A5058609809- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Race, Genetics, and Society
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Romani and Gypsy Studies
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
- Archaeology and Historical Studies
- Forest ecology and management
- Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
- Soviet and Russian History
Liverpool John Moores University
2020-2025
Estación Biológica de Doñana
2007-2025
Mammal Research Institute
2022
Polish Academy of Sciences
2022
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2011-2021
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva
2011-2021
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2002-2017
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2004-2010
Université Paris Cité
2008-2010
Éco-Anthropologie
2007-2008
Genomic studies of endangered species provide insights into their evolution and demographic history, reveal patterns genomic erosion that might limit viability, offer tools for effective conservation. The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) is the most felid a unique example on brink extinction.
Non‐invasive sampling is a useful tool for genetic analyses of endangered and/or elusive species, but it often inapplicable due to the low quality and quantity DNA obtained. In this study we show that blood clot located in superior umbilicus feather shaft better source than previously used tip samples from moulted feathers. We found clots museum specimens provided results nearly as good footpad those more commonly skin snips. Feather proved be analysis will significantly facilitate...
The search for a method that utilizes biological information to predict humans' place of origin has occupied scientists millennia. Over the past four decades, have employed genetic data in an effort achieve this goal but with limited success. While biogeographical algorithms using next-generation sequencing achieved accuracy 700 km Europe, they were inaccurate elsewhere. Here we describe Geographic Population Structure (GPS) algorithm and demonstrate its three sets 40,000-130,000 SNPs. GPS...
Located in the center of Mediterranean landscape and with an extensive coastal line, territory what is today Italy has played important role history human settlements movements Southern Europe Basin. Populated since Paleolithic times, complexity during Neolithic, Metal Ages most recent two last millennia (involving overlapping different cultural demic strata) shaped pattern modern Italian genetic structure. With aim disentangling this understanding which processes more importantly...
Abstract Aboriginal Australians represent one of the oldest continuous cultures outside Africa, with evidence indicating that their ancestors arrived in ancient landmass Sahul (present-day New Guinea and Australia) ~55 thousand years ago. Genetic studies, though limited, have demonstrated both uniqueness antiquity Australian genomes. We further resolved known mitochondrial haplogroups discovered novel indigenous lineages by sequencing mitogenomes 127 contemporary Australians. In particular,...
Abstract Disentangling the contribution of long‐term evolutionary processes and recent anthropogenic impacts to current genetic patterns wildlife species is key assessing risks designing conservation strategies. Here, we used 80 whole nuclear genomes 96 mitogenomes from populations Eurasian lynx covering a range statuses, climatic zones subspecies across Eurasia infer demographic history, reconstruct patterns, discuss influence isolation and/or more human‐driven changes. Our results show...
Abstract The highly endangered Spanish imperial eagle, Aquila adalberti , has suffered from both population decline and fragmentation during the last century. Here we describe current genetic status of using an extensive sampling its distribution range mitochondrial control region sequences nuclear microsatellite markers. Results were evaluated in comparison to those obtained for Eastern heliaca nearest extant relative. Mitochondrial haplotype diversity was lower than species whereas allelic...
Abstract The fragmentation of a population may have important consequences for genetic diversity and structure due to the effects drift reduced gene flow. We studied Spanish imperial eagle ( Aquila adalberti ) into small patches through temporal analysis. Thirty‐four museum individuals representing predating were analysed 345‐bp segment mitochondrial control region set 10 nuclear microsatellite loci. Data from previous study on current N = 79) re‐analysed this subset markers results compared...
In the last two decades, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and non-recombining portion of Y chromosome (NRY) have been extensively used in order to measure maternally paternally inherited genetic structure human populations, infer sex-specific demography history. Most studies converge towards notion that among women are genetically less structured than men. This has mainly explained by a higher migration rate women, due patrilocality, tendency for men stay their birthplace while move husband's...
For decades, the peopling of Americas has been explored through analysis uniparentally inherited genetic systems in Native American populations and comparison these data with current linguistic groupings. In northern North America, two language families predominate: Eskimo-Aleut Na-Dene. Although evidence from nuclear mtDNA loci suggest that speakers share a distinct biological origin, this model not examined using paternally Y chromosomes. To test hypothesis elucidate migration histories...
The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) has been acknowledged as the most endangered felid species in world. An intense contraction and fragmentation during twentieth century left less than 100 individuals split two isolated genetically eroded populations by 2002. Genetic monitoring management so far have based on 36 STRs, but their limited variability more complex situation of current demand efficient molecular markers. recent characterization genome identified 1.6 million SNPs, which 1536 were...
Afghanistan has held a strategic position throughout history. It been inhabited since the Paleolithic and later became crossroad for expanding civilizations empires. Afghanistan's location, history, diverse ethnic groups present unique opportunity to explore how nations emerged, major cultural evolutions technological developments in human history have influenced modern population structures. In this study we analyzed, first time, four present-day Afghanistan: Hazara, Pashtun, Tajik, Uzbek,...
The geostrategic location of North Africa as a crossroad between three continents and stepping-stone outside has evoked anthropological genetic interest in this region. Numerous studies have described the landscape human population employing paternal, maternal, biparental molecular markers. However, information from these markers which different inheritance patterns been mostly assessed independently, resulting an incomplete description In study, we analyze uniparental genome-wide examining...
Abstract Tunisia has experienced a variety of human migrations that have modeled the myriad cultural groups inhabiting area. Both Arabic and Berber‐speaking populations live in Tunisia. Berbers are commonly considered as situ descendants peoples who settled roughly Palaeolithic times, posterior demographic events such arrival Neolithic, Arab migrations, expulsion “Moors” from Spain, had strong influence. Nonetheless, genetic structure population relationships ethnic living been poorly...
Basque people have received considerable attention from anthropologists, geneticists, and linguists during the last century due to singularity of their language other cultural biological characteristics. Despite multidisciplinary efforts performed address questions origin, uniqueness, heterogeneity Basques, genetic studies up now suffered a weak study design where populations are not analyzed in an adequate geographic population context. To former overcome these limitations, we uniparentally...
There is the tendency to assume that endangered species have been both genetically and demographically healthier in past, so any genetic erosion observed today was caused by their recent decline. The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) suffered a dramatic continuous decline during 20th century, now shows extremely low genome- species-wide diversity among other signs of genomic erosion. We analyze ancient (N = 10), historical 245), contemporary 172) samples with microsatellite mitogenome data...
ABSTRACT The Iberian lynx was at the brink of extinction by year 2000 but has since then, and thanks to intensive conservation measures, gone through a remarkable recovery, providing much‐welcomed encouraging success story. Genetic issues have probably contributed decline in past, genetic management inbreeding diversity is likely contributing its recent recovery. species an early adopter genomic approaches, combination extreme decline, monitoring programme extensive resources data makes...
Abstract Here we describe the development of 18 polymorphic microsatellite markers for endangered Spanish imperial eagle ( Aquila adalberti ). Microsatellites were tested in five other raptor species. These revealed as good molecular tools genetic population studies, individual identification and parentage assessment closely related