• A comprehensive mitogenome phylogeny of the avian tribe Arini (Arinae: Psittacidae) with emphasis in Pyrrhura species 

      Morin Lagos, Jaime Gerardo (Master thesis, 2021)
      The tribe Arini is the most diverse group of Neotropical parrots, and it includes approximately 158 species distributed in at least 32 genera. These parrots have been largely affected by habitat loss, fragmentation, and ...
    • The genomic basis of the plant island syndrome in Darwin’s giant daisies 

      Cerca, José; Petersen, Bent; Lazaro-Guevara, José Miguel; Rivera-Colón, Angel G.; Birkeland, Siri; Vizueta, Joel; Li, Siyu; Li, Qionghou; Loureiro, João; Kosawang, Chatchai; Jaramillo Díaz, Patricia; Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo; Fernández-Mazuecos, Mario; Vargas, Pablo; McCauley, Ross; Petersen, Gitte; Santos-Bay, Luisa; Wales, Nathan; Catchen, Julian M.; Machado, Daniel; Nowak, Michael; Suh, Alexander; Sinha, Neelima R.; Rostgaard Nielsen, Lene; Seberg, Ole; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Leebens-Mack, James H.; Rieseberg, Loren H.; Martin, Michael David (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The repeated, rapid and often pronounced patterns of evolutionary divergence observed in insular plants, or the ‘plant island syndrome’, include changes in leaf phenotypes, growth, as well as the acquisition of a perennial ...
    • High genomic diversity in the endangered East Greenland Svalbard Barents Sea stock of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) 

      Cerca, José; Westbury, Michael V; Heide-Jørgensen, Mads-Peter; Kovacs, Kit M.; Lorenzen, Eline D.; Lydersen, Christian; Shpak, Olga V.; Wiig, Øystein; Bachmann, Lutz (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The East Greenland-Svalbard-Barents Sea (EGSB) bowhead whale stock (Balaena mysticetus) was hunted to near extinction and remains Endangered on the International Union of Conservation of Nature Red List. The intense, ...
    • Incomplete lineage sorting and ancient admixture, and speciation without morphological change in ghost-worm cryptic species 

      Cerca, José; Colon, Angel G. Rivera; Ferreira, Mafalda S.; Ravinet, Mark; Nowak, Michael; Catchen, Julian M.; Struck, Torsten H (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Morphologically similar species, that is cryptic species, may be similar or quasi-similar owing to the deceleration of morphological evolution and stasis. While the factors underlying the deceleration of morphological ...
    • Multiple paths toward repeated phenotypic evolution in the spiny-leg adaptive radiation (Tetragnatha; Hawai'i) 

      Cerca, José; Cotoras, Darko; Santander, Cindy G.; Bieker, Vanessa Carina; Hutchins, Leke; Morin-Lagos, Jaime; Prada, Carlos; Kennedy, Susan M.; Krehenwinkel, Henrik; Rominger, Andrew J.; Meier, Joana Isabel; Dimitrov, Dimitar; Struck, Torsten H; Gillespie, Rosemary G (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The repeated evolution of phenotypes provides clear evidence for the role of natural selection in driving evolutionary change. However, the evolutionary origin of repeated phenotypes can be difficult to disentangle as it ...
    • Pervasive admixture and the spread of a large-lipped form in a cichlid fish radiation 

      Sowersby, Will; Cerca, José; Wong, Bob B. M.; Lehtonen, Topi K.; Chapple, David G.; Leal-Cardín, Mariana; Barluenga, Marta; Ravinet, Mark (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Adaptive radiations have proven important for understanding the mechanisms and processes underlying biological diversity. The convergence of form and function, as well as admixture and adaptive introgression, are common ...
    • Phylogeography of the European adder: Investigating a rare phenotype in an isolated island population 

      Casillas, Nina (Master thesis, 2022)
      Color polymorphism and the genetic basis driving pattern variation in ectothermic squamates is greatly under-studied outside of melanocytes. Variation in color and pattern evolution in wild populations of squamates is a ...
    • Removing the bad apples: A simple bioinformatic method to improve loci-recovery in de novo RADseq data for non-model organisms 

      Cerca, José; Maurstad, Marius Filomeno; Rochette, Nicolas C.; Rivera-Colón, Angel G.; Rayamajhi, Niraj; Catchen, Julian M.; Struck, Torsten H (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      1. The restriction site-associated DNA (RADseq) family of protocols involves digesting DNA and sequencing the region flanking the cut site, thus providing a cost and time-efficient way for obtaining thousands of genomic ...
    • The Tetragnatha kauaiensis Genome Sheds Light on the Origins of Genomic Novelty in Spiders 

      Cerca, José; Armstrong, Ellie E.; Vizueta, Joel; Fernández, Rosa; Dimitrov, Dimitar Stefanov; Petersen, Bent; Prost, Stefan; Rozas, Julio; Petrov, Dmitri; Gillespie, Rosemary G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Spiders (Araneae) have a diverse spectrum of morphologies, behaviors, and physiologies. Attempts to understand the genomic-basis of this diversity are often hindered by their large, heterozygous, and AT-rich genomes with ...