John MacKay

Membre associé
Biologie moléculaire, génétique et génomique

University of Oxford
Department of Plant Sciences
Oxford, United-Kingdom

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FORMATION

• Postdoctorat en biotechnologie forestière, 1997 (North Carolina State University)
• Ph.D. en génétique, 1996 (North Carolina State University)
• Maîtrise en sciences forestières, 1988 (Université Laval)
• B.Sc. aménagement des ressources forestières, 1986 (Université Laval)

THÈMES DE RECHERCHE

Nos activités portent sur les mécanismes de formation du bois chez les arbres forestiers et les divers aspects de la génétique qui contrôlent les caractéristiques du bois ayant un impact sur le rendement et la performance des produits forestiers. Je vise de plus à développer un champ d’expertise en génomique fonctionnelle appliquée aux arbres forestiers, permettant d’accélérer l’amélioration génétique des arbres et aussi, d’apporter de nouvelles méthodes pour l’analyse de divers phénomènes liés à la croissance, au développement, à la physiologie ainsi qu’à l’adaptation des arbres.

Il est membre de l’Institut de biologie intégrative et des systèmes à l’Université Laval. En plus de ses activités d’enseignement et de recherche, il a été vice-doyen de la Faculté de foresterie, géographie et géomatique de l’Université Laval (2012-2014).

RÉALISATIONS RÉCENTES

Nos travaux s’articulent autour de quatre thèmes reliés à la génétique et à l’amélioration des arbres forestiers :

1. la génétique et la biologie moléculaire de la synthèse de la lignine et son impact sur la fabrication de la pâte à papier;
2. l’application de la génomique aux arbres forestiers;
3. la formation du bois chez les arbres et son contrôle moléculaire;
4. le contrôle génétique de l’embryogénèse somatique chez le pin.

Nous avons identifié un pin portant une mutation génique au niveau d’une des enzymes normalement requises pour la synthèse de la lignine. Nos études ont démontré l’importante plasticité au niveau de la synthèse de la lignine, une des composantes principales du bois chez les arbres.

Nous avons également démontré que les pins ayant cette mutation génique sont plus faciles à déligner (réduire en pâte à papier) que les pins ‘normaux’ comparables, et que les papiers obtenus des ces arbres sont légèrement plus forts.

Au sein d’un groupe de recherche multi-institutionnel sur la génomique du pin, nous développons des méthodes pour l’analyse simultanée de l’expression de milliers de gènes, par l’emploi de la technique des microarray. Une première série d’expériences réalisées en 2001 à l’aide de microarray de gènes du pin vise à démontrer les applications potentielles de ces méthodes pour l’étude de la formation du bois et de son contrôle génétique. Cette approche prometteuse permet déjà d’analyser les mécanismes par lesquels les arbres s’adaptent aux conditions environnementales en modulant l’expression de divers gènes pendant la saison de croissance ou encore suite à une modification des conditions de culture.

Nos études sur l’embryogénèse somatique du pin ont mis en évidence le contrôle génétique pour l’induction des cultures embryogènes, suivant un mode d’action génétique surtout additif. Cette analyse génétique a aussi établi un lien entre le phénomène naturel de polyembronie chez les semences de pin et la capacité de produire une culture embryogène.

DISTINCTIONS REÇUES

• 2006: Lauréat de Québec Projet Arborea, CBC Radio-Canada & Le Soleil

PUBLICATIONS

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Chapitres de livre

1. Beaulieu, J., Daoust, G., Deshaies, A., Lamhamedi, M., Rainville, A., Tourigny, M., Bousquet, J., MacKay, J. (2009) Amélioration génétique des arbres, gestion des vergers à graines et de semences, et production de plants forestiers. (Chap. 28) In Manuel de foresterie, 2e édition. (Ordre des Ingénieurs forestiers du Québec, Eds.) Éditions Multimondes, pages 1093-1146
2. MacKay, J., Berube, H., Regan, S., Seguin, A. (2004) Functional genomics in forest trees: application to the investigation of defense mechanisms and wood formation. In Plantation Forest Biotechnology for the 21st Century. (C. Walter and M. Carson, Eds.) Research Signpost, pages 163-180

Livres, numéros spéciaux et actes de colloques publiés à titre d'éditeur

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Articles révisés par un comité de lecture

1. Depardieu, C., Gérardi, S., Nadeau, S., Parent, G.J., MacKay, J., Lenz, P., Lamothe, M., Girardin, M.P., Bousquet, J., Isabel, N. (2021) Connecting tree-ring phenotypes, genetic associations and transcriptomics to decipher the genomic architecture of drought adaptation in a widespread conifer. Molecular Ecology
2. Mendez-Espinoza, C., Parent, G., Lenz, P., Rainville, A., Tremblay, L., Adams, G., McCartney, A., Bauce, E., MacKay, J. (2018) Genetic control and evolutionary potential of a constitutive resistance mechanism against the spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) in white spruce (Picea glauca). Heredity, 121:142-154
3. Parent, G.J., Giguere, I., Germanos, G., Lamara, M., Bauce, E., MacKay, J. (2017) Insect herbivory (Choristoneura fumiferana, Tortricidea) underlies tree population structure (Picea glauca, Pinaceae). Scientific Reports, 7
4. Pavy, N., Lamothe, M., Pelgas, B., Gagnon, F., Birol, I., Bohlmann, J., MacKay, J., Isabel, N., Bousquet, J. (2017) A high-resolution reference genetic map positioning 8.8 K genes for the conifer white spruce: structural genomics implications and correspondence with physical distance. Plant Journal, 90(1):189-203
5. Godbout, J., Tremblay, L., Levasseur, C., Lavigne, P., Rainville, A., MacKay, J., Bousquet, J., Isabel, N. (2017) Development of a traceability system based on a SNP array for large-scale production of high-value white spruce (Picea glauca). Frontiers in Plant Science, 8
6. Prunier, J., Caron, S., Lamothe, M., Blais, S., Bousquet, J., Isabel, N., MacKay, J. (2017) Gene copy number variations in adaptive evolution: The genomic distribution of gene copy number variations revealed by genetic mapping and their adaptive role in an undomesticated species, white spruce (Picea glauca). Molecular Ecology, 26(21):5989-6001
7. Prunier, J., Caron, S., MacKay, J. (2017) CNVs into the wild: screening the genomes of conifer trees (Picea spp.) reveals fewer gene copy number variations in hybrids and links to adaptation. BMC Genomics, 18:97
8. Lamara, M., Raherison, E., Lenz, P., Beaulieu, J., Bousquet, J., MacKay, J. (2016) Genetic architecture of wood properties based on association analysis and co-expression networks in white spruce. New Phytologist, 210(1):240-255
9. Prunier, J., Verta, J.-P., MacKay, J. (2016) Conifer genomics and adaptation: at the crossroads of genetic diversity and genome function. New Phytologist, 209(1):44-62
10. Verta, J.-P., Landry, C.R., MacKay, J. (2016) Dissection of expression-quantitative trait locus and allele specificity using a haploid/diploid plant system - insights into compensatory evolution of transcriptional regulation within populations. New Phytologist, 211(1):159-171
11. Mageroy, M.H., Parent, G., Germanos, G., Giguere, I., Delvas, N., Maaroufi, H., Bauce, E., Bohlmann, J., MacKay, J. (2015) Expression of the β-glucosidase gene Pgβglu-1 underpins natural resistance of white spruce against spruce budworm. Plant Journal, 81(1):68-80
12. Warren, R.L., Keeling, C.I., Yuen, M.M.S., Raymond, A., Taylor, G.A., Vandervalk, B.P., Mohamadi, H., Paulino, D., Chiu, R., Jackman, S.D. et al. (2015) Improved white spruce (Picea glauca) genome assemblies and annotation of large gene families of conifer terpenoid and phenolic defense metabolism. Plant Journal, 83(2):189-212
13. Prunier, J., Tessier, G., Bousquet, J., MacKay, J. (2015) From genotypes to phenotypes: expression levels of genes encompassing adaptive SNPs in black spruce. Plant Cell Reports, 34(12):2111-2125
14. Raherison, E.S.M., Giguere, I., Caron, S., Lamara, M., MacKay, J. (2015) Modular organization of the white spruce (Picea glauca) transcriptome reveals functional organization and evolutionary signatures. New Phytologist, 207(1):172-187
15. Parent, G.J., Raherison, E., Sena, J., MacKay, J. (2015) Forest Tree Genomics: Review of Progress. Advances in Botanical Research, 74:39-92
16. Stival Sena, J., Giguere, I., Boyle, B., Rigault, P., Birol, I., Zuccolo, A., Ritland, K., Ritland, C., Bohlmann, J., Jones, S. et al. (2014) Evolution of gene structure in the conifer Picea glauca: a comparative analysis of the impact of intron size. BMC Plant Biology, 14(1):95
17. De La Torre, A.R., Birol, I., Bousquet, J., Ingvarsson, P.K., Jansson, S., Jones, S.J.M., Keeling, C.I., MacKay, J., Nilsson, O., Ritland, K. et al. (2014) Insights into conifer giga-genomes. Plant Physiology, 166(4):1724-1732
18. Bomal, C., Duval, I., Giguere, I., Fortin, E., Caron, S., Stewart, D., Boyle, B., Seguin, A., MacKay, J. (2014) Opposite action of R2R3-MYBs from different subgroups on key genes of the shikimate and monolignol pathways in spruce. Journal of Experimental Botany, 65(2):495-508
19. Duval, I., Lachance, D., Giguere, I., Bomal, C., Morency, M.-J., Pelletier, G., Boyle, B., MacKay, J., Seguin, A. (2014) Large-scale screening of transcription factor-promoter interactions in spruce reveals a transcriptional network involved in vascular development. Journal of Experimental Botany, 65(9):2319-2333
20. Beaulieu, J., Doerksen, T., Clement, S., MacKay, J., Bousquet, J. (2014) Accuracy of genomic selection models in a large population of open-pollinated families in white spruce. Heredity, 113(4):343-352
21. Lenz, P., Deslauriers, M., Ung, C.-H., MacKay, J., Beaulieu, J., Mackay, J. (2014) What do ecological regions tell us about wood quality? a case study in eastern canadian white spruce. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 44(11):1383-1393
22. Beaulieu, J., Doerksen, T.K., MacKay, J., Rainville, A., Bousquet, J. (2014) Genomic selection accuracies within and between environments and small breeding groups in white spruce. BMC Genomics, 15(1)
23. Pitre, F.E., Cooke, J.E.K., Caron, S., Kayal, W.E., Ouellet, M., Lam, K.S.W., Nissim, W.G., MacKay, J. (2014) Identification of nitrogen responsive genes in poplar roots grown under two contrasting nitrogen levels. Plant Root, 8:42-54
24. Nystedt, B., Street, N. R., Wetterbom, A., Zuccolo, A., Lin, Y. C., Scofield, D. G., Vezzi, F., Delhomme, N., Giacomello, S., Alexeyenko, A. et al. (2013) The Norway spruce genome sequence and conifer genome evolution. Nature, 497:579-584
25. Birol, I., Raymond, A., Jackman, S.D., Pleasance, S., Coope, R., Taylor, G. A., Yuen, M.M.S, Keeling, C. I., Brand, D., Vandervalk, B. P. et al. (2013) Assembling the 20 Gb white spruce (Picea glauca) genome from whole-genome shotgun sequencing data. Bioinformatics, 29(12):1492-1497
26. Pavy, N., Gagnon, F., Rigault, P., Blais, S., Deschenes, A., Boyle, B., Pelgas, B., Deslauriers, M., Clement, S., Lavigne, P. et al. (2013) Development of high-density SNP genotyping arrays for white spruce (Picea glauca) and transferability to subtropical and nordic congeners. Molecular Ecology Resources, 13(2):324-336
27. Verta, J.-P., Landry, C.R., MacKay, J. (2013) Are long-lived trees poised for evolutionary change? Single locus effects in the evolution of gene expression networks in spruce. Molecular Ecology, 22(9):2369-2379
28. Beaulieu, J., Giguere, I., Deslauriers, M., Boyle, B., MacKay, J. (2013) Differential gene expression patterns in white spruce newly formed tissue on board the International Space Station. Advances in Space Research, 52(4):760-772
29. Lenz, P., Auty, D., Achim, A., Beaulieu, J., MacKay, J. (2013) Genetic Improvement of White Spruce Mechanical Wood Traits—Early Screening by Means of Acoustic Velocity. Forests, 4(3):575-594
30. Rutledge, R.G., Stewart, D., Caron, S., Overton, C., Boyle, B., MacKay, J., Klimaszewska, K. (2013) Potential link between biotic defense activation and recalcitrance to induction of somatic embryogenesis in shoot primordia from adult trees of white spruce (Picea glauca). BMC Plant Biology, 13:116
31. Pavy, N., Deschênes, A., Blais, S., Lavigne, P., Beaulieu, J., Isabel, N., MacKay, J., Bousquet, J. (2013) The Landscape of Nucleotide Polymorphism among 13,500 Genes of the Conifer Picea glauca, Relationships with Functions, and Comparison with Medicago truncatula. Genome Biology and Evolution, 5(10):1910-1925
32. Lenz, P., Bernier-Cardou, M., MacKay, J., Beaulieu, J. (2012) Can wood properties be predicted from the morphological traits of a tree? A canonical correlation study of plantation-grown white spruce. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 42(8):1518-1529
33. MacKay, J., Dean, J.F.D., Plomion, C., Peterson, D.G., Canovas, F.M., Pavy, N., Ingvarsson, P.K., Savolainen, O., Guevara, M.A., Fluch, S. et al. (2012) Towards decoding the conifer giga-genome. Plant Molecular Biology, 80(6):555-569
34. Raherison, E., Rigault, P., Caron, S., Poulin, P.-L., Boyle, B., Verta, J.-P., Giguere, I., Bomal, C., Bohlmann, J., MacKay, J. (2012) Transcriptome profiling in conifers and the PiceaGenExpress database show patterns of diversification within gene families and interspecific conservation in vascular gene expression. BMC Genomics, 13:434
35. Rigault, P., Boyle, B., Lepage, P., Cooke, J.E.K., Bousquet, J., MacKay, J. (2011) A White Spruce Gene Catalog for Conifer Genome Analyses. Plant Physiology, 157(1):14-28
36. Beaulieu, J., Doerksen, T., Boyle, B., Clement, S., Deslauriers, M., Beauseigle, S., Blais, S., Poulin, P.-L., Lenz, P., Caron, S. et al. (2011) Association genetics of wood physical traits in the conifer white spruce and relationships with gene expression. Genetics, 188(1):197-214
37. MacKay, J., Boyle, B., El Kayal, W., Namroud, M.-C., Doerksen, T., Cooke, J., Isabel, N., Beaulieu, J., Rigault, P., Bicho, P. et al. (2011) Gene mapping in white spruce (P. glauca): QTL and association studies integrating population and expression data. BMC Proceedings, 5(Suppl 7):I6
38. Lenz, P., MacKay, J., Rainville, A., Cloutier, A., Beaulieu, J. (2011) The influence of cambial age on breeding for wood properties in Picea glauca. Tree Genetics and Genomes, 7(3):641-653
39. Namroud, M.-C., Guillet-Claude, C., MacKay, J., Isabel, N., Bousquet, J. (2010) Molecular Evolution of Regulatory Genes in Spruces from Different Species and Continents: Heterogeneous Patterns of Linkage Disequilibrium and Selection but Correlated Recent Demographic Changes. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 70(4):371-386
40. Pitre, F.E., Lafarguette, F., Boyle, B., Pavy, N., Caron, S., Dallaire, N., Poulin, P.-L., Ouellet, M., Morency, M.-J., Wiebe, N. et al. (2010) High nitrogen fertilization and stem leaning have overlapping effects on wood formation in poplar but invoke largely distinct molecular pathways. Tree Physiology, 30(10):1273-1289
41. Bedon, F., Bomal, C., Caron, S., Levasseur, C., Boyle, B., Mansfield, S.D., Schmidt, A., Gershenzon, J., Grima-Pettenati, J., Seguin, A. et al. (2010) Subgroup 4 R2R3-MYBs in conifer trees: gene family expansion and contribution to the isoprenoid- and flavonoid-oriented responses. Journal of Experimental Botany, 61(14):3847-3864
42. Lenz, P., Cloutier, A., MacKay, J., Beaulieu, J. (2010) Genetic control of wood properties in Picea glauca - An analysis of trends with cambial age. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 40(4):703-715
43. Cote, C.L., Boileau, F., Roy, V., Ouellet, M., Levasseur, C., Morency, M.-J., Cooke, J.E.K., Seguin, A., MacKay, J. (2010) Gene family structure, expression and functional analysis of HD-Zip III genes in angiosperm and gymnosperm forest trees. BMC Plant Biology, 10(1):273
44. Legay, S., Sivadon, P., Blervacq, A.-S., Pavy, N., Baghdady, A., Tremblay, L., Levasseur, C., Ladouce, N., Lapierre, C., Seguin, A. et al. (2010) EgMYB1, an R2R3 MYB transcription factor from eucalyptus negatively regulates secondary cell wall formation in Arabidopsis and poplar. New Phytologist, 188(3):774-86
45. Zhao, N., Boyle, B., Duval, I., Ferrer, J.L., Lin, H., Seguin, A., MacKay, J., Chen, F. (2009) SABATH methyltransferases from white spruce (Picea glauca): gene cloning, functional characterization and structural analysis. Tree Physiology, 29(7):947-957
46. Bedon, F., Levasseur, C., Grima-Pettenati, J., Seguin, A., MacKay, J. (2009) Sequence analysis and functional characterization of the promoter of the Picea glauca Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase gene in transgenic white spruce plants. Plant Cell Reports, 28(5):787-800
47. Levee, V., Major, I., Levasseur, C., Tremblay, L., MacKay, J., Seguin, A. (2009) Expression profiling and functional analysis of Populus WRKY23 reveals a regulatory role in defense. New Phytologist, 184(1):48-70
48. Boyle, B., Dallaire, N., MacKay, J. (2009) Evaluation of the impact of single nucleotide polymorphisms and primer mismatches on quantitative PCR. BMC Biotechnology, 9(1):75-
49. Kukavica-Ibrulj, I., Sanschagrin, F., Peterson, A., Whiteley, M., Boyle, B., MacKay, J., Levesque, R.C. (2008) Functional genomics of PycR, a LysR family transcriptional regulator essential for maintenance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the rat lung. Microbiology-Sgm, 154:2106-2118
50. Pavy, N., Boyle, B., Nelson, C., Paule, C., Giguere, I., Caron, S., Parsons, L.S., Dallaire, N., Bedon, F., Berube, H. et al. (2008) Identification of conserved core xylem gene sets: Conifer cDNA microarray development, transcript profiling and computational analyses. New Phytologist, 180(4):766-786
51. Bomal, C., Bedon, F., Caron, S., Mansfield, S.D., Levasseur, C., Cooke, J.E.K., Blais, S., Tremblay, L., Morency, M.-J., Pavy, N. et al. (2008) Involvement of Pinus taeda MYB1 and MYB8 in phenylpropanoid metabolism and secondary cell wall biogenesis: A comparative in planta analysis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 59(14):3925-3939
52. Yu, Q., Zhang, S.Y., Pliura, A., MacKay, J., Bousquet, J., Perinet, P. (2008) Variation in mechanical properties of selected young poplar hybrid crosses. Forest Science, 54(3):255-259
53. Harrison, E.J., Bush, M., Plett, J.M., McPhee, D.P., Vitez, R., O'Malley, B., Sharma, V., Bosnich, W., Seguin, A., MacKay, J. et al. (2007) Diverse developmental mutants revealed in an activation-tagged population of poplar. Canadian Journal of Botany, 85(11):1071-1081
54. Pitre, F.E., Cooke, J.E.K., MacKay, J. (2007) Short-term effects of nitrogen availability on wood formation and fibre properties in hybrid poplar. Trees - Structure and Function, 21(2):249-259
55. Pitre, F., Pollet, B., Lafarguette, F., Cooke, J.E.K., MacKay, J., Lapierre, C. (2007) Effects of Increased Nitrogen Supply on the Lignification of Poplar Wood. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 55(25):10306-10314
56. Pavy, N., Johnson, J.J., Crow, J.A., Paule, C., Kunau, T., MacKay, J., Retzel, E.F. (2007) ForestTreeDB: a database dedicated to the mining of tree transcriptomes. Nucleic Acids Research, 00:gkl882
57. Pliura, A., Zhang, S.Y., MacKay, J., Bousquet, J. (2007) Genotypic variation in wood density and growth traits of poplar hybrids at four clonal trials. Forest Ecology and Management, 238(1-3):92-106
58. Bedon, F., Grima-Pettenati, J., MacKay, J. (2007) Conifer R2R3-MYB transcription factors: sequence analyses and gene expression in wood-forming tissues of white spruce (Picea glauca). BMC Plant Biology, 7(1):17
59. Legay, S., Lacombe, E., Goicoechea, M., Briere, C., Seguin, A., MacKay, J., Grima-Pettenati, J. (2007) Molecular characterization of EgMYB1, a putative transcriptional repressor of the lignin biosynthetic pathway. Plant Science, 173(5):542-549
60. Pliura, A., Zhang, S.Y., Bousquet, J., MacKay, J. (2006) Age trends in genotypic variation of wood density and its intra-ring components in young poplar hybrid crosses. Annals of Forest Science, 63(7):673-685
61. MacKay, J., Becwar, M.R., Park, Y.-S., Corderro, J.P., Pullman, G.S. (2006) Genetic control of somatic embryogenesis initiation in loblolly pine and implications for breeding. Tree Genetics and Genomes, V2(1):1-9
62. Pavy, N., Parsons, L.S., Paule, C., MacKay, J., Bousquet, J. (2006) Automated SNP detection from a large collection of white spruce expressed sequences: contributing factors and approaches for the categorization of SNPs. BMC Genomics, 7:174
63. Pavy, N., Paule, C., Parsons, L., Crow, J.A., Morency, M.J., Cooke, J., Johnson, J.E., Noumen, E., Guillet-Claude, C., Butterfield, Y. et al. (2005) Generation, annotation, analysis and database integration of 16,500 white spruce EST clusters. BMC Genomics, 6:144
64. Pavy, N., Laroche, J., Bousquet, J., MacKay, J. (2005) Large-scale statistical analysis of secondary xylem ESTs in pine. Plant Molecular Biology, 57(2):203-224
65. Plomion, C., Richardson, T., MacKay, J. (2005) Advances in forest tree - Genomics Forest Trees Workshop, Plant and Animal Genome XIII Conference, San diego, CA, USA, January 2005. New Phytologist, 166(3):713-717
66. Pliura, A., Yu, Q.B., Zhang, S.Y., MacKay, J., Perinet, P., Bousquet, J. (2005) Variation in wood density and shrinkage and their relationship to growth of selected young poplar hybrid crosses. Forest Science, 51(5):472-482
67. Tarca, A.L., Cooke, J.E.K., MacKay, J. (2005) A robust neural networks approach for spatial and intensity-dependent normalization of cDNA microarray data. Bioinformatics, 21(11):2674-2683
68. Egertsdotter, U., van Zyl, L.M., MacKay, J., Peter, G., Kirst, M., Clark, C., Whetten, R., Sederoff, R. (2004) Gene expression during formation of earlywood and latewood in loblolly pine: Expression profiles of 350 genes. Plant Biology, 6(6):654-663
69. Goujon, T., Sibout, R., Eudes, A., MacKay, J., Joulanin, L. (2003) Genes involved in the biosynthesis of lignin precursors in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 41(8):677-687
70. Kim, H., Ralph, J., Lu, F.C., Ralph, S.A., Boudet, A.M., MacKay, J., Sederoff, R.R., Ito, T., Kawai, S., Ohashi, H. et al. (2003) NMR analysis of lignins in CAD-deficient plants. Part 1. Incorporation of hydroxycinnamaldehydes and hydroxybenzaldehydes into lignins. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 1(2):268-281
71. Plomion, C., Cooke, J., Richardson, T., MacKay, J., Tuskan, G. (2003) Report on the forest trees workshop at the plant and animal genome conference. Comparative and Functional Genomics, 4(2):229-238
72. MacKay, J., Dimmel, D.R., Boon, J.J. (2001) Pyrolysis mass spectral characterization of wood from CAD-deficient pine. Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology, V21(1):19-29
73. Dimmel, D.R., MacKay, J., Althen, E.M., Parks, C., Sederoff, R.R. (2001) PULPING AND BLEACHING OF CAD-DEFICIENT WOOD. Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology, V21(1):1-17
74. Lapierre, C., Pollet, B., MacKay, J., Sederoff, R.R. (2000) Lignin Structure in a Mutant Pine Deficient in Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 48(6):2326-2331
75. Cairney, J., Xu, N., MacKay, J., Pullman, J. (2000) Special Symposium: In Vitro Plant Recalcitrance Transcript Profiling: A Tool to Assess the Development of Conifer Embryos. In Vitro Cellular and Development Biology - Plant, 36:155-162
76. Roy, A., Frascaria, N., MacKay, J., Bousquet, J. (1992) Segregating Random Amplified Polymorphic Dnas (Rapds) in Betula-Alleghaniensis. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 85(2-3):173-180
77. Li, P., MacKay, J., Bousquet, J. (1992) Genetic Diversity in Canadian Hardwoods - Implications for Conservation. Forestry Chronicle, 68(6):709-719
78. MacKay, J., Seguin, A., Lalonde, M. (1988) Genetic-Transformation of 9 Invitro Clones of Alnus and Betula by Agrobacterium-Tumefaciens. Plant Cell Reports, 7(4):229-232
79. MacKay, J., Simon, L., Lalonde, M. (1987) Effect of Substrate Nitrogen on the Performance of Invitro Propagated Alnus-Glutinosa Clones Inoculated with Sp+ and Sp- Frankia Strains. Plant and Soil, 103(1):21-31

Articles publiés dans des actes de colloque (proceedings)

1. Bousquet, J., MacKay, J., Khasa, D.P., Beaulieu, J. (2016) Forestry genomics and genetics research at Université Laval. In Proceedings of the 34th Meeting of the Canadian Forest Genetics Association, Univ. of New Brunswick, Fredericton, August 17-20 2015. (Simpson. D., Eds.) Canadian Forest Service, Fredericton, pages 35-44.
2. Bousquet, J., Khasa, D.P., MacKay, J. (2014) Progress in functional, ecological and evolutionary forestry genomics research at Université Laval. In Proceedings of the 34th Meeting of the Canadian Forest Genetics Association, Whistler, British Columbia, July 22-25 2013. (Simpson. D., Eds.) Canadian Forest Service, Fredericton, pages 35-44.
3. Bousquet, J., Khasa, D.P., MacKay, J. (2012) Functional, ecological and evolutionary genomics. In Proc. 32nd Meeting of the Canadian Forest Genetics Association. Thunder Bay, Ontario, August. (Simpson, D., Eds.) Canadian Forest Service, Fredericton, New Brunswick, pages 30-40
4. MacKay, J., Boyle, B., Rigault, P., Bousquet, J., Beaulieu, J., Isabel, N., Seguin, A., Perron, M. (2011) Le développement d’outils moléculaires pour accélérer les programmes d’amélioration génétique des arbres au Québec. In Comptes-rendus du Colloque « Production de plants forestiers au Québec: la culture de l’innovation ». Pages 125-130. Carrefour Forêt Innovations
5. Bousquet, J., Khasa, D.P., MacKay, J. (2009) Functional and diversity genomics at Laval University. In Proc. 31st Meeting of the Canadian Tree Improvement/Forest Genetics Association. (Simpson, D., Eds.) Pages 43-48
6. MacKay, J., Bousquet, J., Ritland, K., Bohlmann, J. (2009) An international consortium in conifer genomics. Why, how, who and what? In Proceedings of the 30th Southern Tree Improvement Conference. Page 27
7. Bousquet, J., Khasa, D.P., MacKay, J. (2007) Recent advances in forest and tree genomics at Laval. In 30th Meeting of the Canadian Tree Improvement Association. Part I. (D. Simpson, Eds.) Canadian Forest Service, Fredericton, pages 35-40
8. Bousquet, J., Khasa, D.P., MacKay, J. (2005) Recent advances in forest and tree genomics. In 29th Meeting of the Canadian Tree Improvement Association. PartI. Kelowna, British Columbia. (D. Simpson, Eds.) Canadian Forest Service, Fredericton, pages 45-49
9. Bousquet, J., Khasa, D.P., MacKay, J., Tremblay, F.M. (2003) Recent advances in tree genomics and somatic embryogenesis. In 28th Meeting of the Canadian Tree Improvement Association. Part I. Edmonton, Alberta. (D. Simpson, Eds.) Canadian Forest Service, Fredericton, pages 45-50

Rapports scientifiques, manuels et autres

1. Kremer, A., Baker, A., Bousquet, J., Cervera, M.T., Fluch, S., Koskela, J., MacKay, J., Neale, D., Ritland, K., Savolainen, O. et al. (2012) A roadmap for future transatlantic research cooperation on adaptation of forest trees to environmental change. Technical report, Institut national de recherches agronomiques (INRA), France
2. MacKay, J., Helbing, C., Culver, K., Bonfils, A.C., Doucet, D., Charles, T., van Aggalen, G., Smith, A., Kingsley, S. (2008) Ecosystem Health and Wealth. A position paper on the Future of Canada’s Ecosystems in an Era of Accelerated Environmental Change. Position paper, Genome Canada

Thèses, mémoires et essais

1. MacKay, J. (1996) A mutation in lignin biosynthesis in loblolly pine : genetic, molecular and biochemical analysis. Thèse de doctorat, North Carolina State University
2. MacKay, J. (1988) Amélioration génétique de plantes des genres alnus et betula (Fam. Bétulacées)C. Mémoire de maîtrise, Université Laval

Thèses, mémoires et essais supervisés

1. Mendez Espinoza, C. (2018) White spruce resistance against the spruce budworm : genetic control and insect-host interaction. Thèse de doctorat, Université Laval
2. Stival Sena, J. (2017) Structural and functional evolution of genes in conifers. Thèse de doctorat, Université Laval
3. Tessier, G. (2014) Variation génétique chez l’épinette noire (Picea mariana): relier l’expression génique à la diversité génétique. Mémoire de maîtrise, Université Laval
4. Germanos, G. (2014) Caractérisation d’un gène de résistance contre la tordeuse des bourgeons de l’épinette (Choristoneura fumiferana) chez l’épinette blanche (Picea glauca (Voss) Moench). Mémoire de maîtrise, Université Laval
5. Fortin, E. (2012) Rôle du facteur de transcription MYB14 dans la réponse de défense chez l'épinette blanche. Mémoire de maîtrise, Université Laval
6. Lenz, P. (2011) Breeding for Wood Quality: The Impact of Cambial Age on the Genetics of White Spruce Wood Traits. Thèse de doctorat, Université Laval
7. Joly, D. (2010) Découverte et caractérisation des petites protéines sécrétées chez les rouilles foliaires du peuplier (melampsora spp.). Thèse de doctorat, Université Laval
8. Legay, S. (2009) Caractérisation fonctionnelle de deux facteurs de transcription MYB R2R3 : rôle dans la formation du bois chez les angiospermes. Thèse de doctorat, Université Laval
9. Vigneault, F. (2009) Caractérisation de la famille des protéines Kinases de type NIMA chez les plantes et analyse fonctionnelle de PNek1, une NEK du peuplier (populus tremula X P. Alba clone 717 I-B4). Thèse de doctorat, Université Laval
10. Côté, C. (2009) Caractérisation fonctionnelle et évolutive de régulateurs génétiques de croissance HD-Zip de classe III, chez le peuplier. Mémoire de maîtrise, Université Laval
11. Pitre, F. (2007) Impact de la fertilisation azotée sur la formation du bois chez le peuplier: effets à court terme sur la structure, la composition et l'expression génique. Thèse de doctorat, Universtité Laval
12. Bedon, F. (2007) Structure génique et caractérisation fonctionnelle de facteurs de transcriptions MYB-R2R3 impliqués dans la formation du xylème chez les conifères. Thèse de doctorat, Université Laval
13. Berube, H. (2006) Mise en place d'une chaîne d'analyse et de traitement de biopuces. Mémoire de maîtrise, Université Laval
14. Noël, A. (2005) Transformation génétique chez l'épinette noire et le peuplier hybride avec une chitinase de Trichoderma harzianum et évaluation de la résistance face aux champignons pathogènes. Mémoire de maîtrise, Université Laval
15. Boileau, F. (2005) Implication des gènes régulateurs HD-ZIP III dans la différenciation vasculaire chez les conifères. Mémoire de maîtrise, Université Laval

Articles non révisés par un comité de lecture

1. Sahli, A., Giguere, I., Bousquet, J., MacKay, J. (2017) Spontaneous mutations and transmission distortions of genic copy number variants shape the standing genetic variation in Picea glauca. bioRxiv
2. Bigue, B., Gagne, P., Zhang, T., MacKay, J., Perinet, P., Bousquet, J. (2006) Génétique et qualité du bois chez les peupliers hybrides. Capsules du Réseau Ligniculture Québec, 1

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