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Curriculum

• 03/2025 – present: Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics Group, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Germany
• 09/2021 – 12/2024: PhD in Evolution, “Theoretical and empirical study of the evolution of gene regulatory network”, EGCE, Paris-Saclay University, France
• 04/2020 – 06/2019: Internship in the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris, Sorbonne University, France
• 2017 – 2020: M.Sc. in Systematic, Evolution, Paleontology, Sorbonne University, France
• 2014 – 2017: B.Sc. in Geosciences, Sorbonne University, France

Research interests

• Gene regulation
• De Novo genes

Publications

• Le Rouzic A., Petit, A.J.R., Jallet A., Vergne J., Kochar E., Genissel A., Adaptive evolution of transcriptome and transcriptomic plasticity in stable and fluctuating environments. bioRxriv, 2026; https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.16.706080v1
• Petit, A.J.R., Genissel A., Le Rouzic A. Gene expression plasticity is associated with regulatory complexity but not with specific network motifs. Genetics, 2026; https://academic.oup.com/genetics/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/genetics/iyag009/8443984
• Akiki, P. et al. Male manipulation impinges on social-dependent tumor suppression in Drosophila melanogaster females, Scientific Reports, 2024; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57003-3
• Petit, A.J.R., Guez J., Le Rouzic A. Correlated stabilizing selection shapes the topology of gene regulatory networks, Genetics, 2023; https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyad065