Search Results - "Pereira, Ricardo J."
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Cytonuclear Genomic Interactions and Hybrid Breakdown
Published in Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics (01-01-2013)“…Reduced fitness in interpopulation hybrids can be a first indication of genetic incompatibilities that may ultimately lead to reproductive isolation and…”
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The genomic architecture of population divergence between subspecies of the European rabbit
Published in PLoS genetics (01-08-2014)“…The analysis of introgression of genomic regions between divergent populations provides an excellent opportunity to determine the genetic basis of reproductive…”
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Ring species as demonstrations of the continuum of species formation
Published in Molecular ecology (01-11-2015)“…In the mid‐20th century, Ernst Mayr (1942) and Theodosius Dobzhansky (1958) championed the significance of ‘circular overlaps’ or ‘ring species’ as the perfect…”
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Hybridization at an ecotone: ecological and genetic barriers between three Iberian vipers
Published in Molecular ecology (01-03-2014)“…The formation of stable genetic boundaries between emerging species is often diagnosed by reduced hybrid fitness relative to parental taxa. This reduced…”
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Enhancing survival of mouse oocytes following chemotherapy or aging by targeting Bax and Rad51
Published in PloS one (12-02-2010)“…Therapeutic approaches to preserve fertility in females undergoing cancer treatments are currently ineffective. This is partly due to limited knowledge of the…”
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Population Structure of the Rockpool Blenny Entomacrodus vomerinus Shows Source-Sink Dynamics among Ecoregions in the Tropical Southwestern Atlantic
Published in PloS one (01-06-2016)“…The Tropical Southwestern Atlantic is characterized by prominent ecosystems with large-scale oceanographic complexity. Yet, the evolutionary processes…”
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Chemotherapy-induced late transgenerational effects in mice
Published in PloS one (17-03-2011)“…To our knowledge, there is no report on long-term reproductive and developmental side effects in the offspring of mothers treated with a widely used…”
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Assessment of Wild Rocket ( Diplotaxis tenuifolia (L.) DC.) Germplasm Accessions by NGS Identified SSR and SNP Markers
Published in Plants (Basel) (12-12-2022)“…Rocket is the common designation for two baby-leaf salad crops of the Brassicaceae family: Eruca sativa (L.) Cav., usually referred to as annual garden rocket,…”
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Ring distributions leading to species formation: a global topographic analysis of geographic barriers associated with ring species
Published in BMC biology (12-03-2012)“…In the mid 20th century, Ernst Mayr and Theodosius Dobzhansky championed the significance of circular overlaps or ring species as the perfect demonstration of…”
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A lizard with two tales: What diversification within Sceloporus occidentalis teaches us about species formation
Published in Molecular ecology (01-01-2022)“…In 1859, Charles Darwin proposed that species are not fundamentally different from subspecies or the varieties from which they evolve. A century later,…”
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Adaptation to a latitudinal thermal gradient within a widespread copepod species: the contributions of genetic divergence and phenotypic plasticity
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (26-04-2017)“…Understanding how populations adapt to heterogeneous thermal regimes is essential for comprehending how latitudinal gradients in species diversification are…”
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Predictors for reproductive isolation in a ring species complex following genetic and ecological divergence
Published in BMC evolutionary biology (06-07-2011)“…Reproductive isolation (RI) is widely accepted as an important "check point" in the diversification process, since it defines irreversible evolutionary…”
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RAD51 Plays a Crucial Role in Halting Cell Death Program Induced by Ionizing Radiation in Bovine Oocytes
Published in Biology of reproduction (01-03-2012)“…Reproductive health of humans and animals exposed to daily irradiants from solar/cosmic particles remains largely understudied. We evaluated the sensitivities…”
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Transcriptomic data reveals nuclear-mitochondrial discordance in Gomphocerinae grasshoppers (Insecta: Orthoptera: Acrididae)
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-05-2022)“…[Display omitted] •Previous phylogenies of Gomphocerinae grasshoppers based on few markers were poorly resolved.•New sequencing and analytical methods allow…”
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Hybrid dysfunction and physiological compensation in gene expression
Published in Molecular biology and evolution (01-03-2015)“…The formation of new species is often a consequence of genetic incompatibilities accumulated between populations during allopatric divergence. When divergent…”
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ECOLOGICAL NOVELTY BY HYBRIDIZATION: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR INCREASED THERMAL TOLERANCE BY TRANSGRESSIVE SEGREGATION IN TIGRIOPUS CALIFORNICUS
Published in Evolution (01-01-2014)“…Early generations of hybrids can express both genetic incompatibilities and phenotypic novelty. Insights into whether these conflicting interactions between…”
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Recovery from hybrid breakdown reveals a complex genetic architecture of mitonuclear incompatibilities
Published in Molecular ecology (01-12-2021)“…Reproductive isolation is often achieved when genes that are neutral or beneficial in their genomic background become functionally incompatible in a foreign…”
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Integration of genomic and ecological methods inform management of an undescribed, yet highly exploited, sardine species
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (13-03-2024)“…Assessing genetic diversity within species is key for conservation strategies in the context of human-induced biotic changes. This is important in marine…”
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Historical isolation facilitates species radiation by sexual selection: Insights from Chorthippus grasshoppers
Published in Molecular ecology (01-12-2020)“…Theoretical and empirical studies have shown that species radiations are facilitated when a trait under divergent natural selection is also involved in sexual…”
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Hybridization during altitudinal range shifts: nuclear introgression leads to extensive cyto‐nuclear discordance in the fire salamander
Published in Molecular ecology (01-04-2016)“…Ecological models predict that, in the face of climate change, taxa occupying steep altitudinal gradients will shift their distributions, leading to the…”
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