Dr. Benjamin Dauphin

Funktion

PostDoc

Biodiversität und Naturschutzbiologie

Ökologische Genetik

Kontakt

benjamin.dauphin(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 26 56+41 44 739 26 56

Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Standort

Birmensdorf Bi

Research interests

I am passionate about evolutionary biology and plant speciation, in particular about the genetic basis of adaptive processes taking place in natural populations. During my PhD, I was lucky to study the fascinating Alpine fern species Botrychium, which are very old vascular plant lineages that alternatively mix several successful mating systems such as gametophytic selfing and rampant allopolyploidy.

Currently, I am a postdoc researcher in Felix Gugerli’s research group (Ecological Genetics), working on two exciting projects, GenTree and PiCadapt, in which I especially focus on the adaptive genetic variation of tree species in response to environmental changes. In the context of global warming, we are interested in better understanding the adaptive potential of species and populations in various sensitive habitats (e.g. alpine, high latitude) at regional and continental scale.

WEITERFÜHRENDE INFORMATIONEN

Projekte

GenTree

GenTree aims at providing the European forestry sector with better knowledge, methods and tools for optimizing the management and sustainable use of forest genetic resources in Europe in the context of climate change and continuously evolving demands for forest products and services.

PiCadapt

Das SNF-Projekt PiCadapt untersucht die Variation in Genen der Arve in Bezug auf die Anpassung entlang Umweltgradienten.

Evoltree

A large network of research institutions collaborates within an EC-funded Network of Excellence to study the impacts of climate change on forest ecosystems from an evolutionary perspective.

WSL-Publikationen

Wissenschaftliche Artikel Peer-reviewt

Dauphin, B.; Wüest, R.O.; Brodbeck, S.; Zoller, S.; Fischer, M.C.; Holderegger, R.; Gugerli, F.; Rellstab, C., 2020: Disentangling the effects of geographic peripherality and habitat suitability on neutral and adaptive genetic variation in Swiss stone pine. Molecular Ecology, 29, 11: 1972-1989. doi: 10.1111/mec.15467

Martínez-Sancho, E.; Slámová, L.; Morganti, S.; Grefen, C.; Carvalho, B.; Dauphin, B.; Rellstab, C.; Gugerli, F.; Opgenoorth, L.; Heer, K.; Knutzen, F.; Von Arx, G.; Valladares, F.; Cavers, S.; Fady, B.; Alía, R.; Aravanopoulos, F.; Avanzi, C.; Bagnoli, F.; ... Fonti, P., 2020: The GenTree Dendroecological Collection, tree-ring and wood density data from seven tree species across Europe. Scientific Data, 7: 1 (7 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41597-019-0340-y

Sandoz, F.A.; Bindschedler, S.; Dauphin, B.; Farinelli, L.; Grant, J.R.; Hervé, V., 2020: Biotic and abiotic factors shape arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities associated with the roots of the widespread fern Botrychium lunaria (Ophioglossaceae). Environmental Microbiology Reports, doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.12840

Rellstab, C.; Dauphin, B.; Zoller, S.; Brodbeck, S.; Gugerli, F., 2019: Using transcriptome sequencing and pooled exome capture to study local adaptation in the giga‐genome of Pinus cembra. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19, 2: 536-551. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12986