862.
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Delimiting species boundaries in Rosa sect. Cinnamomeae (Rosaceae) in eastern North America
Simon Joly, Anne Bruneau
Systematic Botany 32: 819-836
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Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Rosa: new evidence from chloroplast DNA sequences and appraisal of current knowledge
Anne Bruneau, Julian R. Starr, Simon Joly
Systematic Botany 32:366-378.
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2006

Incorporating allelic variation for reconstructing the evolutionary history of organisms from multiple genes: an example from Rosa in North America
Simon Joly, Anne Bruneau
Systematic Biology 55: 623-636
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Evolution des roses (Rosa:Rosaceae) indigènes de la section Cinnamomeae à l'est des Montagnes Rocheuses
Simon Joly
Thèse de doctorat, Département de Sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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Polyploid and hybrid evolution in roses east of the Rocky Mountains
Simon Joly, Julian R. Starr, Walter H. Lewis, Anne Bruneau
American Journal of Botany 93: 412-425
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2005

Molecular markers indicate that the narrow Québec endemics Rosa rousseauiorum and Rosa williamsii are synonymous with the widespread Rosa blanda
Anne Bruneau, Simon Joly, Julian R. Starr, Josée-Nadia Drouin
Canadian Journal of Botany 83: 386-398
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2004

Evolution of triploidy in Apios americana (Leguminosae) revealed by the genealogical analysis of the histone H3-D gene
Simon Joly, Anne Bruneau
Evolution 58: 284-295
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Evolutionary dynamics and preferential expression of homeologous 18S-5.8S-26S nuclear ribosomal genes in natural and artificial Glycine allopolyploids
Simon Joly, Jason T. Rauscher, Susan L. Sherman-Broyles, A. H. D. Brown, Jeff J. Doyle
Molecular Biology and Evolution 21: 1409-1421
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2001

Phylogenetic implications of the multiple losses of the mitochondrial coxII.i3 intron in the angiosperms
Simon Joly, Luc Brouillet, Anne Bruneau
International Journal of Plant Science 162: 359-373
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