Mafalda Ferreira
Postdoctoral position at Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology; Genetics and Genomics; Leif Andersson
- E-mail:
- mafalda.ferreira@imbim.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- BMC
Husargatan 3
752 37 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Box 582
751 23 UPPSALA
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-0238-3522
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Short presentation
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in evolutionary genomics. I am interested in understanding the origin of biodiversity, and how species adapt to their local environments. In particular, I study what regions in the genome are involved in adaptation, what is the origin of adaptive genetic variants, and how are these variants maintained in populations over time. Currently, I am studying chromosomal inversions and introgression in herring, and adaptation in eels.
Keywords
- adaptation
- color genetics
- ecology and evolution
- evolution of camouflage
- introgression
- inversions
- phylogenomics
- population genomics
- transcriptomics
Publications
Recent publications
- How Fish Population Genomics Can Promote Sustainable Fisheries (2024)
- The evolution of white-tailed jackrabbit camouflage (2023)
- Incomplete lineage sorting and ancient admixture, and speciation without morphological change in ghost-worm cryptic species (2021)
- Transcriptomic regulation of seasonal coat color change in hares (2020)
- The Legacy of Recurrent Introgression during the Radiation of Hares (2020)
All publications
Articles
- How Fish Population Genomics Can Promote Sustainable Fisheries (2024)
- The evolution of white-tailed jackrabbit camouflage (2023)
- Incomplete lineage sorting and ancient admixture, and speciation without morphological change in ghost-worm cryptic species (2021)
- Transcriptomic regulation of seasonal coat color change in hares (2020)
- The Legacy of Recurrent Introgression during the Radiation of Hares (2020)
- Introgression drives repeated evolution of winter coat color polymorphism in hares (2019)
- Mountain hare transcriptome and diagnostic markers as resources to monitor hybridization with European hares (2017)
- Genetic Basis for Red Coloration in Birds (2016)
