Alex Alvergne
I'm interested in women's health using the tools of ecology and evolutionary biology. This approach aims to understand patterns of variation in physiological and behavioral traits, between individuals and populations. In evolutionary ecology, physiological and behavioral responses to ecological constraints are seen as the result of a potentially adaptive evolutionary process. Applied to health, evolutionary ecology makes it possible to (re)think the criteria used to distinguish 'normal' from 'pathological' as a function of the wider ecological context (environmental, social, cultural).
In recent years I have been working on (1) the impact of vaccination and infection on menstrual cycles, (2) the ecological and physiological determinants of contraceptive side effects and (3) the role of cultural transmission in the evolution of reproductive norms.
I'm currently leading a project on the developmental origins of endometriosis (EnDOHAD), in collaboration with Montpellier University Hospital (Noémie Ranisavljevic) and Simon Fraser University (Bernard Crespi), funded by the Endometriosis Research Foundation.
I'm starting a project on the impact of the environment on menstrual cycles (ANR C-HEALTH project).
Socio-Ecologie des Cycles Menstruels
Origine Développementale de l’Endométriose
Medicine and Public Health
Menstrual disorders, a public health issue
Cycle Menstruel et COVID-19
A retrospective case-control study on menstrual cycle changes following COVID-19 vaccination and disease
9.9 M to support Montpellier researchers shaping the health of the future / Alexandra Alvergne works on the risks of endometriosis
- Marina Voinson, Sylvain Billiard, Alexandra Alvergne. Beyond Rational Decision-Making: Modelling the Influence of Cognitive Biases on the Dynamics of Vaccination Coverage. PLoS ONE, 2015, 10 (11), pp.e0142990. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0142990⟩. ⟨hal-01240002⟩
- Alexandra Alvergne, Fanny Perreau, Allan Mazur, Ulrich Mueller, Michel Raymond. Identification of visual paternity cues in humans. Biology Letters, 2014, 10 (4), pp.20140063. ⟨10.1098/rsbl.2014.0063⟩. ⟨hal-03008028⟩
- Alexandra Alvergne, Charlotte Faurie. Les traits d'histoire de vie. Thomas, F.; Raymond, M. Santé, médecine et sciences de l'évolution: une introduction, De Boeck, pp.83-123, 2013. ⟨hal-04028898⟩
- Jeanne Bovet, Julien Barthes, Valérie Durand, Michel Raymond, Alexandra Alvergne. Men’s Preference for Women’s Facial Features: Testing Homogamy and the Paternity Uncertainty Hypothesis. PLoS ONE, 2012, 7 (11), pp.e49791. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0049791⟩. ⟨hal-04136501⟩
- Charlotte Faurie, Violaine Llaurens, Alexandra Alvergne, Marcel Goldberg, Marie Zins, et al.. Left-handedness and Male-Male Competition: Insights from Fighting and Hormonal Data. Evolutionary Psychology: an International Journal of Evolutionary Approaches to Psychology and Behavior, 2011, 9 (3), pp.354-370. ⟨hal-04023897⟩
- Alexandra Alvergne, Markus Jokela, Charlotte Faurie, Virpi Lummaa. Personality and testosterone in men from a high-fertility population. Personality and Individual Differences, 2010, 49 (8), pp.840-844. ⟨10.1016/j.paid.2010.07.006⟩. ⟨hal-04025987⟩
- Aurélie Célérier, Elise Huchard, Alexandra Alvergne, Delphine Féjan, Floriane Plard, et al.. Detective mice assess relatedness in baboons using olfactory cues. Journal of Experimental Biology, 2010, 213 (9), pp.1399-1405. ⟨10.1242/jeb.038349⟩. ⟨hal-04219547⟩
- Alexandra Alvergne, Charlotte Faurie, Michel Raymond. Are parents' perceptions of offspring facial resemblance consistent with actual resemblance? Effects on parental investment. Evolution and Human Behavior, 2010, 31 (1), pp.7-15. ⟨10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.09.002⟩. ⟨hal-04025938⟩
- Alexandra Alvergne, Charlotte Faurie, Michel Raymond. Variation in testosterone levels and male reproductive effort: Insight from a polygynous human population. Hormones and Behavior, 2009, 56 (5), pp.491-497. ⟨10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.07.013⟩. ⟨hal-04026042⟩
- Alexandra Alvergne, Charlotte Faurie, Michel Raymond. Father–offspring resemblance predicts paternal investment in humans. Animal Behaviour, 2009, 78 (1), pp.61-69. ⟨10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.03.019⟩. ⟨hal-04026008⟩
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