Projects

Homoploid hybrid speciation Argyranthemum from the Canary Islands

Using pangenome and population genomics we are studying how parallel evolution to different climates affected the evolutionary history of Diplotaxis.

Parallel evolution in Cabo Verde Diplotaxis Argyranthemum from the Canary Islands

We are exploring how hybrid species genomes are structured and survive, using Ancestral Recombination Graph tools.

IslandParadox Unraveling the Paradox of Genetic Diversity in Isolated Oceanic Lineages

Despite the constraints imposed by founder events, small population sizes, and inbreeding, these radiations exhibit remarkable ecological and phenotypic diversity, prompting the question - how do isolated lineages generate and maintain genetic diversity?

Ecological disparity in adaptive radiation Are adaptive radiations predictable?

This is a project focusing on phylogenetic and ecological data

Bottlenecks vs hybridization Frasella's MSc thesis

How do Bottlenecks affect our ability to detect hybridization?

Genetic load in an insular Heliconius Geraldine's MSc thesis

In collaboration with Camilo Salazar and others in U de Rosario we are analysing genetic load in an insular Heliconius species

GWAS your way through Diego's MSc thesis

We are simulating trait and genomic data to understand the limits of GWAS approaches