Emese Meglécz

Aix-Marseille University

Papers

    2024

  1. Meglécz, E. (2024). mkLTG: A command-line tool for taxonomic assignment of metabarcoding sequences using variable identity thresholds. Biologia Futura. Paper, Full text (View only)
  2. Cahill, A. E., Meglécz, E., & Chenuil, A. (2024). Scientific history, biogeography, and biological traits predict presence of cryptic or overlooked species. Biological Reviews, n/a(n/a). Paper

    3. 2023

  3. Engloner, A. I., Németh, K., Kós, P. B., Meglécz, E., & Bereczki, J. (2023). Genetic diversity of the submerged macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum depends on habitat hydrology and habitat fragmentation. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14. Paper
  4. Meglécz, E. 2023. COInr and mkCOInr: Building and customizing a non-redundant barcoding reference database from BOLD and NCBI using a semi-automated pipeline. Molecular Ecology Resources, 21, 933-945. Paper
  5. González, A., Dubut, V., Corse, E., Mekdad, R., Dechatre, T., Castet, U., Hebert, R., & Meglécz, E. (2023). VTAM: A robust pipeline for validating metabarcoding data using controls. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 21, 1151–1156. Paper
  6. Mugnai, F., Costantini, F., Chenuil, A., Leduc, M., Gutiérez Ortega, J. M., & Meglécz, E. 2023. Be positive: Customized reference databases and new, local barcodes balance false taxonomic assignments in metabarcoding studies. PeerJ, 11, e14616. Paper

    7. 2022

  7. Esposito, A., Sasal, P., Clua, E., Meglécz, E., & Clerissi, C. 2022. Shark Provisioning Influences the Gut Microbiota of the Black-Tip Reef Shark in French Polynesia. Fishes, 7(6), Article 6. Paper
  8. Villsen, K., Corse, E., Meglécz, E., Archambaud-Suard, G., Vignes, H., Ereskovsky, A. V., … Dubut, V. 2022. DNA metabarcoding suggests adaptive seasonal variation of individual trophic traits in a critically endangered fish. Molecular Ecology. 31(22), 5889–5908. Paper
  9. Meglécz, E. 2022. COInr a comprehensive, non-redundant COI database from NCBI-nt and BOLD [Data set]. Zenodo. Database
  10. Villsen, K., Corse, E., Archambaud-Suard, G., Héran, K., Meglécz, E., Ereskovsky, A. V., Chappaz, R., & Dubut, V. 2022. Diet Metabarcoding Reveals Extensive Dietary Overlap between Two Benthic Stream Fishes (Zingel asper and Cottus gobio) and Provides Insights into Their Coexistence. Diversity, 14(5), 412. Paper
  11. Hebert, R., & Meglécz, E. 2022. NSDPY: A python package to download DNA sequences from NCBI. SoftwareX, 18, 101038. Paper

    12. 2021

  12. Mugnai, F., Meglécz, E., Costantini, et al. 2021. Are well-studied marine biodiversity hotspots still blackspots for animal barcoding? Global Ecology and Conservation, e01909. Paper

    13. 2020

  13. Malkócs, T., Laczkó, L., Bereczki, J., Meglécz, E., Szövényi, P., Sramkó, G. 2020. Development and characterization of novel SSR markers in the endangered endemic species Ferula sadleriana. Appl. Plant Sci. 8, e11321, doi:10.1002/aps3.11321Paper

    14. 2019

  14. Malkócs, T., Almerekova, S., Bereczki, J., Cservenka, J., Meglécz, E., Sramkó, G., 2019. Isolation and characterization of 15 SSR loci for the endangered European tetraploid species Gladiolus palustris (Iridaceae). Appl. Plant Sci. 7, e01245, doi:10.1002/aps3.1245 Paper
  15. Corse, E., Tougard, C., Archambaud-Suard, G., Agnèse, J.-F., Mandeng, F.D.M., Bilong, C.F.B., Duneau, D., Zinger, L., Chappaz, R., Xu, C.C.Y., Meglécz, E., Dubut, V., 2019. One-locus-several-primers: A strategy to improve the taxonomic and haplotypic coverage in diet metabarcoding studies. Ecol. Evol. 9, 4603–4620. Paper

    16. 2017

  16. Corse, E., Meglécz, E., Archambaud, G., Ardisson, M., Martin, J-F., Tougard, C., Chappaz, R., Dubut, V. 2017. A from-benchtop-to-desktop workflow for validating HTS data and for taxonomic identification in diet metabarcoding studies. Molecular Ecology Resources, 10.1111/1755-0998.12703 Paper

    17. 2015

  17. Zarzoso-Lacoste, D., Bonnaud, E., Corse, E., Gilles, A., Meglécz, E., Costedoat, C., Gouni, A., Vidal, E. 2015. Improving morphological diet studies with molecular ecology: An application for invasive mammal predation on island birds. Biological Conservation, 193:134-142, doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2015.11.018 Paper

    18. 2014

  18. Meglécz, E., Pech, N., Gilles, A., Dubut, V., Hingamp, P., Trilles, A., Grenier, R. and Martin, JF. 2014. QDD version 3.1: A user friendly computer program for microsatellite selection and primer design revisited: experimental validation of variables determining genotyping success rate. Molecular Ecology Resources, doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12271. Abstract
  19. Elliott CP., Enright NJ., Allcock RJN., Gardner MG., Meglécz E., Anthony J. and Krauss SL. 2014. Microsatellite markers from the Ion Torrent: a multi-species contrast to 454 shotgun sequencing. Molecular Ecology Resources, 14:554-568 doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12192. Abstract

    2013

  20. Michel F., Meglécz E., Martin JF and Descimon H. 2013. Erebia serotina Descimon & de Lesse 1953 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), a recurrent hybrid between two distantly related species. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 49:100-116 Paper

    21. 2012

  21. Meglécz E., Nève G., Biffin E. and Gardner MG. 2012. Breakdown of Phylogenetic Signal: A Survey of Microsatellite Densities in 454 Shotgun Sequences from 154 Non Model Eukaryote Species. PLoS ONE, 7:e40861 Paper
  22. Meglécz, E., Pech, N., Gilles, A., Martin, JF. and Gardner, MG. 2012. A shot in the genome: how accurately do shotgun 454 sequences represent a genome? BMC Research Notes, 5:259 Paper

    23. 2011

  23. Gilles, A., Meglécz, E., Pech, N., Ferreira, S., Malausa, T. and Martin, J F. 2011. Accuracy and quality assessment of 454 GS-FLX pyrosequencing. BMC Genomics, 12:245 Paper
  24. Meglécz, E., Piry, P., Desmarais, E., Galan, M., Gilles, A., Guivier, E., Pech, N. and Martin, JF. 2011. SESAME (SEquence Sorter & AMplicon Explorer): Genotyping based on high-throughput multiplex amplicon sequencing. Bioinformatics, 27:277-278 Paper
  25. Malausa, T., A. Gilles, E. Meglécz, S. Ferreira, N. Pech et al., 2011. High throughput microsatellites isolation with 454 GS-FLX pyrosequencing. Molecular Ecology Resources, 11: 638-644 Abstract
  26. Sinama, M., Dubut, V. Costedoat, C., Gilles, A., Junker, M., Malausa, T., Martin, JF., Nève, G., Pech, N., Schmitt, T., Zimmermann, M. and Meglécz, E. 2011. Challenge for microsatellite development in Lepidoptera: Euphydryas aurinia (Nymphalidae) as a case study. European Journal of Entomology, 108:261-266 Paper

    27. 2010

  27. Meglécz, E., Costedoat, C., Dubut, V., Gilles, A., Malausa, T., Pech, N., Martin, J.F. 2010. QDD: a user-friendly program to select microsatellite markers and design primers from large sequencing projects. Bioinformatics, 26: 403 - 404 Paper
  28. Martin, JF., Pech, N., Meglécz, E., Ferreira, S., Costedoat, C., Dubut, V., Malausa T. and Gilles, A. 2010. Representativeness of microsatellite distributions in genomes, as revealed by 454 GS-FLX Titanium pyrosequencing. BMC Genomics, 11:560 Paper
  29. Dubut, V., Grenier, R., Meglécz, E., Chappaz, R., Costedoat, C., Danancher, D., Descloux, S., Malausa, T., Martin, JF., Pech, N. and Gilles, A. 2010. Development of 55 novel polymorphic microsatellite loci for the critically endangered Zingel asper L. (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Percidae) and cross-species amplification in five other Percids. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 56:931-938 Abstract
  30. Dubut, V., Sinama, M., Martin, J.F., Meglécz, E., Fernandez, J., Chappaz, R., Gilles A. and Costedoat, C. 2010. Cross-species amplification of 41 microsatellites in European cyprinids: A tool for evolutionary, population genetics and hybridization studies BMC Research Notes 3:135 Paper

    31. 2009

  31. Cusano, AM, Mekmouche, Y., Meglécz, E. and Tron, T. 2009 Plasticity of laccase generated by homeologous recombination in yeast, FEBS Journal, 276(19):5471-5480 Paper

    32. 2007

  32. Meglécz, E., Anderson, A., Bourguet, D., Butcher, R., Caldas, A., Cassel-Lundhagen, A., Coeur d´Acier, A., Dawson, A.D., Faure, N., Fauvelot, C., Franck, P., Harper, G., Keyghobadi, N., Kluetsch, C., Muthulakshmi, M., Nagaraju, J., Patt, A., Péténian, F., Silvain JF., Wilcock, HR. 2007. Microsatellite Flanking Region Similarities among Different Loci within Insect Species. Insect Molecular Biology, 16(2) : 175-185 Abstract
  33. Meglécz, E. 2007. MicroFamily: A computer program for detecting flanking region similarities among different microsatellite loci. Molecular Ecology Notes, 7 : 18-20 Abstract

    34. 2005

  34. Meglécz, E. and Thiéry, A. 2005. Genetic structure of a rare, temporary pond dwelling fairy shrimp Linderiella massaliensis (Crustacea: Anostraca). Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 164(2), 277-286 Paper
  35. Péténian, F., Meglécz, E., Genson, G., Rasplus JY., Faure E. 2005. Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellites in Parnassius apollo and Euphydryas aurinia (Lepidoptera). Molecular Ecology Notes, 5, 243-245 Abstract

    36. 2004

  36. Meglécz, E., Péténian, F., Danchin, E., Coeur D´Acier, A., Rasplus, J-Y., Faure, E. 2004. High similarity between flanking regions of different microsatellites detected within each of two species of Lepidoptera : Parnassius apollo and Euphydryas aurinia. Molecular Ecology, 13, 1693-1700 Abstract

    37. 2001

  37. Di Pietro, A., Huertas-González M.D., Gutierrez-Corona, J.F., Martínez-Cadena, G., Meglécz, E. and Roncero M.I.G. 2001. Molecular characterization of a subtilase from the vascular milt fungus Fusarium oxysporum. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 14(5): 653-662 Paper
  38. Di Pietro, A., García-Maceira F.I., Meglécz E. and Roncero M.I.G. 2001. A MAP kinase of the vascular wilt fungus Fusarium oxysporum is essential for root penetration and pathogenesis. Molecular Microbiology, 39(5):1140-1152 Paper

    39. 2000

  39. Nève, G. and Meglécz, E. 2000. Microsatellite frequencies in different taxa. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15:376-377 Abstract

    40. 1999

  40. Roncero, M.I.G., A. Di Pietro, M.C. Ruiz-Roldàn, M.D. Huertas-Gonzàlez, F.I. García-Maceira, E. Meglécz, A. Jimenez, Z. Caracuel, R. Sancho-Zapatero, C. Hera, E. Gómez-Gómez, M. Ruiz-Rubio, C.I. Gonzàlez-Verdejo and M.J. Pàez. 1999. Role of cell wall degrading enzymes in pathogenicity of Fusarium oxysporum. Rev. Iberoam. Micol., 17:S47-S53 Paper
  41. Meglécz, E., Nève, G., Pecsenye, K. and Varga, Z. 1999. Genetic variations in space and time in Parnassius mnemosyne (Lepidoptera) populations in north-east Hungary: implications for conservation. Biological Conservation, 89:251-259 Abstract

    42. 1998

  42. Meglécz, E. and Solignac, M. 1998. Microsatellite loci for Parnassius mnemosyne (Lepidoptera). Hereditas, 128:179-180 Paper
  43. Meglécz, E., Pecsenye, K., Varga, Z. and Solignac, M. 1998. Comparison of differentiation pattern at allozyme and microsatellite loci in Parnassius mnemosyne (Lepidoptera) populations. Hereditas, 128:95-103 Paper

    44. 1997

  44. Meglécz, E.,.Pecsenye, K., Peregovits, L. and Varga, Z. 1997. Effects of population size and habitat fragmentation on the genetic variability of Parnassius mnemosyne populations in North-East Hungary. Acta Zool. Hung., 43:183-190 Abstract
  45. Meglécz, E.,.Pecsenye, K., Peregovits, L. and Varga, Z. 1997. Allozyme variation in Parnassius mnemosyne (L.) (Lepidoptera) populations in North-East Hungary: variation within a subspecies group. Genetica, 101:59-66 Paper

    46. 1995

  46. Pecsenye, K. and Meglécz, E. 1995. Enzyme polymorphism in Drosophila melanogaster populations collected in two different habitats in Hungary. Genetica, 96:257-268 Paper

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Book chapters

  1. Pecsenye K., Bereczki J., Tóth A., Meglécz E., Peregovits L., Juhàsz E. and Varga Z., 2007. A populàcióstruktúra és a genetikai variabilitás kapcsolata védett nappalilepke-fajainknál. In A Kárpát-medence állatvilágának kialakulása, Forró L. (eds.), Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest : 241-260. [Relationship between population structure and variability in our protected butterfly species. In: Origin of the fauna of the Carpathian basin, Forró L. (eds.), Hungarian Museum of Natural History, Budapest : 241-260. - in Hungarian]
  2. Pecsenye, K., Meglécz, E., Kenyeres, Á. and Varga, Z., 2006. Population structure and enzyme polymorphism in three protected butterfly species in the Carpathian Basin (Parnassius mnemosyne, Euphydryas maturna, Aricia artaxerxes). In Environmental Science and Technology in Hungary, Láng, I. (ed.), Mũszaki Kiadó, Budapest : 217-229.
  3. Pecsenye, K., Meglécz, E., Kenyeres, Á., Bereczki, J. and Varga, Z., 2005. A genetikai variabilitás szerkezete három nappali lepke faj (Nymphalydae) hazai populációiban: Parnassius mnemosyne, Euphydryas maturna és Aricia artaxerxes issekutzi. In A DNS-tõl a globális felmelegedésig. A 70 éves Vida Gábor köszöntése, Jordán, F. (ed.), Scientia Kiadó, Budapest : 135-149. [The structure of genetic variability in Hungarian populations of three butterfly (Nymphalidea) species : Parnassius mnemosyne, Euphydryas maturna and Aricia artaxerxes issekutzi. In: From DNA to global warming, essays in honour of the 70th aniversaire of Gabor Vida.Jordán, F. (ed.), Scientia Kiadó, Budapest : 135-149. - in Hungarian]

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Congresses

  1. Sarkis, N., Amadéi, C., Amella, H., Angeletti, B., Chemin, C., Coch, E., Dubut, V., Malleret, L., Martin, P., Meglécz, E., Petit, A., Mirleau, P. 2023. Biodiversité épiphyte des feuilles de posidonie et bioconcentration de contaminants : suivi pluriannuel des herbiers de Fos, Marseille et Toulon. Dix ans de recherches de l'Observatoire Hommes-Milieux Littoral méditerranéen sur le Littoral marseillais, OHM Littoral méditerranéen, Marseille, Jun 2023 (Talk)
  2. Meglécz, E. 2023. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Metabarcoding (But Were Afraid to Ask): Technical challenges and possible solutions. Montellier Omics Days, Montpellier, February 2023 (Talk)
  3. Meglécz, E. 2022. COI database from BOLD, NCBI and custom sequences. ICDBB, Sofia, Bulgaria, May 2022 (Talk)
  4. Meglécz, E., Dubut, V., Corse, E., González, A. 2021.VTAM: A robust pipeline for validating metabarcoding data using optimized parameters based on internal controls. DNAqua, Evian, March 2021 (Talk)
  5. Chenuil, A., Coch, E., Dubut, V., Marschal, F., Meglécz, E., Mirleau, P. 2019. Mise au point d’un protocole de metabarcoding (coi) pour les communautés marines benthiques: comparaison de 2 kits d’extraction et 2 taqs. Petit Pois Déridé, Gif-sur-Yvette, June 2019 (Poster)
  6. Meglécz E. 2017 Mapping Assisted Multiple Alignment of thousands of sequences. Colloque de Génomique Environnementale, Marseille, Sept 2017. (Poster)
  7. Meglécz, E., Corse, E., Archambaud, G., Chappaz, R., Dubut, V. 2016. The production and validation of metabarcoding data for studying the diet of invertebrate-eaters. SFEcoligie, Marseille, Oct. 2016. (Poster)
  8. Meglécz E., Pech, N., Gilles, A., Martin, JF. and Gardner, MG. 2012. A shot in the genome: how accurately do shotgun 454 sequences represent a genome? Conference of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Melbourne, Australia, 15-18 July 2012. (Poster)
  9. Meglécz E, Piry S., Gilles A. and Martin JF. 2011. Applications of Next Generation Sequencing in population biology: QDD and SESAME software for user friendly data treatment. European Lab Automation, Next-Gen Sequencing Europe, Hamburg, 30 June - 1 July 2011. (Poster)
  10. Meglécz, E. 2009. Are transposable elements important agents of microsatellite origin? Three species, two stories. 12th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Turin, Italy, 2009. (Poster)
  11. Meglécz, E. 2009. Overview of molecular methods in population genetics: Theory and feasibility. ConGen meeting Jan., Debrecen, Hungary (Talk)
  12. Meglécz, E. 2006. Microsatellite flanking regions are not necessary unique: Association between microsatellites and interspersed repetitive elements in insects. Microsat2006, Budapest, Hungary, 2006.(Poster)
  13. Meglécz, E., Anderson, S., Bourguet, D., Butcher, R., Caldas, A., Cassel-Lundhagen, A., Coeur d´Acier, A., Dawson, D. Estoup, A., Faure, N., Fauvelot, C., Franck, P., Harper, G., Keyghobadi, N., Kluetsch, C., Nagaraju, J., Nguyen-Thé, B., Patt, A., Péténian, F., Silvain JF. and Wilcock, H. 2005. Microsatellite sequences families in Lepidoptera. Similar flanking regions among different lici within species. Tenth Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Kraków, Poland, 2005. (Poster)
  14. Meglécz, E. Bourguet, D., Butcher, R., Caldas, A., Danchin, E., Estoup, A., Franck, P., Faure, N., Fauvelot, C., Harper, G., Keyghobadi, N., Kluetsch, C., Lundhagen, A., Nagaraju, J., Péténian, F. and Silvain JF. 2004. Microsatellite evolution in Lepidoptera. 8th Evolutionary Biology Meeting, Marseille, France, 2004. (Poster)
  15. Meglécz, E., Péténian, F., Danchin, E., Rasplus, J-Y. and Faure, E. High similarity between flanking regions of different microsatellites in Parnassius apollo and Euphydryas aurinia (Lepidoptera) 7th Evolutionary Biology Meeting, Marseille, France, 2003. (Poster)
  16. Di Pietro, A., Garcia-Maceira, F.I., Meglécz, E. and Roncero, M.I.G. A mitogen-activated protein kinase of the vascular wilt fungus Fusarium oxysporum is dispensable for vegetative growth but essential for pathogenecity. Arcachon, France, 2000. (Talk)
  17. Meglécz, E., Nève, G., Pecsenye, K. and Varga, Z. The genetic structure of Parnassius mnemosyne populations in Northeast Hungary. Symposium: Butterfly Ecology and Evolution, Crested Butte, USA, 1998. (Poster)
  18. Meglécz, E., Varga, Z. and Peregovits, L. 1997. Geographical pattern of differentiation in Parnassius mnemosyne (L.) (Lepidoptera) populations in the Carpathian basin. 31st Meeting of Population Genetics Group, Nottingham, 1997. (Poster)
  19. Meglécz, E., Nève, G., Pecsenye, K. and Varga, Z. 1997. Are Hungarian Parnassius mnemosyne populations really large? - The effect of population size and structure on the level of genetic variability of Parnassius mnemosyne populations (Lepidoptera) in Hungary. European Invertebrate Survey Meeting, Debrecen, 1997. (Talk)
  20. Meglécz, E., Pecsenye, K., Varga, Z. and Solignac, M. 1996. Enzymes or microsatellites? A case study for Parnassius mnemosyne. 30th Meeting of Population Genetics Group, Edinburgh, 1996. (Talk)
  21. Meglécz, E., Pecsenye, K., Varga, Z. and Solignac, M. 1996. Genetic variability of Parnassius mnemosyne populations revealed by enzyme and DNA polymorphism. Fifth International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology, Budapest, 1996. (Poster)
  22. Meglécz, E., Pecsenye, K. and Varga, Z. 1996. Effects of population size and fragmentation on the genetic variability of Parnassius mnemosyne populations in North-East Hungary. Symposium on "Research, Conservation, Management", Aggtelek-Jósvafõ, 1996. (Talk)
  23. Meglécz, E., Pecsenye, K. and Varga, Z. 1995. Genetic structure of Parnassius mnemosyne populations in North-East Hungary Fifth Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Edinburgh, 1995. (Talk)
  24. Meglécz, E., Pecsenye, K. and Varga, Z. 1994. Genetic variability of Parnassius mnemosyne populations in North-East Hungary. Third Congress of Hungarian Geneticist's Association, Debrecen, 1994 (Talk)
  25. Peregovits, L. and Meglécz, E. 1994. Morphological and genetic variability of Parnassius mnemosyne in the Carpathian Basin. - preliminary results Symposium: Butterfly Ecology and Evolution, Stockholm 1994. (Poster)

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Theses

  1. Meglécz, E. 1998. Population structure and variability of Parnassius mnemosyne (L.) (Lepidoptera) populations in the Carpathian basin. PhD thesis, Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen.
  2. Meglécz, E. 1993. Enzimpolimorfizmus két különbözõ habitatból gyũjtött Drosophila melanogaster populációkban [Enzyme polymorphism in Drosophila melanogaster populations collected in two different habitats in Hungary.] M.Sc. Thesis, Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen.

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