We are currently sequencing the first genome of a bdelloid rotifer species at Genoscope. This genome project is coordinated by Pr. Karine Van Doninck and Dr. Jean-François Flot (FUNDP, Belgium) in close collaboration with Dr. Olivier Jaillon and Dr. Patrick Wincker (Genoscope, Evry, France).

We are also investigating the sources of neutral and adaptive variation that contributed to the success and persistence of these asexual animals using a recent and multidisciplinary genomic approach.