A5041403970- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Bird parasitology and diseases
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Lichen and fungal ecology
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
2023-2024
Jagiellonian University
2019-2024
Institute of Nature Conservation
2021-2024
Polish Academy of Sciences
2021-2024
Pediatrics and Genetics
2024
Faculty (United Kingdom)
2024
Universidad de Alcalá
2022-2023
Universidad de Oviedo
2013-2018
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2016-2018
Many species are currently adapting to cities at different latitudes. Adaptation urbanization may require eco-evolutionary changes in response temperature and invasive that differ between Here, we studied single combined effects of increased temperatures an alien predator on the phenotypic replicated urban rural populations damselfly
Abstract The complex and rapid environmental changes brought about by urbanization pose significant challenges to organisms. multifaceted effects of often make it difficult define pinpoint the very nature adaptive urban phenotypes. In such situations, scanning genomes for regions differentiated between non‐urban populations may be an attractive approach. Here, we investigated genomic signatures adaptation in damselfly Ischnura elegans sampled from 31 rural localities three geographic...
Genomic heterogeneity of divergence between hybridizing species may reflect introgression, but also processes unrelated to hybridization. Heterogeneous introgression and its repeatability can be directly tested in natural hybrid zones by examining multiple transects. Here, we studied the European newts Lissotriton montandoni two lineages vulgaris, with replicate transects within each zone. Over 1,000 nuclear genes located on a linkage map mitochondrial DNA were investigated using...
Host abundance might favour the maintenance of a high phylogenetic diversity some parasites via rapid transmission rates. Blood insular lizards represent good model to test this hypothesis because these can be particularly prevalent in islands and host highly abundant. We applied deep amplicon sequencing analysed environmental predictors blood parasite prevalence endemic lizard Gallotia galloti across 24 localities on Tenerife, an island Canary archipelago that has experienced increasing...
Farmland ecosystem services frequently result from different ecological functions simultaneous provided by specific biodiversity groups such as birds. These bundles of may be approached inter-specific interaction networks, which inform about the structure interactions while identifying species more relevant for combining services. Here, we studied how birds provide pest control in apple orchards, and seed dispersal orchard-adjacent hedgerows forests. For this, used field data...
Abstract Urbanization leads to complex environmental changes and poses multiple challenges organisms. Amphibians are highly susceptible the effects of urbanization, with land use conversion, habitat destruction, degradation ranked as most significant threats. Consequently, amphibians declining in urban areas, both population numbers abundance, however, effect urbanization on genetic parameters remains unclear. Here, we studied genomic response two widespread European species, common toad...
Amphibians represent a diverse group of tetrapods, marked by deep divergence times between their three systematic orders and families. Studying amphibian biology through the genomics lens increases our understanding features this animal class that other terrestrial vertebrates. The need for genomic resources is more urgent than ever due to increasing threats group. are one most imperiled taxonomic groups, with approximately 41% species threatened extinction habitat loss, changes in land use...
Abstract Background Understanding and predicting how organisms respond to human-caused environmental changes has become a major concern in conservation biology. Here, we linked gene expression phenotypic data identify candidate genes underlying existing trait differentiation under individual combined variables. For this purpose, used the damselfly Ischnura elegans . Egg clutches from replicated high- (southern Sweden) central-latitude Poland) populations facing different degrees of seasonal...
Abstract Questions Is rock climbing pressure, together with microtopographic conditions, disturbing cliff plant cover and composition? What are the impacts on specialist non‐specialist species? Can a case‐control approach, not previously implemented in environments, offer additional value for actual long‐term ecological research? Location Chulilla, Levante coast, Spain. Methods We surveyed situ nine routes order to examine differences species richness vegetation between unclimbed climbed...
Abstract Chytridiomycosis, the disease caused by fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ( Bd ), has been unambiguously implicated in decline of amphibian populations worldwide. However, impact this devastating infectious can be difficult to gauge without empirical data on population-level effects . Often, assessments chytridiomycosis panzootic are based primarily expert opinions; as a result, declines tropical areas promptly attributed while its temperate species not suffering from...
Abstract By combining 7077 SNPs and 61 microsatellites, we present the first linkage map for some of early diverged lineages common frog, Rana temporaria, densest to date this species. We found high homology with published maps Eastern Western but differences in order markers. Homology was also strong genome Tibetan frog Nanorana parkeri synteny clawed Xenopus tropicalis. confirmed marked heterochiasmy between sexes detected nonrecombining regions several groups male map. Contrary...
Abstract Proteins encoded by antigen-processing genes (APGs) prepare antigens for presentation the major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I) molecules. Coevolution between APGs and MHC has been proposed as ancestral gnathostome condition. The hypothesis predicts a single highly expressed gene tight linkage I. In addition, should evolve under positive selection, consequence of adaptive evolution in presence multiple some teleosts, birds, urodeles appears incompatible with coevolution...
Abstract Climate change threatens amphibians because they depend on water availability. The amount of time that a pond is filled with – the hydroperiod may play an important role in larval development and recruitment. Nevertheless it usually not taken into account when predicting future species trends. We evaluated abundance five amphibian temporal ponds Moroccan forest during seven-year period. Particularly, we characterized compared climatic variables affecting our system previous...
Species with wide-range distributions usually display high genetic variation. This variation can be partly explained by historical lineages that were temporally isolated from each other and are back into secondary reproductive contact, local adaptations. The smooth newt (
The impact of global changes on populations may not be necessarily uniform across a species' range. Here, we aim at comparing the phenotypic and transcriptomic response to warming an invasive predator cue in different geographic scales damselfly
Despite the important threat that emerging pathogens pose for conservation of biodiversity as well human health, very little is known about adaptive potential host species to withstand infections. We studied quantitative genetic architecture responsible burden fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in a population common toads conjunction with other life-history traits (i.e., body size and development rate) may be affected by selective pressures. found significant heritable component...
Proteins encoded by antigen-processing genes (APGs) provide major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I (MHC-I) with antigenic peptides. In mammals, polymorphic multigenic MHC-I family is served monomorphic APGs, whereas in certain nonmammalian species both and APGs are coevolve within stable haplotypes. Coevolution was suggested as an ancestral gnathostome feature, presumably enabling only a single highly expressed classical gene. this view coevolution, while optimizing some aspects of...
Emerging infectious diseases are a threat to biodiversity and have taken large toll on amphibian populations worldwide. The chytrid fungi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) B. salamandrivorans (Bsal), the iridovirus Ranavirus (Rv), of concern as all contributed declines. In central eastern Europe, their geographical host distributions main environmental drivers determining prevalence poorly known. We screened over 1000 amphibians from natural captive in Poland for presence Bd, Bsal Rv. wild...
Genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) code for immune proteins that are crucial pathogen recognition in vertebrates. MHC research nonmodel taxa has long been hampered by its genomic complexity makes locus-specific genotyping challenging. The recent progress sequencing and methodologies allows an extensive phylogenetic coverage studies evolution. Here, we analyzed peptide-binding region class I (MHC-I) 30 species salamanders from six families representative Urodela phylogeny....
Abstract Even though parasitic infections are often costly or deadly for the host, we know very little which genes influence parasite susceptibility and disease severity. Proliferative kidney is an emerging and, at elevated water temperatures, potentially of salmonid fishes that caused by myxozoan Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae . By screening >7.6 K SNPs in 255 wild brown trout ( Salmo trutta ) combining association mapping Random Forest approaches, identified several candidate both...