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Evolutionary Biology Group

Horacio Naveira

I once dreamed of becoming the highest expert in the field of the origin of reproductive isolating barriers among species. It was never a matter of solving the mystery of mysteries, but it fell reasonably close to it. Obviously, I didn´t succeed in that major enterprise, but in my quest I have learned a bit of evolutionary biology and acquired different useful skills to dig on the history of genes and species.
As for genes, I have been working on the evolution of retrovirus-like transposable elements. As for species, I collaborate with Pedro Galán and Marta Vila on the identification of evolutionary significant units of endangered lacertids and butterflies.

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Publications

Selected list of publications:
  • Rojo, V.; Giovannotti, M.; Naveira, H.; Nisi Cerioni, P.; González-Tizón, A.; Caputo Barucchi, V.; Galán, P.; Olmo, E. & Martínez, A. (2014): Karyological characterization of the endemic Iberian rock lizard, Iberolacerta monticola (Squamata, Lacertidae): insights into sex chromosome evolution. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 142(1): 28-39.
  • Remón N, Galán P, Vila M, Arribas O & Naveira H (2013) Causes and evolutionary consequences of population subdivision of an Iberian mountain lizard, Iberolacerta monticola. PLOS ONE 8(6):e66034.
  • Remón, N., Galán, P. & Naveira, H. (2012) Chronicle of an extinction foretold: genetic properties of an extremely small populations of Iberolacerta monticola. Conservation Genetics 13, 131-142.
  • Remón N, Vila M, Galán P & Naveira H (2008). Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in Iberolacerta monticola, and cross-species amplification in Iberolacerta galani and Zootoca vivipara. Mol. Ecol. Resources 8: 1351-1353.
  • Vishvanath Nene, Jennifer R. Wortman, Daniel Lawson, Brian Haas, Chinnappa Kodira, Zhijian (Jake) Tu, Brendan Loftus, Zhiyong Xi, Karyn Megy, Manfred Grabherr, Quinghu Ren, Evgeny M. Zdobnov, Neil F. Lobo, Kathryn S. Campbell, Susan E. Brown, Maria F. Bonaldo, Jingsong Zhu, Steven P. Sinkins, David G. Hogenkamp, Paolo Amedeo, Peter Arensburger, Peter W. Atkinson, Shelby Bidwell, Jim Biedler, Ewan Birney, Robert V. Bruggner, Javier Costas, Monique R. Coy, Jonathan Crabtree, Matt Crawford, Becky deBruyn, David DeCaprio, Karin Eiglmeier, Eric Eisenstadt, Hamza El-Dorry, William M. Gelbart, Suely L. Gomes, Martin Hammond, Linda I. Hannick, James R. Hogan, Michael H. Holmes, David Jaffe, J. Spencer Johnston, Ryan C. Kennedy, Hean Koo, Saul Kravitz, Evgenia V. Kriventseva, David Kulp, Kurt LaButti, Eduardo Lee, Song Li, Diane D. Lovin, Chunhong Mao, Evan Mauceli, Carlos F. M. Menck, Jason R. Miller, Philip Montgomery, Akio Mori, Ana L. Nascimento, Horacio F. Naveira, Chad Nusbaum, Sinéad O'Leary, Joshua Orvis, Mihaela Pertea, Hadi Quesneville, Kyanne R. Reidenbach, Yu-Hui Rogers, Charles W. Roth, Jennifer R. Schneider, Michael Schatz, Martin Shumway, Mario Stanke, Eric O. Stinson, Jose M. C. Tubio, Janice P. VanZee, Sergio Verjovski-Almeida, Doreen Werner, Owen White, Stefan Wyder, Qiandong Zeng, Qi Zhao, Yongmei Zhao, Catherine A. Hill, Alexander S. Raikhel, Marcelo B. Soares, Dennis L. Knudson, Norman H. Lee, James Galagan, Steven L. Salzberg, Ian T. Paulsen, George Dimopoulos, Frank H. Collins, Bruce Birren, Claire M. Fraser-Liggett, and David W. Severson (2007). Genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, a major arbovirus vector. Science 316: 1718-1723.
  • López-Sánchez P, Costas J & Naveira H (2005). Paleogenomic record of the extinction of the human endogenous retrovirus ERV9. J. Virol. 79: 6997-7004.
  • Tubío JMC, Naveira H & Costas J (2005). Structural and evolutionary analyses of the Ty3/gypsy group of LTR retrotransposons in the genome of Anopheles gambiae. Mol. Biol. Evo. 22: 29-39.
  • Tubío JMC, Costas J & Naveira H (2004). Evolution of the mdg1 lineage of the Ty3/gypsy group of LTR retrotransposons in Anopheles gambiae. Gene 330: 123-131.
  • Naveira H (2003). On the relative roles of faster-X evolution and dominance in the establishment of intrinsic postzygotic isolating barriers. Genetica 118: 41-50.
  • Costas J, Valadé E & Naveira H (2001). Structural features of the mdg1 lineage of the Ty3/gypsy group of LTR retrotransposons inferred from the phylogenetic analyses of its open reading frames. J. Mol. Evol. 53: 165-171.
  • Costas J, Valadé E & Naveira H (2001). Amplification and phylogenetic relationships of a subfamily of blood, a retrotransposable element of Drosophila. J. Mol. Evol. 52: 342-350.
  • Costas J & Naveira H (2000). Evolutionary history of the human endogenous retrovirus family ERV9. Mol. Biol. Evol. 17: 320-330.
  • Maside X, Barral J & Naveira H (1998). Hidden effects of X chromosome introgressions on spermatogenesis in Drosophila simulans x D. mauritiana hybrids unveiled by interactions among minor genetic factors. Genetics 150: 745-754.
  • Naveira H & Maside X (1998). The genetics of hybrid male sterility in Drosophila. In Howard & Berlocher (eds) “Endless Forms: Species and Speciation”, pp. 330-338. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Carvajal A, Gandarela M & Naveira H (1996). A three-locus system of interspecific incompatibilities underlies male inviability in hybrids between Drosophila buzzatii and D. koepferae. Genetica 98: 1-19.
  • Maside X & Naveira H (1996). A polygenic basis of hybrid sterility may give rise to spurious localizations of major sterility factors. Heredity 77: 488-492.
  • Maside X & Naveira H (1996). On the difficulties of discriminating between major and minor hybrid male sterility factors in Drosophila by examining the segregation ratio of sterile and fertile sons in backcrossing experiments. Heredity 77: 433-438.
  • Hasson E, Rodríguez C, Fanara J, Naveira H, Reig O & Fontdevila A (1995). The evolutionary history of Drosophila buzzatii. XXXI. Macrogeographic patterns of inversion polymorphisms in New World populations. J. evo. Biol. 8: 369-384.
  • Barbadilla A, Naveira H, Ruiz A &  Santos M (1992). The estimation of genotypic probabilities in an adult population by the analysis of descendants. Genet. Res. 59: 131-137.
  • Naveira H & Barbadilla A (1992). The theoretical distribution of lengths of intact chromosome segments around a locus held heterozygous with backcrossing in a diploid species. Genetics 130: 205-209.
  • Naveira H (1992). Location of X-linked polygenic effects causing sterility in male hybrids of Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana. Heredity 68: 211-217.
  • Naveira H & Fontdevila A (1991). The evolutionary history of D. buzzatii. XXI. Cumulative action of multiple sterility factors on spermatogenesis in hybrids of D. buzzatii and D. koepferae. Heredity 67: 51-72.
  • Naveira H & Fontdevila A (1991). The evolutionary history of D. buzzatii. XXII. Chromosomal and genic sterility in male hybrids between D. buzzatii and D. koepferae. Heredity 66: 233-239.
  • Barbadilla A & Naveira H (1988). The estimation of parental genotypes by the analysis of a fixed number of their offspring. Genetics 119: 465-472.
  • Naveira H & Fontdevila A (1986). The evolutionary history of D. buzzatii. XII. The genetic basis of sterility in hybrids between D. buzzatii and its sibling D. serido from Argentina. Genetics 114: 841-857.
  • Naveira H & Fontdevila A (1985). The evolutionary history of D. buzzatii. IX. High frequencies of new chromosome rearrangements induced by introgressive hybridization. Chromosoma 91: 87-94.

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