Asymmetric inter-kingdom gene transfer and a horizontal transposon invasion in a powdery mildew fungus Preprint

Mariault L., Lasserre E., Qian J., Hwang J-H., Kim K.D., Gibert A., Kusch S., Panstruga R., El Baidouri M.

bioRxiv preprint, posted October 16, 2026

A cryptic hybrid zone reveals the genomic basis of flower colour variation in a plant with a large and complex genome Preprint

Salvado P., Gibert A., Chaib S., Raviglione D., Bertrand C., El Baidouri M., Mariault L., Llauro C., Cravero C., Dufau I., Marande W., Carpentier M-C., Martin M., Quelennec C., Gaultier P., Lewin J-M., Aymerich P., Hinoux V., Bertrand J.A.M.

bioRxiv preprint, posted February 2, 2026

Mechanisms, Detection, and Impact of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Plant Functional Evolution

Lee Mariault, Camille Puginier, Jean Keller, Moaine El Baidouri, Pierre-Marc Delaux

The Plant Cell, 2025

Identification of potentially anti-COVID-19 active drugs using the connectivity MAP

Raphaël Bonnet*, Lee Mariault*, Jean-François Peyron (* co-first authors)

PLOS One, 2022