Search Results - "Soto, Ignacio M."

Ortholog genes from cactophilic Drosophila provide insight into human adaptation to hallucinogenic cacti by Padró, Julian, De Panis, Diego N., Luisi, Pierre, Dopazo, Hernan, Szajnman, Sergio, Hasson, Esteban, Soto, Ignacio M.

“…Cultural transformations of lifestyles and dietary practices have been key drivers of human evolution. However, while most of the evidence of genomic…”
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Differences in tolerance to host cactus alkaloids in Drosophila koepferae and D. buzzatii by Soto, Ignacio M, Carreira, Valeria P, Corio, Cristian, Padró, Julián, Soto, Eduardo M, Hasson, Esteban

“…The evolution of cactophily in the genus Drosophila was a major ecological transition involving over a hundred species in the Americas that acquired the…”
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Evolution of male genitalia: environmental and genetic factors affect genital morphology in two Drosophila sibling species and their hybrids by Soto, Ignacio M, Carreira, Valeria P, Fanara, Juan J, Hasson, Esteban

“…The rapid evolution of genital morphology is a fascinating feature that accompanies many speciation events. However, the underlying patterns and explanatory…”
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DNA barcodes reveal the hidden arthropod diversity in a threatened cactus forest of the central Andes by Padró, Julián, Saint Esteven, Alejandro, Soto, Ignacio M.

“…Desert ecosystems are currently threatened by human activities resulting in the rapid decline of xerophytic plants and specialized fauna. In South America, the…”
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P450 gene family mediates allelochemical detoxification and tolerance to alkaloids in cactophilic Drosophila by Carreira, Valeria, Bouzas, Santiago, Padró, Julián, Soto, Ignacio M.

“…Cacti are characterized by the extensive production of a broad variety of toxic metabolites as an anti‐herbivore strategy but nevertheless cactophilic…”
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Evolution of male genitalia in the Drosophila repleta species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) by Stefanini, Manuel I., Gottschalk, Marco S., Calvo, Natalia S., Soto, Ignacio M.

“…The Drosophila repleta group comprises more than one hundred species that inhabit several environments in the Neotropics and use different hosts as rearing and…”
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Divergent patterns of correlated evolution in primary and secondary sexual traits of cactophilic Drosophila by Padró, Julián, Vrdoljak, Juan, Milla Carmona, Pablo, Soto, Ignacio M.

“…The rapid diversification of sexual traits is a common phenomenon accompanying the evolution of reproductive isolation, yet the evolutionary mechanisms driving…”
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Transcriptome modulation during host shift is driven by secondary metabolites in desert Drosophila by De Panis, Diego N., Padró, Julián, Furió-Tarí, Pedro, Tarazona, Sonia, Milla Carmona, Pablo S., Soto, Ignacio M., Dopazo, Hernán, Conesa, Ana, Hasson, Esteban

“…High‐throughput transcriptome studies are breaking new ground to investigate the responses that organisms deploy in alternative environments. Nevertheless,…”
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A protocol for health assessment of cacti populations: A case study from Northwestern Argentina by Barbarich, María Florencia, Otegui, Florencia, Saint Esteven, Alejandro, Soto, Ignacio M., Varone, Laura

“…•Health of Trichocereus atacamensis specimens is assessed by a 3-step decision tree.•Local citizen knowledge plays a critical role in evaluation for…”
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Oviposition site preferences and performance in natural resources in the human commensals Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans by Soto, Eduardo M., Soto, Ignacio M., Cortese, Marcelo D., Hasson, Esteban

“…The choice of egg laying site and progeny's performance in a rearing site are important components of habitat selection. Despite the huge amount of genetic,…”
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Experimental hybridization in allopatric species of the Drosophila repleta group (Diptera: Drosophilidae): implications for the mode of speciation by Colines, Betina, Soto, Ignacio M, de Panis, Diego N, Padró, Julián

“…Abstract The Pleistocene refugia theory proposes that recurrent expansions and contractions of xerophytic vegetation over periods of climate change affected…”
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Specialization and performance trade‐offs across hosts in cactophilic Drosophila species by Bouzas, Santiago, Barbarich, María F., Soto, Eduardo M., Padró, Julián, Carreira, Valeria P., Soto, Ignacio M.

“…1. We assessed the host‐related niche breadth for D. koepferae and D. buzzatii, a pair of sibling cactophilic species with contrasting backgrounds of host use…”
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Protein-alkaloid interaction in larval diet affects fitness in cactophilic Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) by Vrdoljak, Juan, Padró, Julián, De Panis, Diego, Soto, Ignacio M, Carreira, Valeria P

“…Abstract Drosophila koepferae and Drosophila buzzatii are closely related cactophilic species with overlapping distributions in Andean regions. Both species…”
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First phylogenetic analysis of the family Neriidae (Diptera), with a study on the issue of scaling continuous characters by Koch, Nicolás Mongiardino, Soto, Ignacio M., Ramírez, Martín J.

“…Neriidae are a small family of acalyptratae flies, mostly distributed in the tropics. Very little is known about their biology, and the evolutionary…”
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The influence of developmental environment on courtship song in cactophilic Drosophila by Iglesias, Patricia P., Soto, Eduardo M., Soto, Ignacio M., Colines, Betina, Hasson, Esteban

“…Closely related species often differ in the signals involved in sexual communication and mate recognition. Determining the factors influencing signal quality…”
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Rapid divergence of courtship song in the face of neutral genetic homogeneity in the cactophilic fly Drosophila buzzatii by Iglesias, Patricia P, Soto, Ignacio M, Soto, Eduardo M, Calderón, Luciano, Hurtado, Juan, Hasson, Esteban

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Walk before you jump: new insights on early frog locomotion from the oldest known salientian by Lires, Andrés I, Soto, Ignacio M, Gómez, Raúl O

“…Understanding the evolution of a Bauplan starts with discriminating phylogenetic signal from adaptation and the latter from exaptation in the observed…”
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New record of the genus Probethylus Ashmead, 1902 (Hymenoptera: Sclerogibbidae) for Argentina by Saint-Esteven, Alejandro, Pacheco, María P., Soto, Ignacio M.

“…Sclerogibbid wasps conform a small group of chrysidoids and parasitoids of embiopterans especially found in arid and semiarid habitats. Although its…”
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Drosophila wing modularity revisited through a quantitative genetic approach by Muñoz-Muñoz, Francesc, Carreira, Valeria Paula, Martínez-Abadías, Neus, Ortiz, Victoria, González-José, Rolando, Soto, Ignacio M.

“…To predict the response of complex morphological structures to selection it is necessary to know how the covariation among its different parts is organized…”
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Cactus–fungi interactions mediate host preference in cactophilic Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) by Soto, Eduardo M, Mongiardino Koch, Nicolás, Milla Carmona, Pablo, Soto, Ignacio M, Hasson, Esteban

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