Dr. Benjamin Pelissie
Assistant Professor
Office:
BHS
201A |
Phone: (308) 865-8713 |
Email: pelissieb@unk.edu
Biography
Areas of interest:
- Evolutionary biology
- Population biology
- Evolutionary genomics
- Entomology
Degrees:
- B.S. (2005) - University of Toulouse, France
- M.S. (2007) - University of Montpellier, France
- PhD. (2010) - University of Montpellier, France
Professional Affiliations:
- Society for the Study of Evolution
- Entomological Society of America
Dissertations and Thesis:
- Pélissié B. 2010. Sexual selection and hermaphroditism: quantitative empirical approach in the freshwater gastropod Physa acuta. Ph.D. Dissertation, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France. 255 pp.
- Pélissié B. 2007. Does host-parasite relationship played a role in the ecological speciation of two sibling species of the Ostrinia genus? Phylogenetic approach and interaction physiology. M.S. Thesis, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France. 43 pp.
- Pélissié B. 2006. Macrocentrus cingulum parasitism in host races of the genus Ostrinia: is corn an “enemy-free-space”? University of Toulouse III, Toulouse, France. 35 pp.
Publications:
- Pélissié, B., Chen, Y. C., Cohen, Z.P., Crossley, M.S., Hawthorne, D.J., Izzo, V., and Schoville, S.D. 2022. Genome resequencing reveals rapid, repeated evolution in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata. Molecular Biology and Evolution DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msac016
- Crossley, M., Cohen, Z., Pélissié, B., Rondon, S.I., Alyokhin, A., Chen, Y.C., Hawthorne, D., Schoville, S.D. 2022. Limiting a superpest: Ecological and evolutionary factors mitigating Colorado potato beetle adaptation to insecticides. In: Insect Pests of Potato: Global Perspectives on Biology and Management, 2nd edition. Academic Press. ISBN-13: 9780128212370
- Chapuis, M-P., Pélissié, B., Piou, C., Chardonnet, F., Pagès, C., Foucart, A., Chapuis, E., Jourdan-Pinneau, H. 2021. Additive genetic variance for traits least related to fitness increases with environmental stress in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Evolutionary ecology DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8099
- Bonel, N., Noël, E., Janicke, T., Sartori, K., Chapuis, E., Ségard, A., Meconcelli, S., Pélissié, B., Sarda, V., and David, P. 2018. Asymmetric evolutionary responses to sex-specific selection in a hermaphrodite. Evolution 72(10): 2181-2201.
- Pélissié, B., Crossley, M.S., Cohen, Z., and Schoville, S.D. 2018. Rapid evolution in insect pests: the importance of space and time in population genomics studies. Current Opinion in Insect Science 26: 8-16.
- Crossley, M. S., Cohen, Z., Pélissié, B., and Schoville, S.D. 2017. Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) observed feeding on Chamaesaracha sp. in eastern Colorado. The Great Lakes Entomologist 50: 93-97.
- Pélissié, B., Chapuis, M-P., Pagès, C., and Piou, C. 2016. Extra molting and selection on nymphal growth in the desert locust. Plos One 11(5): e0155736.
- Noël, E., Chemtob, Y., Jänicke, T., Sarda, V., Pélissié, B., Jarne, P., and David, P. 2016. Reduced mate availability leads to evolution of self-fertilization and purging of inbreeding depression in a hermaphrodite. Evolution 70(3): 625-40.
- Auld, J. R., Jarne, P., Sarda, V., Jourdan-Pineau, H., Lamy, T., Pélissié, B., and David, P. 2014. Evaluating the contributions of change in investment and change in efficiency to age-related declines in male and female reproduction. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27: 1837-1848.
- Pélissié, B., Jarne, P., and David, P. 2014. Disentangling precopulatory and postcopulatory sexual selection in polyandrous species. Evolution 5: 1320–1331.
- Maeno, O. K., Piou, C., Ould, Ely, S., Babah, O.A.M., Pélissié, B., Mohamed, O.S., Jaavar, E.H.M., Etheimine, M., and Nakamura, S. 2013. Plant size-dependent escaping behavior of gregarious nymphs of the Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Journal of Insect Behavior 26: 623–633.
- Pélissié, B., Ponsard, S., Bourguet, D., and Kergoat, G. J. 2012. Phylogenetics and population genetics of the Eurasian parasitoid Macrocentrus cingulum based on mitochondrial and nuclear loci. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 145: 1–14.
- Pélissié, B., Jarne, P., and David, P. 2012. Sexual selection without sexual dimorphism: Bateman Gradients in a simultaneous hermaphrodite. Evolution 66: 66-81.
- Anthes, N., David, P., Auld, J. R., Hoffer, J. N.A., Jarne, P., Koene, J. M., Kokko, H., Lorenzi, M.C., Pélissié, B., Sprenger, D., Staikou, A., and Schärer, L. 2010. Bateman gradients in hermaphrodites: an extended approach to quantify sexual selection. American Naturalist 176: 249-263.
- Pélissié, B., Ponsard, S., Tokarev, Y. S., Audiot, P., Pélissier, P., Sabatier, R., Meusnier, S., Chaufaux, J., Delos, M., Campan, E., Malysh, J. M., Frolov, A.N., and Bourguet, D. 2010. Did the introduction of maize into Europe provide enemy-free space to Ostrinia nubilalis? Parasitism differences between two sibling species of the genus Ostrinia. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 350-361.
- Malausa, T., Pélissié, B., Piveteau, V., Pélissier, C., Bourguet, D., and Ponsard, S. 2007. Differences in oviposition behaviour of two sympatric sibling species of the Ostrinia genus. Bulletin of Entomological Research 98: 193-201.