List of works by Nuno Ferrand

A 7-bp insertion in the 3' untranslated region suggests the duplication and concerted evolution of the rabbit SRY gene

scientific article published on 26 April 2006

A comparison of brain gene expression levels in domesticated and wild animals

scientific article (publication date: September 2012)

Absence of a genetic bottleneck in a wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) population exposed to a severe viral epizootic

scientific article published in 2000

African origins of the domestic donkey

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Allelic variation at the VHa locus in natural populations of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus, L.).

scientific article published in January 2004

Ancient introgression of Lepus timidus mtDNA into L. granatensis and L. europaeus in the Iberian Peninsula

scientific article published in April 2003

Assessing the phylogenetic signal of the nuclear β-Fibrinogen intron 7 in salamandrids (Amphibia: Salamandridae)

scholarly article by Fernando Sequeira et al published 1 August 2006 in Amphibia-Reptilia

Assignment tests applied to relocate individuals of unknown origin in a threatened species, the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis)

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Biochemical and Population Genetics of the Rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, Carbonic Anhydrases I and II, from the Iberian Peninsula and France

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Candidate genes underlying heritable differences in reproductive seasonality between wild and domestic rabbits

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Colonization history of Mallorca Island by the European rabbit,Oryctolagus cuniculus, and the Iberian hare,Lepus granatensis(Lagomorpha: Leporidae)

Comparing patterns of nuclear and mitochondrial divergence in a cryptic species complex: the case of Iberian and North African wall lizards (Podarcis, Lacertidae)

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Complex biogeographical distribution of genetic variation within Podarcis wall lizards across the Strait of Gibraltar

scholarly article by David James Harris et al published September 2002 in Journal of Biogeography

Conflicting phylogenetic signal of nuclear vs mitochondrial DNA markers in midwife toads (Anura, Discoglossidae, Alytes): deep coalescence or ancestral hybridization?

scientific article published on 12 March 2007

Conservation genetics of the endangered Dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas spp.) in Northwestern Africa

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Contrasting patterns of introgression at X-linked loci across the hybrid zone between subspecies of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).

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Copy number polymorphism in the α-globin gene cluster of European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).

scientific article published on 7 December 2011

Cytonuclear disequilibria in wild populations of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) suggest unequal allele turnover rates at the b locus (IGKC1).

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Demonstration of serum albumin (ALB) polymorphism in wild rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus, by means of isoelectric focusing

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

Development of new nuclear markers and characterization of single nucleotide polymorphisms in kelp gull (Larus dominicanus)

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Divide to conquer: a complex pattern of biodiversity depicted by vertebrate components in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

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Documenting the advantages and limitations of different classes of molecular markers in a well-established phylogeographic context: lessons from the Iberian endemic Golden-striped salamander, Chioglossa lusitanica (Caudata: Salamandridae)

Evidence for a geographical cline of casein haplotypes in Portuguese cattle breeds

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Evidence for contrasting modes of selection at interacting globin genes in the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).

scientific article published on 30 April 2008

Evidence for genetic similarity of two allopatric European hares (Lepus corsicanus and L. castroviejoi) inferred from nuclear DNA sequences.

scientific article published on 28 November 2007

Evidence for widespread positive and purifying selection across the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) genome

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Evolutionary and functional insights into the mechanism underlying high-altitude adaptation of deer mouse hemoglobin

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Extensive gene conversion drives the concerted evolution of paralogous copies of the SRY gene in European rabbits.

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Extensive genetic polymorphism of peptidases A, B, C, and D, in wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) populations from the Iberian Peninsula

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Extensive intragenic recombination and patterns of linkage disequilibrium at the CSN3 locus in European rabbit

scientific article published on 14 April 2007

Extensive intraspecific polymorphism detected by SSCP at the nuclear C-mos gene in the endemic Iberian lizard Lacerta schreiberi

scientific article published in March 2006

First estimates of genetic diversity for the highly endangered giant sable antelope using a set of 57 microsatellites

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Gene-culture coevolution between cattle milk protein genes and human lactase genes

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Genealogy of the nuclear beta-fibrinogen locus in a highly structured lizard species: comparison with mtDNA and evidence for intragenic recombination in the hybrid zone.

scientific article published in June 2006

Genetic admixture between the Iberian endemic lizardsPodarcis bocageiandPodarcis carbonelli: evidence for limited natural hybridization and a bimodal hybrid zone

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Genetic analysis and mapping of biochemical markers in an F2 intercross of two inbred strains of the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

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Genetic characterization of southwestern European bovine breeds: a historical and biogeographical reassessment with a set of 16 microsatellites

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Genetic evidence for multiple events of hybridization between wolves and domestic dogs in the Iberian Peninsula

scientific article published on 9 November 2011

Genetic exchange across a hybrid zone within the Iberian endemic golden-striped salamander, Chioglossa lusitanica

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Genetic polymorphism of 11 allozyme loci in populations of wall lizards (Podarcis sp.) from the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa

scientific article published on October 2003

Genetic polymorphism of antithrombin III, haptoglobin, and haemopexin in wild and domestic European rabbits

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Genetic polymorphism of properdin factor B (BF) in domestic rabbit

scientific article published in April 1998

Genetic polymorphism of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) tissue acid phosphatases (ACP2 and ACP3)

scientific article published on 01 June 1998

Genetic structure of eighteen local south European beef cattle breeds by comparative F-statistics analysis

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Genetic subdivision, glacial refugia and postglacial recolonization in the golden-striped salamander, Chioglossa lusitanica (Amphibia: urodela).

scientific article published in June 2000

Genetic variability in mitochondrial and nuclear genes of Larus dominicanus (Charadriiformes, Laridae) from the Brazilian coast

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Genetic variation at chemokine receptor CCR5 in leporids: alteration at the 2nd extracellular domain by gene conversion with CCR2 in Oryctolagus, but not in Sylvilagus and Lepus species

scientific article published on 5 April 2006

Genetic variation in some populations of the golden-striped salamander, Chioglossa lusitanica (Amphibia: Urodela), in Portugal.

scientific article published in December 1997

Geographical variation in the golden‐striped salamander,Chioglossa lusitanicaBocage, 1864 and the description of a newly recognized subspecies

scientific article published in 2007

Hares on thin ice: Introgression of mitochondrial DNA in hares and its implications for recent phylogenetic analyses

scholarly article by Paulo Célio Alves et al published August 2006 in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

High levels of nucleotide diversity in the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) SRY gene.

scientific article published on August 2005

High levels of population subdivision in a morphologically conserved Mediterranean toad (Alytes cisternasii) result from recent, multiple refugia: evidence from mtDNA, microsatellites and nuclear genealogies

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Historical biogeography and conservation of the golden-striped salamander (Chioglossa lusitanica) in northwestern Iberia: integrating ecological, phenotypic and phylogeographic data

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Hotspot variation at the CH2-CH3 interface of leporid IgG antibodies (Oryctolagus, Sylvilagus and Lepus).

scientific article published in December 2002

Hybridization and massive mtDNA unidirectional introgression between the closely related Neotropical toads Rhinella marina and R. schneideri inferred from mtDNA and nuclear markers

scientific article (publication date: 22 September 2011)

Identifying loci under selection against gene flow in isolation-with-migration models

scientific article published on 2 March 2013

Integrating molecular ecology and predictive modelling: implications for the conservation of the barbastelle bat (Barbastella barbastellus) in Portugal

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Interspecific X-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA introgression in the Iberian hare: selection or allele surfing?

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Intraspecific genetic variation in the common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans): subspecies assignment using mitochondrial and microsatellite markers

scientific article published in 2013

Invasion from the cold past: extensive introgression of mountain hare (Lepus timidus) mitochondrial DNA into three other hare species in northern Iberia

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Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota,Manisspp.)

scientific article published in 2006

Isolation and characterization of nine microsatellite loci in Podarcis bocagei (Squamata: Lacertidae)

scientific article published in 2004

Levels and Patterns of Genetic Diversity and Population Structure in Domestic Rabbits

scientific article published on 21 December 2015

Limited gene flow and high genetic diversity in the threatened Betic midwife toad (Alytes dickhilleni): evolutionary and conservation implications

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Microsatellite variation and evolution of the human Duffy blood group polymorphism

scientific article published in October 2002

Mitochondrial phylogeography of the Iberian endemic frog , with implications for its conservation

scientific article published in 2018

Molecular analysis of hybridisation between wild and domestic cats (Felis silvestris) in Portugal: implications for conservation

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Molecular evidence for cryptic candidate species in Iberian Pelodytes (Anura, Pelodytidae).

scientific article published on 22 December 2014

Multilocus assessment of phylogenetic relationships in Alytes (Anura, Alytidae).

scientific article published on 13 June 2014

Multilocus phylogeography of the common midwife toad, Alytes obstetricans (Anura, Alytidae): Contrasting patterns of lineage diversification and genetic structure in the Iberian refugium.

scientific article published on 14 August 2015

New primers for the amplification and sequencing of nuclear loci in a taxonomically wide set of reptiles and amphibians

Non-equilibrium estimates of gene flow inferred from nuclear genealogies suggest that Iberian and North African wall lizards (Podarcis spp.) are an assemblage of incipient species

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Parallel adaptation of rabbit populations to myxoma virus

scientific article published on 14 February 2019

Patterns of hemoglobin polymorphism [α-globin (HBA) and β-globin (HBB)] across the contact zone of two distinct phylogeographic lineages of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Permanent genetic resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 December 2010-31 January 2011.

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Pervasive hybridization with local wild relatives in Western European grapevine varieties

scientific article published on 19 November 2021

Phylogeny and evolution of the green lizards, Lacerta spp. (Squamata: Lacertidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences

scholarly article by Raquel Godinho et al published 1 September 2005 in Amphibia-Reptilia

Phylogeography of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in the Iberian Peninsula inferred from RFLP analysis of the cytochrome b gene

scientific article published in October 2000

Postglacial colonization of Europe by the barbastelle bat: agreement between molecular data and past predictive modelling

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Postglacial dispersal of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) on the Iberian peninsula reconstructed from nested clade and mismatch analyses of mitochondrial DNA genetic variation

scientific article published in April 2002

Rabbit genome analysis reveals a polygenic basis for phenotypic change during domestication

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Recent evolutionary history of the Iberian endemic lizards Podarcis bocagei (Seoane, 1884) and Podarcis carbonelli Pérez-Mellado, 1981 (Squamata: Lacertidae) revealed by allozyme and microsatellite markers

scientific article published in 2011

Recombination and speciation: loci near centromeres are more differentiated than loci near telomeres between subspecies of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).

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Reduced introgression of the Y chromosome between subspecies of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in the Iberian Peninsula

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Reexamination of the Iberian and North African Podarcis (Squamata: Lacertidae) phylogeny based on increased mitochondrial DNA sequencing

scientific article published on 2 August 2005

Restriction fragment alleles of the rabbit IGHG genes with reference to the rabbit IGHGCH2 or e locus polymorphism

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Separation of human alloalbumain variants by isoelectric focusing

Speciation in the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus): islands of differentiation on the X chromosome and autosomes

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Steep clines within a highly permeable genome across a hybrid zone between two subspecies of the European rabbit

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

The evolution of the immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region (IgVH) in Leporids: an unusual case of transspecies polymorphism

scientific article published on 25 October 2005

The evolutionary history of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus): major patterns of population differentiation and geographic expansion inferred from protein polymorphism

The genetic structure of domestic rabbits

scientific article published on 07 January 2011

The genomic architecture of population divergence between subspecies of the European rabbit

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The genomic legacy from the extinct Lepus timidus to the three hare species of Iberia: contrast between mtDNA, sex chromosomes and autosomes.

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The limits of mtDNA phylogeography: complex patterns of population history in a highly structured Iberian lizard are only revealed by the use of nuclear markers

scientific article published on 30 September 2008

The molecular basis of high-altitude adaptation in deer mice

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The origin of European cattle: evidence from modern and ancient DNA

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The rise and fall of the mountain hare (Lepus timidus) during Pleistocene glaciations: expansion and retreat with hybridization in the Iberian Peninsula.

scientific article published in February 2007

The roles of allopatric fragmentation and niche divergence in intraspecific lineage diversification in the common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans )

Twenty polymorphic microsatellites in two of North Africa's most threatened ungulates: Gazella dorcas and Ammotragus lervia (Bovidae; Artiodactyla)

scientific article published in 2004

Understanding the mechanisms of antitropical divergence in the seabird White-faced Storm-petrel (Procellariiformes: Pelagodroma marina) using a multilocus approach

scientific article published on 5 June 2015