Alain Froment

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique — France

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Forensic and Genetic Research(20), Agriculture and Rural Development Research(16), Genetic diversity and population structure(11), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology(11), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies(10)

Publications138 total

Climate change and brain health, a risk management approach focusing on the European region: A narrative review
Journal of the Neurological Sciences·2026Open Access
First Report of Oculocutaneous Albinism Type I Among Baka Pygmies From Cameroon
Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research·2026
« Notre corps est un chef-d’œuvre d’ingénierie »
Les Grands Dossiers des Sciences Humaines·2025
Common DNA sequence variation influences epigenetic aging in African populations
Communications Biology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Industrialization drives convergent microbial and physiological shifts in the human metaorganism
2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Common DNA sequence variation influences epigenetic aging in African populations
2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Ancient tree-topologies and gene-flow processes among human lineages in Africa
2024· 5 citedOpen Access
L'antibiorésistance, paradigme darwinien [postface]
SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository·2022
Elevated rates of horizontal gene transfer in the industrialized human microbiome
Cell·2021· 341 citedOpen Access
Response of the human gut and saliva microbiome to urbanization in Cameroon
Scientific Reports·2020· 52 citedOpen Access
Bien manger, vivre bien: état nutritionnel et santé des populations forestières du Cameroun
UNESCO eBooks·2020· 1 cited
Industrialization is associated with elevated rates of horizontal gene transfer in the human microbiome
2020· 6 citedOpen Access
Correction to: African evolutionary history inferred from whole genome sequence data of 44 indigenous African populations
Genome biology·2019· 33 citedOpen Access
Genomic Evidence for Local Adaptation of Hunter-Gatherers to the African Rainforest
Current Biology·2019· 64 citedOpen Access
Nomadic pastoralists and sedentary farmers of the Sahel/Savannah Belt of Africa in the light of geometric morphometrics based on facial portraits
American Journal of Physical Anthropology·2019· 11 cited
African evolutionary history inferred from whole genome sequence data of 44 indigenous African populations
Genome biology·2019· 181 citedOpen Access
Genomic evidence for shared common ancestry of East African hunting-gathering populations and insights into local adaptation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2019· 62 cited
Use of shotgun metagenomics for the identification of protozoa in the gut microbiota of healthy individuals from worldwide populations with various industrialization levels
PLoS ONE·2019· 69 citedOpen Access
Additional file 3: of African evolutionary history inferred from whole genome sequence data of 44 indigenous African populations
Figshare·2019Open Access
Additional file 1: of African evolutionary history inferred from whole genome sequence data of 44 indigenous African populations
Figshare·2019Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Antoine Gessain(17), Lluís Quintana‐Murci(13), Sarah A. Tishkoff(11), Évelyne Heyer(11), Thomas Nyambo(10), Étienne Patin(10), Sabah A. Omar(9), Paul Verdu(9), Alessia Ranciaro(8), Jibril Hirbo(8), Christine Harmant(7), Luis B. Barreiro(7), Sara Calattini(7), Lolke van der Veen(6), Jean-Marie Hombert(6), Edouard Betsem(6), Muntaser E. Ibrahim(5), Godfrey Lema(5), Hélène Quach(5), George H. Perry(5)