This lab is interested in the origin and distribution of biodiversity, whether morphological, genetic, ecological or functional. The study groups of the Water and Cave Beetle Evolution lab are different lineages of aquatic and subterranean Coleoptera, mostly (but not exclusively) focused on the Holarctic, and, especially, the Mediterranean. Current research topics include (1) the Phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of different lineages of water and subterranean beetles; (2) the effect of habitat constraints in the macroecology and macroevolution of freshwater invertebrates; and (3) evolutionary convergence in subterranean beetles.
Lab website: Beetle Evolution Lab
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S. Chafino; D. López-Escardó; G. Benelli; H. Kovac; E. Casacuberta; X. Franch-Marro; J. Kathirithamby & D. Martín 2018. Differential expression of the adult specifier E93 in the strepsipteran Xenos vesparum Rossi suggests a role in female neoteny. . Scientific Reports . Article number: 14176. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-32611-y
Martínez R.; Esteve-Codina A.; Herrero-Nogareda L.; Ortiz-Villanueva E.; Barata C.; Tauler R.; Raldúa D.; Piña B.; Navarro-Martín L. 2018. Dose-dependent transcriptomic responses of zebrafish eleutheroembryos to Bisphenol A. Environmental Pollution. 243():988-997 doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.09.043
Campbell, K.; Lebreton, G.; Franch-Marro, X.; Casanova, J. 2018. Differential roles of the Drosophila EMT-inducing transcription factors Snail and Serpent in driving primary tumour growth. PLoS Genetics. 14(2):e1007167 doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007167
Brito J.C.; Durant S.M.; Pettorelli N.; …[8 authors]…; Gonçalves D.V.; …[15 authors]… ; Boratyński Z.; Rebelo H.; Carvalho S.B. 2018. Armed conflicts and wildlife decline: Challenges and recommendations for effective conservation policy in the Sahara-Sahel. Conservation Letters. : doi: 10.1111/conl.12446
Romero-Rivas C.; Corey J.D.; Garcia X.; Thierry G.; Martin C.D.; Costa A. 2017. World knowledge and novel information integration during L2 speech comprehension. Bilingualism. 20(3):576-587