Entité de rattachement
Diversification et adaptation aux échelles micro et maco-évolutives (DIVA)

Contact

Réseaux sociaux
Courriel
sylvain.gerber [at] mnhn.fr
sgerber [at] mnhn.fr
Téléphone
01 40 79 39 98
Adresse(s)

45 rue Buffon
CP50
75005 Paris

Responsabilités dans l'unité

Responsable de l’axe transversal Analyse des formes et phénomique avec Raphaël Cornette et Vincent Debat

Présentation

CV

  • Since 2015 : Assistant Professor – Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France)
  • 2013-2015 : Research Associate – University of Cambridge (UK)
  • 2009-2013 : Postdoctoral Researcher – University of Bath (UK)
  • 2008-2009 : Postdoctoral Researcher – University of Chicago (USA)
  • 2007-2008 : Research and Teaching Assistant – Université de Bourgogne (France)
  • 2004-2007 : PhD Evolutionary Palaeobiology – Université de Bourgogne (France)

Research Interests

As a macroevolutionary biologist, I am interested in large-scale morphological evolution and in the multiple processes that underlie its dynamics. My research activities, at the intersection of evolutionary paleobiology and evolutionary developmental biology, aim at assessing and better characterizing the roles of development, selection and chance in macroevolution.

Keywords : morphological and developmental disparity, phenotypic integration, evolutionary constraints, phenotype space and evolutionary accessibility, morphometrics and morphospaces.

Publications

2024
  • Moison Benoit, Hautier Lionel, Gerber Sylvain, Gaubert Philippe & Billet Guillaume, juin 2024 — « The scales of pangolins: serial variation, growth, and shape differentiation between species » in 12ème symposium national de Morphometrie et d’Evolution des Formes.. Pangolins are the most heavily trafficked mammals in the world, largely because of the high demand for their keratinous scales… , ,
    https://hal.science/hal-04607071
2023
  • Le Verger Kévin, Hautier Lionel, Gerber Sylvain, Bardin Jérémie, Delsuc Frédéric, González Ruiz Laureano, Amson Eli & Billet Guillaume, décembre 2023 — Pervasive cranial allometry at different anatomical scales and variational levels in extant armadillos. Abstract Allometry, i.e., morphological variation correlated with size, is a major pattern in organismal evolution. Since size… Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution , , ISBN: 0014-3820 Publisher: Wiley Type: 10.1093/evolut/qpad214
    https://hal.science/hal-04459935
2022
  • Gerber Zuzana, Daviaud Christian, Delafoy Damien, Sandron Florian, Alidjinou Enagnon Kazali, Mercier Jonathan, Gerber Sylvain, Meyer Vincent, Boland Anne, Bocket Laurence, Olaso Robert & Deleuze Jean-François, 2022 — A comparison of high-throughput SARS-CoV-2 sequencing methods from nasopharyngeal samples. Scientific Reports vol. 12, n° 1, p. 12561
    ISSN
    2045-2322
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16549-w
2021
  • Galipot Pierre, Gerber Sylvain, Le Guilloux Martine, Jabbour Florian & Damerval Catherine, 2021 — Micro- and Macroscale Patterns of Petal Morphogenesis in Nigella damascena (Ranunculaceae) Revealed by Geometric Morphometrics and Cellular Analyses. Petals, the inner organs in a differentiated perianth, generally play an important role in pollinator attraction. As such they… Frontiers in Plant Science vol. 12, , p. 769246
    ISSN
    1664-462X
    https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.769246
  • Galipot Pierre, Gerber Sylvain, Le Guilloux Martine, Jabbour Florian & Damerval Catherine, 2021 — Micro-and macroscale patterns of petal morphogenesis in Nigella damascena (Ranunculaceae) revealed by geometric morphometrics and cellular analyses. Frontiers in Plant Science , ,
    https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2021.769246
  • Gerber Sylvain & Savriama Yoland, 2021 — « Symmetry of Shapes in Biology: from D’Arcy Thompson to Morphometrics » in Systematics and the Exploration of Life.. , , dir. Wiley p. 1-16
    ISBN
    978-1-119-47687-0
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119476870.ch1
2020
  • Guillerme Thomas, Cooper Natalie, Brusatte Stephen L., Davis Katie E., Jackson Andrew L., Gerber Sylvain, Goswami Anjali, Healy Kevin, Hopkins Melanie J., Jones Marc E. H., Lloyd Graeme T., O’Reilly Joseph E., Pate Abi, Puttick Mark N., Rayfield Emily J. et al., 2020 — Disparities in the analysis of morphological disparity. Biology Letters vol. 16, n° 7, p. 20200199
    ISSN
    1744-9561, 1744-957X
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0199
  • Hanot Pauline, Gerber Sylvain, Guintard Claude, Herrel Anthony, Verslype Laurent & Cornette Raphaël, 2020 — Reconstructing the functional traits of the horses from the tomb of King Childeric. Journal of Archaeological Science vol. 121, , p. 105200
    ISSN
    03054403
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105200
  • Le Verger Kévin, Hautier Lionel, Bardin Jérémie, Gerber Sylvain, Delsuc Frédéric & Billet Guillaume, 2020 — Ontogenetic and static allometry in the skull and cranial units of nine-banded armadillos (Cingulata: Dasypodidae: Dasypus novemcinctus). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society vol. 131, n° 3, p. 673-698
    ISSN
    0024-4066, 1095-8312
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa083
2019
  • Gerber Sylvain, 2019 — Use and misuse of discrete character data for morphospace and disparity analyses. Palaeontology vol. 62, n° 2, p. 305-319 tex.ids: gerber2019use
    ISSN
    00310239
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pala.12407
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