christophe plomion

My main research interest is how forest trees are adapted to their environment, with a special focus on oaks, pines and eucalyptus.

I recently leaded the oak genome project published in Nature Plants http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0172-3. This project led me to study the accumulation and inter-generational transmission of somatic mutations (non germ line) in this emblematic long lived species. Our finding raises questions about the importance of somatic mutations in generating genetic diversity in trees, a question I want to pursue within the accelerated mutational environment of Chernobyl.

July 2018