Scarcelli Nora – Diade

Nora

Scarcelli

Specialities

Population genetics

Function

Research Scientist

Collective responsibility(s)

Team coordination

Team(s)

PANEEC

Membership Institute

IRD

As a population geneticist, I am primarily interested in the evolutionary history of African yams (domestication, adaptation, etc.). Recently, I have begun to re-examine these questions using a pangenomic approach.

Keywords

Diversity
Evolution
Domestication
Genomics
Yam

Publications

Scarcelli N., Mariac C., Couderc M., Castro Ruiz D., Estivals G., Custodio Angulo Chavez C.A., Acho Vasquez H., Alvarado Reategui J. G., Vizcarra Bentos T., Garcia-Davila C. 2025. The complete chloroplast genome of Tornillo (Cedrelinga cateniformis Ducke 1922, Fabaceae). Ecology and Evolution. 15(4). e71355.

Scarcelli N., Garcia Davila C., Couderc M., Castro Ruiz D., Estivals G., Custodio Angulo Chavez C.A., Acho Vasquez H., Alvarado Reategui J.G., Vizcarra Bentos T., Mariac C. 2024. The complete chloroplast genome of Marupa (Simarouba amara Aubl., Simaroubaceae). Ecology and Evolution. 14(7). e11688.

Kusuma J., Couderc M., Scarcelli N., Duminil J. 2023. Complete chloroplast genome of two nutmeg species, Myristica argentea Warb. 1891 and Myristica fatua Houtt. 1774 (Myristicaceae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources. 8(7). 751-755.

Kusuma J., Scarcelli N., Couderc M., Mariac C., Zekraoui L., Duminil J. 2020. Microsatellite markers development for Indonesian nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt.) and transferability to other Myristicaceae spp. Molecular Biology Reports. 47. 4835-4840.

Abrouk M., Ahmed H. I., Cubry P., Imonikova D., Cauet S., Pailles Y., Bettgenhaeuser J., Gapa L., Scarcelli N., Couderc M., Zekraoui L., Kathiresan N., Čižkova J., Hřibova E., Doležel J., Arribat S., Berges H., Wieringa J., Gueye M., Kane N., Leclerc C., Causse S., Vancoppenolle S., Billot C., Wicker T., Vigouroux Y., Barnaud A., Krattinger S. 2020. Fonio millet genome unlocks African orphan crop diversity for agriculture in a changing climate. Nature Communications. 11. 4488.

Scarcelli N., Cubry P., Akakpo R., Thuillet A.-C., Obidiegwu J., Baco M. N., Otoo E., Sonké B., Dansi A., Djedatin G., Mariac C., Couderc M., Causse S., Alix K., Chair H., François O., Vigouroux Y. 2019. Yam genomics supports West Africa as a major cradle of crop domestication. Science Advances. 5(5). aaw1947.

Magwe-Tindo J., Wieringa J. J., Sonké B., Zapfack L., Vigouroux Y., Couvreur T. L. P., Scarcelli N. 2019. Complete plastome sequences of 14 African yam species (Dioscorea spp.). Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources. 4(1). 74-76.

Bethune K., Mariac C., Couderc M., Scarcelli N., Santoni S., Ardisson M., Martin J.-F., Montufar R., Klein V., Sabot F., Vigouroux Y., Couvreur T. L. P. 2019. Long-fragment targeted capture for long-read sequencing of plastomes. Applications in Plant Sciences. 7(5). e1243.

Burgarella C., Barnaud A., Kane N. A., Jankowski F., Scarcelli N., Billot C., Vigouroux Y., Berthouly-Salazar C. 2019. Adaptive Introgression: An Untapped Evolutionary Mechanism for Crop Adaptation. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10. 1-17.