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'''Thierry Lodé''' (born 1956 in [[Tarbes]]) is a French biologist and professor of [[evolutionary ecology]] in a [[CNRS]] lab at the [[University of Rennes 1]]. He is also the vice president of a council for natural and [[biodiversity]] preservation, thus contributing to [[conservation biology]]. Lodé chiefly works to protect [[otter]]s, [[European polecat|polecats]], [[mink]]s, [[beaver]]s, and [[amphibians]].
'''Thierry Lodé''' (born 1956 in [[Tarbes]]) is a French biologist and professor of [[evolutionary ecology]] in a [[CNRS]] lab at the [[University of Rennes 1]].


His work deals mainly with [[sexual conflict]],<ref>Göran Arnqvist and Locke Rowe, Eds., "Sexual conflict", Princeton Univ. Press, 2005</ref> and stresses that sexuality appears as a confrontation between males and females. His work also focuses around the idea that "[n]o norms, no exclusive behaviors exist in natural sexuality but variations of sexual behaviors, from [[homosexuality]] to [[polygyny]]".{{Citation needed|date = July 2015}} He propounds the theory that as sexual conflict results in an [[antagonistic co-evolution]], it leads to [[speciation]].
His work deals mainly with [[sexual conflict]].<ref>Göran Arnqvist and Locke Rowe, Eds., "Sexual conflict", Princeton Univ. Press, 2005</ref>


==Selected works==
Lodé has written more than 150 international scientific papers in English and four books. He is paraplegic due to a disease of the spinal cord (2005).

==Scientific conceptions==

Thierry Lodé has studied [[Supernormal stimulus|supernormal stimuli]] in [[evolution]] and built a theory, based on the work of [[Konrad Lorenz]], explaining that [[bilateral symmetry]] resulted from supernormal stimuli. Lodé said that bilateral symmetry is an essential characteristic of life. Most animals prefer to mate with sexual partners exhibiting symmetry, since symmetric traits are largely altered by growth and health and asymmetry often reveals a genetic or [[immune system]], specifically [[Major histocompatibility complex|MHC]], problem.

Lodé argues that evolutionary divergences resulting from sexual conflict could lead to [[sympatric speciation]]. Believing that evolution is the best verifiable explanation for [[adaptation]], he, like most scientists, opposes [[creationism]], including [[intelligent design]]. Lodé also opposes some of the genetic conclusions of [[sociobiology]] and [[behavioral ecology]], especially regarding [[kin selection]], homosexuality, and [[sympatric speciation]].

Lodé proposes that [[sexual conflict]], as a new paradigm, provides valuable insight into evolutionary biology and refutes many of the widely used arguments for theories of sexual preference.

Rather than explaining that sex originated due to its reproductive advantages, Lodé, in his [[Evolution of sexual reproduction#Libertine bubble theory|libertine bubble theory]] proposes that sex originated from an archaic gene transfer process among prebiotic bubbles without the prerequisite for reproduction.<ref>Thierry Lodé 2011 Sex is not a good solution for reproduction; the libertine bubble theory. Bioesay 33: 419–422</ref>

==Personal life==

Lodé is a nonconformist biologist, extolling a [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] biology. He has also championed several radical human rights causes, particularly [[Prison abolition movement|prison abolition]]. He supports freedom to access [[contraception]], and is [[Criticism of marriage|against the institution of marriage]], both so to create equality between sexes and to end contemporary sexual taboos. He supported [[José Bové]] in his run during the [[2007 French presidential election]]. He also collaborates on the weekly anarchist magazine [[Le Monde libertaire]] and the anarchist newspaper [[L'En-Dehors]].

==Books==
* Thierry Lodé ''Darwin et après ? Manifeste pour une écologie évolutive'' 2014 Eds Odile Jacobs, Paris
* Thierry Lodé ''Darwin et après ? Manifeste pour une écologie évolutive'' 2014 Eds Odile Jacobs, Paris
* Thierry Lodé ''La biodiversité amoureuse, sexe et évolution'' 2011 Eds Odile Jacob {{ISBN|978-2-7381-2640-5}}<ref>Thierry Lodé "La biodiversité amoureuse, sexe et évolution" 2011</ref>
* Thierry Lodé ''La biodiversité amoureuse, sexe et évolution'' 2011 Eds Odile Jacob {{ISBN|978-2-7381-2640-5}}
* Thierry Lodé ''La guerre des sexes chez les animaux, une histoire naturelle de la sexualité'' 2006 Eds Odile Jacob {{ISBN|2-7381-1901-8}}<ref>Thierry Lodé "La guerre des sexes chez les animaux, une histoire naturelle de la sexualité" 2006</ref> (Preface by Patricia Adair Gowaty, Distinguished Research Professor Odum School of Ecology University of Georgia)
* Thierry Lodé ''La guerre des sexes chez les animaux, une histoire naturelle de la sexualité'' 2006 Eds Odile Jacob {{ISBN|2-7381-1901-8}}
* Thierry Lodé ''Les stratégies de reproduction des animaux'' 2001 Éditions Dunod Masson Sciences<ref>Thierry Lodé "Les stratégies de reproduction des animaux" 2001 Éditions Dunod Masson Sciences</ref>
* Thierry Lodé ''Les stratégies de reproduction des animaux'' 2001 Éditions Dunod Masson Sciences
* Thierry Lodé ''Génétique des populations'' 1998 Editions Ellipses
* Thierry Lodé ''Génétique des populations'' 1998 Editions Ellipses

==Notes==
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==References==
* Thierry Lodé 2011 Sex is not a good solution for reproduction: the libertine bubble theory. Bioessay 33: 419–432
* Thierry Lodé 2011 Sex is not a good solution for reproduction: the libertine bubble theory. Bioessay 33: 419–432
* Thierry Lodé et al. 2004 Sex-biased predation by polecats influences the mating system of frogs. Proc Roy Soc 271 (S6):S399-S401
* Thierry Lodé et al. 2004 Sex-biased predation by polecats influences the mating system of frogs. Proc Roy Soc 271 (S6):S399-S401
* Bifolchi A & Lodé Thierry 2005 Efficiency of conservation shortcuts: a long term investigation with otters as umbrella species. Biological Conservation 126: 523–527
* Bifolchi A & Lodé Thierry 2005 Efficiency of conservation shortcuts: a long term investigation with otters as umbrella species. Biological Conservation 126: 523–527
* Thierry Lodé 2001. Genetic divergence without spatial isolation in polecat Mustela putorius populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.14 : 228–236
* Thierry Lodé 2001. Genetic divergence without spatial isolation in polecat Mustela putorius populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.14 : 228–236

==References==
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Latest revision as of 23:47, 28 September 2022

Thierry Lodé (born 1956 in Tarbes) is a French biologist and professor of evolutionary ecology in a CNRS lab at the University of Rennes 1.

His work deals mainly with sexual conflict.[1]

Selected works[edit]

  • Thierry Lodé Darwin et après ? Manifeste pour une écologie évolutive 2014 Eds Odile Jacobs, Paris
  • Thierry Lodé La biodiversité amoureuse, sexe et évolution 2011 Eds Odile Jacob ISBN 978-2-7381-2640-5
  • Thierry Lodé La guerre des sexes chez les animaux, une histoire naturelle de la sexualité 2006 Eds Odile Jacob ISBN 2-7381-1901-8
  • Thierry Lodé Les stratégies de reproduction des animaux 2001 Éditions Dunod Masson Sciences
  • Thierry Lodé Génétique des populations 1998 Editions Ellipses
  • Thierry Lodé 2011 Sex is not a good solution for reproduction: the libertine bubble theory. Bioessay 33: 419–432
  • Thierry Lodé et al. 2004 Sex-biased predation by polecats influences the mating system of frogs. Proc Roy Soc 271 (S6):S399-S401
  • Bifolchi A & Lodé Thierry 2005 Efficiency of conservation shortcuts: a long term investigation with otters as umbrella species. Biological Conservation 126: 523–527
  • Thierry Lodé 2001. Genetic divergence without spatial isolation in polecat Mustela putorius populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.14 : 228–236

References[edit]

  1. ^ Göran Arnqvist and Locke Rowe, Eds., "Sexual conflict", Princeton Univ. Press, 2005

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