Lab Genomics
Laboratory of Evolutionary Genomics

2024

Evolution of ion channels in cetaceans: a natural experiment in the tree of life.

Uribe, Cristóbal et al.

Scientific Reports, v. 14, n. 1, p. 17024, 2024.

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Breathing Air and Living Underwater: Molecular Evolution of Genes Related to Antioxidant Response in Cetaceans and Pinnipeds.

Selleghin-Veiga, Giovanna et al.

Journal of Molecular Evolution, p. 1-17, 2024

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2023

Divergent sensory and immune gene evolution in sea turtles with contrasting demographic and life histories.

BP Bentley, T Carrasco-Valenzuela, EKS Ramos, H Pawar...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 (7), e2201076120

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The molecular evolution of genes previously associated with large sizes reveals possible pathways to cetacean gigantism.

Silva, F. A. ; Souza, E. M. S. ; Ramos, E. ; Freitas, L.A. ; Nery, M. F. .

Scientific Reports, v. 13, p. 67, 2023

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Adaptive evolution of hearing genes suggests multiple evolutionary paths for dolphin echolocation in different environments.

L Magpali, M Freitas Nery, L Freitas, E Karen Sousa Ramos, ...

bioRxiv, 2023.01. 10.523466

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Molecular Footprints on Osmoregulation-Related Genes Associated with Freshwater Colonization by Cetaceans and Sirenians.

Ramos, Elisa et al.

Journal of Molecular Evolution, p. 1-17, 2023.

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Patterns of enrichment and acceleration in evolutionary rates of promoters suggest a role of regulatory regions in cetacean gigantism.

Ramos, Elisa et al.

BMC Ecology and Evolution, v. 23, n. 1, p. 62, 2023.

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2022

A phylogenetic review of cancer resistance highlights evolutionary solutions to Peto’s Paradox.

MF Nery, M Rennó, A Picorelli, E Ramos

Genetics and Molecular Biology 45 p. e20220133

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Positive selection in multiple salivary gland proteins of Anophelinae reveals potential targets for vector control.

BP Bentley, T Carrasco-Valenzuela, EKS Ramos, H Pawar...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 (7), e2201076120

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Dos tentilhões de Darwin ao combate da pandemia: um olhar histórico e atual sobre a importância da Teoria Evolutiva.

SILVA, Felipe André; NERY, Mariana Freitas.

Revista da Biologia, v. 22, n. 2, p. 1-7, 2022.

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2021

Evolução Humana através da gamificação.

MC Baltazar, MF Nery

Genética na Escola 16 (2), 466-473

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The evolutionary history of manatees told by their mitogenomes.

ÉMS de Souza, L Freitas, EK da Silva Ramos, G Selleghin-Veiga, ...

Scientific Reports 11 (1), 3564 p. 3564

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2020

Expansions and contractions in gene families of independently-evolved blood-feeding insects.

ÉMS de Souza, L Freitas, EK da Silva Ramos, G Selleghin-Veiga, ...

Scientific Reports 11 (1), 3564

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Unraveling the Molecular Evolution of Blood Coagulation Genes in Fishes and Cetaceans.

JPV Mariz, MF Nery

Frontiers in Marine Science 7, 592383

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Analyses of RAG1 and RAG2 genes suggest different evolutionary rates in the Cetacea lineage (vol 117, pg 131, 2020).

BC Dias, MF Nery

MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY 127, 46-46

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The role of selection in the evolution of marine turtles mitogenomes.

EKS Ramos, L Freitas, MF Nery

Scientific Reports 10 (1), 1-13

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Building genomic infrastructure: Sequencing platinum-standard reference-quality genomes of all cetacean species.

PA Morin, A Alexander, M Blaxter, S Caballero, O Fedrigo, M Fontaine...

Marine Mammal Science 36 (4), 1356-1366

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Genome-wide analyses reveal drivers of penguin diversification.

JA Vianna, FAN Fernandes, MJ Frugone, HV Figueiró, LR Pertierra, ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (36), 22303-22310

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Latitudinal diversity gradient and cetaceans from the perspective of MHC genes.

ML Andreani, L Freitas, EKS Ramos, MF Nery

Immunogenetics 72 (6-7), 393-398

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Bringing to light the molecular evolution of GUX genes in plants.

RH Gallinari, RD Coletta, P Araújo, M Menossi, MF Nery

Genetics and Molecular Biology 43

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Present and prospects of research on neotropical mammals using genomic approaches.

MF Nery, EKS Ramos

Mastozoología neotropical 27, 101-119

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Analyses of RAG1 and RAG2 genes suggest different evolutionary rates in the Cetacea lineage.

BC Dias, MF Nery

Molecular immunology 117, 131-138

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2018

Gene fusion of heterophyletic gamma-globin genes in platyrrhine primates

JI Arroyo, MF Nery

Journal of genetics 97 (5), 1473-1478

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2017

The coming of age of conservation genetics in Latin America: what has been achieved and what needs to be done

JP Torres-Florez, WE Johnson, MF Nery, E Eizirik, MA Oliveira-Miranda...

Conservation Genetics 19, 1-15

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2016

Selection on different genes with equivalent functions: the convergence story told by Hox genes along the evolution of aquatic mammalian lineages

MF Nery, B Borges, AC Dragalzew, T Kohlsdorf

BMC evolutionary biology 16, 1-9

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2015

Molecular evolution of HoxA13 and the multiple origins of limbless morphologies in amphibians and reptiles

ME Singarete, MB Grizante, SR Milograna, MF Nery, K Kin, GP Wagner...

Genetics and Molecular Biology 38, 255-262

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2014

Increased rate of hair keratin gene loss in the cetacean lineage

MF Nery, JI Arroyo, JC Opazo

BMC genomics 15, 1-9

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At-sea abundance and spatial distribution of South American sea lion (Otaria byronia) in Chilean Northern Patagonia: How many are there?

L Bedriñana-Romano, FA Viddi, JP Torres-Florez, J Ruiz, MF Nery...

Mammalian Biology 79, 384-392

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2013

Genomic organization and differential signature of positive selection in the alpha and beta globin gene clusters in two cetacean species

MF Nery, JI Arroyo, JC Opazo

Genome biology and evolution 5 (12), 2359-2367

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A historical feeding ground for humpback whales in the eastern South Pacific revisited: the case of northern Patagonia, Chile

R Hucke‐Gaete, D Haro, JP Torres‐Florez, Y Montecinos, F Viddi...

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 23 (6), 858-867

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How to make a dolphin: Molecular signature of positive selection in Cetacean Genome

MF Nery, DJ González, JC Opazo

PLoS One 8 (6), e65491

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Accelerated evolutionary rate of the myoglobin gene in long-diving whales

MF Nery, JI Arroyo, JC Opazo

Journal of molecular evolution 76, 380-387

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2012

Whole-genome duplication and the functional diversification of teleost fish hemoglobins

JC Opazo, GT Butts, MF Nery, JF Storz, FG Hoffmann

Molecular Biology and Evolution

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Resolution of the laurasiatherian phylogeny: Evidence from genomic data

MF Nery, DJ González, FG Hoffmann, JC Opazo

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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