Scientific articles (peer reviewed)

  1. 2010 Estoup A, Baird SJE, Ray N, Currat M, Cornuet J-M, Santos F, Beaumont MA, Excoffier L. Combining genetic, historical and geographical data to reconstruct the dynamics of bioinvasions: application to the cane toad Bufo marinus. Molecular Ecology Resources Published Online: 2 Jun 2010.

  2. 2010 Schneider N, Chikhi L, Currat M, Radespiel U. Signals of recent spatial expansions in the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:105.

  3. 2010 Francois O, Currat M, Ray N, Han E, Excoffier L and Novembre J.. Principal Component Analysis under Population Genetic Models of Range Expansion and Admixture. Molecular Biology and Evolution 27(6):1257-1268.

  4. 2010 Nunes JM, Riccio ME, Buhler S, Di D, Currat M, Ries F, Almada AJ, Benhamamouch S, Benitez O, Canossi A, Fadhlaoui-Zid K, Fischer G, Kervaire B, Loiseau P, de Oliveira DCM, Papasteriades C, Piancatelli D, Rahal M, Richard L, Romero M, Rousseau J, Spiroski M, Sulcebe G, Middleton D, Tiercy J-M, Sanchez-Mazas A Analysis of the HLA population data (AHPD) submitted to the 15th International Histocompatibility/Immunogenetics Workshop by using the Gene[rate] computer tools accommodating ambiguous data (ahpd project report). Tissue Antigens Published Online: 22 Mar 2010.

  5. 2009 Gerbault P, Moret C, Currat M, Sanchez-Mazas A. Impact of Selection and Demography on the Diffusion of Lactase Persistence. PLoS One 4(7):e6369.

  6. 2009 Alshamali F, Pereira L, Budowle B, Poloni E, Currat M. Local Population Structure in Arabian Peninsula Revealed by Y-STR diversity. Human Heredity 68:45-54.

  7. 2008 Currat M, Ruedi M, Petit RJ & Excoffier L. The hidden side of invasions: massive introgression by local genes. Evolution 62(8) 1908-1920.

  8. 2008 Neuenschwander S, Largiader CR, Ray N, Currat M, Vonlanthen P & Excoffier L. Colonization history of the Swiss Rhine basin by the bullhead (Cottus gobio): Inference under a Bayesian spatially explicit framework. Molecular Ecology 17(3) 757-772.

  9. 2006 Wegmann D, Currat M & Excoffier L. Molecular Diversity After A Range Expansion In Heterogeneous Environments. Genetics, 174: 2009-2020.

  10. 2006 Currat M, Excoffier L, Maddison W, Otto S P, Ray N, Whitlock M C, Yeaman S. Comment on "Ongoing Adaptive Evolution of ASPM, a Brain Size Determinant in Homo sapiens" and "Microcephalin, a Gene Regulating Brain Size, Continues to Evolve Adaptively in Humans". Science, 14 July 2006, 313(5784): 172.

  11. 2006 Klopfstein S, Currat M, Excoffier L. The fate of mutations surfing on the wave of a range expansion. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 23(3): 482-490.

  12. 2005 Ray N, Currat M, Berthier P, Excoffier L. Recovering the geographic origin of early modern humans by realistic and spatially explicit simulations. Genome Research, 15: 1161-1167.

  13. 2005 Hamilton G, Currat M, Ray N, Heckel G, Beaumont M, Excoffier L. Bayesian estimation of recent migration rates after a spatial expansion. Genetics, 170: 409-417.

  14. 2005 Currat M and Excoffier L. The effect of the Neolithic expansion on European molecular diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B. 272, 679-688.

  15. 2004 Currat M and Excoffier L. Modern Humans did not admix with Neanderthals during their range expansion. PLoS Biology, Vol. 2, No. 12, e41. synopsis

  16. 2004 Currat M, Ray N, Excoffier L. SPLATCHE: A program to simulate genetic diversity taking into account environmental heterogeneity. Molecular Ecology Notes, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 139-142.

  17. 2003 Ray N, Currat M, Excoffier L. Intra-deme molecular diversity in spatially expanding populations. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 20(1):76-86.

  18. 2002 Currat M, Trabuchet G, Rees D, Perrin P, Harding RM, Clegg JB, Langaney A and Excoffier L. Molecular analysis of the Beta-Globin gene cluster in the Niokholo Mandenka population reveals a recent origin of the HbS Senegal mutation. American Journal of Human Genetics, 70:207-223.

Softwares

  1. 2004 Currat M, Ray N & Excoffier L. SPLATCHE A program to simulate genetic diversity taking into account environmental heterogeneity.

Book chapters (peer reviewed)

  1. 2008 Excoffier L, Ray N & Currat M. Where was paradise? A simulation study of the spread of Early Modern Humans in heterogeneous environments, in "Simulations, Genetics and Human Prehistory", eds. S. Matsumura, P. Forster & C. Renfrew. (McDonald Institute Monographs.) Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 9-18.

  2. 2008 Currat M, Excoffier L & Ray N. Genetic simulations of population interactions during past human expansions in Europe, in "Simulations, Genetics and Human Prehistory", eds. S. Matsumura, P. Forster & C. Renfrew. (McDonald Institute Monographs.) Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 37-47.

  3. 2008 Ray N, Currat M & Excoffier L. Incorporating environmental heterogeneity in spatially-explicit simulations of human genetic diversity, in "Simulations, Genetics and Human Prehistory", eds. S. Matsumura, P. Forster & C. Renfrew. (McDonald Institute Monographs.) Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 103-17.

Others

  1. 2008 Currat M, Sanchez-Mazas A. How selection at HLA-DRB1 affects population differentiation: a case study at the strait of Gibraltar. Tissue Antigens" 72(3), 227-313.

  2. 2008 Cherry L, Perrin P, Currat M, Calo C, Talmaci R, Dan L, Coriu D, Gavrila L. RFLP linked markers used to infer the origin of beta-thalassemia mutations in Romanian population. Haematologica-The Hematology Journal" 93, 341.

Thesis

  1. 2004 Currat M. Effets des expansions des populations humaines en Europe sur leur diversité génétique. PhD thesis, LGB, Dept Anthropology and Ecology, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

  2. 1999 Currat M. Etude de la variabilité allozymique des Valaisans et des Walsers Master Diploma in Biology, LGB, Dept Anthropology and Ecology, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

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